Now Is : A Chicago Music Calendar

Ear Taxi Festival 2025

1. Alyssa Arrigo, Leila Bowie McClenahan — music by Shawn E Okpebholo, George Flynn, Stacy Garrop, Clara Frantzen, Tim Corpus
2. Black Moon Trio : Khelsey Zarraga, Parker Nelson, Jeremy Vigil — music by Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate, Marc Mellits, Eric Ewazen, TJ Cole

The Visible Hand

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

1. Ches Smith Clone Row, with Mary Halvorson, Liberty Ellman, Nick Dunston

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Michael Hudson-Casanova’s Mystery School

Ear Taxi Festival 2025

1. Ty Bouque — music by Liza Lim, Evan Johnson, Michael Finnissy, Evan Johnson, Timothy McCormack
2. Nick Zoulek — music by Nick Zoulek
3. Aśe : Kevin King II, Jeremiah Hunt, Vincent Davis — music by John Bitoy

Improvised Music Series x Amalgam Fest

1. Emily Beisel Solo
2. Carol Genetti, Peter Maunu
3. Paradise Complete : Bryn Davis, Nick Meryhew

1. Sullivan Fortner & His Galactic Friends

Ear Taxi Festival 2025

1. KAIA String Quartet : Victoria Moreira, Naomi Culp, Susan Bengtson Price, Hope Shepherd DeCelle, with Laura Strickling, Michelle Areyzaga, Hayley Fox, Naomi Brigell, Grace Ryan — music by Amos Gillespie, Rosśa Crean, Lee Kesselman, Ty Bloomfield, Justin Weiss, Graham Meyer

CLEAT Series

1. The Anti Group
2. Matar
3. Illusion of Safety
4. post doom romance

Amalgam Fest

1. Whisker : Ben Billington, Andrew Scott Young, bbob drake
2. Ra Bishop : Jeb Bishop, Edward Wilkerson, Ishmael Ali, Avreeayl Ra
3. Ishmael Ali Group, with Brianna Tong, Corey Wilkes, Bill Harris, Jim Baker

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

1. Tikimen of Berlin : Adri Friebel, Kaes Holkeboer, Zachary Michalec, Alex Sherk
2. Dylan Ryan with James Elkington, Nate Lepine

1. Impro Jam, with House Band : Janna Lee, Chris Moore, Michael Hudson-Casanova, Luke Polipnick, Alexander Adams

1. Roc Jiménez de Cisneros

Ear Taxi Festival 2025

1. William Ferris Chorale with DePaul Ensemble 20+ — music by Christopher Tin, Ben Zucker, Augusta Read Thomas, Stacy Garrop, Ayanna Woods
2. Conversation with Christopher Tin

Amalgam Fest

1. Matt Piet Solo
2. Microplastique : Adam Shead, Molly Jones, Josh Harlow, Ben Zucker
3. JAKAL : Keefe Jackson, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Julian Kirshner

Elastro Series

1. Roger Clark Miller
2. Joy Guidry
3. Mountain Laurel

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

Ear Taxi Festival 2025

1. Fonema : Nathalie Colas, Dalia Chin, Emily Beisel, Kathryn Schulmeister, Sam Rowe, Yulia Block — music by Darlene Castro, Juan Campoverde, Michele Abondano, Carlos Z
2. Arcomusical : Gregory Beyer, Raychel Taylor, Ethan Martin, Matthew Schneider, Noel Streacker, Elena Ross, with Krissy Bergmark, Matt Ulery — traditional Afro-Cuban sacred music, and music by David M Gordon, Krissy Bergmark, Gregory Beyer, Matt Ulery
3. Stare at the Sun — music by Nicholas Cline, Ayanna Woods, Matthew Recio, Ted Hearne, Edie Hill, Joanne Metcalf, Alissa Voth, Alex Berko

Ear Taxi Festival 2025 : Composer Showcase Featuring the Ravinia Steans Institute

1. Sabrina Langlois, Joanne Evans, Brent Funderburk — music by Blair Boyd, Andrei Skorobogatykh, Liza Sobel Crane, Eric Malmquist, Bradley Robin, Asher Sizemore, Paul Novak

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

1. Steve Slagg
2. Marian Runk
3. Contorno

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Mutzabaugh / Pinto / Deitemeyer Trio

1. Adam Shead, Caroline Jesalva

The Visible Hand

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

Ear Taxi Festival 2025

1. Picosa
2. Flannau Duo + Quijote Duo

1. Jason Adasiewicz, Chris Brè, Jason Roebke

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Dave Rempis, Bill Harris

Refining The Third Ear – Night 4

1. Kevin Harris
2. Itsï Ramirez, Bret Schneider
3. Henryk Golden

Ear Taxi Festival 2025 : Composer Showcase

1. Lakeshore Rush : Erin Kendall Murphy, Laura McLaughlin, Pascal Innocenti, Christopher Ferrer, Elena Doubovitskaya, Ryan Alexander, Angela De Venuto, Christina Bernardoni, Emily Venturella, Julian Otis — music by Natasha Bogojevic, Ephraim Champion, Ethan Dymit, Xavier Beteta, Angel Bat Dawid

Improvised Music Series

1. Matt Riggen Quartet with Jacob Delgado, Owen Frankel, Adam Shead
2. Orchid : Vinny Golia, Dan Clucas, Seth Andrew Davis, Kevin Cheli

Ear Taxi Festival 2025

1. Chicago Fringe Opera — music by Kate Soper, Regina Harris Baiocchi, Jasmine Barnes

1. Envenomist
2. Brutal Shift
3. Mark Solotroff
4. Mortido

Ear Taxi Festival 2025

1. Tiana Sorenson, Leah Dexter, Cameo Humes, Khary Laurent, Apollo Chorus, Marta Aznavoorian, with Chicago Philharmonic — music by Stacy Garrop, Damien Geter

1. Marcia Bassett, Taralie Peterson, Chris Corsano
2. Kirin McElwain
3. Anna Johnson, Lula Asplund

Elastro Series

1. Cole Pulice, Angel Bat Dawid, Bill Harris

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Javier Red Quartet with Dakarai Barclay, Jeff Wheaton, Daniel Gayden

The Visible Hand

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

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Jimmy Farace Trio with Clark Sommers, Dana Hall

1. Cleek Schrey

AIRMW Arts Initiatives Presents

1. Bass Dreams minus B : Tatsu Aoki, Adam Shead, Rami Atassi, Terry Tanaka

The Middle

1. OLEA Ensemble : Marissa Kerbel, Alayne Honaker, Kate Kilgus
2. Janelle Finton’s joygarden, with Caroline Jesalva, Alvin Santner
3. OLEA Ensemble and Janelle Finton’s joygarden

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Lucky Cloud, Augustus Martini

The Visible Hand

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

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Aidan Buck Quartet

Improvised Music Series

1. Atlas Maior Duo : Josh Peters, Joshua Thomson
2. All The Wizards Were Here : Chandler Browne, Tommy Carroll, Evea, Lyn Rye, Ben Zucker

1. The Bottle Tapes: Selections from the Empty Bottle Jazz & Improvised Music Series, 1996-2005 — Record Release Party

1. Ken Vandermark Solo
2. Joe McPhee, PNL

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

The Visible Hand

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

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Bowmanville

1. Leila Bordreuil, Lee Ranaldo

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

The Visible Hand

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

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

The Visible Hand

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

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

1. Eve Aboulkheir