Events

2026
Jan 31
Look Out Series: Freedom From and Freedom To
Steppenwolf Theater, Chicago
Feb 6
Snug Grapes No. 1 Improvisational Systems
with Chad M. Clark Space 900 Gallery, Evanston
Feb 27
Ricardo Adame Photo Exhibition Opening
with Lia Kohl, Skyler Rowe, Irene Hsiao, and Rin Peisert Elastic Arts, Chicago
2025
Jan 12
Composing the Climate
Ignorance, Denial, Conflict, and Abandonment, for piano, violin, and cello
Cacie Miller, piano; Dan Galat, violin; Kelly Quesada, cello Elastic Arts, Chicago
Jan 15
Tangible Music
with Ben Willis, Kelly Quesada, and Dan Galat Tangible Books, Chicago
Jan 25
If The Sky Could Dream
Irene Hsiao, direction; Amanda Maraist, Darling Squire, Paige Brown, Hunter Diamond, Scott Rubin, Manghua Guan, Peter Wong, and Penny Li Heritage Museum for Asian Art, Chicago
Feb 15
Homeroom Presents: Physics in Motion
Music and video projections by Emily Beisel, Paul Giallorenzo, Adam Schead, Ishmael Ali, Josh Berman, Mai Sugimoto, Chris Dammann, Tselanie Townsend, and Scott Rubin Constellation, Chicago
Mar 22
Impro Jam House Band
with Liv Mershon, Zoe Markle, Ausberto Acevedo and Bill Harris Comfort Station, Chicago
Mar 28
JELLO presents Variants
with Tuli Bera Elastic Arts, Chicago
Apr 11
Friends for FOLK
with Chien-An Yuan, Haruhi Kobayashi, and Sharon Udoh Bimbom Studios, Chicago
Apr 12
Freedom From and Freedom To
Elastic Arts, Chicago
Apr 18
Bridgeport Music Collective and Missing Piece Presents: Third Fridays
with Dan Galat, Kelly Quesada, Ben Willis, Sharon Udoh, and Russ Rolan Bridgeport Music Collective, Chicago
Apr 24
Comfort Music+ Series Curation
with Kate Miliker, Alexander Dupuis, Emily Beisel, and Scott Rubin Comfort Station, Chicago
Apr 26
Chicago Jazz String Summit
Wonder Turner, for dancer, viola, cello, and audio-visual electronics
with Olula Negre and Cristal Sabbagh Constellation, Chicago
Apr 27
Chicago Jazz String Summit — Improv Session
Constellation, Chicago
Apr 27
Composing the Climate
Ignorance, Denial, Conflict, and Abandonment, for piano, violin, and cello
Cacie Miller, piano; Dan Galat, violin; Kelly Quesada, cello Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago
May 17
Freedom From and Freedom To
Links Hall, Chicago
May 22
Improvised Music Series
Digital Hands, for solo masked performer and digital audio-visual environment
Scott Rubin, computer-assisted solo performance art Elastic Arts, Chicago
May 29
Comfort Music Presents: Adiaphora Orchestra
Direction by Adam Shead, with Peter Maunu, Caroline Jesalva, Erica Miller, Andrew Scott Young, Ben Willis, and Ben Zucker Comfort Station, Chicago
Jun 7
Synapse Arts New Works: FOLK
Direction by Amanda Marist; Ali Lorenz, Chrissy Martin, Isabella Limosnero, Tuli Bera; music with Haruhi Kobayashi Lincoln Park Cultural Center, Chicago
Jun 18
Co-MISSION Festival: FOLK
Direction by Amanda Marist; Ali Lorenz, Chrissy Martin, Isabella Limosnero, Tuli Bera; music with Haruhi Kobayashi Links Hall, Chicago
Jun 20
Links Fellowship: Bangali Meye
Direction and performance by Tuli Bera; music with Bob Garrett Links Hall, Chicago
Jun 21
Links Fellowship: Bangali Meye
Direction and performance by Tuli Bera; music with Bob Garrett Links Hall, Chicago
Jun 29
Co-MISSION Festival: FOLK
Direction by Amanda Marist; Ali Lorenz, Chrissy Martin, Isabella Limosnero, Tuli Bera; music with Haruhi Kobayashi Links Hall, Chicago
Jul 27
Appendages. Abode.
