Join me at 6:30-8:30pm on Tuesday, September 6 for the Singing Insects Soundwalk with Dr. Carl Strang at Northerly Island Park. Address: 1521 S. Linn White Dr., Chicago IL 60605 Parking is available at this location. The Singing Insects Soundwalk is part of the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology’s annual “Summer Soundwalks in the Park”… Continue reading Singing Insects Soundwalk at Northerly Island Park
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Tune Your Ears to Singing Insects
A new article about the Singing Insects Monitoring Program is available now, published in the January-February 2022 issue of Legacy Magazine for nature interpretation, offered here for online reading or download. My co-authors are Negin Almassi, Dr. Carl Strang, Kathleen Soler, with illustrations by Leslie DeCourcey, and photos by Negin Almassi and Adrian Wood. Singing… Continue reading Tune Your Ears to Singing Insects
January 6, 2022 Eric Leonardson and Jakob Heinemann
First Thursdays at Esquina: Streaming live from Chicago Every first Thursday at 8 PM Esquina features musicians, artists and performers. This week we feature Eric Leonardson and Jakob Heinemann! Eric Leonardson, a teacher at SAIC, will be performing on his classic Springboard, a handmade instrument! Jakob Heinemann will be playing the upright bass and may… Continue reading January 6, 2022 Eric Leonardson and Jakob Heinemann
Ear Taxi Festival Spotlight Concert By Eric Leonardson
Tuesday, September 21 Eric Leonardson performs live and in person at Jarvis Square Pottery,
1443 West Jarvis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60626
Singing Insects Soundwalk At Big Marsh Park
Join me at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, August 11 at Big Marsh Park in Chicago for the Singing Insects Soundwalk with Dr. Carl Strang and the Singing Insects Monitoring Program.
Virtual Soundwalks In Chicago – November 14, 2020
Join us on Saturday evening, November 14 in Virtual Soundwalks In Chicago, an online public launch party and fundraiser celebrating five new video adaptations to the current pandemic by the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology‘s 2020 team of Chicago-based teaching artists. Our summer soundwalks in Chicago’s parks have been re-made for virtual and social media… Continue reading Virtual Soundwalks In Chicago – November 14, 2020
Hear Below: Listening to Chicago Underground
Listening to Chicago Underground Friday, February 14, 2020, 12:30–1:30pm Join me on a soundwalk with Christophe Preissing and Alex Braidwood as we explore Chicago’s underground pedway system with our ears, and ultimately, reveal what urban critic Jane Jacobs calls “the seemingly mysterious and perverse behavior of cities”. At 12:15 meet me at 112 S.… Continue reading Hear Below: Listening to Chicago Underground
New Japan Ensemble Chicago/Obihiro Exchange Project
On Friday, July 19, Eric Leonardson performs in Tatsu Aoki’s presentation of New Japan Ensemble, a compositional project exploring the experimental sonic milieu of contemporary Tokyo and Chicago, at Elastic Arts. This event is part of the Chicago Obihiro Exchange Exhibition presented by AIRMW at the Hairpin Arts Center.
Sound Collaborations: Inferno Mobile Recording Studio Manifesto & Cookbook
I am honored to be among the teaching artists invited to contribute a “recipe” for the new Inferno Mobile Recording Studio (IMRS) Sound Collaborations Manifesto & Cookbook, a free open source educational tool on sonic arts making for youth. My recipe is on soundwalking, which I thank IMRS for supporting as a partner with the… Continue reading Sound Collaborations: Inferno Mobile Recording Studio Manifesto & Cookbook
Summer Soundwalks In the Parks Series With Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology
It is my pleasure to announce that the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology (MSAE) is launching its fourth annual series of six soundwalks in Chicago parks beginning this week, on Friday July 12 and continuing through Tuesday July 30. On Saturday, July 13 I will lead the Field Recording Workshop at West Ridge Nature Preserve… Continue reading Summer Soundwalks In the Parks Series With Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology