Performances 

2024 

September 24

Michael Zerang, Emily Beisel, Isidora Edwards 

8:00pm - Marmalade: 1117 West Lake Street, Chicago IL 

September 14

Emily Beisel/Craig David Pinson/Bill Harris, Hedra Rowan/Alex Maerbach, 5th Sound 

TriTriangle, Chicago IL 

September 8 

Mabel Kwan, Emily Beisel, Bill Harris

9:00pm - Hungry Brain, Chicago 

August 30

Emily Rach Beisel (solo), Mezzanine Swimmers, Peopling, Taste Rubber

TriTriangle, Chicago 

August 29 

Bodymilk:  Emily Rach Beisel/iph, SULFRRRR

7:30pm @ Comfort Station, Chicago

Elastic Arts, Chicago 

August 3 

Her Only Light: Connie Converse 100th Birthday Concert

8:30 - Constellation, Chicago 

August 1 

Improvised Music Series: Eli Namay's Sound Mass 

8:30pm Elastic Arts, Chicago 

July 21

Carol Genetti, Emily Beisel, Jim Baker, Michael Zerang

9:00pm - Hungry Brain, Chicago 

July 7 

Side Yard Sounds - Duo with Caroline Jesalva 

8:00pm @ Compound Yellow, Oak Park, IL

June 7 - 9 

PleiadesFest 2024 

Elastic Arts, Chicago 

June 5  

Dimensions and Extensions 

8:30pm - Constellation, Chicago 

June 2  

a.pe.ri.od.ic (53): The Music of Renee Baker 

8:30pm - Constellation, Chicago 

May 31 

Emily Beisel, Nick Turner + JayVe Montgomery 

Elastro Series @ Elastic Arts, Chicago 

May 15 

2x4 - Emily Beisel & Bill Harris 

8:30pm - Constellation, Chicago 

May 4 

Okapi, Emily Beisel, The Electric Nature, Chelsea Bridge, A Light Sleeper

8:30pm - TriTriangle, Chicago 

April 27 

Mute Duo, Emily Rach Beisel 

8:30pm - Constellation, Chicago 

April 25 

Emily Beisel + Simone Baron 

 8:30pm - Improvised Music Series @ Elastic Arts, Chicago 

April 21  

The Tri-Centric Experiencers Unit (presenting Anthony Braxton compositions) 

Frequncy Series Presents - Constellation, Chicago 

March 29 - April 7 

Midwest Spring Tour 2024: Beisel/Harris  

3/29 Rozz Tox, Davenport IA 

3/30  O'Connells, St. Louis, MO  

3/31  PDM, Columbia, MO 

4/2  Feed Me Weird Things - Trumpet Blossom, Iowa City IA

4/3  Cloud Land, Minneapolis MN

4/4  Improvisation Work Shop + Performance - University of Minnesota 

4/5  Smokestack, Dubuque, IA 

4/6  Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee WI

4/7  Hungry Brain, Chicago, IL 

March 28 

Quiet Comfort: Emily Beisel @ Comfort Station, Chicago 

March 23

Emily Beisel + Bill Harris @ Arts Lit Lab, Madison WI 

March 8 

Paul Hertz and Christopher Walczak 'Campos Temporales' 

Cleat Series: @Elastic Arts 

March 7 

Emily Beisel, Bill Harris, Mabel Kwan

Improvised Music Series @ Elastic Arts  

Febuary 28

 Beisel/Harris, Billington/Peisert, Viola Yip @ TriTriangle  

January 27 - March 17

The Band's Visit @ Writer's Theater 

Reeds - Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Tenor Sax, Alto Flute  

January 29

Pleiades Series - Jan Jam @ Elastic Arts  

January 27

Emily Beisel, Lockstep, REZN @ Sleeping Village 


2023 

December 18, 2023 

Beisel/Billington/Harris - Elastro @ Elastic Arts, Chicago IL 

November 19 - December 31, 2023 

Boop @ CIBC Theater, Broadway in Chicago 

Reed 1 - Piccolo, Flute, Clarinet, Soprano Sax, Alto Sax 

November 16, 2023 

Beisel/Genetti - Improvised Music Series @ Elastic Arts, Chicago IL 

November 4, 2023 

Duo with Daniel Wyche & Trio with Bill Harris and Mabel Kwan 

Marmalade, Chicago IL 

October 23, 2023

Solo @ Museum of Surgical Sciences 

September 21 - 24, 2023 

High Zero Festival, Baltimore, MD 

August 21 - October 15, 2023 

Gypsy @ Marriott Theater,  Lincolnshire, IL 

August 18, 2023 

Pleiades: Milwaukee/Chicago Exchange 

@ The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

July 29, 2023 

Solo @ Side Yard Sounds - Compound Yellow, Oak Park, IL 

July 27, 2023 

Solo @ Epiphany Arts 

July 15, 2023 

Sound + Clown @ The Aviary w/ Stephan Haluska, Erica Miller, Ben Zucker 

June 20, 2023 

Cross Modulations Series:  Norman Long / Emily Rach Beisel 

@ Color Club  4146 N. Elston Ave 

June 15, 2023 

Solo Performance @ Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI

June 8-11, 2023 

Cleveland Uncommon Sound Festival   

6/10:  Solo Performance - 9pm @ Crobar

June 1, 2023 - 7:30pm 

 Comfort Music: Beisel/Harris Duo & Elijah McLaughlin / Jason Toth / Tomasso Moretti 

