Performances
2025
Spring Solo Tour 2025 - US & Canada
April 4 - April 20
4/4 Moondog Cafe - Detroit
4/5 Sellers & Newel - Toronto
4/7 Perte de Signal - Montreal
4/8 Mardi Spaghetti, Casa del Popolo - Montreal
4/10 Transporter - Boston
4/11 Cold Spring Hollow - Belchertown
4/12 Mojo's Cafe - Troy
4/13 Notice Recordings - Kingston
4/14 People's Music Supply - Philadelphia
4/15 Rhizome - DC
4/16 Red Room, Normal's Books - Baltimore
4/17 Government Center - Pittsburgh
4/18 Robinwood Concert House - Toledo
4/20 Elastic Arts - Chicago
March 14
Daniel Wyche, Emily Beisel, Bill Harris
Quiet Comfort @ Comfort Station
February 23
Improvised Music for Gaza @ CoProsperity
February 15
Physics In Motion: Sugimoto, Berman, Beisel, Ali, Giallorenzo, Dammann, Shead **Composition Premiere with video by ColorSwim
Homeroom @ Constellation
February 13
Larvavision, Emily Rach Beisel, Whisker, Allen Moore
@ TriTriangle
February 6
Emily Beisel, Erica Miller, Kirsten Carey
Improvised Music Series @ Elastic Arts
January 25
Aretha Franklin Tribute Concert
Alto Saxophone with South Bend Symphony Orchestra
January 20
Soft Power: Angela James, Emily Beisel, Sarah Clausen, Mai Sugimoto
Pleiades Series @ Elastic Arts, Chicago
January 16
Emily Beisel, Ro Lundberg, Norman Long
Improvised Music Series @ Elastic Arts, Chicago
January 13
Jan Jam
Pleiades Series @ Elastic Arts
2024
December 16
Nameless Sound: Duo w/ Lisa Cameron
Lawndale Art Center - Houston, TX
December 15
Duo w/ Lisa Cameron
The Chess Club - Austin, TX
December 14
Molten Plains Fest: Duo w/ Lisa Cameron
Rubber Gloves - Denton, TX
October 30 - December 29
Reed 1 - Flute, Clarinet, Alto & Tenor Saxophone
White Christmas @ Marriott Theater - Lincolnshire, IL
October 25
Sebastian Strinning, Jacob Heinemann, Emily Beisel, Bill Harris
Jazz Gallery - Milwaukee, WI
October 22
Rafael Toral, Daniel Wyche, Bill Harris, Emily Beisel, Veronica Salinas
Elastic Arts - Chicago, IL
October 1
Thomas Lehn, Tiziana Bertoncini, Michael Zerang, Emily Beisel
Elastro @ Elastic Arts - Chicago, IL
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, IL
August 30
Emily Rach Beisel (solo), Mezzanine Swimmers, Peopling, Taste Rubber
TriTriangle - Chicago, IL
August 29
Bodymilk: Emily Rach Beisel/iph, SULFRRRR
7:30pm @ Comfort Station - Chicago, IL
August 3
Her Only Light: Connie Converse 100th Birthday Concert
8:30pm - Constellation - Chicago, IL
August 1
Improvised Music Series: Eli Namay's Sound Mass
8:30pm - Elastic Arts - Chicago, IL
July 21
Carol Genetti, Emily Beisel, Jim Baker, Michael Zerang
9:00pm - Hungry Brain - Chicago, IL
July 7
Side Yard Sounds - Duo with Caroline Jesalva
8:00pm @ Compound Yellow - Oak Park, IL
June 7 - 9
PleiadesFest 2024
Elastic Arts - Chicago, IL
June 5
Dimensions and Extensions
8:30pm - Constellation - Chicago, IL
June 2
a.pe.ri.od.ic (53): The Music of Renee Baker
8:30pm - Constellation - Chicago, IL
May 31
Emily Beisel, Nick Turner + JayVe Montgomery
Elastro Series @ Elastic Arts - Chicago, IL
May 15
2x4 - Emily Beisel & Bill Harris
8:30pm - Constellation - Chicago, IL
May 4
Okapi, Emily Beisel, The Electric Nature, Chelsea Bridge, A Light Sleeper
8:30pm - TriTriangle - Chicago, IL
April 27
Mute Duo, Emily Rach Beisel
8:30pm - Constellation - Chicago, IL
April 25
Emily Beisel + Simone Baron
8:30pm - Improvised Music Series @ Elastic Arts - Chicago, IL
April 21
The Tri-Centric Experiencers Unit (presenting Anthony Braxton compositions)
Frequency Series Presents - Constellation - Chicago, IL
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 Workshop + 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, IL
March 23
Emily Beisel + Bill Harris
Arts Lit Lab - Madison, WI
March 8
Paul Hertz and Christopher Walczak 'Campos Temporales'
Cleat Series @ Elastic Arts - Chicago, IL
March 7
Emily Beisel, Bill Harris, Mabel Kwan
Improvised Music Series @ Elastic Arts - Chicago, IL
February 28
Beisel/Harris, Billington/Peisert, Viola Yip
@ TriTriangle - Chicago, IL
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 - Chicago, IL
January 27
Emily Beisel, Lockstep, REZN
@ Sleeping Village - Chicago, IL
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 with 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, 2023
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 20, 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
Fonema Consort @ Microscope Gallery - New York, NY
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
December 18, 2022
AV Fest
Trio with Allen Moore + Kim Alpert - Pleiades 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 - São 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