
ben zucker
composition/improvisation/sound
design/instruments/etc.
2023
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