Submissions for scores and applications for guest artists are open on our website! Click here if you have a score you'd like us to play for our New Music Festival on October 15th-16th, 2022, and click here if you're interested in performing a 30-minute set on one of the concerts. The Festival will feature three concerts in downtown Eugene, from the Park Blocks to the First Christian Church and the New Zone Gallery. The Light and Art show in the Park Blocks will draw on the energy of ArtCity's BEAM, with amplified music and an interactive light exhibit for audience members. Our audience participation concert draws trained and untrained musicians alike into a collective sound-making space at the First Christian Church, and our concert at New Zone will set pieces for the ensemble in an inviting visual atmosphere. The Call for Scores closes June 1st, and the Guest Artist Application closes July 1st.
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May 31, June 7, and June 14, 2025 Ambient Ecology
EDME’s Ambient Ecology Festival seeks to create a dialogue between music, nature, and human experience by presenting calming soundscapes within Maurie Jacobs Park. We will present three 90 minute-long shows, one each on May 31st, June 7th, and June 14th. The first concert, on May 31, will feature EDME performing works by Pauline Oliveros, Aphex Twin, Cory Arcangel and Stine Janvin, Chin Ting Chan, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Cheryl Leonard, Caroline Shaw, and Lauren Auder. The second concert, on June 7, will feature performances by Free Static, Jennifer Wright, and Luke Wyland. The third concert, on June 14, will feature Daniel Menche, Owen Atlansky, and Don Haugen. Each concert in the series will open with one of Oliveros’ Sonic Meditations, during which we will invite the audience to participate alongside the musicians.
This concert series is supported in part by the Art in the Parks Grant from Eugene Cultural services.
For more information on the festival and performers click here.
May 31, June 7, and June 14, 2025, 5:30pm
Maurie Jacobs Park
169 Fir Lane
Eugene, OR 97404
April 26, 2025 Concert at Ghost Town Outfitters
EDME presents CLICK TO FEEL.JPG, a program of experimental works exploring memory, trauma, and digital culture. Featuring Fresh Fuel for the Sodium Flares, a meditation on repetition and loss, (>'0')> The 'Mer'ca Battle Cry Pasta Show <(^ - ^<) for electronics and trumpet, Entering My New Era, a graphic score collaging internet ephemera, and Genzennial, a sonic reflection on generational identity with accompanying video including memes. The opening lineup includes two noisy sets by two of Eugene's experimental music icons.
April 26, 2025, 8:00pm
Ghost Town Outfitters
1040 Tyinn St #8
Eugene, OR 97402
March 7, 2025 First Friday Concert
EDME will be performing with #instaballet in collaboration with Lane Arts Council for a First Friday concert at the Farmer's Market Pavilion in March. The concert will be fully improvised, and the audience will be able to both direct the choreography and the music!
March 7, 2025, 5:30pm
Farmer's Market Pavilion
85 E. 8th Avenue
Eugene, OR 97401
February 28, 2025 Experimental Music Showcase
EDME is going on the road! We will be performing with cyane and Mandom at Interzone in Corvallis. EDME will be playing the full musical suite of Stories from the Unhoused. The concert starts at 6:30 with a $5-10 suggested donation.
February 28, 2025, 6:30pm
Interzone
1563 NW Monroe Ave
Corvallis, OR 97330
January 25, 2025 New Music for Kids
EDME will be facilitating on an interactive music event in Adventure! Children's Museum inside Valley River Center. The event is free with admission to the museum, and is ideal for children under 12. There will be an instrument petting zoo with a wide variety of interesting music-making objects, a set of interactive smartphone-based works by Treya Nash, as well as opportunities for children to play homemade instruments they get to take home!
January 25, 2025, 2:00pm
Adventure! Children's Museum
3345 Bardell Ave
Eugene, OR 97401
January 11, 2025 Winter Concert
EDME will be performing a concert at Emmaus Lutheran Church, playing a selection of pieces from last year's New Music Festival. The concert will feature guest performers Fedor Chayka and Zichao Liu.
Ebi Revolution, Chatori Shimizu
How to Play Mariana, Henry McPherson
Dance of the Beloved Forever Chemicals Meeting Each Other Once Again in Orgiastic Reverie After Many Lifetimes Apart, M.A. Tiesenga
Dialogue, William Bolles-Beaven
Etude Topologique: 3. Light, Fani Kosona
Celestial Bodies, Cooper Wood
January 11, 2025, 7:00pm
Emmaus Lutheran Church
1250 W 18th Ave
Eugene, OR 97402
December 13, 2024 Graphic Score Concert at ArtCity
EDME will perform a concert at ArtCity alongside CHEFKIRK and Entresol at ArtCity studios in downtown Eugene. Our program will consists entirely of graphic scores by Don Haugen, Janys-Iren Faughn, Nolan Hildebrand, and more.
December 13, 2024, 7:00pm
ArtCity Studios
160 E Broadway
Eugene, OR 97401
December 10, 2024 Eugene Cultural Services Grant Award
Eugene Cultural Services has awarded EDME two grants to support projects in 2025! The Art in the Parks grant will support Ambient Ecology, a three-concert series coming this May and June to Maurie Jacobs Park in Eugene. The first concert on May 31st will feature EDME playing scored works by various composers, while the following concerts on June 7th and 14th will invite guest artists to participate. Each concert will open with a Sonic Meditation by Pauline Oliveros, inviting the audience and musicians to join each other in Deep Listening together.
