ben zucker
composer, performer, organizer, curator, educator, etc.
2026
May 9, 7:30 pm, Church Of The Atonement (Chicago):
Premiere of new electronic work with the William Ferris Chorale
May 8, 8 pm, Elastic Arts (Chicago):
Premiere of "Jericho-Nigredo" for trumpets and the multichannel CLEAT system
May 2, 5 pm, Lookingglass Theatre (Chicago):
My Little Realities performs with the EVOLUTION Asian American Arts Festival
April 26, 8:30 pm, Constellation (Chicago):
Kyle Flens gives the US premiere of f(ne)ar-sited
April 16, 8:30 pm, Constellation (Chicago):
Shi-An Costello premieres "Time/Dilation Study" for prepared piano
April 12, 9 pm, Hungry Brain (Chicago):
New quartet, on vibraphone with Preyas Roy (also vibraphone), Tyler Wagner, Andrew Scott Young (double basses)
March 29, 5-7 pm, Clara (Chicago):
with My Little Realities
March 20, 7:30 pm, Bridgeport Music Collective (Chicago):
New music for quartet, on vibraphone with Zaira Castillo (piano), Billie Howard (violin), Andrew Sudhabhasilp (guitar)
March 19, 8:30 pm, Not Not (Chicago):
Microplastique performs, with Rin Peisert, Brochure, and a new Labrat quartet
March 7, 7:30 pm, The Checkout (Chicago):
March 1, 11 am, Arizona State University Katzin Concert Hall:
ASU Contemporary Music Ensemble performs "Massumi Distributions (for 5)" for the PRISMS Festival
February 18, 2-5 pm, Chicago Museum Of Contemporary Art:
Solo performance of works by Yoko Ono for "Music Of The Mind" exhibition
January 31, 7:30 pm, The Peggy Corkum Music Room (Halifax, Nova Scotia):
Alkali Collective performs Refinites
January 29, 8:30 pm, Elastic Arts (Chicago):
Microplastique album release concert, with Gabrielle Lochard and Julian Otis
January 22-25, Chopin Theatre (Chicago):
Rhynoceron, presented by the Chicago International Puppet Theatre Festival
January 14, 8:00 pm, Beat Kitchen (Chicago):
Splice Series: improvisations on vibraphone and cornet with Carol Genetti, Evan Kopca, and Peter Maunu
2025
December 17, 8:00 pm, Larry's Corner (Stockholm):
Solo trumpet and electronics, and duo with Heather Mease
December 14, 7:30 pm, Experimental Sound Studio (Chicago):
Missing Piece and Cacie Miller perform the complete Subscendental Etudes for New Music Chicago Presents
December 10-20, EMS (Stockholm, Sweden):
Artist-in-residence
December 6, 8 pm, Cyprus Wine Museum (Erimi, Republic Of Cyprus):
Premiere of new work for the Toyful Music Festival
November 1, 8:00 pm, Elastic Arts (Chicago):
Microplastique performs as part of the Music In The Garden Festival
October 30, 8:30 pm, Elastic Arts (Chicago):
All The Wizards Were Here performs on the Elastic Improvised Music Series
October 25, 7:30 pm, Ganz Hall at Roosevelt University (Chicago):
CCPA Contemporary Music Ensemble performs Grass Has Grown Into Your Cities
October 15, 7 pm, The Checkout (Chicago):
Flannau Duo and Quijote Duo premiere Burnt, yet, presented by the Ear Taxi Festival
October 11, 8:00 pm, Hungry Brain (Chicago):
Microplastique performs as part of Amalgamfest
October 11, 7:30 pm, DePaul University Holtschneider Performance Center (Chicago):
William Ferris Chorale performs Aneroidal, presented by the Ear Taxi Festival
October 5, 11 am, Falcon Bowl (Milwaukee):
Microplastique performs as part of the Milwaukee Typewriter Festival's Typewriter Brunch 'n' Bowl
