Legendary saxophonist Urs Leimgruber has been a fixture on the international improvised music scene for decades and has performed with an amazing array of talents. For this rare Chicago appearance, Urs will perform a set of solo music and then join Chicago greats Jason Roebke and Jim Baker.
FOLLOW THE LIGHT is a new work by composer Michael Zerang for string ensemble, featuring his instrument, Queequeg’s Coffin. This is his first full-length composition for ensemble that features the instrument.
The thirteenth annual Bridge brings French musicians Jean-Luc Guionnet and Pierre-Antoine Badaroux together with Chicago musicians Jim Baker and Jason Roebke for ESS's Outer Ear series.
We are excited to bring back Vinosonic, the fourth annual annual afternoon of wine tasting and improvisation in the garden to benefit ESS. In a format that has become increasingly popular from year to year, a selection of wines—presented and supplied by our neighbors at In Fine Spirits—will inspire duo, trio, and quartet improvisations by local luminaries Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello), Jason Roebke (bass), Jason Stein (bass clarinet), and Michael Zerang (percussion). ESS' own Dan Mohr (a former professional in the wine world) will emcee the afternoon's proceedings. Music from the various collections in the Creative Audio Archive will play between sets, and the CAA will also have listening stations available at the event.
Ethan Rose’s Reflection matches a series of electro-mechanical bells with a set of distinct, corresponding speakers. Each speaker plays back a reversed recording of a bell, and at the exact moment that the recording ends, the actual bell strikes.
