Pleiades is our monthly series that features womxn and non-binary musicians/improvisors and this month we’ll have two sets to open the night followed by an open jam! This month we will open the night from Beth McDonald playing solo tuba w/ electronics. She’s just released two brand new albums of solo material exploring deep electronic drones and gorgeous acoustic environments. We’ll then see a trio set from McDonald, multi-instrumentalist Ro(b)//ert Lundberg, and trombonist Riley Leitch. If you’d like to participate in the open jam (any femme / non-binary folks), please email pleiades@elasticarts.org
Artist Bios
Beth McDonald is a classically trained tuba player gone awry. She performs mostly as an improviser, using the tuba acoustically or in conjunction with electronic processing. Beth performs with Edition Redux, the Duck Brain Ragtime Band, and other projects. She enjoys collaborating on cross-disciplinary performance projects, and has worked with artists and musicians such as Becky Grajeda, Nathanael Lee Jones, Isaac Turner, Franki Hand, Sasha de Koninick, and Mark Booth. Her new solo albums -- the new moon's out of the way and syenite & sodalite -- feature improvisational landscapes of tuba and resonance. www.bethtuba.com -----
Riley Leitch is a Chicago area trombonist. Riley has performed at local and international festivals. Riley's focus is on collaboration and evolving new works for trombone that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. He plays trombone and thinks about it. rileyleitch.com ----
Ro(b)//ert Lundberg makes sound and image, thinks about and drinks water. They have performed a wide range of music throughout North America and Europe both solo and with outfits such as JOBS, Skeletons, PrrPrr, In One Wind, and Leverage Models. Their multimedia work uses sound, image, text, and performance to foreground hidden social and environmental realities and relationships. They've performed and presented work at the JVC Jazz Festival, Big Ears Festival, SITE Santa Fe, Roulette Intermedium, and Gallery 400. They earned a BFA in jazz performance from The New School (New York) and graduate degrees in science studies and environmental art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. https://www.roberteplundberg.com/
$15 - Tickets Available at the Door