October 3, 7:30 pm, Logan Center For The Arts (Chicago):
Electronics soloist for "Lost Objects" with Bella Voce, presented by the Ear Taxi Festival
September 28, 3:30 pm, Lane Beach (Chicago):
6018 North presents Water Music on the Beach,
vibraphone and cornet with Juliann Wang, Evan Kopca, and Graham Nelson
September 27, 3 pm, The Courtyard (Chicago):
Keys and cornet with All The Wizards Were Here
September 20, 3 pm ET, First Presbyterian Church of Ridgefield Park (New Jersey)
Garden State Singers perform When I Rise Up
September 12, 8 pm, Stola Contemporary Art (Chicago):
With Dreams So Real
September 6, 4 pm, Compound Yellow (Oak Park, IL):
Performance for closing of Juliann Wang's gallery exhibit My Little Realities,
with Wang, Evan Kopca, and Graham Nelson
August 17, 8:30 pm, Constellation
August 19, 7:30 pm, Experimental Sound Studio (Chicago):
Duo Entre-Nous performs ( )hole complex
August 10, 3 pm, Moondog Cafe (Detroit, MI):
Feedback Loop: solo vibraphone and electronics
August 10, 3 pm, Moondog Cafe (Detroit, MI):
Feedback Loop: solo vibraphone and electronics
August 9, 6:30 pm, Ann Arbor District Library (Ann Arbor, MI):
Solo vibraphone and electronics, presented by 1473 Recordings
August 8, 6 pm, Lawndale Pop-Up Space (Chicago):
Trio with Graham Nelson and Juliann Wang, with the Theatre Y Performer Sandbox
July 17, 7 pm, Bim Bom Studios (Chicago):
Mad Myth Science, with special poetry and movement guests Joel Garcia, Amanda Maraist, and Cristal Sabbagh
July 17, 8:30 pm, Elastic Arts (Chicago):
Improvised Music Series presents Mad Myth Science
July 16, 7:15 pm, Tangible Books (Chicago):
Duo with Aaron Kaufman-Levine, presented by Josh Harlow & Tangible Music
July 11, 8 pm, Color Club (Chicago):
Calculated Discomfort presents Earth-Space Balance, featuring All The Wizards Were Here
July 2, 8 pm, Clara (Chicago):
On vibraphone with the Maggie Cousin Quartet
June 28, 4 pm, Compound Yellow (Oak Park, IL):
Microplastique performs for the Homeroom Annual Benefit
June 27, 11 pm, Lemon (Chicago):
With All The Wizards Were Here
Microplastique Mid-Atlantic/East Coast Tour
May 25, 8:30 pm, Constellation (Chicago):
Evan Kopca premieres Discomplicity With Continuous Materials
May 21-25, HERE Arts (NYC):
DREAM Music Puppetry Program presents Rhynoceron
May 16, 7:30 pm, Comfort Station (Chicago):
Solo on cornet and objects for Quiet Comfort series
May 10, 7 pm, Co-Prosperity Sphere (Chicago):
Microplastique performs for the Chicago Humanities Festival's Bridgeport Day
May 4, 7:30 pm, Jarvis Square Pottery (Chicago):
With All The Wizards Were Here
April 27, 4:00 pm, Epiphany Center for the Arts (Chicago):
"Composing The Climate" by Cacie Miller and Missing Piece,
including performance of Subscendental Etude I
April 27, 4:30 pm, Northwestern University:
Solo vibraphone and electronics for the 6th Northwestern University New Music Conference
April 26, 1:00 pm, Bridgeport Music Collective (Chicago):
Acoustic and electronic duos with Ipek Eginli
April 24-26, various locations, Chicago:
Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival Living Room Tour,
music & puppetry performance with KT Shivak
April 18, 8:00 pm, Elastic Arts (Chicago):
Premiere of anti-liminal A/V work with Heather Mease & Happisoft,
