Improviser, saxophonist, and multi-wind instrumentalist Steve Baczkowski presents a selection of solo music for his debut on the Option series. A discussion with Tim Daisy tops off the evening.
Highly versatile NYC bassist John Hébert performs solo and discusses his work with Option programmer Tim Daisy.
NYC based saxophonist and composer Briggan Krauss performs solo and discusses his work with Option curator Tim Daisy.
Option is excited to welcome Danish Saxophonist Sonja Labianca and visual artist, musician, and composer Heine Thorhauge Mathiasen who will perform two compositions, right now, an almost perfect circular orbit for saxophone and sculpture and SOLW for amplified guitar and amplified saxophone.
7:00pm - Nate Wooley
7:30pm - Sylvie Courvoisier
8:00pm - Joe Morris
8:30pm -Tim Daisy
9:00pm - Ben Hall
ESS is partnering with the Northbrook Public Library as part of their Sound Exploration Series to present a special concert of improvised music featuring Rafael Toral, electronics; Tim Daisy, drums; Mars WIlliams, saxophone.
Moments of Intersection is a discussion between Missouri artist KERRY MULVANIA HIRTH and Chicago drummer TIM DAISY. Audiences will be able to view a pop-up exhibition of Hirth's visual artworks based on colors she perceived while listening to Daisy's music. Daisy will also play selections of his compositions.
CHAD TAYLOR: solo drum set performance and interview with TIM DAISY. (Photo by Boris Lemonsky)
What you'll hear in the Fern Room is The Glass House by Chicago composer and percussionist Tim Daisy. The composition reflects various aspects of the structure of the building itself. It is recorded in four sections that play simultaneously, each supporting the other, much like the metal ribs of the four corners of the Fern Room support the overall structure. These musical sections are of different lengths, so they continuously mix and remix in surprising and unpredictable ways. The instruments, including vibraphone, cymbals, radio and turntables, recall both the materials of the building and its location in an increasingly technologized environment. The Glass House explores the sounds hidden within the Conservatory’s architecture and acknowledges its function as an urban home for botanical diversity.
The Sound Design Project is an arts integration program that explores a specific medium: sound. Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education collaborated with sound artist Lou Mallozzi, SAIC professor and Founder of Experimental Sound Studio, to implement this three-year investigation into the intersection of experimental sound arts and music pedagogy, and their impact on academic learning.
ESS has assembled three of the most prolific percussionists in Chicago's jazz and improvised music scene - Jason Adasiewicz (vibes), Tim Daisy (marimba), and Michael Zerang (xylophone) - to engage in an unprecedented concatenation of mallet instruments.
