25 Years: MATA Festival 2023

Saturday, June 3, 2023. 8:00 pm
The incubator for adventurous emerging artists celebrates its 25th anniversary with a performance by resident ensemble Found Sound Nation.

25 Years: MATA Festival 2023

Friday, June 2, 2023. 8:00 pm
The incubator for adventurous emerging artists celebrates its 25th anniversary with a performance by resident ensemble Found Sound Nation.

25 Years: MATA Festival 2023

Thursday, June 1, 2023. 8:00 pm
The incubator for adventurous emerging artists celebrates its 25th anniversary with a performance by resident ensemble Found Sound Nation.

25 Years: MATA Festival 2023

Wednesday, May 31, 2023. 8:00 pm
The incubator for adventurous emerging artists celebrates its 25th anniversary with a performance by resident ensemble Found Sound Nation.

Brandon Lopez: vilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevile

Tuesday, May 30, 2023. 8:00 pm
The Puerto Rican/American bassist, composer and improviser presents a new set of material for solo bass and celebrates his new solo record. 

SUN HAN GUILD [yuniya edi kwon, Laura Cocks, Jessie Cox, DoYeon Kim, Lester St. Louis]

Friday, May 19, 2023. 8:00 pm
As part of her Roulette residency, yuniya edi kwon leads an ecstatic ritual performance by a collective of composer-improvisers.

Zeena Parkins & Laetitia Sonami

Wednesday, May 17, 2023. 8:00 pm
New collaborative and solo work by electro-acoustic composer/improviser (Parkins) and sound artist/performer/instrument builder (Sonami).

Jennifer Simone: ici avec moi//Journals

Monday, May 15, 2023. 8:00 pm
A personal exploration in vulnerability and a ritual for opening oneself via an improvised loop-pedal performance.

DeForrest Brown, Jr.: Bombingham

Wednesday, May 10, 2023. 8:00 pm
Brown, Jr. will use archival recordings of Sun Ra provided by Chicago's ESS to extend his gestural electronic drumming via iPad and Ableton.

Piano Spheres: new piano sounds from Los Angeles

Tuesday, May 9, 2023. 8:00 pm
New music by LA-based composers for piano, toy piano, and microtonal keyboards, played by HOCKET, Ray/Kallay and Mark Robson.