About this Event
We invite you to join us at The Land School in our new Listening Room for a special edition of Listening Hours. In this iteration, Rebuild welcomes Will Miller of Resavoir for a deep listening to their album Themes for Dreams, following the record's recent release on March 12.
Chicago-born and based musician, composer, and producer, Will Miller, is a jazz trumpeter and composer by training. Well-known as the visionary behind Resavoir, Miller’s work has earned praise for its balance of lush orchestration, emotional clarity, and genre-defying innovation.
In the years since Miller started releasing music under the Resavoir moniker, he’s released two acclaimed self-titled LPs that masterfully merged knotty electronics with pastoral natural textures, a serene and verdant 2025 LP called Horizon co-billed with guitarist Matt Gold, and collaborated with acts as disparate as Justin Bieber, SZA, and Whitney. Live, the music can morph from a 17-piece orchestra to a solo performance, all while maintaining Miller’s keen sense for experimentation and crafting transcendent arrangements.
Themes For Dreams, the latest full-length from Will Miller and Resavoir, is another left turn that finds Miller at his most meditative, patient, and intentional. Across 13 gorgeous and strikingly cohesive tracks, it eschews drums for immersive melodies that float, dissipate, and linger. While it’s Miller’s sparsest record yet, it still keeps his wildly collaborative ethos, enlisting guests like Marta Sofia Honer, Jeremiah Chiu, Macie Stewart, Matt Gold, William Corduroy, Molly Rife, and others.
In the record, he draws inspiration from ‘80s ambient masterworks like Hiroshi Yoshimura’s Green and Surround, along with Hans-Joachim Roedelius' Wenn Der Südwind Weht. The classical music he loved in his youth also contributed a spark: CDs he owned by Glenn Gould and Yo-Yo Ma. By drawing from this and distilling his compositions to their simplest and sturdiest parts, Miller crafted his most diaristic and personal effort to date.
Please note that this program will be presented as an intimate listening experience, and space is limited.
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About Will Miller
Will Miller is a Chicago-born and based musician, composer, and producer. A jazz trumpeter and composer by training, first via Chicago Public Schools, then Oberlin Conservatory, he has developed a distinctive musical language that draws from jazz improvisation, studio production, classical minimalism, and experimental sound design.
Best known as the visionary behind Resavoir, Miller’s work has earned praise for its balance of lush orchestration, emotional clarity, and genre-defying innovation. His first Resavoir album, released in 2019, received critical acclaim, including an 8.2 Pitchfork review and a performance at the inaugural Boiler Room Festival in London. In 2023, he released a second self-titled Resavoir album, expanding the project’s sonic depth while further refining his voice as a composer and studio producer. That chapter culminated in a European and UK tour and Orchestra Resavoir, with performances at Chicago’s Thalia Hall and Millennium Park featuring a 16-piece ensemble and newly arranged chamber interpretations of his music.
In 2025, Miller released Horizon, a serene and verdant collaborative album with guitarist Matt Gold that landed on multiple year-end lists, including NPR’s Best Songs of 2025. His latest Resavoir album, Themes for Dreams, arrives via his newly launched imprint, L’Univers, marking another evolution for the project, one that finds Miller at his most meditative, patient, and intentional.
Beyond his own work, Miller is a sought-after collaborator, contributing trumpet, production, and arrangement for artists including SZA, Justin Bieber, Mavis Staples, Chance the Rapper, Mac Miller, Lil Wayne, and Whitney. Across every context, Miller approaches composition as a living process, balancing structure and spontaneity while searching for moments of quiet emotional resonance.
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About The Land School
The Land School, a new pedagogical platform at the site of the former St. Laurence Elementary School, proposes a radical model of artistic experimentation and archival stewardship, providing space, time, access, collaborative inquiry, process-driven programming, and performance, all led by an intergenerational cohort of artists, archivists, scholars, craftspeople, cultural workers, and creative organizations invested in culture as a service.
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The Land School's Policies and Protocol:
Upon arrival, please enter the building at the entrance on S. Dorchester Ave.
Ride sharing is encouraged as parking is limited. Please be sure to not block the entrances and exits of our neighbors.
Firearms on the premises are strictly prohibited.
No smoking, vaping or incense is permitted inside.
No pets are allowed inside.
No professional photo/video equipment is allowed unless preapproved by Rebuild.
Please be mindful of your neighbors by respecting their personal space and bodily autonomy.
No violence - verbal or physical - will be tolerated. Any guest creating an unsafe environment will be removed from the premises immediately, at the discretion of the Rebuild staff.
We take the safety of our guests seriously. If any guest is found violating these protocols, they may be escorted off the property immediately and will not be welcome to return.
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Notice of Photography and Videography
By entering The Land School, you acknowledge and consent to being photographed and/or videotaped. Images and recordings may be used for promotional, archival, or other purposes by the organizers. If you do not wish to be photographed or recorded, please notify a staff member upon arrival. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
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Thank you for reviewing and honoring The Land School's policies and protocol.
We look forward to welcoming you!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Land School, 7200 South Dorchester Avenue, Chicago, United States
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