The Quarantine Concerts

Performing solo quarter-tone tuned vibraphones on ESS' livestream concert series, alongside Mabel Kwan, Adam Gabbert, Josh Harlow, and Autumn Selover.

Ensemble Dal Niente Northwestern Residency

Ensemble Dal Niente performs new works by Northwestern composers, including the premiere of Eschautomata.

Harris/Kimmel/Roebke/Zucker

Performing on vibes and trumpet in a new group with Bill Harris (drums), Jeff Kimmel (clarinet), and Jason Roebke (bass), sharing the bill with Jeff Albert, Joshua Abrams, and Mike Reed.

New Music Showcase

Performing vibraphone on Linda Catlin Smith's Light And Water with Victor Huls (cello) for the Bienen School of Music's annual showcase of contemporary chamber music.

Winter 2020 Northestern Student Composer's Concert

Premiere of "Wrey," playing celesta with Sophie Lanthier (flute) and Caleb Paxton (viola).

Priestess of Morphine at RHINO Fest

Performing vibraphone in the storefront theater debut of Rosśa Crean's dramatic duo monodrama.

Mad Myth Science

Quartet debut on trumpet, electronics, objects and movement with Julian Otis, Molly Jones, and Wilson Tanner Smith! Also including performances by Cooper Diers, Dan Hansen, Erica Miller, and Craig Davis Pinson, and Autumn Selover and Emily Beisel.

Re:connect_re:compose

A concert of electroacoustic compositions and improvisations with Robert Hess, Dylann Miller, Alex Hecker, and Dave Klassen, including a performance of "Outdifference".

SMP: Zucker/Adams, Jamison Williams, Lee/Falknor

Playing as part of a new trumpet and drums duo with Alexander Adams, in addition to dance and noise by Rush Falknor and Janna Lee, and Jamison Williams' bird call solos flying in from Florida.

Drama Science Lab presents Téte à Téte

Opening party for an exhibit of art/science hybrids--accompanying live particle visualization by Baudouin Saintyves with Sam Scranton!

Myopic Music Series

Playing duo on vibes with Chris Moore on alto sax for the last event of the year of Myopic's long-running improv series!

Three Hands Clapping at Elastro A/V Fest

Three Hands Clapping (Ben Zucker, Rebecca McDaniel, Henry Stewart) perform with video artist Graham Livingston as part of Elastic Art's music and film series!

Fall 2019 Northwestern Student Composers Concert

Liza Sobel and Mabel Kwan give the premiere of "Circling The Sky" alongside works by Elliot Lupp, Jasmine Thomasian, and Samuel Perlman.

Ben Zucker and Riley Leitch

Screening my film work Undervention and performing duos on trumpet, mixer, and fruit with Riley. Riley will also perform solo, including a new work by Noah Jenkins.

Unit Structures: The Art of Cecil Taylor Conference

"The third and final concert presented by The Graduate Center and Brooklyn College of the City University of New York for the Unit Structures: The Art of Cecil Taylor Conference features a big band directed by Karen Borca playing "Womb Water" and other compositions by Cecil Taylor."

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A member of the big band on trumpet and vibraphone!

Laughing Coffin/Anedition

An edition of creative music with Ishmael Ali (cello), Judith Berkson (voice), and Josh Davidoff (clarinet).

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Alec Goldfarb's sextet Laughing Coffin opens!

Wark/Dawid/Heinemann/Shead & Jones/Zucker/Ernst

"A dynamic quartet of Chicago-based improvisers takes the stage tonight, featuring some of the brightest lights among a new generation of Chicago improvisers. For the second set, reedist Molly Jones returns to Elastic Arts with a collaborative trio that debuted this part summer."

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Playing vibraphone and trumpet with Molly Jones (saxophones) and Katie Ernst (bass).

Another Showcase

The Do-Rights lead the way for a whole evening of performances!

The Bell Ringers

Come join a whole bunch of musicians and nonmusicians and Third Coast Percussion for the premiere of Danny Clay's The Bell Ringers, a totally delightful evening-length musical experience!

Music in the Park

"An informal concert of new, experimental music created during the course of the Art Omi: Music residency. Musicians from a multitude of traditions and genres combine their approaches for novel and unforeseeable results! Grab a seat, bring a blanket, and enjoy seldom heard music amidst art and landscape. Art Omi welcomes the public to its events and grounds free of charge."

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Performing in a variety of pieces, and premiering a new work with Shannon Barnett (trombone), Violeta Garcia (cello), and Greg Chudzik (electric bass.)