presented by Elastro Series
April 15, 8:00 pm, Color Club (Chicago):
Duo with Osnat Netzer, presented by Resonance Arts
April 11, 7:00 pm, Resurrection Lutheran Church (Chicago):
Performance by The Mouth Is The Beginning
April 6, 4:00 pm, Clara (Chicago):
Riso Duo and Garden Unit perform Obsponsive
April 5, 1:30 pm, University of Nebraska Kearney:
UNK New Music Ensemble performs Butler-Barrett Distributions
as part of the UNK New Music Festival
March 29, 8:00 pm, Bricktown (Chicago):
Vibraphone with Shapes Of Emergence (live A/V microscopy by Bauduoin Saintyves)
March 26, 7:00 pm, Roosevelt University:
Duo Riso performs The luminous point at which logic becomes contemplation
as part of the Chicago College of Performing Arts Faculty & Alumni Recital
March 20, 8:30 pm, Elastic Arts:
Quartet with Jessica Ackerley, Alexey Lugunov, Billie Howard
March 14, 8:30 pm, First Unitarian Church Of Chicago:
Flannau Duo performs Outdifference
March 4, 6-9 pm, Nola Bar Chicago:
Fat Tuesday Celebration with the Do-Rights
February 23, 8:30 pm, Marmalade:
Vibraphone and electronics duo with Janna Lee, opening for BobbBBBbridge
February 4, 4:00 pm, Eastern Illinois University (Charleston, IL):
Solo vibraphone and electronics as part of the Napoleon Electronic Music Festival
January 18, 8:00 pm, The Garage (Chicago):
All The Wizards Were Here, with Tommy Carroll, Lyn Rye, Yvette Mushimiyimana, Chandler Browne
January 12, 8:30 pm, Constellation (Chicago):
Flannau Duo performs Outdifference
January 12, 7:00 pm, Elastic Arts:
"Composing The Climate" by Cacie Miller and Missing Piece,
including the premiere of Subscendental Etude I
January 12, 4:00 pm, Clara (Chicago):
"Dreams So Real": ECM and 70s jazz favorites on vibraphone
with Andrew Scott Young (bass), Charlie Olvera (guitar), Tyler Damon (drums)
2024
December 17, 8:30 pm, Constellation:
Microplastique "blare blow bloom!" Release Concert
December 8, 7:00 pm, Tritriangle (Chicago):
Solo vibraphone, with Autumn Culp and Mountain Laurel
December 5, 8:30 pm, Elastic Arts:
"Angsty drones for angsty times", on cornet and electronics with Kirsten Carey & Ben Willis
November 24, 2:00 pm, Horatio N May Chapel (Chicago):
"Trilogie Ephemere": solo vibraphone and electronics,
with Daniel Burke's Twilight Furniture and Tony Moaton
November 17, 8:00 pm, Epiphany Center for the Arts (Chicago):
November 9, 8:00 pm, Elastic Arts (Chicago):
The Mouth Is The Beginning performs as part of Music In The Garden Festival
November 2, 7:00 pm, Communication (Madison, WI):
Solo vibraphone and electronics, with Matt Blair & Battalion of Cloudships
November 1, 8:30 pm, Lawrence University Memorial Chapel (Appleton, WI):
World premiere of Fold, Flow, Field by the LU flute & trombone ensembles
October 17, 8:30 pm, Elastic Arts (Chicago):
Alike Untils release concert on Improvised Music Series, with Erica Dawn Lyle
September 26/27, 7:30 pm, Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art:
Vibraphone and sound design for Some Viscera with Lykanthea
September 22, 4pm, High Concept Labs (Chicago):
Premiere of "Rhynoceron", a puppet show by KT Shivak with original music
September 20, 12 pm, Palau de la Musica (Valencia, Spain):
David Moliner performs f(ne)ar-sited for the 46è Festival Ensems, presented by the L’Institut Valencià de Cultura
