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

Upcoming performances in October and November 2008

I have six performances scheduled for October and November, with more being planned. Three happen in the Third Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival (CCAF3), presented in various locations from October 1—12. Look further down for my other three post-CCAF shows held at Enemy, Myopic, and Elastic. Please check the CCAF3 Schedule page and this web… Continue reading Upcoming performances in October and November 2008

Performing solo at the Hyde Park Arts Center

At 2:30 on Sunday afternoon, September 28, I will give a short performance on Monica Herrera’s Strings, her sculptural sound installation at the Hyde Park Arts Center (HPAC): http://www.hydeparkart.org/exhibitions/2008/07/strings_by_monica_hererra.php 2:00-5:00 p.m., admission FREE, Asian food provided. Hyde Park Art Center 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 www.hydeparkart.org Monica Herrera is a recent graduate… Continue reading Performing solo at the Hyde Park Arts Center

Sunday, August 24 @ Elastic with Los Cuatros Demonios

Concluding a busy month of performances, Los Cuatros Demonios opens for Terry Dame’s Electric Junkyard Gamelan, a band from New York who perform original music on invented instruments. 7:00 p.m., Sunday, August 24 at ELASTIC Arts Foundation Los Cuatros Demonios is Tomeka Reid (cello), Carol Genetti (voice), Guillermo Gregorio (clarinet), Eric Leonardson (springboard), and Dan… Continue reading Sunday, August 24 @ Elastic with Los Cuatros Demonios

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 21 @ Brown Rice

On Monday I will perform at Brown Rice with instrument inventor Laura Emelianoff, maker and performer of the Open Harp. Brown Rice 4432 N Kedzie Avenue Chicago IL 60625 www.brownricemusic.org 8:00 p.m. $5 suggested donation 1st set Larry Sawyer — poetry Dan Godston — trumpet, small instruments 2nd set Laura Emelianoff — open harp Eric… Continue reading Monday, July 21 @ Brown Rice

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

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