Performances 

2024 

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 

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