February performances

7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28 with Bryan Day, , sound artist, instrument inventor, and founder of free music label Public Eyesore Enemy 1550 N. Milwaukee Ave., 3rd floor Chicago IL 60622 www.enemysound.com  Bryan Day and I will open for Evidence, Vertonen, and Katchmare About Bryan Day Omaha, Nebraska based improviser and concept artist Bryan Day… Continue reading February performances

Upcoming Performances in November

Here’s an update, including three new performances added to my November schedule… 8 PM Friday, November 14 @ Elastic with Auris, plus Max Alexander, Julian Berke, and Andy Armstrong 2 – 5 PM Sunday, November 16 @ Green Mill performing solo Anaphora’s “Experimental (i)MPROVISATION” concert 8 – 10 PM, Sunday, November 16 @ Via Theatre… Continue reading Upcoming Performances in November

Performing with Eric Glick Rieman at AV-aerie

Eric Glick Rieman, from Berkeley with his prepared Rhodes piano, will be performing with me this Friday, 8:00 p.m. at the AV-aerie, 2000 W. Fulton Street, Chicago, IL 60612, (312) 850-4030. $8 suggested donation. This show is a double bill with The Young Equestrians from Brooklyn. (If you know you can attend, please send me… Continue reading Performing with Eric Glick Rieman at AV-aerie

Upcoming Chicago performances in August 2008

Sunday, August 3, 10:00 p.m.–2:00 a.m. on Something Else WLUW 88.7 FM Independent Community Radio, with Chicago Phonography / Live stream Related links: http://chicagophonography.com/ Listen to Chicago Phonographers’ first live performance Monday, August 4, 7:30 p.m. at Myopic Books, 1564 N. Milwaukee Ave., with Jerry Bryerton (percussion) and Christopher Bruce (percussion), free Related links: http://www.myspace.com/jeromebryerton… Continue reading Upcoming Chicago performances in August 2008

Monday, July 7, 8 p.m. @ Brown Rice

Live Improvised Music with Dan Godston and Guillermo Gregorio 1st set Guillermo Gregorio — clarinets and saxophones Eric Leonardson — springboard, amplified objects Dan Godston — trumpet, small instruments 2nd set : Altamira Ricardo Lagomasima — drums John Deblase — electric bass Nick Millevoi — guitar   Brown Rice 4432 N Kedzie Avenue Chicago IL… Continue reading Monday, July 7, 8 p.m. @ Brown Rice

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

Article Published on eContact! 10.3

My presentation for the 2007 Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium has just been published. eContact!, the electronic journal of electroacoustics, is published by the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC). This issue was edited by David Ogburn, Chair of TES 2007. Please visit the eContact! 10.3 Table of Contents Direct link to my article: The Springboard: The Joy of… Continue reading Article Published on eContact! 10.3

Shapes of Sound exhibition online

Hal Rammel inspired me to make my own instruments in 1990. Tonight, I learned from him that a web page about the wonderful exhibition of experimental musical instruments and their inventors, The Shapes of Sound: Musical Instruments and the Imagination in the Midwest, curated by Hal is now online. I was honored to be among… Continue reading Shapes of Sound exhibition online

New Interviews on Gearwire

More video interviews with students from my 2008 Instrument Construction course at SAIC have been uploaded. SAIC Student Rob Martens: Evil Brother Of Snap, Crackle and Pop Martens? http://www.gearwire.com/theramin-instrument-construction.html (Part 1) SAIC Student Bethany Childs Tempts The Fury Of Neptune http://www.gearwire.com/conchshell-instrument-construction-001.html (Part 2) SAIC Student Bethany Childs And Playing An Interfaced Conch Shell http://www.gearwire.com/conchshell-instrument-construction-002.html Stuart… Continue reading New Interviews on Gearwire