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Fonema Consort Album Release Concert: 'Fifth Tableau'

  • ESS 5925 North Ravenswood Avenue Chicago, IL, 60660 United States (map)

Doors at 6pm, Music at 6:30pm

Celebrate the release of Fonema Consort's audio-visual recording project Fifth Tableau! With partial funding from a Copland Fund Grant, the ensemble teamed up with Chicago label Parlour Tapes+ to bring you an album of 5 theatrical works with accompanying videos, all of vastly different styles and theatrical impulses. Bethany Younge -- Bodyscape. Chris Mercer-- Octoid. Clint McCallum -- Twinzies. Katie Young-- Master of Disguises. Pablo Chin-- Como la leyenda de Tlön.

The evening's program will travel through the entire ESS space and features:

"puddles and crumbs," Katie Young

"Beyond Semiotics," Bethany Younge

"New Piece," Chris Mercer

Improvised session led by Emily Beisel

For a preview of the album click here.

Tickets include a Fifth Tableau cassette tape and the digital album