September 15, 7 pm, The Lodge (Dayton, KY)
Missing Piece performs Adaptive Artifcation/Eschautomation
September 15, 2 pm, Fox Gallery (Cleveland):
The _____ Experiment performs Refinites
September 15, 2 pm, Horatio N. May Chapel (Chicago):
"Where Angels Tread": gallery opening with performance of Rosśa Crean's "The Spaces We Breathe"
& dance performance to original electronic music
September 14, 7 pm, Mayfair Artist Studios (Boston):
Siren Songs: vocal recital by Cristina Gallo and Jackie Kerns,
including world premieres of "When I Tell My Mother" and "Speaking (of) Immemorial Waters"
September 14, 8 pm, Pro Musica (Chicago):
Duo with Osnat Netzer (piano)
September 12, 7 pm, Cafe Mustache (Chicago):
Heavy Air Happy Hour with Andrew Scott Young (bass), Chad Clark (guitar)
September 4, 8:30 pm, Beat Kitchen (Chicago):
Splice Series, performance with Carol Genetti, Peter Maunu, Erica Miller, and Craig Davis Pinson,
August 29, 4:00 pm, Chicago Cultural Center:
Chicago Jazz Festival features DJAZ (Elastic Arts Improvised Music Curatorial Team),
with Ishmael Ali, Angel Bat Dawid, Molly Jones, and Avreeayl Ra
August 21, 12:00 pm, Northwestern University Norris Center (Evanston, IL):
Lunch On The Lake with Tommy Carroll's Prosthetic
August 2, 7:00 pm, Archie's Cafe (Chicago):
Trio with Tommy Carroll, Maya Jensen, and guests
August 1, 8:30 pm, Elastic Arts (Chicago):
Cornet performance as part of Eli Namay's Sound Mass VI
July 26:
Release of James Ilgenfritz's "Proprioceptions III: Inasmuch And Insofar"
July 21, 4:00 pm, Clara (Chicago):
Trio with Jesse Chandler, Oliver Horton
July 9-16:
On tour with Adam Shead's Microplastique, performances at Spot Tavern (7/9, Lafayette, IN); house concert (7/10, South Bend, IN); Constellation (7/11, Chicago, IL); Sugar Maple (7/12, Milwaukee, WI); O'Connell's Pub (7/13, St. Louis, MO); State St Pub (7/14, Indianapolis, IN); Trinosophes (7/15, Detroit, MI); Waterloo Arts (7/16, Cleveland, OH)
June 16, StudioMef29 (Thessolaniki, Greece):
Post-Sonic Experiment performs Obsponsive
June 9, 8:00 pm, Bantha Tea Bar (Pittsburgh, PA):
Duo with Eli Namay
June 7, 7:00 pm, Nolan Park, Governor's Island (NYC):
Solo opening performance and movement as part of "Fourteen Porches" in collaboration with 2024 Indeterminacy Festival.
May 25, 8:00 pm, Evoke Tattoos (Chicago):
Locus Ensemble presents "Crossbreeds", including performance of Butler-Barrett Distributions
May 21, 7:30 pm, Experimental Sound Studio (Chicago):
Else, If Else performs Are We Hardly as part of New Music Chicago Presents
May 15, 8:00 pm, Berlin Philharmonie (DE):
World premiere of f(ne)ar-sited by David Moliner
April 21, 8:30 pm, Constellation (Chicago):
"Tri-Centric Experiencers Unit": performing works of Anthony Braxton with Han Guel Lee & Jennifer Mong
April 12:
Release of Oxalis Triangularis Vol. 1–3 by Apply Triangle,
including Intraspecies Smalltalk And The End Of The World
April 6, 8:00 pm, Elastic Arts (Chicago):
Freedom From & Freedom To
March 29, 8:30 pm, Constellation (Chicago):
Duo with Jessica Ackerley; quartet with Ackerley, Billie Howard, & Robbie Hunsinger
March 23, 7:00 pm, Denison University Swasey Chapel (Granville, OH):
World premiere of Butler-Barrett Distributions by WildUP with Vail Performance Series and TUTTI Festival.
