Staff engineer Kate In was awarded a scholarship by We Are Moving the Needle to attend the Audio Engineering Society convention in New York in late October.
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Announcing! Paul Hertz (Chicago) and Ginebra Raventós (Spain) are this year's Spain/Chicago Artists-in-Residence!
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The Spain/Chicago Artist Exchange is a collaboration between Experimental Sound Studio (ESS) in Chicago, the Embassy of Spain, and Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) to connect sound artists working in each respective location. Two exchange artists participate in a series of self-directed virtual studio visits over the course of a two month period, with the option of support for a collaborative project beyond the residency.
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We are pleased to announce Dorothy Carlos (MFA, 2023) as the 2023 Alba Sonic Arts Artist-in-Residence at Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago.
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Following three years as a virtual series and in various partner venues throughout the city, in 2023 OPTION returns home to ESS’s studio and garden in Chicago’s far north side.
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Become an ESS member this Winter with this awesome recording bundle deal! 4 hours of studio time with one of our professional engineers PLUS a free annual membership to ESS for only $200 (value of $290). Can be used for recording, mixing, or mastering. This is a great gift!
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This October ESS partners with the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain for a residency exchange with Spanish artist Clara de Asìs and Chicago artist Veronica Anne Salinas. Clara and Veronica are working together at the ESS studios over the next two weeks. Stay tuned for more updates on public presentations of this exciting collaboration!
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ESS is pleased to announce Camila Nebbia as the ESS 2022 Curatorial Fellow! For her fellowship, Camila envisions a series that can unite intergenerational female, non-binary, transgender and other underrepresented gender identity in experimental/free improvised/electronic music from different parts of the world.
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Please read before planning your visit to Florasonic at the Lincoln Park Conservatory
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On what would have been his 93rd birthday, the Creative Audio Archive is ecstatic to announce the Fred Anderson Collection. Thanks to generous donations by longtime friend and Velvet Lounge associate Andy Pierce; Sharon Friedman, Fred's partner in his first club Birdhouse; and including a forthcoming donation of photographs from Lauren Deutsch - as well as, we hope, future donations from the experimental and jazz music communities of Chicago - the Fred Anderson Collection features rare unheard recordings going back to the 1970s, live performance videos from the '80s until well into the 2000s, hard to find documentaries on Fred, his collaborators, peers, and inspirations, and photographs and ephemera from throughout his extraordinary life in music.
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Experimental Sound Studio is searching for a sound engineer to be part of an inaugural Engineer Fellowship. The primary role of this position will be to provide artist tech support for the 2022 season of our virtual performance series
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ESS is looking for a new Marketing Intern for Spring 2022 to join our expanding marketing department and help us realize some long-term goals for engagement and community development
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