September 30, 2012 on the beach next to The Waterfront Cafe, Chicago

This series of live performances responds to and highlights Chicago’s proximity to water. The compositions and scores - involving multiple performers and solo performances - reflect, react to, or personify the sounds of water.

3:00pm: Jonathan Chen and Jamie Kempkers
- Jonathan Chen, Composition for Two Strings and Electronics, 2012

3:15pm: Simon Anderson
- George Brecht, Three Aqueous Events, Summer 1961

3:25pm: Frank Rosaly
- Water Mobile, 2012

3:40pm: Simon Anderson
-Chieko Shiomi, Water Music
-George Brecht, Drip Music: 2nd version. 1959-62
-Tomas Schmit, Zyklus

4:30pm: Jonathan Chen & Christopher Preissing
- Alvin Lucier, (Chicago) Memory Space, 1970

4:45pm: Meg Duguid
- Ovation, 2012

5:00pm: a.pe.ri.od.ic
- Performers: Billie Howard, Nora Barton, Joseph Clayton Mills, Robert Reinhart, Matthew Oliphant, Jeff Kimmel, Alex Temple, Kenn Kumpf, Brendan Finucane, Shanna Gutierrez, Nomi Epstein
-James Tenney, Swell Piece, 1967
- Dedicated to Alison Knowles

6:00pm: Chicago Phonographers
- Performers: Eddie Breitweiser, Todd Carter, Chad Clark, Dan Godston, Ed Hermann, Mike Junokas, Christopher Preissing
-Music By For In And Out of the Water, 2012

PRESS

Bad at Sports, "Top 4 Weekend Picks" - recommends Water Music on the Beach, 2012

Chicago Magazine, "Your Top 5 Plans This Week" - recommends Water Music on the Beach, 2012