March 17, 8:00 pm, Public Space One (Iowa City, IA):
Solo, with Christine Burke & Justin Comer
March 9, 8:00 pm, Old Town School of Folk Music (Chicago):
With Pneumatic Tubes & Beth Orton
March 1, 7 pm, Rosehill Cemetary May Chapel (Chicago):
"Voice To Vibe": solo vibraphone and performance by The Mouth Is The Beginning,
with Roberta Brenza, Paige Brown, Janna Lee, Julian Otis
February 7, 8 pm, Elastic Arts (Chicago):
"In A Word," improvisations with Krissy Bergmark & Shalaka Kulkarni
February 2, 7 pm, International Museum of Surgical Science (Chicago):
Release concert for ( )hole complex, with Garden Unit and BZ on live electronics
January 5, online:
Release of ( )hole complex on Sawyer Editions
January 4, 8 pm, Elastic Arts (Chicago):
Quartet with new Improvised Music Series curators (Ishmael Ali, Angel Bat Dawid, Molly Jones)
2023
December 15, 7 pm, Co-Prosperity Sphere (Chicago):
"The Music Of Puppetry": solo performance as part of panel and
"Potential Energy" exhibition
November 11, 7:30 pm/November 12, 4 pm, Church of St. Anthony of Padua (NYC):
CIVITAS: The Lamentations of Jeremiah Rebuilt:
Premiere of "Is It Nothing" with Khorikos and Charlotte Greve
November 5, 4 pm, Elastic Arts (Chicago):
Earth/Land:
Premiere of "Adaptive Artifacts/Eschautomation"
by Missing Piece (Dan Galat & Kelly Quesada, strings & flowerpots)
October 15, 9 pm, Hungry Brain (Chicago):
With James Ilgenfritz, Norman Long, Jason Stein,
Paul Giallorenzo, Teerath Majumder, & Julian Otis
October 14, 7 pm, Alma Art & Interiors (Chicago):
October 3, 8 pm, Burlington Bar (Chicago):
Duo on vibraphone with Scott Dean Taylor, drums
September 30, 4 pm, Pretty Lake Camp (Mattawan, MI):
Solo vibraphone and electronics for the 2023 PRF Campout
September 22, 8:30 pm, Tritriangle (Chicago):
Performing works by Dick Higgins & Allison Knowles with Rin Peisert
September 20, 7:15 pm, Tangible Books (Chicago):
Solo vibraphone performance
September 13, 8 pm, Elastic Arts (Chicago):
The _____ Experiment premieres Massumi Distributions (for 5) as part of the 2023 Impromptu Fest.
September 12, 6 pm, Epiphany Center for the Arts (Chicago):
Codex Trio performs Refinites as part of the 2023 Impromptu Fest.
September 10, 4:30 pm, Rockwood Music Hall (NYC):
Access Contemporary Music presents Concept Lab, a live workshop series including the premiere of Mesodistributions
September 7, 7:30 pm, Comfort Station (Chicago):
Comfort Music showcases Amalgam artists: vibraphone & cornet with Curran Law Trio
August 31, 8 pm, Agitator Gallery (Chicago):
Night School multimedia series: solo vibraphone and electronics with video by Justin Beachler
August 23, 7-9 pm, Tack Room/Thalia Hall (Chicago):
Kicking It Curbside summer series: solo vibraphone and electronics
August 16, 8 pm, Beat Kitchen (Chicago):
Splice Series: vibraphone and cornet with Andrew Jamieson (keys) & Peter Maunu (violin, guitar)
August 13, 9 pm, Hungry Brain (Chicago):
Mad Myth Science, with Fred Lomgberg-Holm, Keefe Jackson, & Julian Kirschner
August 12, 2 pm, outdoor location
August 13, 3:30 pm, South Shore Cultural Center
August 19, 7 pm, Wicker Park Luther Church
August 20, 3:30 pm, The Joinery
Common Pulse presents: Rest (vocals and arrangements)
August 11, 8 pm, Spot Tavern (Lafayette, IN):
Mad Myth Science
July 20, Experimental Sound Studio (Chicago):
Krankwerk performs in/difference, for New Music Chicago Presents (watch here)
June 25, 8:30 pm, Constellation (Chicago):
Premiere of Xenoweave (for Peter Garland) by Dan Lewis & BZ on just intonation and equal tempered vibraphones
June 24, 8 pm, Strange & Beautiful Things (Chicago):
Missing Piece Duo (Dan Galat & Kelly Quesada) and Myra Hinrichs perform
in/difference and premiere where each branch contains what is given to kingdoms
June 21, 5 pm, Welles Park (Chicago):
"Voice To Vibe": solo vibraphone and performance by The Mouth Is The Beginning,
with Roberta Brenza, Paige Brown, Janna Lee, Julian Otis, and special guest Lorin Benedict
Presented by Make Music Chicago