@ Comfort Station 

May 17, 2023 - 8pm 

 Album Release Show: Particle of Organs - Pleiades Series @ Elastic Arts  

April 29 - May 13 

Spring Tour 2023: Beisel/Harris  

4/29 Spot Tavern, Lafayette IN

4/30 Convivium 33, Cleveland OH

5/1 Telephone, Pittsburgh PA

5/2 Red Room, Baltimore MD

5/3 Rhizome, Washington DC

5/4 Beautiful World Syndicate, Philadelphia PA

5/5 Pool @ The Record Shop, NYC

5/6 Lagoon, NYC

5/7 F.I.M @ Never Ending Books, New Haven CT

5/8 Red Ink, Providence RI

5/11 Hallwalls, Buffalo NY

5/12 DROM Taberna, Toronto, Canada

5/13 Sound House, Detroit MI

April 25, 2023 - 7pm 

Fat Pigeon, Nois, Genetti/Scranton @ Museum of Surgical Science

April 20th, 2023 

@ Studio Z - Minneapolis, MN  

Richard Barrett: Portrait Concert -- Fonema Consort & 113 Collective 

April 15, 2023 - 8pm 

Pleiades Series @ Elastic Arts  

April 11 & 12, 2023  

Fonema Consort @ Harper College 

April 7, 2023 - 7:30 pm 

Image of Thought @ Midnight Tea 

April 1, 2023 - 7 pm 

Freedom From and Freedom To @ Elastic Arts

March 25 & 26, 2023 

Outside the Box New Music Festival @ Southern Illinois University

March 23, 2023 - 8:30 pm 

Trio with Robbie Hunsinger & Dalia Chil @ Elastic Arts

March 4, 2023 - 8 pm 

525 West 29th Street, 2nd Floor,   New York, NY

Fonema Consort @ Microscope Gallery 

February 24, 2023 - 8:30 pm 

Frequency Festival w/ a.pe.ri.od.ic @ Constellation 

February 16, 2023 - 8:30pm 

Improvised Music Series - Beisel/Harris/Billington @ Elastic Arts

February 15, March 8 - 7:30 pm 

Red Orchid Theater Presents: Act Five @ Facility Theater 

February 8 - 8:30pm 

Duo w/ Bill Harris @ Constellation

January 28, 2023 - 8pm 

Pleiades Series - Jan Jam @ Elastic Arts  

November 7, 2022 - January 15, 2023

Sound of Music @ Paramount Theater, Aurora IL

2022

AV Fest - Duo with Carol Genetti @ Elastic Arts

December 18, 2022 

Trio with Allen Moore + Kim Alpert  - Pleaides Series @ Elastic Arts

December 13, 2022 

Solo @ Cafe Mustache 

December 7, 2022 

Sound of Music @ Paramount Theater, Aurora IL

November 7, 2022 - January 15, 2023

Solo @ Esquina 

November 3, 2022 - 8pm 

Pleiades Series - 1 Year Anniversary Show @ Elastic Arts 

October 28, 2022 - 8:30pm 

Trio with Allen Moore + Kim Alpert @ Cafe Mustache 

October 17, 2022 - 8pm 

Premiere multimedia work by Paul Hertz & Christopher Walczak  @ 150 Media Stream 

September 30, 2022 - 7pm 

Duo with Nick Broste @ Comfort Station

September 22, 2022 - 7:30pm 

Solo  - Onederful @ Constellation

September 21, 2022 - 8:30pm 

Dimensions and Extensions @ Constellation

September 7, 2022 - 8:30pm 

Freedom From & Freedom To @ Elastic Arts 

August 27, 2022 - 8:00pm 

Solo @ Golden Dagger 

August 21, 2022 - 2:00pm 

Trio with gabby fluke-mogul & Bill Harris @ Beat Kitchen

August 20 2022 - 8:00pm 

SÃO PAULO CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS FESTIVAL, Fonema Consort

August 2-7 - Sao Paulo, Brazil 

Maunu/ Heinemann/Beisel/Sowa  

Splice Series @ Beat Kitchen

July 6, 2022 - 8:30pm 

Trio with Milly Jones & Erica Miller 

Improvised Music Series @ Elastic Arts 

June 25, 2022 - 8:30pm

Berlin Movers/Chicago Improvisors 

Pleiades Series @ Elastic Arts 

June 11, 2022 - 8pm

Trio with Ishmael Ali & Nick Macri -  

Heavy Air Happy Hour @ Cafe Mustache  

June 9, 2022 - 7pm 

Solo  - Frequency Series @ Constellation

June 5, 2022 - 8:30pm 

113 Composers Present: Fonema Consort @ Studio Z

May 28-29, 2022 - Minneapolis, MN

Fat Pigeon @ Galvin Hall, Northwestern University 

May 17, 2022 - 7:30pm 

Trio with Carol Genetti & Todd A. Carter - 3 on 3 @ Constellation

May 4, 2022 - 8:30pm 

The Sound of Music @ Marriott Theater 

April 13 - June 5, 2022 

Trio with Annie Grizzle & Tina LaFauve @  The Aviary 

April 9, 2022 - 8pm 

 Homeroom  @  Comfort Station

Bill Harris, Emily Beisel, Hyun Kim, Ibrahim Sabbi 

April 9, 2022 - 8pm 

Groundhog Day @ Paramount Theater  

January 26 - March 13, 2022 

The Bridge: Genetti, Beisel, Maunu, Macri, Kirschner, Orins @ Elastic Arts 

 December 16, 2021 - 8:30pm