Cage/Cunningham Music and Dance Circus

"In commemoration of the 100th birthday of renowned American choreographer Merce Cunningham, musicians and dancers come together for a celebratory performance of John Cage’s historically gloriously anarchic work, Musicircus — with a twist. Featuring chance-determined performances by more than 40 musicians and dancers—it is often simultaneous, always surprising, and, befitting the Spiegeltent, happens both inside and outdoors."

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Performing Cage's works Dream and Aria.

Omi Improvisers Orchestra

The 2019 Music Omi residents perform together in a large group conducted by Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso.

Three Hands Clapping @ Frequency Series

Premiere of a new ambient/classical/electroacoustic jam trio with Rebecca McDaniel and Henry Stewart! Sharing the bill with Beautifulish (Sam Scranton & Katie Young) and Mega Laverne & Shirley (Mabel Kwan & Andrew Tham).

Karen Choi & Justin Duenne w/ The Do-Rights

The Do-Rights swingingly open for visiting singer-songwriters.

Molly Jones Group

Improvisations and songs by Molly Jones (saxophone), with Katie Ernst (bass).

Adiaphora Orchestra & Kyle Madsen Trio

Playing vibraphone, trumpet, and vocals with Adam Shead's large ensemble.

Westben PCR

Performances and workshops as part of the Westben Performer/Composer Residency.

Zucker/Fung/Stuart

Solo performances, sounds, and songs by Ben Zucker, Kristin Fung, and Alanna Bonjay Stuart.

Solo @ The Forge Music Series

Performing solo with voice and electronics as part of the monthly curated art series.

Priestess Of Morphine

Playing vibraphone in the premiere of a new dramatic vocal work by Rosśa Crean.

Metafauna & Rubin/Heinemann/Sowa

Metafauna emerges from the cocoon previously called Supermoon to play new improvised songs and sounds! With Erica Miller, cello; Dan Hansen, guitar; Anna Munzesheimer, voice.

Chicago Puppet Studio Open Studio

Making shell sounds for KT Shivak's work-in-progress puppet showing for friends of the Chicago International Puppet Theatre Festival.

Free Jazz Date Night

Duo on vibraphone with Sean Drewry, guitar, as part of a curated set of free improvisation and comedy.

Solo w/ Natedal

Solo performance on vibraphone and electronics, opening for Natedal and a quintet with Joe Suikhonen, Josh Harlow, Gerritt Hatcher, Katie Ernst, and Ryan Packard.

Adiophora Percussion Quartet

Performing music for drums and mallets by Adam Shead, with Emerson Hunton and Bill Harris.

Aurin & The Hex w/ The Do-Rights

The Do-Rights open for Aurin & The Hex as part of their weekly residency.

Zucker/Jones @ Myopic Music Series

Duo on trumpet and vibraphone with Molly Jones, saxophone.

Adiaphora Orchestra @ Mirrored Series

Part of Adam Shead's large ensemble, performing new works with trumpet, vibraphone, and voice.

Indeterminacy Festival

In residence at the Indeterminacy Festival, facilitating workshops in recycled object performance, working on new music for monochords, and performing in the main concert event, "PastFuture/FuturePast" at the Penn Dixie Fossil Site.

Tenebrae Ensemble

Tenebrae Ensemble, a student-run group at Colorado College, performs winners of its call for scores, including Canticum.

New Money

Improvising basement jazz skronk with Nick Alvarez (Drums), Otto Briner (Bass), Alex Maerbach (Guitar), and Manny Scheck (Sax). 
 

World Beside Us, with Brock/Moore/Munzesheimer/Shead, Fletcher/Ali/Ad

World Beside Us (Ben Zucker, electronics, vibraphone; Nick Alvarez, drums; Alisa Kolot, keyboards; Erica Miller, cello; Craig Davis Pinson, guitar) makes it second appearance ever, with opening sets by Hanna Brock, violin; Christopher Moore, saxophone/electronics; Anna Munzesheimer, voice; Adam Shead, drums, 

& David Fletcher, trombone; Ishmael Ali, cello; Alexander Adams, drums.

Fifth Season w/ Boomerang

The Chicago version of Fifth Season makes its second appearance, with Mabel Kwan, piano; Eli Namy, bass; and Adam Shead, drums. Opening support from Boomerang (Matt Riggen, trumpet; Brock Steussi, bass; Tommy Carroll, drums).

Jacqueline Kerns' Senior Recital

An honors recital in voice by mezzo-soprano Jacqueline Kerns, including the premiere of Semiramide riconosciuta (an archaeology).