June 19, 8 pm, Golden Dagger (Chicago):
Vibes and trumpet in house band for Tommy Carroll's Open Jam
June 9, 8 pm, Elastic Arts (Chicago):
Solo trumpet performance on the multichannel CLEAT system,
with Alyssa Miserendino and Conor Tighe
June 8, 7 pm, Comfort Station (Chicago):
Comfort Music presents Adam Shead's Microplastique
May 25, 8 pm, Masterskaya M. K. Anikushin, Saint Petersburg (RU):
Mikhail Krutik premieres What comes to prickle as part of the opening concert
of the 10th St. Petersburg International Festival of New Music
May 18, 8 pm, Elastic Arts (Chicago):
Debut performance of The Mouth Is The Beginning, improvised vocal ensemble
with Roberta Brenza, Paige Brown, Janna Lee, & Julian Otis (watch here)
May 15, 8 pm, Golden Dagger (Chicago):
Vibes and trumpet in house band for Tommy Carroll's Open Jam
May 9, 8 pm, The Hideout (Chicago):
Debut performance of Gliese (vibraphone and electronics with Ishmael Ali, cello),
with Tim Daisy and Maria Elena Silva
May 5, 8 pm, Elastic Arts (Chicago):
Homeroom presents Our Everfraction (watch here)
May 1:
Digital release of After Along The Way
April 30, 8 pm, Convivium 33 Gallery (Cleveland, OH):
Solo performance on vibraphone, trumpet, electronics, opening for Emily Beisel & Bill Harris.
Presented by Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project.
April 29, Buffalo, NY:
1 pm, University of Buffalo: "Not is not not" at the UB MUGSA Conference
3 pm, Burchfield Penney Art Center: "Exploring the Language of Music:"
solo vibraphone performance in response to exhibition by Michael Mandolfo
April 23, 9 pm, Hungry Brain (Chicago):
Debut performance of Adam Shead's Microplastique,
toy instrument improvisations with Shead, Molly Jones, and Mabel Kwan
April 22, 7:30 pm, Queen of the Apostles Parish (Chicago)
April 23, 3 pm, St. Ita Catholic Church (Chicago)
Chicago Chamber Choir performs When we arrive at home
April 7, 12 pm, Block Cinema, Northwestern University (Evanston, IL):
A Synesthete's Atlas: multimedia performance with Eric Theise.
March 19, 12 pm, Paine Hall, Harvard University (Boston):
Colloquium presentation for Harvard Group for New Music.
March 17, The Factory (St. Peterburg, FL):
Performance of Vitamalisms as part of CAMPGround 23.
March 5, 8:30 pm, Constellation (Chicago):
Premiere of ( )hole complex by Garden Unit (Julia Ansolabehere & Cameron Roberts) as part of Frequency Series.
February 25, 4:00 pm, Elastic Arts (Chicago):
Homeroom presents WIP showing of Our Everfraction, multidisciplinary performance with Gaby Martinez,
Tony Moaton, and Veronica Anne Salinas.
February 21, 7:30 pm, Bienen School Of Music (Evanston, IL):
Premiere of The luminous point at which logic becomes contemplation by Evan Kopca and Zaira Castillo.
February 17, 8:30 pm, Elastic Arts (Chicago):
Guest duo on vibraphone with Krissy Bergmark with Pleaides Series
February 10, 8:00 pm, Bim Bom Space (Chicago):
Duo on cornet, vibraphone, and electronics with Pneumatic Tubes (Jesse Chandler), You Are The Garden opens
February 8, 8:30 pm, Constellation (Chicago):
Duo with Molly Jones on cornet and vibraphone, part of 2x4 series
January 26-28, 8:00 pm, Steppenwolf Theatre (Chicago):
Lookout Series presents Dogs or Cats; Augmented Body with new and remastered music
January 26, 8:30 pm, Elastic Arts (Chicago):
Cornet performance with Derek Worthington's Lossy Codec
January 10, 7:30 pm, Colvin House (Chicago):
Fifth Season performs for Colvin Concerts series
2022
December 20, 7:30 pm, online:
Shi-An Costello performs ipnaop as part of New Music Chicago Presents
December 10, 8:00 pm, Elastic Arts (Chicago):
Vibraphone and movement with Freedom From & Freedom To (improvised music & dance performances)
November 3-24, Poschiavo, Switzerland
UnCool Editions Artist-In-Residence
Saturday, November 19, 8:00 pm: showcase at Casa Hasler
Monday, November 21, 7:30 pm: solo set at Bar Al Crott
October 21, 7:30 pm, Midnight Tea Studios (Fine Arts Building) (Chicago):
Semiterritory release concert featuring Fifth Season. Tickets here.
