Luc Mosley

Luc Mosley specializes in woodwinds and electronics. His style draws inspiration from jazz, classical, ambient, and electronic dance music. Utilizing a blend of woodwinds and electronics, he draws upon sounds of the past to forge new pathways for music of the future. In addition to leading his own group, the Luc Mosley ensemble, he performs with Mucca Pazza, Graphics, Groppler Zorn, and Autophysiopsychic Millennium. He is also a curator at Elastic Arts and co-runs the Image of Thought series with Rin Peisert.

Lia Kohl

Lia Kohl is a cellist, composer, and sound artist based in Chicago. Her wide-ranging practice includes composition and performance, installation, improvisation, and collaboration. She tours nationally and internationally, working in theater, jazz, rock, and experimental contexts. Her work centers curiosity and patience, an exploration of the mundane and profound possibilities of sound.

Camila

Born and raised on the West Side of Chicago, Camila is a multifaceted talent, excelling as a songwriter, performer, and jazz vocalist. Beginning her journey as a vocal student, she swiftly emerged as a gifted artist and creative force in the city's vibrant scene. Her musical background explores the sounds, textures and feelings of Jazz and Soul Music, and introduces rhythms influenced by her lineage from the Caribbean Islands. Showcasing her prowess as both a vocalist and performer while maintaining a steady output of original music, she hopes to cultivate an air of intimacy whenever she performs, bringing sensual, warm sounds and poetry to those with a listening ear.

Get ready to embark on a sonic journey like no other as the Improvised Music Series presents an unforgettable evening of boundary-pushing soundscapes and captivating performances.

Mosley/Long/Kohl Trio

8:30pm

Comprised of Luc Mosley, Lia Kohl, and Norman Long, this trio combines woodwinds, cello, and electronics to explore the boundaries of group improvisation. Their unique sound is sure to leave you mesmerized and inspired.

Camila

9:30PM

Camila is a talented singer-songwriter known for her infectious soulful voice and introspective lyrics. Her haunting melodies and poignant delivery have entranced audiences everywhere, and we're thrilled to bring her unique talent to the stage.

$15 / $10 w/ Student ID - Tickets Available at the Door

Norman W. Long

Norman W. Long is a multi-disciplinary practice involves walking, listening, teaching, improvising, performing, recording, and composing to create environments and situations in which he and the audience are engaged in dialogues about memory, place, ecology, race, culture, value, silence, and the invisible. Norman’s practice has been influenced by the emerging practices and thinking of 1970s artists, musicians, critics, and designers regarding landscape and sound- specifically Rosalind Krauss’ article “Sculpture in the Expanded Field”, and the development of the acoustic ecology by R. Murray Schafer. The sounds found in his work has its inspirational roots in the Black music of house and techno, so-called ‘free jazz’, Great Black Music, Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi, Pauline Oliveros, King Tubby, Dub, and the sounds of artists outside and in-between genres. Long’s improvisational and compositional strategies are inspired by Samuel R. Delany’s palimpsest text “Plague Journal '' chapter of Dhalgren (Science Fiction) and Atlantis: Three tales (Fiction) and Mark Bradford’s survey at the Museum of Contemporary Art: Chicago in 2011 featuring Bradford’s process of collecting and collaging, scraping and pasting materials sourced from his community in Los Angeles. He holds an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in New Genres (2001) and a master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture from Cornell University (2008). Norman Long has performed and exhibited at Columbia College’s Glass Curtain Gallery, Experimental Sound Studio, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Yale University’s Center for Collaborative Arts & Media, The Renaissance Society, 2022 High Zero Festival in Baltimore, MD, Chicago Humanities Festival, Chicago Cultural Center and 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial. Norman has attended residencies at EMS in Stockholm, Djerassi Foundation and Yucca Valley Material Lab in California, and AS220 in Providence, RI. Norman has also received a ThreeWalls RaDLab fellowship and commission for his pieces, Neighborhood Listening Garden and Re-Membering/Re-Presencing. Norman has performed and toured with Angel Bat Dawid and the Brothahood, and has also performed and recorded with the Ali/Harris/Long/McKenna group, Spectralina, Todd Carter, John Daniel, Xris Espinoza, Carol Genetti, Damon Locks, Tatsuya Nakatani, Joe Namy, Cristal Sabbagh and Sara Zalek. He has released his compositions on Hausu Mountain, Reserve Matinee, LINE, Rural Situationism, and Room40 labels. Calumet in Dub is his latest solo release on Blorpus Editions.