Now Is : A Chicago Music Calendar

Thunder and Light

1. Lakeshore Rush : Erin Kendall Murphy, Laura McLaughlin Lingle, Amos Gillespie, Janice Lee, Christopher Ferrer, Elena Doubovitskaya — music by Nino Rota, Amos Gillespie, Maurice Ravel, Philippe Gaubert, Nicola Resanovic, Larry Axelrod

1. Chicago Noise Free-Jazz Orchestra: Smith & Mosley

Fürstliche Rubine: 113 Composers Collective and Fonema Consort

1. Fonema — music by Chaya Czernowin, Tiffany M Skidmore, Arnold Schoenberg

1. Josh Harlow

1. Katie Ernst Solo
2. Mai Sugimoto, LeRoy Bach

1. Drazek Fuscaldo : Przemyslaw Krys Drazek, Brent Fuscaldo, with special guests Grażyna Auguścik, Mark Feldman, Tatsu Aoki, Michael Zerang

1. Isaiah Spencer Trio

The Horns From Mars + Mars Williams Toy Story

1. Ken Vandermark, Gerrit Hatcher, Dave Rempis
2. Rin Peisert, David Hurlin

Side Yard Sounds

1. The Fancies with Death
2. Jackiemandrake

The Weird, Wild World of Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

1. Stare At The Sun

1. Banana Acid
2. Ro(b)//ert Lundberg

DANCE!

1. Lakeshore Rush : Erin Kendall Murphy, Laura McLaughlin Lingle, Amos Gillespie, Janice Lee, Christopher Ferrer, Elena Doubovitskaya

1. Jim Baker, Ben Schmidt-Swartz, Chris Dammann, George Marich

1. Marisa Anderson

1. UChicago New Music Ensemble with special guests the Varo String Quartet

1. Sandpusher
2. Emily Rach Beisel
3. Bill Harris, Tyler Wagner, Caroline Jesalva

1. Water is the Sun
2. Boy Dirt Car
3. Soundoferror

Frequency Series

1. Blacktop Percussion
2. Bridge Percussion
3. Bridge Percussion & Blacktop Percussion

1. Eric Boeren 5tet, with Keefe Jackson, Jason Adasiewicz, Joshua Abrams, Mike Reed
2. Erez Dessel's Something Special with Will Greene, Aaron Kaufman-Levine, Garrett Frees, Gerrit Hatcher

Comfort Music + Homeroom

1. Sarah Clausen, Amanda Maraist
2. Kim Nucci, Ryn Hardiman

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

1. Alex Cunningham, Weasel Walter
2. Andrew Scott Young Solo
3. Mabel Kwan, Emily Beisel, Bill Harris

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, David Boykin, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

1. EMME : Ronnie Malley, George Lawler, Abhisek Lahiri, Subrata Bhattacharya
2. Ochin Pakhi

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Leon Lewis-Nicol Trio

Comfort Music

1. Zander Raymond
2. Jack Herscowitz

1. Brian Citro Organ Trio, with Tom Vaitsas, Peter Mack

1. Mathis Picard Trio

Russ Johnson Residency

1. Russ Johnson's "Headlands", with Rob Clearfield, Matt Ulery, Jon Deitemeyer

1. Edith Judith : Katie Ernst, Dustin Laurenzi, with guest Devin Drobka
2. Treyf

JMizMusic Presents RESISTANT NOISE! CD release

1. Live performances by Joan Collaso, Barbara Ann Martin, Joanie Pallatto, Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Katherine Jimoh, Mwata Bowden, Mike Allemana, Jason Raynovich, Yosef Ben Israel
2. Filmed performances by John Bruce Yeh, Collins Trier, Mad Song Chorus conducted by A J Keller
3. Grand Finale featuring members of The Girl Group

Flâneur

1. Flannau Duo with guest Sasha Ishov — music by Noah Jenkins, Sarah Hennies, Morton Feldman

1. The Drum Also Sings : Gustavo Cortiñas, Isaiah Spencer, Dave King

AIRMW Arts Initiatives Presents

1. Bass Dreams minus B : Tatsu Aoki, Adam Shead, Rami Atassi, Terry Tanaka
2. BYSH : Ben Baker Billington, Andrew Scott Young, Mai Sugimoto, Bill Harris

1. Nick Dunston with Ben Lamar Gay, Tomeka Reid, Julian Otis, Caroline Jesalva

Lindsey Dorr-Niro "Spectral Psalm" Activation

1. Zander Raymond
2. Erik Kramer

1. Teiku : Jonathan Barahal, Josh Harlow, Jaribu Shahid, Jason Stein — Album release
2. Tromblau&Friends with Carmani Edwards, Indigo, Dakarai Barclay, Max Lazarus, Jonah Lazarus, Julius Tucker

1. BCMC — Album release
2. PXM

1. Jeff Kimmel, Jack Langdon

1. Bonnie Han Jones, Jeff Arnal, Ken Vandermark

1. Wayfaring : James Falzone, Katie Ernst
2. Love Call : Max Bessesen, Ethan Philion, Devin Drobka

Priya Fink's 'The Middle'

