Join us July 29th from 7pm at Compound Yellow for Side Yard Sounds
Line up:
Emily Rach Beisel
Montgomery and Turner
Lia Kohl and Daniel Wyche (duo)
Bios:
Lia Kohl is a cellist, composer, and sound artist based in Chicago.
Her wide-ranging practice includes solo 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.
Daniel Wyche is a Chicago-based guitarist, composer, and improviser. Working with a wide range of physical preparations, extended techniques, and pedal instruments, his solo recordings and live performances are characterized by long-form structured improvisations and multichannel guitar. He has been a curator with the Elastic Arts Foundation in Chicago since 2013, where is work has been described as “crucial” by Dusted and “vital” by the Chicago Reader. In March of 2020, Daniel co-founded The Quarantine Concerts in collaboration with Chicago’s Experimental Sound Studio. The series has been widely praised as a model for online/streaming live music. Along with his solo guitar work, Daniel is involved in several ongoing collaborations, most notably the trio of Wyche, Mark Shippy (US Maple), and Ben Baker Billington. His new solo record, “Earthwork,” was released on American Dreams Records in 2021. New works with longtime collaborators like Patrick Shiroishi, Lake Mary, and others will appear in 2023.
Montgomery and Turner is a duo featuring Nashville and Chicago based musicians JayVe Montgomery (Abstract Black) and Nick Turner (Tyresta). They began collaborating remotely in 2020, which resulted in their debut album Sounds Passing Through Circumstances released by Astral Editions in 2021.
Emily Rach Beisel is a Chicago-based improviser, composer, educator, curator and woodwind specialist. Beisel is known for visceral performances blending extended vocal and instrumental techniques with analogue electronics and rich bass clarinet tone. Their solo album Particle of Organs has been described as "Operatic, wild and dark, showcasing the raw, unadulterated power of the body and the instrument, weaving together sounds that are both corrosive and tender."
As a curator, Beisel seeks to increase the visibility and involvement of women and nonbinary artists in the creative music community. They founded the Pleiades Series at Elastic Arts, presenting monthly performances along with a community-based free improvisation jam for femme and nonbinary performers.
Beisel is a member of the contemporary ensemble Fonema Consort, touring most recently in Brazil, Mexico, Minneapolis and New York and premiering works of living composers including James Dillon, Richard Barrett and Julio Estrada. Beisel holds a Master of Music degree from Northwestern University and is a member of the American Federation of Musicians Local 10-208.
*photo credit of Emily Rach Beisel: Peter Gannushkin
We are so excited for this evening of music.
Suggested donations of $15+ encouraged to support the arts and programing that keeps this event accessible for all in our community.