The second grant, Downtown Program Fund, will go towards improving the first concert of our 2025 New Music Festival. The Festival, now in its fourth year, will now not only feature a sixth guest artist for the opening concert, but also provide travel and lodging stipends to accepted.
October 26, 2024 Halloween Downtown
EDME will perform as guests on Halloween Downtown, an annual event put together by Eugene Cultural Services. We'll play as part of the Groovy Ghoulies, featuring a mix of comedy and musical acts set in a bistro with well-dressed zombies and ghouls.
Saturday, October 26th, 1:00pm
Parcade Breezeway
Between 7th and 8th Aves
September 19, 2024 Grant from Oregon Arts Commission
EDME has been awarded a Small Operating Support Grant from the Oregon Arts Commission! Funds will be used in 2025 for performer fees, equipment, and programming.
September 13, 2024 NMF Fundraising Concert
EDME is presenting a fundraising concert for this year's New Music Festival! The performance will be at First Christian Church in downtown Eugene, and will feature music by Pauline Oliveros, William Bolles-Beaven, M.A. Tiesenga, Todd Kovell, Chin Ting Chan, and EDME composers. The performance will start at 7pm, with a $15 donation to attend, though no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Friday, September 13, 7:00pm
First Christian Church
1166 Oak Street
Eugene, OR 97401
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June 16, 2024 Stories from the Unhoused
EDME will be hosting an all-ages concert of our latest work, Stories from the Unhoused, on June 16 in the East Park Block. The experience will convey the voices of members of the Eugene unhoused community alongside and against each other, as well as instrumental music by both soloists and the ensemble. Three of EDME’s in-house composers, JP Lempke, Max Mabry, and Ellie Jakes, collaborated on a new seven-movement composition, and Sara Stockwell created choreography to accompany the music.
Sunday, June 16 2:00pm
East Park Block
126 E. 8th Avenue
Eugene, OR 97401
June 14, 2024 ArtsAlive
EDME will be participating in ArtsAlive on June 14 at the Farmers Market Pavilion in downtown Eugene. ArtsAlive is a free public event that features local musicians and dancers, and EDME will be performing a preview of our upcoming concert Stories from the Unhoused with Sara Stockwell, the choreographer for the work.
Friday, June 14 6:30pm
Farmers Market Pavilion
85 E. 8th Avenue
Eugene, OR 97401
April 20, 2024 5th Anniversary Concert
EDME will be hosting a concert to celebrate our 5th anniversary as an ensemble! This concert will feature all original works composed by EDME members, including the first live performance of Eugene Garbage Project, a work that was premiered via livestream in May 2021 from ANTI-AESTHETIC, Eugene Contemporary Art's former gallery. Eugene Garbage Project will feature Emma Rose Lynn as a guest artist on voice and electronics. The concert will start at 7pm at Caffé Pacori, with a $15 suggested donation. Seating will be limited. The full program includes:
Processing, Max Mabry
The Politics of Participation, Adrian Cervantes
Music for Plants, Ellie Jakes
Err29-KB98712, JP Lempke
Eugene Garbage Project, EDME
Saturday, April 20 7:00pm
Caffé Pacori
255 Wallis St Suite 3
Eugene, OR 97402
March 31, 2024 Joint Concert w/ Bagonia (and others)
EDME will be hosting a concert at Epic Seconds along with Bagonia. The concert marks the release of a new tape from Bagonia's Hetti tapes, and will also feature Gabie Strong and Broken Crow.
Sunday, March 31 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Epic Seconds
30 E 11th Avenue
Eugene, OR 97401
March 15, 2024 Call for Scores and Guest Artists
EDME is now accepting applications for scores and guest artists for our 2024 New Music Festival! Information and applications can be found on our Call for Scores and Guest Artist Application pages. Submissions are due by June 15, 2024, and selected composers and guest artists will be announced on July 15, 2024.
March 1, 2024 EDME Awarded Grant from Downtown Program Fund
EDME has been awarded $4500 from Eugene Cultural Services' Downtown Program Fund. This grant will go towards supporting Stories from the Unhoused, an upcoming project that will be presented in June of this year. We're thankful for this gift and all that it will do to help us complete this project.
February 16, 2024 UO SOMD Performing Arts & Career Fair
EDME will be at the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance Performing Arts Networking & Career Fair. Come see us to hear more about who we are and what we do from noon to 4:00 pm in Room 190 of the Frohnmayer Music Building.
Friday, February 16 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Aasen-Hull Hall (Room 190)
Frohnmayer Music Building
961 East 18th Avenue
Eugene, OR 97403
January 20, 2024 Pavilanis School of Music House Concert
EDME will be hosting a performance in conjunction with the House Concert Series hosted by the Pavilanis School of Music. Our first concert of the year will feature a variety of sometimes wild, sometimes mild pieces by living composers. These include
Wach ya HAYDN, Mikhail Johnson
Score for Memories and the Weather in Montenegro, Michèle Saint-Michel
Harmony 58, Dinah Bianchi
Performance Tactics, Glenn Sogge
Flightpath, Anuj Bhutani
The program is highly varied, including audience participation in Sogge's work, a mix of acting and musical eclecticism in our interpretation of Saint-Michel's graphic score, solos without electronics in Wach ya HAYDN or with electronics in Harmony 58, and the harmonious and lightly eccentric aleatory in Bhutani's piece.
Details for attending are listed below. The concert is free and open to the public.
January 20th, 6pm
House of Pavilanis
3345 Bardell Ave
Eugene, OR 97401