Digital Hands, for solo masked performer and digital audio-visual environment
Scott Rubin, computer-assisted solo performance art Bimbom Studios, Chicago
Aug 22
Instigation Festival
with Gaby Martinez and Tuli Bera Constellation, Chicago
Sep 12
CLEAT Series: Ritual is
with Tuli Bera Elastic Arts, Chicago
Sep 20
Chicago Performs 2025: Curiosities of Wellness in Bodies of Grief
Direction by Helen Lee and co. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Oct 1
Elaborate Series: Echo Network
Direction by Chris Knowlton and co. Chicago Cultural Center — Claudia Cassidy Theater
Oct 15
Tangible Music
with Naydja Bruton, Caroline Jasalva, and Adam Shead Tangible Books, Chicago
Nov 4
Making Multichannel Music Series
Lecture on introductions to spatial audio
Elastic Arts, Chicago
Nov 11
Family Day Series: Freedom From and Freedom To
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Nov 15
Hyde Park Arts Center Gala: Wonder Turner 2
with Cristal Sabbagh Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago
2024
Feb 9
CLEAT Series
Excerpts from Dances and Meditations and Fuzzy Electric Ocean
Elastic Arts, Chicago
Apr 4
Look Out Series
with Cristal Sabbagh Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago
Apr 6
Freedom From and Freedom To
Elastic Arts, Chicago
Apr 13
Electro-Acoustic Cinema
Digital Hands, for solo masked performer and digital audio-visual environment
Digital Arts Demo Space, Chicago
Apr 19
If The Sky Could Dream
with Irene Hsiao Heritage Museum for Asian Art, Chicago
Oct 20
Curiosities of Wellness in Bodies of Grief
Direction by Helen Lee, with Amanda Maraist, Hannah Marcus, Tuli Bera, Charles Pierson, Kate Laughlin, and Nick Turner Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
Oct 23
Gnesin Contemporary Music Week
in tensions, for cello, dance, and motion-sensitive live electronics
Yulia Migunova, cello; Alexandra Tiunova, dance Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow, Russia
Oct 27
Chance Meetings
Digital Hands, for solo masked performer and digital audio-visual environment
Tritriangle, Chicago
Dec 7
Freedom From and Freedom To
Elastic Arts, Chicago
Dec 13
Co-MISSIONS Residency Performance: FOLK
Links Hall, Chicago
Dec 20
Curiosities of Wellness in Bodies of Grief
Direction by Helen Lee, with Amanda Maraist, Hannah Marcus, Tuli Bera, Charles Pierson, Kate Laughlin, and Nick Turner Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2023
Jan 28
Electro-acoustic Cinema
Solo Set
Scott Rubin, viola and projections Digital Art Demo Space, Chicago
Apr 19
Seems Like a Portal
Opera for dancer, 4 musicians, motion-sensitive electronics and projections
Christine Saulut, dance and choreography; Between Feathers Ensemble Brick 15, Vienna, Austria
Apr 19
Solo Set
Scott Rubin, viola and projections Brick 15, Vienna, Austria
Apr 26
Seems Like a Portal
Opera for dancer, 4 musicians, motion-sensitive electronics and projections
Christine Saulut, dance and choreography; Between Feathers Ensemble Theatre Am Lend, Graz, Austria
Apr 26
Solo Set
Scott Rubin, viola and projections Theatre Am Lend, Graz, Austria
Oct 15
Heavy Air Happy Hour
with Tommy Carroll, drums; Mai Sugimoto, saxophone Cafe Mustache, Chicago
Oct 26
Elastro Series
Solo Set
Scott Rubin, viola and projections Elastic Arts, Chicago
2022
Mar 5
Short Works Professional Performance Series at RAD FEST 2022
Burrow by Andrea Cerniglia
Direction by Andrea Cerniglia, with Christina Chammas and Ali Claiborne-Naranjo Wellspring Theatre at the Epic Center, Kalamazoo, MI
Mar 10
Heavy Air Happy Hour
with Mallory Linehan and Billie Howard Cafe Mustache, Chicago
May 13
CLEAT Series
with Rin Peisert Elastic Arts, Chicago
Jun 18
Pivot Arts Festival: Bangali Meye
with Tuli Bera Edge Theater, Chicago
Sep 24
In Place: Drawing You Outside by Christine Forni and Irene Hsiao
Direction by Christine Forni and Irene Hsiao, with Helen Lee, Amanda Maraist, Wannapa P-Eubanks, Darling Squire, olula negre, and Menghua Guan Jackson Park, Chicago
Sep 25
In Place: Drawing You Outside
Direction by Christine Forni and Irene Hsiao, with Helen Lee, Amanda Maraist, Wannapa P-Eubanks, Darling Squire, olula negre, and Menghua Guan Jackson Park, Chicago
Oct 26
Elastro Series
Solo Set
Scott Rubin, viola and projections Elastic Arts, Chicago
2021
Mar 8
OOPS! POW! SURPRISE!
Installation of collection of collaborative performances with Cristal Sabbagh
with Cristal Sabbagh and co. Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago
Apr 2
Freedom From and Freedom To
Elastic Arts, Chicago
Apr 15
OOPS! POW! SURPRISE! Streamed Performance
with Cristal Sabbagh, Keisha Janae, Sarah Zalek, Erin Peisert, and Ramah Malebranche Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago
Aug 21
Freedom From and Freedom To
Elastic Arts, Chicago
Oct 1
Women Defining Butoh, presented by the New York Butoh Institute
Sowing Asynchronicities, film for dancer and cellist
with Cristal Sabbagh and Oli Harris Virtual
Dec 11
Freedom From and Freedom To
Elastic Arts, Chicago
Dec 16
New Single Release: Fuzzy Electric Ocean
Cover art: Oli Harris; Mastered by: Angel Hair Audio Virtual
2020
Jan 12
J e l l o: Jerry's Map
Collaboration with J e l l o Performance Series
Intuit Gallery, Chicago
Jan 29
Improvised Trio
with Johanna Brock, viola; Andrew Scott Young, bass Outer Sound, Chicago
Feb 12
Improvised Duo
with Cristal Sabbagh Experimental Station, Chicago
Feb 21
Improvised Duo
with Julian Otis LaBar Performance Hall, University of Notre Dame
Mar 1
Frequency Festival
Intercession
with Julian Otis and Margaret M. Morris Constellation, Chicago
Mar 16
Gather 2020 Kickoff
with Cristal Sabbagh and olula negre Comfort Station, Chicago
Apr 9
Quarantine Concerts (Live Stream)
with Cristal Sabbagh Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago
Jul 24
Random Acts (Live Stream)
Out of Site Chicago 2020
with Sarah Zalek and Cristal Sabbagh Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago
Aug 22
Freedom From and Freedom To
Elastic Arts, Chicago
Sep 11
Elastic Arts 3rd Annual Benefit
with Cristal Sabbagh and Lewis Achenbach Elastic Arts, Chicago
Dec 18
New Album: Dances and Meditations
Virtual Event
2019
Jan 21
Duo with Peter Maunu
Myopic Books, Chicago
Jan 27
Adam Shead's Adiaphora Orchestra
The Hungry Brain, Chicago
Mar 20
bdynse
with Jubilee Tai Slate Arts+Performance, Chicago
Mar 28
Trio with Erik Sowa and Peter Maunu
Comfort Station, Chicago
Apr 17
inner senses
Jack Adler McKean, tuba; Yuri Shimaoka, dance Hosek Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Apr 21
Duo with Julian Otis
Myopic Books, Chicago
May 3
Duo with Molly Jones
Slate Arts+Performance, Chicago
May 5
bdynse
with Jubilee Tai Waveforms at Experimental Sound Studios, Chicago
May 25
Adam Shead's Adiaphora Orchestra
The Empty Bottle, Chicago
May 26
bdynse
with Jubilee Tai an open space, Chicago
Jun 15
bdynse
with Jubilee Tai Homan Gardens, Chicago
Jun 15
Trio with Eric Sowa and Jacob Heinemann
Elastic Arts, Chicago
Jul 22
Adam Shead's Adiaphora Orchestra
Elastic Arts, Chicago
Sep 4
Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2019
in tensions
Maya Fridman, cello; Marie Albert, dance Utrecht, Netherlands
Sep 6
Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2019
for the performers
Catchpenny Ensemble with Marie Albert and Yuri Shimaoka Utrecht, Netherlands
Sep 7
Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2019
ironic erratic erotic
ensemble MAZE with Yuri Shimaoka Utrecht, Netherlands
2018
Jan 20
Presentation and Workshop at Labodanse Research Retreat
Etudes for dancer and musicians
Nangis, France
Jan 21
Presentation and Workshop at Labodanse Research Retreat
Etudes for dancer and musicians
Nangis, France
Apr 9
Concert and Workshop at Paris Improv Evenings
Etudes for dancer and musicians
Espace des arts sans frontières, Paris, France
Apr 16
Presentation and Workshop at Danse Pour Parkinson
Etudes for dancers and musicians
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Jun 16
IRCAM presents ManiFeste
in tensions
Polina Streltsova, cello; Marie Albert, dance Le Centquatre, Paris, France
Nov 24
Adam Shead's Adiaphora Orchestra
The Empty Bottle, Chicago
2017
Jan 20
Artist's Talk and Performance at Vernon Salon Series