With Sonder Trio @ Slate Impro Jam

​Opening for the biweekly improvisation session with the Sonder Trio (Autumn Selover, Harp; Derek Fitting, trumpet; Magdalena Sustere, cello).

Impromptu Fest 2019

Aviary Duo performs works by Emily Praetorius and Neil Quigley, and premieres Invention Of Water. Second set by Nois~ saxophone quartet.

Bat Dawid/Otis/Espinoza/Zucker

Vibes and trumpet with a killer group of improvisers--Angel Bat Dawid (clarinet), Julian Otis (voice), Xris Espinoza (drums/sax); part of a triple bill with even more great improvisers!

Zucker/Otis/Shead @ Slate Impro Jam

Opening for the biweekly improvisation session on trumpet and lap steel guitar (public debut!) with Julian Otis (voice) and Adam Shead (drums).

University of Iowa Student Chapter of The Society of Composers, Inc. New Music Symposium 2019

New Music Concert, featuring winners of the 2019 Call for Scores, including Objectstinate.

Laughing Coffin plays Brown Cardew Cox Zucker Goldfarb

Alec Goldfarb's chamber-improvisation ensemble performs Fifth Season, alongside works by Goldfarb, Cornelius Cardew, Earle Brown, and Jessie Cox.

intra.incarn release

Cassette release of intra.incarn on Dinzu Artefacts!

New Music Performance Showcase

Sonder Trio (Derek Fitting, Autumn Selover, Magdalena Sustere) premieres an arrangement of Pilot Mine, alongside a concert of contemporary works performed by Bienen performance students.

NU Contemporary Music Ensemble

Bienen School of Music Contemporary Ensemble premieres Grass Has Grown Into Your Cities, alongside works by John Adams, Matt Marks, and Kate Soper. Conducted by Alan Pierson, Ben Bolter, and Victor Huls.

Impro Jam One Year Anniversary!

Celebrating one year of dice-rolled improvisations at Slate, with an ensemble cast of its finest characters!

Adiaphora Orchestra Plays Adam Shead

Playing trumpet, vibraphone, and megaphone in Adam Shead's large ensemble.

Andrew Barnes Jamieson, improvising (solo, and with friends)

Performing an opening vibraphone solo for Andrew Jamieson's concert visit to Chicago, and improvising with Andrew and Megan Grace Beugger.

World Beside Us/Fifth Season

Chicago bandleader debut with two groups! Performing Fifth Season with Mabel Kwan, Eli Namay, and Adam Shead; performing World Beside Us with Nick Alvarez, Alisa Kolot, Erica Miller, and Craig Davis Pinson.

Northwestern Student Composers Concert

US premiere of Outdifference by Joe Connor and Brandon Quarles (saxophones), on concert of student works.

Slate Music Presents: Supermoon, Babykettle, Lyn Rye

Performing vibes and other things with Supermoon (Erica Miller, Dan Hansen, Anna Munzesheimer).

Adam Shead's Adiaphora Orchestra

Performing the music of Sun Ra and Adam Shead with the latter's improvising large ensemble, on trumpet and vibraphone.

Shead/Zucker Duo

Performing on voice, trumpet, and electronics with Adam Shead (percussion, cactus) as part of Myopic Books' ongoing improvisation series.

Very Very Zappa

Being the Ruth Underwood of Ishmael Ali's Frank Zappa halloween cover band! We were the Zomby Woof.

SMP: Inner Ear Brigade & Tommy Carroll's Calculated Discomfort

Performing on vibraphone and synths, with Tommy Carroll's jazz-rock-fusion collective, opening for the IEB on a rare visit outside the Bay Area!

SMP: Ben Zucker, Noah Jenkins + Maeve Feinberg

Performing with solo trumpet and electronics, carving out blocks of sound. Sharing the bill with Noah Jenkins, presenting his apocalyptic violin-drone duo, Loom, with Maeve Feinberg (Spektral Quartet).

Ben Zucker/Amy Brandon & Supermoon

A long-awaited musical reuniting! Duo on vibraphone and trumpet with Amy Brandon on guitar. Opening is Supermoon, an improvising trio of Erica Miller (cello), Dan Gabbert (guitar), and Anna Munzesheimer (voice).

To Touch The Sky

Singing with the Chicago Chamber Choir (directed by Christopher Windle) in the first concert of their 2018-2019 season, with works by Kevin Puts, Hildegaard von Bingen, Judith Bingham, Yasye Barnwell, and others.

Alone:Together

Singing and directing voices as part of Ryan Packard's residency series of performance installations at High Concept Labs.

Slate Impro Jam

Opening for Slate Art's bimonthly free improvisation jam session! Performing duo with Alisa Kolot on synths and live electronics.

Adam Shead's Adiaphora Orchestra

Playing trumpet in Adam Shead's improvising large ensemble.

Nasty, Brutish, & Short

Creating music for K.T. Shivak's "The Book", as part of the questionably-family-friendly puppet cabaret series.

Calculated Discomfort Release Shw

Performing on vibes and synth with Tommy Carroll's jazz-fusion band on the occasion of the band's album release!

(r)Evolution: Resonant Bodies

Participant in the Resonant Bodies Festival's workshop at the Banff Centre: official and unofficial concerts, performing works by Louis D'Heudieres, Ben Patterson, Anthony Braxton, Imani Uzuri, Nicole DeMaio, a world premiere by Jack Maguire, and the North American premiere of Mouthborg /// Interfaceoff.

Empathy I

Movement, video, and performative conversation piece created and performed in collaboration with Tiange Zhou.

O Ur Gab Live! Good Afternoon Darmstadt Edition

​Performing O Ur Gab Live! in the Darmstadt Summer Course Open Space.

Voice Electrification Showcase @ Darmstadt Summer Course

Showcase concert of the Voice Electrification Workshop directed by Julia Mihaly, including the premiere of Mouthborg /// Interfaceoff, performed by Ben Zucker.

Collective Composing Showcase @ Darmstadt Summer Course

Showcase concert of the Collective Composing Workshop, directed by Cathy Milliken.

O Ur Gab Live! @ Slate 3.0

Performing O Ur Gab Live! as part of Slate Art's 3rd anniversary celebrations! Also featuring Sun-Chewer in video form as part of the gallery exhibition.

Weston Olencki Residency @ NU

Weston Olencki premieres works by NU graduate composers, including the premiere of Refusage.

Calculated Discomfort

Performing on vibes and synths with Tommy Carroll's jazz fusion quartet, with Tommy Carroll, Alex Warshawsky, and Matt Riggen.

Midwest Graduate Music Consortium Concert

Premiere of QOWOOOPO by Wilson Tanner Smith as part of the Midwest Graduate Music Consortium.

NUNC! 3

Performing selected works with the Bienen Contemporary Vocal Ensemble for the closing concert of the Northwestern University New Music Conference, including the premiere of Aneroidal.

Arts On Equality

Performing works by Buxtehude, Shaw, Thorvaldsdottir, and Berko with the Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble.

Zucker/Maxbaurer/Quigley & Carroll/Rosin Quartet

Playing trumpet and vibes on both bands of a jazz and improv double bill! With Andrew Maxbauer and Neil Quigley, and Tommy Carroll, Joey Rosin, and Evan Salvacion Levine.

BCE & The Crossing

Performing choral works by Michael Gordon, Gabriel Jackson, and David Shapiro.

Splice Series

Improvised music with Peter Mannau, Jakob Heinemann, and Ben Roidl-Ward.

Zucker/Maxbauer/Quigley @ Myopic Music Series

The new Northwestern composition PhDs musick together! Ben Zucker (trumpet, vibraphone), Andrew Maxbauer (percussion), & Neil Quigley (electronics)

OSCILLATIONS: NOISÉE LE SEQUE + BEN ZUCKER

Performing o ur gab Live! in a curated bill with the many alter egos of Jessie Marino!

Parlour Tapes+ + Comfort Month: Power Power Point Point

Power points and performances by Ben Zucker and Sam Scranton, including the first live performance of o ur gab.

Evensong

Singing with the Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble in a program of works from Anglican chant to premieres by Hunter Hanson and Nicholas Cline.

Light & Gold

Singing with the Bienen Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, conducted by Donald Nally and Eric Whitacre.

3rd ORTUS International New Music Competition

Khorikos performs the winning compositions of the 3rd ORTUS International New Music Competition, including when we arrive at home.

OFJS & VAMP present Jaberwock & Westfall/Zucker

Oakland Freedom Jazz Society presents a special edition of their concert series featuring Jabberwock (Joe Orimo, drums, Leo Lober-Tracy, bass, Ben Westfall, guitar, Ben Zucker, trumpet). Westfall and Zucker opening with a duo of spoken word, guitar, and live electronics.

KC Vitas Summer Series

KC Vitas Chamber Choir performs when we arrive at home as part of their 3rd annual Summer Series.

Ives Band

Playing keyboards on new mashup works by Andrew Jamieson.

Foreignfire at Quiet Lightning

Performing excerpts of Unsolicited by David Katz, with David Katz and Sam Genovese.

Garden Of Memory

Solo performance as part of the annual Solstice celebration.

Roses Are Blue @ Switchboard Music Festival

Singing excerpts from Ramon & Jessica's cappella adaptation of Gertrude Stein's The World Is Round.

San Francisco Choral Artists: East Meets West

Singing works celebrating musical marriages and choral cultures with guest percussionist Peter Maund.

Foreignfire: Unsolicited

Chanting new poetry by David Katz, with Sam Genovese and Tim Silva.

Long Tone Choir

Singing new work by Rae Diamond

Jabberwock

Free jazz classics on the Xylosynth with Ben Westfall, Leo Lober-Tracey, Joe Orimo.

48 Hour Opera

Performing "Marry Up, Marry Down" with Opera Theater Unlimited after a marathon weekend session...

SFCMP - Lou Harrison : A Centenary Celebration

Premiere of Sarabandisms by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players.

Jason's Instructions

Debut of free jazz and skronk with Ben Westfall,Leo Lober-Tracey, and Joe Orimo

Ives Band @ Active Music Series

Keyboards with Andrew Jamieson's mashup band.

San Francisco Choral Artists: Witches, Saints, & Mothers

Singing works by and about women, and world premiere of Eurydice.

Cornelius Cardew Choir @ Quiet Time

Performing Cardew's The Great Learning as part of Danny Clay's curated series.

Time Passes

Performance of Time Passes by C4 Collective; also performing March 4, at 8pm, Church Of St. Luke-In-The-Fields, NYC.

LA Percussion Quartet Next Wave Commission

Premiere of The Golden Age Cannot Be Picked Up, with new works by Vasiliki Krimitza, Warren Enstrom, and Sarah Belle Reid.

when we arrive at home

Performance of when we arrive at home by the King's Chapel Choir.

Ives Band Holiday Party

Pianist for the Christmas-themed version of Andrew Jamieson's mashup band.

Musical Reflections of 2016

Singing with the Cornelius Cardew Choir as part of a memorial for the Ghost Ship and Pauline Oliveros.

SFCA: Light In Winter

Choral performances to "welcome this festive season with music ancient and modern, beloved and new, by Barber, Crabtree, Guerrero, Houghton, Kodály, Lassus, Mallonée, Nixon, Poulenc, Strassburg, Taneyev and others."

Duo With Amy Brandon

Duo on vibraphone with guitarist Amy Brandon. Watch the whole concert on Youtube here!

Cornelius Cardew Choir

Singing new work by Ed Campion.

Dada Bordello

Performance of Italian Dada theater with Luciano Chessa as part of the Dada World Fair

Mozart Requiem for All Soul's Day

Singing with with members of the San Francisco Choral Artists and St. Dominic's Cathedral Choir

Empty Words @ Quiet Time

Performing John Cage's Empty Words with Danny Clay, Luciano Chessa, and Pamela Z.

Outsound Presents The Vinny Golia Large Ensemble SF Bay Area

Trumpet for large ensemble conducted by Vinny in honor of his 70th birthday.

Sinema City @ Nestival '16

Performance with Arcadio.

KIMA: The Wheel

Premiere of KIMA: The Wheel as part of Ron Arad's Curtain Call with Analema Group.

Ensemble Entropy #1 Ft. Ben Zucker

Featured composer, vocalist, and trumpeter with Ensemble Entropy for its debut performance.

Weisslich 8

Premiere of neither/n/nor/n with Louis D'Heurides, David Pocknee, and Michael Baldwin.

Mivos Quartet @ VIPA Festival

Premiere of Testimonies, Flaming Pasts

Academy Inegales: Steppin' Out

Premiere of "...but you need to talk to me now" (Homotopic Songs) and other new works by the members of the 2015-2016 Academy Inegales.

Arcadio

Percussion with Arcadio!

Vocal Constructivists @ Deep Minimalism

Singing works by Pauline Oliveros and Meredith Monk as part of Southbank Centre's series.

King Arthur @ Spitalfields Music Festival

Percussionist with Notes Inegales for Peter Wiegold's reimagining of the Purcell opera.

Analema Group @ Baltic Art Form

Premiere Of KIMA: I AM by Analema Group, Evgenia Emets, Kate Smith, Martins Baumanis, and Uran Apak.