Library Experimental
Experimental music at the Jefferson Park branch of the Chicago Public Library since 2017. Shows are free, all ages, and open to the public and they generally are on Saturday afternoons.
If you are a performer interested in performing, please get in touch. jpxp(at)fastmail(dot)org
You can learn more about the music series by reading this article in the Chicago Reader.
And you can see the previous performances over on vimeo: 2025 2024, 2023, 2019-2020, 2018, 2017
Upcoming Shows
Beth McDonald and Nick Macri
Saturday, November 15. 2pm.
Jefferson Park Library
5363 W. Lawrence Avenue
Chicago, IL 60630
^photo by Ken Vandermark^
Beth McDonald is a classically trained tuba player gone awry. She performs mainly as an improviser, using the tuba acoustically and with electronic effects pedals.Beth’s current musical projects include Edition Redux (Vandermark/Finnegan/Dessel) and Edition XL (+Macri/Berman), Three Grebes (Hand/Turner), and Where Were We (Dessel/Damon). She has also recently collaborated in other contexts with Chicago-based artists such as Kim Alpert, Hannah Bureau, Andrew Clinkman, Becky Grajeda, Lia Kohl, Mabel Kwan, Riley Leitch, Ro(b)//ert Lundberg, Zander Raymond, and Macie Stewart.
https://bethtuba.com/
Bassist Nick Macri has been exploring Chicago’s slipstream of creative music for decades from collaborative, creative groups and ad hoc improvised pairings to notable sideman gigs, and the rare solo excursion. He is a contributing member to many, varied groups including Ken Vandermark’s Audio One and Edition XL ensembles, Heat On (with Lily Finnegan, Edward Wilkerson Jr., and Fred Jackson Jr.), ConstelNation (with Angel Bat Dawid, Toma Gouband, Magic Malik, and Richard Comte), and Stirrup, a trio with Fred Lonberg-Holm and Charles Rumback.
https://www.nickmacri.net/
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