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Join us for a night of dance music, with the return of Acideman on the decks! We’ll also hear from Lady D, Diz, Tyrel Williams, and Fortune. Music goes LATE, so get ready to dance.
The final iteration of the France-Chicago improvisation exchange is here — tonight we highlight the featured artists in rotating small configurations.
Please join us as we welcome back the Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival to Elastic Arts, curated by our friends at Asian Improv aRts Midwest! Night one will include a set from Seiji “Wabi” Yuguchi, followed by a set from the MIYUMI Reduction Quintet.
Please join us as we welcome back the Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival to Elastic Arts, curated by our friends at Asian Improv aRts Midwest! Night two will include a duo from Kenji Lee + Stephan Paul. We’ll then hear from Miminari Trio!
Please join us for a special Sunday Elastro where we welcome the wonderful electro-acoustic duo of Alex Koi and Kirin McElwain. We’ll have Madame Orange, the duo of Emily Beisel and Bill Harris, opening the evening.
Chad Kouri and Ben LaMar Gay present an evening of sound and color. Ben LaMar Gay is a composer who moves sound, color, and space components through folkloric filters producing brilliant electro-acoustic collages. Chad Kouri is a Chicago-based working artist, musician, and storyteller interested in the healing powers of color, sound, and abstraction.
We welcome Ben Willis’ bright presence back to the Improvised Music Series after his move to Osaka, Japan in 2025. He will be joined by violinist, improviser, and curator Caroline Jesalva, experimental vocalist, sound artist, technologist, and educator Paige Alice Naylor, and composer, improviser, and SuperCollider electronicist Derek Worthington.
8:30 pm: Willis / Worthington / Naylor / Jesalva
9:30 pm: Chad Kouri & Ben LaMar Gay
$15 / $10 w/ Student ID
Join us for a special two-night CLEAT Series presentation of Chris Knowlton’s Echo Network! This work is a dance, sound and technology performance that explores networked synesthesia, sensory substitution and the idea of sound as touch at a distance.
Join us for a special two-night CLEAT Series presentation of Chris Knowlton’s Echo Network! This work is a dance, sound and technology performance that explores networked synesthesia, sensory substitution and the idea of sound as touch at a distance.
Music in the Garden presents 3 days of music, artisans, creative soirees and more with Chicago and New York-based artists. This year's music in the garden takes place in a maze-like sculptural work, designed and installed by Chicago artist Ruby Tresche.
Music in the Garden presents 3 days of music, artisans, creative soirees and more with Chicago and New York-based artists. This year's music in the garden takes place in a maze-like sculptural work, designed and installed by Chicago artist Ruby Tresche.
Come enjoy music, art and community. Presented by Elastic Arts Foundation and Homeroom Chicago.
Music in the Garden presents 3 days of music, artisans, creative soirees and more with Chicago and New York-based artists. This year's music in the garden takes place in a maze-like sculptural work, designed and installed by Chicago artist Ruby Tresche.
Join us for a special night of new music from some of Chicago’s most prolific composers. All three sets will represent a new release on Low Impact Recordings, a new Chicago-based record label. We’ll have the duo of Kelley Shehan and Jack Langdon open, celebrating their record Exhausted Mechanisms. Next Jeff Kimmel will present work from his new album In Plain Sight. Finally Emmer, the duo of Erez Dessel and Tyler Wagner, will perform with a nod to their newest self-titled release. Music at 8pm!
Improvised music in tune with the beginning of winter — both of tonight’s bands use the word ‘quiet’ in their descriptions, which will make for a beautiful evening of focused listening to their mysterious yet lush string-driven textures.
Syzygia is a Chicago-based quartet that performs freely improvised music, bridging spontaneity with ideas and aesthetics from contemporary classical music. The group treats improvisation as extemporaneous composition, informed by the concepts, textures, and structures of 20th- and 21st-century classical music. Each member contributes a distinctive voice to the ensemble, shaped by their extensive histories in classical, jazz, and new/creative music.
FFFT returns for its third and final iteration of sound and movement collaborations for 2026 at Elastic Arts!
