The Florasonic series commissions original, site-specific multichannel sound works for installation in the Fern Room at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Conservatory. Ongoing since 2001, Florasonic is the longest-running sound installation commissioning program in the U.S.

Over the past 24 years, ESS has commissioned over 60 works through the series.

Florasonic is free and open to the public. With two million visitors per year, Lincoln Park, where the Conservatory is located, is the second-most-visited park in the U.S. Through this partnership with the Chicago Park District, ESS facilitates the unique opportunity for a wide, diverse audience to experience some of the most ambitious sound work being made today.

As one of the few public multichannel listening spaces anywhere, Florasonic gives artists a valuable public platform to explore new compositional ideas, supported by expert project and engineering staff. Many artists use Florasonic to develop expertise in multichannel or immersive musical work, which they carry forward in their practice.

Recent past works include: