Album artwork by Lia Kohl and Deidre Huckabay
by Georgia Hampton
I Like My Friends, the new album by Chicago-based experimental group Mocrep, begins at Guitar Center. The first track, aptly titled “GUITARCENTER,” opens with what is likely actual ambient audio recorded inside one of the stores—miscellaneous sounds of people working, objects shifting, drawers being opened.… Read More...
by Jill DeGroot
Grief is compounding. Each new grief carries the loss that came before it. So when met with new loss we drag the stuff along, bearing an unbearable conglomerate. The weight of it all invisible to the naked eye of friends, colleagues, and strangers.… Read More...
by Emily Kerski
Artwork by Dan McDonald
Fractal Selves, a new release from Amalgam Records, sees Bill Harris (drums, percussion, duct tape), Nathan Corder (electronics), Tom Weeks (alto saxophone), and Eli Namay (upright and electric bass) join forces, combining the quartet’s contrasting musical landscapes with sampled speech by philosopher Rick Roderick.… Read More...
Photo by Michael E. Smith
A Conversation with Lee Blalock On Her New Piece: Stereo Test Program No. 3: Transmutation Assessment
by Jill DeGroot
Lee Blalock’s studio has a tall ceiling and big windows. Even on a cold October day, it’s filled with light.… Read More...
by Kenn Kumpf
a•pe•ri•od•ic will open its 2018-19 season next Sunday night (Oct. 14th) at 8:30 p.m. on Constellation’s Frequency Series as part of a double bill with vocalist/composer Carol Genetti. a•pe•ri•od•ic will give the Chicago premiere of Carolyn Chen’s In 1839 it was considered elegant to take a tortoise out walking.… Read More...
by Kenn Kumpf
a•pe•ri•od•ic will open its 2018-19 season next Sunday night (Oct. 14th) at 8:30 p.m. on Constellation’s Frequency Series as part of a double bill with vocalist/composer Carol Genetti. a•pe•ri•od•ic will give the Chicago premiere of Christine Burke’s for 5+ performers.… Read More...
Photo Credit: Yonatan Aljadeff
A Soundwalk with Resi by Eliza Brown
Extended program note by Jessica Aszodi
… Read More...Resi is a child in late-19th-century Austria who will grow up to be the wife of a Field Marshall. Her given name is Maria Theresa, but that sounds too formal for a small person who prefers outdoors to in, so her mother calls her Resi.
by Emily Kerski
The lobby of Constellation is like a warm living room; there’s something about the glow of the low orange lights, the sense of community as people gather at the door. It seems everyone knows everyone as they discuss projects, ask fellow musicians about what is coming up next, catch up with colleagues, revisit connections, dream bigger, make plans.… Read More...
by Kenn Kumpf of a•pe•ri•od•ic
As part of Make Music ’18, a•pe•ri•od•ic – augmented by other Chicago-based musicians – will give the world premiere of Eliza Brown’s 42-minute Masque-Rondeau at Buchanan Chapel, Fourth Presbyterian Church at 8 p.m. on June 21st.… Read More...
By Deidre Huckabay
Deidre Huckabay reflects on her experience playing in Marina Rosenfeld's Sheer Frost Orchestra.
