Full Schedule
The Ear Taxi Festival 2025, themed "The Composer’s Voice," is a landmark event showcasing contemporary concert music across Chicagoland from October 3 through November 2, 2025. ETF ‘25 will highlight over 500 artists in over 50 hours of programming, including large-scale Anchor Performances, Composer Showcases, Taxi Performance Series, and Accent Concerts.
Sonic Speculations in the Documents of Postwar Japanese Art
Sonic Speculations in the Documents of Postwar Japanese Art introduces a sound world little known outside Japan: Japanese artists working with sound in galleries and public spaces to interrogate artistic practice and social relations during the cultural and political upheavals of postwar Japan from the 1950s to 1970s.
Check It Out: The benefits of getting your music into libraries – a guide for the entrepreneurial composer.
Libraries are excellent partners for the entrepreneurial composer. In this collaborative discussion, librarians Marci Cohen and Greg MacAyeal will describe the many benefits of library/composer partnerships.
The Pleiades Improv Jam
Ear Taxi Festival and Pleiades join forces to present a specially curated house band for the event, followed by our signature Pleiades Jam Session. The jam is open to all participants, with advance sign-up available to ensure space and avoid exceeding capacity.
Demystifying Contracts for Creatives with Odell Mitchell
Lawyers for the Creative Arts joins Ear Taxi Festival for a special discussion all about contracts for creatives. Odell Mitchell III brings his expertise to present best practices for artists when contracting or being contracted.