October 9, 8:30 pm, Constellation (Chicago):
Featured artist on Frequency Series, presenting world and US premieres as part of doctoral recital
with Ishmael Ali, Johanna Brock, Jakob Heinemann, Jeff Kimmel, Daniel Lewis,
Riley Leitch, Beth MacDonald, Julian Otis, Craig Davis Pinson, and Adam Shead
September 9, 8:00 pm, Elastic Arts
Performing on vibraphone and voice in Ishmael Ali's Archipelago on the CLEAT Series.
August 22, 8 pm, Cafe Mustache (Chicago):
B.A.D. Trio performs , opening for Reckoner
August 14, 3 pm, South Shore Cultural Center
August 19, 7:30 pm, Wicker Park Lutheran Church
August 21, 3 pm, Joinery (all Chicago):
Common Pulse presents: Prism, including the premiere of When I Rise Up; also singing and playing synths
August 12:
Release of Aeroliths (Countermonumental) on Slow Tone Collages
August 12, 7:30 pm, Epiphany Center for the Arts (Chicago):
Performing with Vishnu Ramprasad (Navtar, guitar), with Krissy Bergmark (tabla)
August 11, 7 pm, Comfort Station Logan Square (Chicago):
Comfort Music Series: solo vibraphone set, opening for HLDAY MAGIK
August 6, 7:30 pm, St. James Cathedral (Chicago):
Premiere of Angelus Loci, with the Chicago Composers Orchestra and Sonder Trio
July 30, 8 pm, London Pentameters Theatre (London, UK):
Vocal Constructivists present "Scratch & The Sequence",
including a version of Wolff Distributions
July 27, 12 pm, Norris Center, Northwestern University
B.A.D. Trio (with Andrew Harlan, bass, and Dan Lewis, drums)
performs for Northwestern's summer concert series
July 23, 8:30 pm Mu Gallery (Chicago)
July 30, 8:30 pm, Elastic Arts (Chicago)
Mad Myth Science's last shows...
July 2-17, Alfred University (Alfred, NY):
"Emerging Artist" in residence for Alfred Summer Arts workshops
June 23/24, Links Hall (Chicago):
Premiere of Dogs or Cats; Augmented Body as part of Links Hall Co-Mission Festival Of New Works
June 17/18, International Museum Of Surgical Sciences (Chicago):
Vibraphonist for restaging of Priestess Of Morphine by Rosśa Crean
May 29, 9 pm, Hungry Brain (Chicago):
Fifth Season performs new works and re-interpretations,
with Chris Dammann, Mabel Kwan, & Adam Shead
May 14, 7 pm, Compound Yellow (Oak Park):
Side Yard Sounds series: performing with Mad Myth Science
May 12, 7 pm, Cafe Mustache (Chicago):
Heavy Air Happy Hour: with Ishmael Ali & David Fletcher
May 5, 7:30 pm, Elastic Arts (Chicago):
Myth Chamber Experiment, with Lauren Hayes, Molly Jones, Norman Long, and Wilson Smith
April 30, 7 pm, Queen Of Angels Parish/ May 1, 3 pm, St. Gregory The Great Catholic Church (Chicago):
"I'll Be On My Way": Season finale concerts with the Chicago Chamber Choir
April 23:
Release of Becames on Whitelabelrecs (and my birthday!)
