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Improvisors Exchange: Sonic Location
When: Saturday, November 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Where: Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL, 61820 — Champaign, IL
Price: Free
Experience immersive sound as you view artwork! Members of Improvisers Exchange Ensemble will create soundscapes within Krannert Art Museum's galleries through site-specific solo performance and collective improvisation in reflection and response to artwork on display. Museum visitors are invited to experience viewing the art in these sonic locations.Improvisers Exchange Ensemble is an eclectic student performance group of the School of Music exploring sound and music through collective improvisation. Under the direction of Jason Finkelman, the ensemble develops a practice of omni-idiomatic improvisation, where musicians of all backgrounds and experiences create meaningful music in the moment. In addition to the ensemble, Improvisers Exchange is a multidimensional programming line of Global Arts Performance Initiatives offering concerts, workshops, lectures, artist residencies, and other engagements promoting broadly the field of music improvisation.
Performance is in conjunction with Ink Shower: Contemporary Taiwanese Artists Reimagine Tradition (on view through Feb 27, 2027). Curated by Jason Finkelman, Director of Global Arts Performance Initiatives, together with Krannert Art Museum. Co-hosted by Improvisers Exchange. Part of the Ink Shower events series.
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