New CD release, Rarebit on Transparency

Rarebit by Steve Barsotti and Eric Leonardson Transparency CD0125 Performed and recorded with Steve Barsotti at Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago. From 1994 until 1999 we performed as a duo, and with other local and internationally known artists, including Dan Burke (Illusion of Safety), Carol Genetti, Fergus Kelly, Tatsu Aoki, Chris Heenan, Yuko Nexus6, Yasuhiro… Continue reading New CD release, Rarebit on Transparency

Sunday, June 22, Auris at the Music Institute of Chicago

7:30 p.m., Sunday I perform with Auris (Christopher Preissing and Julia Miller) in the… Guitar Faculty Recital of Jazz, Folk, & Contemporary Guitar at Music Institute of Chicago Evanston Campus & Nichols Concert Hall 1490 Chicago Avenue Evanston, IL 60201 (847) 905-1500 www.musicinstituteofchicago.org/ Admission: Free Directions: MIC is located at the southwest corner of Grove… Continue reading Sunday, June 22, Auris at the Music Institute of Chicago

Monday, June 16, 9 p.m. Chicago Phonography @ Brown Rice

Chicago Phonography with Todd Carter, Chad Clark, Chris Hammes, Michael Hartmann, Eric Leonardson, Joshua Manchester, Robert Pleshar, Patrick Scott, Aaron Zarzutzki, and Philip von Zweck. Brown Rice 4432 N Kedzie Ave Chicago IL 60625 www.brownricemusic.org 9:00 p.m. (Doors open 30 minutes before show) $6 suggested donation, $4 for students 1st Set: screening of Tampico, a… Continue reading Monday, June 16, 9 p.m. Chicago Phonography @ Brown Rice

Newly invented instrument videos on Gearwire

On Friday, May 2 SAIC’s Waveforms presented videos and performances by students from the Sound Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Gretchen Hasse from Gearwire came and interviewed many of the students in my Instrument Construction course, who opened the evening with an ensemble performance on their new instruments. The video… Continue reading Newly invented instrument videos on Gearwire

CHICAGO COMPOSERS’ CONSORTIUM

CCC presents Live Digital Performances IV with Auris 7:30pm Saturday, February 23, 2008 Casa de Sandia 1359 W. 16th St. Chicago, IL 60608 Admission: Free/donation Doors open at 6:30 with light appetizers. Auris is: Julia Miller — guitar, voice, electronics Chris Preissing — flute, voice, electronics Eric Leonardson — springboard Auris website Auris YouTube Auris… Continue reading CHICAGO COMPOSERS’ CONSORTIUM

Chicago Calling Arts Festival: “Dancing Walls Stir the Prairies”

7PM – Midnight Friday, October 26 Elastic 2830 N Milwaukee, 2nd Fl Chicago, IL 60618 (773) 772-3616 $10 suggested donation, $8 for students A work for radio by Anna Friz and Eric Leonardson. Produced at free103point9’s Wave Farm in upstate, New York…listening below the border separating our “sister cities” of Toronto and Chicago, we propose… Continue reading Chicago Calling Arts Festival: “Dancing Walls Stir the Prairies”