Sonic Pavilion Festival: DAY 2

Description

Sonic Pavilion Festival 2025 presents eight 24-channel sound compositions for the globally unique trellised speaker array at Jay Pritzker Pavilion in the heart of downtown Chicago. This year’s program features ten artists, each presenting work that draws from their diverse approaches to sound art and experimental music. The result is an immersive canopy of sound—a fluid sonic architecture that bridges the focus of a live performance and the majesty of the surrounding cityscape.

Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Millennium Park
201 E. Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60601

FREE and open to the public

SCHEDULE

Artist	Title	Playback time
Myles Emmons	Cloud Listening	5:00-5:10 6:40-6:50
Jeff Kolar & Anna Friz	The Other Spectrums	5:11-5:22 6:51-7:02
Glenn Kotche	Love Beats All	5:23-5:34 7:15-7:26
Saapato	Ponds Appearing Overnight	5:35-5:46 7:15-7:26
Paige Alice Naylor	Currents*	5:47-5:57 7:27-7:37
Zouning Anne Liao	Dust Storm	5:58-6:06 7:38-7:46
David Bird	Aleatoric Tilt	6:07-6:15 7:47-7:55
Angel Bat Dawid & Eyeisha Sistrunk	Liberation in Sound: A Sonic Tribute to Maya Angelou’s Seminal Work “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings”	6:16-6:38

*On August 18 during the playback of Paige Alice Naylor’s Currents, selected members of the choir will participate in a sonic intervention where they will sing a version of the piece in real time as live accompaniment to the fixed work. Melodies and bodies will crisscross and intersect from not only above the listener, but permeating from all directions. Performers involved in the intervention include Alexandra Lakind, Andrew Tham, Becca White, Chris Wood, Corey Smith, Deidre Huckabay, Dora Hewitt, Gregory Maher, Haruhi Kobayashi, Kristin Abhalter Smith, Lizi Breit, Raul Cotaquispe, Ro(b)//ert Lundberg, and Steph Barnes.

Sonic Pavilion Festival is developed by Experimental Sound Studio and is presented by the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE). This event is supported by the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.