with Shoshana Green and James Stone Oakland, CA
Feb 1
Sour Helix
eventuell. Saxophone Duo — Manuela Villiger and Vera Wahl Zürich, Switzerland
Feb 2
Sour Helix
eventuell. Saxophone Duo — Manuela Villiger and Vera Wahl Olten, Switzerland
Feb 4
Sour Helix
eventuell. Saxophone Duo — Manuela Villiger and Vera Wahl Basel, Switzerland
Feb 7
Sour Helix
eventuell. Saxophone Duo — Manuela Villiger and Vera Wahl Luzern, Switzerland
Feb 28
Brainwash Machine
Kinetech Arts, Joshua Marshall Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Mar 16
Sour Helix
Syrinx Duo — Emily Schultz and Maarten Schillemans Studio 96, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Apr 5
Kerosene Palace
UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Milnes Hertz Hall, Berkeley, CA
Apr 9
eudiser
Tamara Chu, Jacob Felix Heule, Danishta Rivero Castro, Scott Rubin CNMAT, Berkeley, CA
Apr 9
Le Conseil des arts de Montréal en tournée
the Torn Cubist
Ensemble Paramirabo Maison de la Culture du Plateau, Montreal, QC, Canada
Apr 11
Le Conseil des arts de Montréal en tournée
the Torn Cubist
Ensemble Paramirabo Maison de la Culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, QC, Canada
Apr 12
Le Conseil des arts de Montréal en tournée
the Torn Cubist
Ensemble Paramirabo Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montreal, QC, Canada
Apr 13
Le Conseil des arts de Montréal en tournée
the Torn Cubist
Ensemble Paramirabo Maison de la Culture Frontenac, Montreal, QC, Canada
Apr 14
DEFINE // DEFILE
SanSan Kwan with Mivos Quartet Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA
May 21
ironic erratic erotic
Yuri Shimoaka, Jack Adler-Mckean, Adam Goodwin Labor neunzehn, Berlin, Germany
May 28
Spain Tour: Kerosene Palace
UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Milnes Auditorio Manuel de Falla, Granada, Spain
May 30
Spain Tour: Kerosene Palace
UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Milnes Palau de la Música de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Jun 17
Senses IV
Mosa Tsay, Shoshana Green, and Celloscape Collective Groupmuse Massivemuse @ Covo, San Francisco, CA
Oct 4
Artist's Talk and Performance / Stridulations
IRCAM Salle Stravinsky, IRCAM, Paris, France
Oct 31
Stridulations
IRCAM Salle Stravinsky, IRCAM, Paris, France
Nov 16
Stridulations
Niveau 4, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2016
Jan 7
Humid Gravity
Ensemble Chartreuse Spectrum, New York City, NY
Feb 19
The End of Time, Deconstructed
Hive Chapel
Phoenix Quartet Firehouse Space, New York City, NY
Mar 3
Humid Gravity
Ensemble Chartreuse Curve Line Space, Los Angeles, CA
Mar 6
Humid Gravity
Ensemble Chartreuse Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA
Mar 27
The End of Time, Deconstructed
Hive Chapel
Phoenix Quartet Bowery Arts + Science, New York City, NY
Mar 28
Lecture on my music
CCRMA at Stanford University, CA
May 13
Groupmuse: Humid Gravity
Mosa Tsay, Jane Kim, and Krystzoff Zimmermann CNMAT, Berkeley, CA
May 28
Humid Gravity
Celloscape Collective Bruce Beasley's Sculpture Studio, Oakland, CA
Jun 3
Humid Gravity
Celloscape Collective Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA
Oct 21
Senses
Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA
Nov 18
Balancing on the Edge
Naked to the Sky
Thin Edge New Music Collective Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
Nov 19
Balancing on the Edge
Naked to the Sky
Thin Edge New Music Collective Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
Dec 1
Digital Humanities Presentation at UC Berkeley
(e)met
Juan Hernandez, Myra Melford, Darren Johnston, Lisa Mezzacappa CNMAT, Berkeley, CA
Dec 9
SONIC BODY Series #9
Christine Bonansea Saulut, Scott Rubin, Pamela Z, Jorge Bachmann, Crystal Sepúlveda CNMAT, Berkeley, CA
Dec 10
Performance at DanceHackDay
Christine Bonansea Saulut, Scott Rubin CounterPulse, San Francisco, CA
