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Avant Music Festival : Music of John Cage

Friday, February 5th, 2010

We are pleased to announce the full lineup of works by John Cage being performed on February 20th during the Avant Music Festival. It should be a truly amazing evening of performances.

One4 for Solo Drummer will be performed by percussionist and experimental composer Jude Traxler to open the concert.

The beautiful String Quartet in Four Parts, performed by MIVOS quartet, shows Cage’s stunning sense of melody and structure that were so vital to his early work.

In a slight break with tradition, Randy Gibson has developed a version of One9 for specially tuned Toy Organ that mimics the sound of the original Shō – he will be joined by Jude Traxler on conch shells to perform Two3

Closing the concert will be a monumental performance of Songbooks with solos from the Concert for Piano and Orchestra performed by members of loadbang with Megan Schubert and presented with videos of Solo for Voice 19 by Randy Gibson and Ana Baer-Carrillo originally created for John Cage at 95 as well as i-Ching based video lighting created by Oscar Henriquez.

We hope you’ll be able to join us for this and all the wonderful events taking place at Wild Project as part of the Avant Music Festival

Avant Music Festival : Music of John Cage takes place at 8PM on Saturday February 20th at Wild Project, 195 East 3rd Street.

Tickets are on sale now

Avant Music Festival: February 19th-27th

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Announcing the Avant Music Festival: five nights of live performances – February 19th-27th at Wild Project in New York City.

Tickets will go on sale on Monday, February 1st.

The Avant Music Festival will feature some of the most talented young interpreters in New York, highlighting the influence of the performer on experimental music from the 20th century and today.

The festival is Avant Media’s first festival of music exploring the nature of collaboration. The performer is a critical and powerful influence on both the composition and realization of some of the most influential music of the last 70 years. The performers appearing are dedicated to the vibrant history and the exciting future of modern classical music. Curated by Avant Media artistic director, Randy Gibson, and experimental vocalist Megan Schubert, the festival features works by Cage, Gibson, Stockhausen, and many more that reflect the intense and multi-faceted relationship between composer and performer.

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All performances for the Avant Music Festival will take place at Wild Project 195 East 3rd Street – For more information please click here to contact Avant Media or call 212-372-3326