- Music, Concert Preview Feb 23, 2018
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Chicago experimental ensemble Aperiodic will illustrate key threads in a new book by new-music scholar Jennie Gottschalk
- Music, Concert Preview Jan 12, 2018
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New York School composer Christian Wolff shares his open-ended conceptions of communal music making with Chicago’s Aperiodic
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 13, 2017
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This week’s Frequency Festival finds points of contact between classical, jazz, and the avant-garde
The concert series booked by the Reader's Peter Margasak throws its second annual six-day festival of boundary-erasing music.
- Music, In Rotation Nov 15, 2016
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Billie Howard of Aperiodic on Sia’s stripped-down United Center show
Plus: Bow & Hammer violinist Kathryn Satoh on a classical piano duo that plays Taylor Swift, Reader music editor Philip Montoro on a record so evil it’s almost funny, and more.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 23, 2016
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The Frequency Festival kicks off six days of top-shelf contemporary classical tonight at the MCA
Reader writer Peter Margasak celebrates three years of his Frequency Series with a festival of adventurous new music.
- Music, In Rotation Feb 11, 2015
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Blake Edwards of Vertonen on Danish composer and explosives expert Else Marie Pade
Plus: WLUW veteran Philip von Zweck on the Hafler Trio's not-music sounds, the Reader's Philip Montoro on Attila Csihar’s satanic camp, and more
- Music, Music Feature Dec 23, 2014
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Our favorite music of 2014
Six Reader writers go deep with specialized year-end lists that do more than just put the same records in a different order.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 21, 2013
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Reader’s Agenda Mon 10/21: Janelle Monae, Malty Matinee: Hey Bartender, and Aperiodic with Michael Pisaro
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Monday, October 21
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 20, 2012
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Aperiodic takes James Tenney's Swell Piece to the beach for free
Experimental-music group Aperiodic performs James Tenney's minimalist Swell Piece Thursday on Oak Street Beach
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 30, 2012
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A John Cage Q&A with composer and Aperiodic director Nomi Epstein
Composer Nomi Epstein talks about Aperiodic's upcoming A John Cage Festival.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 27, 2012
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Nomi Epstein's "Human Sound Sculpture" at the Old Town School
On Friday composer Nomi Epstein presents a new OTS commission that situates folk ideas in an experimental context
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 8, 2011
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Two sides of British bassist Dominic Lash
The British bassist Dominic Lash arrives in town to play experimental music with Aperiodic and improvised music with some of the city's best talent.
- Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 23, 2011
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Best place to hear work by Wandelweiser Group composers
Elastic
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 17, 2011
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Aperiodic's Post-Cage Throwdown
Young new-music collective Aperiodic dives headfirst into post-Cage experimentation with its second concert, Sunday afternoon at Elastic.
