Join us for a homecoming fundraising event featuring Roscoe Mitchell, Junius Paul, Ben LaMar Gay, and Natural Information Society. Proceeds will support the continued success of ESS. Halcyon Chorus takes place in-person and streaming Saturday, August 14th from 4-7pm CDT.

On International Make Music Day, the Newberry is teaming up with Chicago’s Experimental Sound Studio, an organization dedicated to artistic evolution and the creative exploration of sound, to bring together groundbreaking musicians Terri Lyne Carrington and Nicole Mitchell for a talk with scholar Romi Crawford on experimentation, early jazz influences, and their latest work.

Experimental Sound Studio is proud to present The Bridge [2.1] for a performance and live recording in the studio as a concluding event in their 3 day micro-residency. Their collaborative efforts titled, Crying Out Loud, is an improvisational quintet ensemble featuring Dan Bitney (drums), Christian Bopp (trombone, voice), Rob Frye (woodwinds, electronics), Jayve Montgomery (woodwinds, electronics) and Simon Sieger (trombone, tuba, accordion, piano).

On January 31 ESS presents a prototype of a larger format Fugal Systems music series scheduled to debut at Experimental Station in fall 2019. Participating in this preview iteration are Billie Howard, Ayanna Woods, Angel Bat Dawid, and Adam Vida. Join us for this unique, immersive live sound collage that will take over the entire ESS building.

The 10th Experimental Garage Sale is happening June 11th, 2017 from 12-6pm in our lovely backyard garden!