April 14, 7 pm CT, The Garage (Northwestern University):
ConcertHub kickoff performance, on vibraphone with Andrew Harlan, bass, and Dan Lewis, drums
April 9, 11 am CT, Museum Of Contemporary Art (Chicago):
Vibraphone and movement for Freedom From & Freedom To at the MCA Family Day
April 2, 7:30 pm CT, Elastic Arts (Chicago):
Vibraphone, movement, and trumpet at the 7th Freedom From & Freedom To (improvised music & dance performances)
April 2, 3 pm CT, University Of Nebraska Kearney:
Sharon Campbell performs Semiramide Riconosciuta as part of the UNK New Music Festival
March 3, 8 pm CT, Esquina (Chicago) & online:
Solo vibraphone and electronics for Esquina's First Thursdays series, with Becky Grajada and Beth MacDonald
March 1, 7:30 pm CT, Galvin Hall, Northwestern University:
Third Coast Percussion premieres Vitamalisms.
February 27, 5 pm CT, First Presbyterian Church of Evanston:
Chicago Chamber Choir 25th Anniversary & Reunion Concert
February 19, 11 am, Harris Theater (Chicago):
Chicago Chamber Choir performs as part of the 2022 ACDA Midwest Convention
January 8, 8:30 pm CT, Constellation (Chicago):
Performing on vibraphone with Fifth Season (with Mabel Kwan, Andrew Scott Young, Adam Shead)
2021
December 15, 8:30 pm CT, Beat Kitchen (Chicago):
Splice Series: improvising with Peter Maunu, Carol Genetti, and Adam Zanolini
December 11, 7:30 pm CT, Elastic Arts (Chicago):
Freedom From & Freedom To: collaborative music and dance improvisation performances
December 9, 6 pm CT, Cafe Mustache (Chicago):
Heavy Air Happy Hour: performing on small percussion and objects with Adam Shead and Andrew Scott Young
December 3/4, Saint Vincent DePaul Catholic Church (Chicago):
Accompanying the William Ferris Chorale on marimba in Erik Esenvalds' Earth Teach Me Quiet
November 20, 12 pm PST, online:
Opening of "Audiovisual Music" exhibition at UCR ARTS (Riverside, CA), including Incognita Ex Terra
November 16, 7:30 CT, livestream:
Quixote Duo performs Outdifferencing for New Music Chicago Presents
November 11/12, 12 pm ET, online:
OneBeat Virtual Marathon, in collaborations with Sara Gonzalez Salamanca, Daniel Schreiner, and the Building Radio Elective
October 30, Church of St. Spirit, Jihlava (Czech Republic)
Prague Quiet Music Collective performs Refinites as part of the 25th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
October 30, online & University Of North Georgia:
Research On Contemporary Composition Conference; virtual presentation of "Not Is Not Not: Compositional Labor, Identity, And Fidelity As Parameter In Experimental Music Performance"
October 29, 8 pm CEST, Musikhuset Aarhus & livestream:
Nordic Percussion Festival, including premiere of anti.duo.dist.
October 17, 1 pm CT, Comfort Station (Chicago):
Cinnamon Davenport's Assembly Room Presents: Solos; solo electronics/fake saxophones in support of record label fair with Alex Maerbach, Zach Moore, Nick Merryhew, Nu A.M., & Alexander Adams
October 16, 7:30 pm CT, Saint Mary of the Lake Catholic Church (Chicago):
Performance with Chicago Chamber Choir
September 22, 8 pm CT, Cafe Mustache (Chicago):
Performance with Mad Myth Science, with guest poet Joel Garcia
September 18, 7 pm CT, DCTorium (Chicago):
Quixote Duo premieres Outdifferencing as part of Ear Taxi Festival Spotlight Series
August 28, 11 am CEST, Janacek Conservatory (Ostrava):
Ostrava Banda performs Eschautomata as part of Ostrava Days
August 21, 2 am CEST, Jiří Myron Theatre (Ostrava):
Performing Hard Rain by Milan Guštar as part of The Long Night at Ostrava Days
August 19, 9:30 pm CEST, Brickhouse (Hlubina Coal Mine) (Ostrava):
Performing Stockhausen's Aus Den Sieben Tagen at Ostrava Days opening concert
July 16, 8:30 pm CT, Constellation (Chicago):
Performing with Mad Myth Science
July 11, 17, 18, various locations in Chicago:
Common Pulse presents: She, singing and vibraphone