Dec 12
Naked to the Sky / Senses II
Eco Ensemble: SanSan Kwan, Hrabba Atladottir, Joshua Marshall, Myra Melford, Loren Mach Hertz Hall, Berkeley, CA
2015
Jan 15
New Music Gathering
Invited Lecture: Experiential time in Fausto Romitelli's Professor Bad Trip, Lesson I
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA
Mar 8
Sour Helix (world premiere)
David Wegehaupt and Jeffrey Anderle of Splinter Reeds CNMAT, Berkeley, CA
Mar 15
The New York Flute Club Composition Competition
the Bath Clown Duo (official world premiere)
Jeffery Stonehouse and Gabrielle Gingras Faculty House at Columbia University, New York City, NY
Apr 9
I am nothing without you
counter(Projections) (world premiere)
TENTH INTERVENTION: Hajnal Pivnick and Diane Skerbec Cary Hall at the DiMenna Center, New York City, NY
Apr 24
Washington Composer's Forum Commission Concert
the Torn Cubist
Inverted Space Ensemble Brechemin Auditorium, University of Washington School of Music, Seattle, WA
May 1
Les Concerts de la Métropole: Sour Helix
Duo d'Entre Deux Église Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka, Montréal, QC, Canada
May 2
VOLUMES: Volume 2 with Duo d'Entre Deux
Sour Helix
Duo d'Entre Deux Shaki Rock Gym, Montréal, QC, Canada
May 11
Berkeley New Music Project: Sour Helix
Eco Ensemble, Berkeley New Music Project Hertz Hall, Berkeley, CA
Jun 4
Ensemble Paramirabo presents: Purtubations
the Bath Clown Duo
Ensemble Paramirabo Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montréal, QC, Canada
Jun 20
Humid Gravity (world premiere)
Ensemble Gô and Sarah Xiao Goethe Institut, Hong Kong
Jul 23
SALT New Music Festival and Symposium: Sour Helix
Quasar Quatuor de saxophones Open Space, Victoria, BC, Canada
Aug 4
Camp musical des Laurentides: Sour Helix
Quasar Quatuor de saxophones Camp musical des Laurentides, Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard, QC, Canada
Sep 18
Elevate Ensemble presents: Homage
Self-portrait with Carl Jung and John Watson (world premiere)
Elevate Ensemble Sol Joseph Recital Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA
Dec 3
Le Vivier: Sour Helix
Quasar Quatuor de saxophones Le Vivier — Amplithéatre du Gésu, Montréal, QC, Canada
Dec 6
New Music Concerts: less than equals three (world premiere)
New Music Concerts, dir. Robert Aiken Betty Oliphant Theatre, Toronto, ON, Canada
Dec 14
Berkeley New Music Project: less than equals three
Eco Ensemble Hertz Hall, Berkeley, CA
2014
Apr 28
Concert du Groupe Interinstitutionnel de Compositeurs Étudiants de Montréal
Filthy Peaks, for amplified cello and electronics (world premiere)
Juan Sebastian Delgado Café Résonance, Montreal, Canada
May 9
Doctoral Recital
Filthy Peaks, for amplified cello and electronics
Juan Sebastian Delgado McGill University, Montreal, Canada
May 30
Ottawa New Music Creators
the Torn Cubist, for 5 musicians
Ensemble Paramirabo Ottawa, Canada
Jun 22
mise-en music festival 2014
the Torn Cubist, for 5 musicians
Ensemble Paramirabo New York City, NY
Sep 8
A Celebration of Sonorities, Fall Tour
piglet ears, for saxophone quartet
Estrella Consort Lutkin Hall at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Sep 9
A Celebration of Sonorities, Fall Tour
piglet ears, for saxophone quartet
Estrella Consort School of Music at University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
Sep 11
A Celebration of Sonorities, Fall Tour
piglet ears, for saxophone quartet
Estrella Consort Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Sep 12
A Celebration of Sonorities, Fall Tour
piglet ears, for saxophone quartet
Estrella Consort Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, MI
Dec 13
CNMAT Workshop
Sour Helix, for reed duo, workshop
Splinter Reeds CNMAT, Berkeley, CA
Dec 15
Graduate Composers Concert
the Bath Clown Duo, for flute and piano
Eco Ensemble Hertz Hall, Berkeley, CA