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
Tags: #AMF2010, Ana Baer-Carrillo, Avant Music Festival, Cage, John Cage, Jude Traxler, loadbang, Megan Schubert, MIVOS quartet, Music, Randy Gibson, Songbooks, String Quartet
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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.
Click hear to read the full press release
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
Tags: #AMF2010, 2010, Art, Avant Media, Avant Music Festival, Festival, John Cage, Music, New York City, Performances, Randy Gibson, World Premiere
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
I recently went to two very very different entirely acoustic performances. It’s amazing to me how rare this is these days. Read On »
Tags: 2009, Art, Friday, John Cage, Mashkoor Ali Khan, Megan Schubert, Michael Harrison, Music, Performances, Raga, Rain, Rubin, Stockhausen
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Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
I always love Bloomsday, and tend to forget that it’s coming. But each year that it does come around and I remember how profoundly and deeply I love this book.
It is truly the ultimate novel, something for everyone – brilliantly complex, engaging and gorgeous. Joyce had a profound influence on my work, mostly through the early (in my life) lens of John Cage’s utter devotion to Finnegan’s Wake.
I still haven’t made it all the way through Finnegan’s Wake, but I am continually enthralled by Ulysses. Listen to a section of Ulysses after the Jump »
Tags: 2009, Bloomsday, Food, John Cage, Joyce, Leopold Bloom, Literature, Offal, Recording, Stephen Colbert, Ulysses
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
photo: Frank Sygusch
Great experience, made a piece with the Dance Company from Giessen and made a video to the monotone of ASLSP (John Cage).
Sofia was my little assistant and we had a ball!
Links from Giessen-server.de (in German)
Rehearsal writeup and photos
Performance writeup and photos
Tags: 2009, Ana Baer-Carrillo, Dance, Germany, John Cage, Links, News, photos, Video
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Friday, January 30th, 2009
The Third Mind is on view starting today at The Guggenheim
I attended the opening of this show last night, and it is truly spectacular, and there is a strong musical presence as well, from La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela’s Dream House to scores from the FLUXUS era, to a huge presence of works surrounding John Cage. The inimitable Margaret Leng Tan has done the audio tour and I’m very excited to go back and listen.
There are also a ton of performances and lectures set for the 3 months or so it is open.
Third Mind Performances and Lectures
There is so much amazing art on view during this exhibit that we were literally running at the end of the night to see a full room installation on the top floor that is not to be missed.
Tags: 2009, Art, Asia, Dream House, Fluxus, Friday, Guggenheim, Installation, John Cage, La Monte Young, Links, Margaret Leng Tan, Marian Zazeela, Music, Performances, Room, Running
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
This weeks links – all music related posts this week.
Recovery
My friend Kamal organized this amazing collection of covers
Raga and Time
A great site discussing the association of time of day with Raga performance
Today is John Cage’s 96th Birthday:
JohnCage.info
John Cage concert listings directory maintained by André Chaudron
ASLSP
600+ year performance of Cage’s ASLSP in Germany
Installation of 4’33″
NYTimes review of the installation of 4’33″ at Dia Beacon
Share your own in the comments »
Tags: 2008, Art, Design, Dia Beacon, Friday, Germany, Installation, John Cage, Links, Minimalism, Music, Raga, Recording
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
Tickets for John Cage at 95 are now available.
We have an amazing group of performers and what is sure to be an extremely interesting and diverse concert.
Click here to purchase tickets.
Tags: 2007, John Cage, New York City, One Wall, Performances, Randy Gibson, Tickets
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
In honor of John Cage’s 95th birthday, Avant Media Performance presents an evening of two multimedia realizations of works by John Cage on September 5, 2007. “Four6″ (for any way of producing sounds) will be performed in an electro-acoustic realization featuring Randy Gibson on electronics, Mike Rugnetta on guitar and video by Patrick Davison. The second half of the concert is a true musicircus with “Winter Music,” “Atlas Eclipticalis,” and an actors’ realization by Laine Rettmer of “Song Books” being performed simultaneously. The evening will also see the world premiere of Randy Gibson’s “One Wall – for John Cage” assisted by Mike Rugnetta and Guy Snover.
Bringing together musicians, filmmakers, actors, and technicians, this evening pays tribute to the collaborative and innovative legacy of John Cage.
Performance will take place at The Kitchen, 512 West 19th Street, NYC.
Concert starts at 8PM. Tickets are $20 ($15 students, AMP members) presale through avantmedia.org or $25($20) day of
Tickets are not yet on sale. Check this space for information on when pre-sale will start.
Tags: 2007, Actors, Art, Atlas Eclipticalis, Avant Media, Guy Snover, John Cage, Laine Rettmer, Legacy, Mike Rugnetta, Multimedia, Music, Musicians, New York City, One Wall, Patrick Davison, Performances, Randy Gibson, Song Books, Sounds, The Kitchen, Tickets, Tribute, Video, Winter Music, World Premiere
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