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Workshop: Making Multichannel Music - Jonathan Woods

  • Elastic Arts 3429 West Diversey Avenue Chicago, IL, 60647 United States (map)

In collaboration with Elastic Arts and the CLEAT Series we present four artist-led introductory workshops exploring spatial audio.

About the MMM Workshops

These workshops are FREE!

The workshops are approximately 2 hours. Workshops begin with a demonstration and discussion of each individual artist’s approach to multichannel sound. In the second half of the workshops, participants will have an opportunity to experiment with multichannel sound techniques on the 16-channel CLEAT system installed at Elastic.

No prior experience with multichannel sound necessary! You will need to bring your own laptopo actively participate in the second half of each workshop, however you are also welcome to simply listen and observe without a laptop.

For more info and resources related to the CLEAT system, click here.


About Jonathan Woods

Jonathan Woods is a Chicago-based artist specializing in film/animation direction, improvised visual projection and music production. His early fascination with both surrealist and African means of expression has fueled a wide variety of unique partnerships and projects for over 30 years. His frenetic, rainbow eucalyptus sonic explorations have been known to move booties in numerous films, plays and dinner theaters. On occasion he’s been spotted performing with other tuneful rabble-rousers such as Hieroglyphic Being, Angel Bat Dawid, Ben Lamar Gay, and the late composer Saalik Ziyad. He is a proud member of the AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians) co-creator of Elastic Arts Foundation's Dark Matter Residency Program & Co-founder of Auspice Now, a music centered social practice artistry organization.


This series is supported by a 2022 Chicago Made Professional Development Program grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.