OPTION is an ongoing music salon curated by Chicago musicians Andrew Clinkman, Lily Finnegan, and Dorothy Carlos. Its programming explores contemporary perspectives on improvisation and composition in a 'salon' format, enabling local, national, and intern
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OPTION: Vincent Davis & Percussion Plus
Sunday • 3:00 PM
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OPTION: Lula Asplund
Sun, Aug 3 • 3:00 PM
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OPTION: DoYeon Kim
Sun, Aug 10 • 3:00 PM
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OPTION: BCMC (Bill MacKay and Cooper Crain)
Sun, Aug 17 • 3:00 PM
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OPTION: Joe Westerlund
Sun, Jul 20 • 3:00 PM
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OPTION: Patrick Shiroishi
Sun, Jul 13 • 3:00 PM
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OPTION: PAGASA
Sun, Jun 29 • 3:00 PM
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OPTION: Sydney Spann
Sun, Jun 22 • 3:00 PM
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OPTION: Potliquor
Sun, Jun 15 • 3:00 PM
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OPTION: Rempis/Reid/Abrams
Sun, Aug 18 • 3:00 PM
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OPTION: Chris Williams & Trae Crudup
Sun, Aug 11 • 3:00 PM
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OPTION: Brittany Karlson
Sun, Aug 4 • 3:00 PM
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OPTION: Kim Alpert with claire rousay
Sun, Jul 28 • 3:00 PM
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OPTION: John Yau
Sun, Jul 21 • 3:00 PM
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OPTION: Brandon Seabrook
Sun, Jul 14 • 3:00 PM
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OPTION: FLUTTER (Fay Victor & Nicole Mitchell) with Devon Gates
Sun, Jul 7 • 3:00 PM
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OPTION: Nick Dunston
Sun, Jun 30 • 3:00 PM
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OPTION: Jake Meginsk
Sun, Jun 23 • 3:00 PM
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OPTION: Dorothy Carlos
Sun, Jun 16 • 3:00 PM
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OPTION: Luke Stewart & Joshua Abrams
Sun, Jun 9 • 3:00 PM
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OPTION: Erez Dessel
Sun, Sep 3 • 3:00 PM
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OPTION: Will Greene - Solo/Trio (W. Jason Roebke and Phil Sudderberg)
Founded in 1986 by Dawn and Lou Mallozzi, Eric Leonardson, and Perry Venson, Experimental Sound Studio (ESS) has occupied its Edgewater location since 2006. The facility is home to a full-service recording, mixing, and mastering studio for hire;Audible Gallery,a small public space for exhibitions, meetings, workshops, performances, and artists' projects; and theCreative Audio Archive—an invaluable collection of recordings, print, and visual ephemera related to avant-garde and exploratory sound and music of the last five decades. ESS presents eclectic performance and installation programming, workshops, and artist talks year round—both in the various spaces around the studio (including its beautiful garden) and at various partner venues around Chicago.
