INTERESTING SIGHTS AND SOUNDS SINCE 1998
CHICAGO
OUR MISSION
Highlight Live PA, Experimental Electronic, and progressive music while activating spaces for artist to create, perform and refine their art.
We have expanded to include outreach programs that teach multiple subjects to youth audiences centered around electronic music, science and wellness. One of our ultimate goals is to unlock potential greatness within youth and artist communities in Chicago by empowering them with alternative thinking.
Upcoming Events
Live PA Institute Day
Sat, Nov 16
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
Nov 16, 2019, 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM CST
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Artists will gather at 11 am at the Logan Center for the Arts for a day of collaboration experimenting with sound. The day will feature hands-on workshops, live musician sampling sessions, marketing tutelage, a participant dinner, and evening performances that will be open to the public.
Sandbox Symphony IV
Sat, Aug 10
Oakwood Beach
Bronzeville: An Inquiry in Sound with “Brother El”
Sun, Jul 21
The Art Institute of Chicago
Brother El: Sonic Abstractions (April)
Sat, Apr 27
Smart Museum of Art, The University of C
Apr 27, 2019, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Smart Museum of Art, The University of C, 5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Lional "Brother El" Freeman performs a series of four Live PA electronic compositions commissioned in conjunction with the Smart Museum of Art's exhibition 'Solidary & Solitary.'
Brother El: Sonic Abstractions
Sun, Mar 17
Smart Museum of Art, The University of C
Mar 17, 2019, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Smart Museum of Art, The University of C, 5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Lional "Brother El" Freeman performs a series of four Live PA electronic compositions commissioned in conjunction with the Smart Museum of Art's exhibition 'Solidary & Solitary.'
Mobilizing Through Improvisation: A Global South and Southside Chicago Collaboration
Wed, Nov 14
Grey Ceneter
Nov 14, 2018, 6:00 PM
Grey Ceneter, 929 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Stages an improvisational collaboration between local electronic musician Brother El from the south side of Chicago with actors and musicians from Ilkhom and Bata theaters of the post-Soviet south, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Objects in the Midst of Other Objects (Artists Talk + After Party)
Fri, Sep 28
Rootwork Gallery
Sep 28, 2018, 9:00 PM – Sep 29, 2018, 12:00 AM
Rootwork Gallery, 645 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
Objects in the Midst of other Objects: Black Male Formations and Subjectivities in Hyper-racial America
Featuring the art work of Stephen Flemister + Spencer Paul Hutchinson with an original sound installation by Lional “Brother El” Freeman.
27th Annual 4th Ward Health & Wellness Fair
Sat, Aug 25
Walter H. Dyett High School for the Arts
In the Company of Black
Thu, Aug 16
University Galleries
Aug 16, 2018, 5:00 PM – Oct 15, 2018, 12:00 AM
University Galleries, 11 Uptown Circle #103, Normal, IL 61761, USA
In the Company of Black presents selected photographs from a recent series of the same name by artist and educator Cecil McDonald, Jr., as well as the premiere of a new video with collaborator Lional "Brother El" Freeman.
Brother El's Sandbox Symphony III
Sat, Aug 11
Oakwood Beach
Aug 11, 2018, 3:00 PM
Oakwood Beach, Oakwood Beach, Chicago, IL 60653, USA
SBSIII is Returning to Oakwood Beach for the third year to celebrate the arts, culture and people of the south side of Chicago. This family friendly event, which takes place directly after the Bud Billiken Parade and is short walk from the parade route, featuring live music, visual arts and crafts.
National Night Out
Tue, Aug 07
Kennicott Park
Aug 07, 2018, 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Kennicott Park, 4434 S Lake Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60653, USA
National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. National Night Out is set to enhance the relationship between neighbors and law enforcement.
Studio 393 Workshop with The Present Elders
Sun, Feb 04
171 McDermot Ave
Feb 04, 2018, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
171 McDermot Ave, 171 McDermot Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3B 0S1, Canada
Getting Creative with Sampling: A journey into the art form of sampling where we will explore methods deep rooted in Hip Hop and Dance music production to sound design. We will cover sampling basics (analog and digital), looping techniques, various types of sequencing and many tricks of the trade.
Live PA Institute Day
Public Performances
NOVEMBER 16, 2019 @ 7 PM
The “Live PA Institute Day,” will be a day of building among peers, sharing process, technique, love and encouragement. The evening performances with be open to the public.
Guests and performers will be nominated from within the community.
Live PA InSTITUTE DAY ConFERENCE
WHEN
WHERE
Saturday, November 16, 2019
Conference: 11 am - 5 pm
Dinner: 5:30 pm
Let's keep in conTact
WE'RE SO EXCITED
TO BUILD WITH YOU
Tell us what's on your mind... Don't hold back!
PARTNERS
Additionally, The Beat Bank and Lional "Brother El" Freeman has worked with multiple Chicago institutions including but not limited to:
