Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
I’m thoroughly disheartened by the news of Gerard Mortier leaving City Opera. And it’s seeming more and more that his departure means we’re losing what was really going to be an interesting season and future.
Of course, I was most looking forward to the revival of Einstein on The Beach which he had planned. This is a piece I’ve been obsessed about since I first heard snippets of it years ago in the interdisciplinary performance class where I met Ana.
But Mortier’s decision to leave is bigger than just one piece. (more…)
Tags: 2008, Art, Avant Media, City Opera, Einstein On The Beach, Gerard Mortier, Hope, New Work, New York City, News, Opera
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Last night I went to see Rosas Danst Rosas, or significantly less elegantly: Steve Reich Evening, at BAM. The program had a lot going for it, and for the most part it completely delivered.
The program contained two pieces I have heard of and knew well, but had never actually heard: Pendulum Music by Steve Reich and Poème Symphonique pour cent Métronomes by Györgi Ligeti (a Ligeti piece on Steve Reich Evening admittedly a bit odd, but it works as a really nice precursor to drumming). Pendulum Music opened the evening, and it was a beautiful realization with two speakers in a nice beating interval. Once the audience stopped snickering (same during the Ligeti, although that was to the point of shhshing the people in front of us) and we were actually able to listen, it was beautiful. (more…)
Tags: 2008, Art, Artists, Audience, BAM, Dance, De Keersmaeker, Experiences, Extent, Hope, Lighting, Live Music, Live Performance, Marimba Phase, Minimalism, Modern Dance, Music, New Work, News, Next Wave, Pendulum Music, Piano, Piano Phase, Rosas, Steve Reich, Theater
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
A few years ago I started work on my first proper string quartet – an expansion and fuller exploration of one of the sections of Alicia. The piece was written originally in equal temperament, as the thought of doing a full length work in Just Intonation had simply not crossed my mind.
I “finished” this new version of the piece back in 2005, and really hadn’t looked at it again until earlier this year when we decided to go ahead and produce it in our next season with a video component by Patrick Davison. In revisiting this piece, which I am really excited to have premiered, I realized that I have no desire to continue to use equal temperament, and that now was the time to find a new tuning. (more…)
Tags: 2008, Art, Changes, Collaborators, Darmstadt, Experiments, Just Intonation, Music, New Work, Patrick Davison, Piano, Randy Gibson, Sounds, String Quartet, Tuning, Video
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Sunday, August 31st, 2008
I’m a couple clock ticks away from shipping off to MA to help out composer Nick Brooke during his Workshop Residency at Mass MoCA. I’ll write more about Nick, his amazing work, and all that other jazz during the residency, but I noticed today Time and Motion Study made it to the front page of the Mass MoCA website. Check out the perma-link to the show page:
http://massmoca.org/event_details.php?id=405
I expect to see everyone in MA on Sept. 27th
Tags: 2008, Boston, Jazz, mass, Mike Rugnetta, moca, Music, New Work, Nick Brooke, Performances, time and motion, Travel, Website
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Shiver the collaboration between Randy Gibson and Oscar Henriquez will receive its European premiere as an installation at the Kunsthalle Darmstadt on Thursday, July 17th during the 44. Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Darmstadt (IMD) as part of the Nachtclub mit Fenster curated by Manos Tsangaris.
Also being performed is Randy Gibson’s new work Light Study #1 for amplified lighting written specifically for the project.
Tags: 2008, Art, Collaboration, Darmstadt, Germany, Installation, Just Intonation, Lighting, Minimalism, New Work, Oscar Henriquez, Randy Gibson, Shiver
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Friday, October 6th, 2006
The schedule of events for the 2006 masterclass at Universidad Michoacana in Morelia, Mexico:
Artists in attendance will be:
Ana Baer-Carrillo
Randy Gibson
Dani Beauchamp
Click for the full schedule >
Tags: 2006, Ana Baer-Carrillo, Aqua Madora, Art, Artists, Avant Media, Collaboration, Dance, Dani Beauchamp, Jetta, masterclasses, Mexico, Morelia, Music, New Work, Randy Gibson, Sans Souci, Short Films, Teaching, technology, Theater
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