Artist residency program to start along 606 Trail | abc7chicago.com

Tuesday, April 26: Chicago local ABC Channel 7 News announced I am one of the artists creating cultural programming in the landscape of The 606 park system along the Bloomingdale Trail. My series of events will invite communities to explore urban soundscape awareness through a series of soundwalks, original instrument-making classes, beginning in May and… Continue reading Artist residency program to start along 606 Trail | abc7chicago.com

The GREAT 606 Challenge, April 2

Join us for The GREAT 606 Challenge Saturday, April 2, 2016 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm Walsh Park, 1800 N. Ashland Avenue, Chicago IL I will be one among many people hosting outdoor activities for all ages The 606 Bloomingdale Trail. My activity is a “sound scavenger hunt.” Register on The GREAT 606 Challenge page… Continue reading The GREAT 606 Challenge, April 2

Ryerson Woods Soundwalk – March 20

Join me on Sunday March 20 at 1:00 PM for a soundwalk in Ryerson Woods. Following last year’s success, this public event offers an opportunity to learn about exploring and appreciating nature’s aural landscape. This event is free and is organized in collaboration with the Brushwood Center, World Listening Project and Midwest Society for Acoustic… Continue reading Ryerson Woods Soundwalk – March 20

May 15: HOME RADIATION at Defibrillator

Date: MAY 15 2015 @ 7PM Location: 1463 W CHICAGO AVE CHICAGO IL 60642 Cost: $10 requested donation Defibrillator is proud to present ANNA FRIZ, JEFF KOLAR, ERIC LEONARDSON in HOME RADIATION Performing with radiophonic instruments, unique homemade electronics, micro-watt transmitters, and re-purposed objects, ANNA FRIZ, JEFF KOLAR and ERIC LEONARDSON create intimate atmospheres traversing… Continue reading May 15: HOME RADIATION at Defibrillator

July 27, Chronography: Animal in 46. Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt 2012

Jay Needham and Eric Leonardson perform Chronography: Animal 22:00 Friday, July 27 Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt (IMD) 603qm Alexanderstr. 264283 Darmstadt (Atelier Elektronik) This event happens within the Soundscape Composition program featuring Hildegard Westerkamp, and is organized in cooperation with the 46. Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt 2012 (46th International Summer Course for New Music… Continue reading July 27, Chronography: Animal in 46. Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt 2012

Invitation to WFAE Conference in Koli, Finland

I’m happy to announce that I have been invited to present in the International Conference of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology, “Ideologies and Ethics in the Uses and Abuses of Sound”, hosted by the University of Eastern Finland, Cultural Studies Department and the Finnish Society for Acoustic Ecology (FSAE). The conference will happen on… Continue reading Invitation to WFAE Conference in Koli, Finland