1. Kalyan Pathak, Alvin Santner, Will Stevens, Momo Hasselbring, Adriana Harrison, Priya Fink

Comfort Music + Homeroom

1. QuJie, Scott Rubin
2. Sam Lewis, Hunter Diamond

1. Three Grebes : Franki Hand, Isaac Turner, Beth McDonald
2. Sarah Clausen
3. Powerbook : Lee T Ketch, Ethan T Parcell

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

1. Sacred Bond
2. NURSING DEATH
3. SIGNAL DECAY with Neil Jendon
4. Alexander Adams, Jeffrey Goulet, Null Copula

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Andrew Lawrence Trio

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, David Boykin, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

CLEAT Series

1. BARAS
2. Jared Kelley

1. Paolo Angeli

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Chicago Experiment Organ Trio

1. Gallery Talk by Marilyn Crispell
2. Performance with Jason Stein, Damon Smith, Adam Shead

1. NadNavillus

1. Third Coast Percussion

Improvised Music Series

1. Sri Perangur's Synesthesia
2. Chad M Clark, Scott Rubin
3. Erez Dessel, Maya Nguyen

Russ Johnson Residency

1. Russ Johnson's "Puzzle Pieces", with Josh Berman, Jeb Bishop, Geof Bradfield, Lenard Simpson, Dave Rempis, Joshua Abrams, Christian Dillingham, Mike Reed, Jeremy Cunningham

CLEAT Series

1. Duo Riso
2. Seth Andrew Davis

1. Third Coast Percussion

1. Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart

1. Sofia Carbonara, Gramm Drennen — music by Sarah Hennies
2. Magnolia Rohrer

Eardrum Series

1. Erik Sowa
2. Keefe Jackson, Anton Hatwich

1. Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek

Complacency presents Extended Stillness II

1. Jeb Bishop, Erik Sowa, Thymme Jones, Daniel Burke, Jeff Goulet, Taralie Peterson, Sue Wolf, Johanna Brock, D Bayne, Katie Klocke, Ross Feller, Rob Frye, Julie Pomerleau

OPTION

1. Stefan Gonzalez, Ben LaMar Gay, Dave Rempis

1. BearDuo : Aaron Kaufman-Levine, Garrett Frees
2. Katinka Kleijn, Caroline Jesalva

1. Otherlands Trio : Stephan Crump, Darius Jones, Eric McPherson

1. Tourmaline Trio : Sarah Clausen, Jakob Heinemann, Devin Drobka
2. Hannah Marks Quartet with Nathan Reising, Lex Korten, Steven Crammer

Comfort Music + Homeroom

1. Lia Kohl, Xiaolu Wang
2. Hannah Marcus, Sofia Carbonara

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Interim Assassin : Erik Sowa, Daniel Burke, Jeb Bishop

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, David Boykin, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

1. Lily Finnegan Double Drum Quintet featuring Vincent Davis
2. Jon Irabagon

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. GARM

1. Zander Raymond Solo
2. Lia Kohl, Zander Raymond

Improvised Music Series

1. Open Seki : John Biggers, Nathan Tucker
2. J0Y featuring Matthew Davis
3. TV Pow : Michael Hartman, Todd A Carter, Brent Gutzeit

Russ Johnson Residency

1. Russ Johnson/Jon Irabagon Quartet, with Clark Sommers, Dana Hall

1. Greg Ward Nonet with Brent Griffin, Geof Bradfield, Scott Burns, Jimmy Farace, Brandon Harper, Matt Ulery, Juan Pastor, Quin Kirchner

1. John O'Neill
2. GS70
3. existence decay

OPTION

1. Kieran Daly

Complacency Presents

1. Illusion of Safety Minimalist Improv Trio : Daniel Burke, Thymme Jones, Sue Wolf
2. Billie Howard Solo

1. Josh Berman Trio with Jason Roebke, Chris Corsano — Record release

Comfort Music + Homeroom

1. Fred Jackson, Naydja Bruton, Irene Hsiao, Alexander Dupuis

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, David Boykin, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

Improvised Music Series

1. Tri-Centric Experiencers Unit : Fred Jackson Jr, Mark Nagy, Ben Zucker
2. Lion's Head : Maggie Cousin, Henry Ptacek, Aden Stier

Russ Johnson Residency

1. Russ Johnson's "Reveal", with Mark Feldman, Ethan Philion, Timothy Daisy

Side Yard Sounds

1. Kolmar Duo : Willie McLellan, Alexa Muhly

1. Devin Shaffer
2. Cancer House
3. Lia Kohl

OPTION

1. Neti-Neti : Amirtha Kidambi, Matt Evans

Night School

1. Emily Beisel, Stephen Lee Clark
2. Alex Cunningham, Kim Alpert
3. Ken Vandermark, Christa Baclia-an

Eardrum Series

1. Andrew Sudhibhasilp Trio with Clark Sommers, Devin Drobka

1. Christopher Hoffman
2. Dylan Ryan Quartet with Nick Macri, Matt Gold, Mai Sugimoto

Comfort Music + Homeroom

1. Caroline Jesalva, Katinka Kleijn,
2. Aquarius Ester, Avin HannahSmith

1. Matt Evans, Lia Kohl, Ro Lundberg

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Jimmy Bennington Colour and Sound

Improvised Music Series

1. Erik Sowa, Robbie Hunsinger
2. Matt Blair Trio with Devin Drobka, Brian Courage

1. Snek Trio
2. Wyrmwood
3. Street Dove
4. Spiral Stare

OPTION

1. Sydney Spann

OPTION

1. Madeline Stepien

OPTION

1. Christopher Dammann, Avreeayl Ra, Edward Wilkerson

OPTION

1. Caroline Jesalva

OPTION

1. Matt Robidoux