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Other Minds 19 Official Program
SFJAZZ CENTER SFJAZZ MINDS OTHER OTHER 19 MARCH 1ST, 2014 1ST, MARCH A FESTIVAL FEBRUARY 28 FEBRUARY OF UNEXPECTED NEW MUSIC Find Left of the Dial in print or online at sfbg.com WELCOME A FESTIVAL OF UNEXPECTED TO OTHER MINDS 19 NEW MUSIC The 19th Other Minds Festival is 2 Message from the Executive & Artistic Director presented by Other Minds in association 4 Exhibition & Silent Auction with the Djerassi Resident Artists Program and SFJazz Center 11 Opening Night Gala 13 Concert 1 All festival concerts take place in Robert N. Miner Auditorium in the new SFJAZZ Center. 14 Concert 1 Program Notes Congratulations to Randall Kline and SFJAZZ 17 Concert 2 on the successful launch of their new home 19 Concert 2 Program Notes venue. This year, for the fi rst time, the Other Minds Festival focuses exclusively on compos- 20 Other Minds 18 Performers ers from Northern California. 26 Other Minds 18 Composers 35 About Other Minds 36 Festival Supporters 40 About The Festival This booklet © 2014 Other Minds. All rights reserved. Thanks to Adah Bakalinsky for underwriting the printing of our OM 19 program booklet. MESSAGE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR WELCOME TO OTHER MINDS 19 Ever since the dawn of “modern music” in the U.S., the San Francisco Bay Area has been a leading force in exploring new territory. In 1914 it was Henry Cowell leading the way with his tone clusters and strumming directly on the strings of the concert grand, then his students Lou Harrison and John Cage in the 30s with their percussion revolution, and the protégés of Robert Erickson in the Fifties with their focus on graphic scores and improvisation, and the SF Tape Music Center’s live electronic pioneers Subotnick, Oliveros, Sender, and others in the Sixties, alongside Terry Riley, Steve Reich and La Monte Young and their new minimalism. -
Music 80C History and Literature of Electronic Music Tuesday/Thursday, 1-4PM Music Center 131
Music 80C History and Literature of Electronic Music Tuesday/Thursday, 1-4PM Music Center 131 Instructor: Madison Heying Email: [email protected] Office Hours: By Appointment Course Description: This course is a survey of the history and literature of electronic music. In each class we will learn about a music-making technique, composer, aesthetic movement, and the associated repertoire. Tests and Quizzes: There will be one test for this course. Students will be tested on the required listening and materials covered in lectures. To be prepared students must spend time outside class listening to required listening, and should keep track of the content of the lectures to study. Assignments and Participation: A portion of each class will be spent learning the techniques of electronic and computer music-making. Your attendance and participation in this portion of the class is imperative, since you will not necessarily be tested on the material that you learn. However, participation in the assignments and workshops will help you on the test and will provide you with some of the skills and context for your final projects. Assignment 1: Listening Assignment (Due June 30th) Assignment 2: Field Recording (Due July 12th) Final Project: The final project is the most important aspect of this course. The following descriptions are intentionally open-ended so that you can pursue a project that is of interest to you; however, it is imperative that your project must be connected to the materials discussed in class. You must do a 10-20 minute in class presentation of your project. You must meet with me at least once to discuss your paper and submit a ½ page proposal for your project. -
Ellen Fullman
A Compositional Approach Derived from Material and Ephemeral Elements Ellen Fullman My primary artistic activity has been focused coffee cans with large metal mix- around my installation the Long String Instrument, in which ing bowls filled with water and rosin-coated fingers brush across dozens of metallic strings, rubbed the wires with my hands, ABSTRACT producing a chorus of minimal, organ-like overtones, which tipping the bowl to modulate the The author discusses her has been compared to the experience of standing inside an sound. I wanted to be able to tune experiences in conceiving, enormous grand piano [1]. the wire, but changing the tension designing and working with did nothing. I knew I needed help the Long String Instrument, from an engineer. At the time I was an ongoing hybrid of installa- BACKGROUND tion and instrument integrat- listening with great interest to Pau- ing acoustics, engineering In 1979, during my senior year studying sculpture at the Kan- line Oliveros’s album Accordion and and composition. sas City Art Institute, I became interested in working with Voice. I could imagine making mu- sound in a concrete way using tape-recording techniques. This sic with this kind of timbre, playing work functioned as soundtracks for my performance art. I also created a metal skirt sound sculpture, a costume that I wore in which guitar strings attached to the toes and heels of my Fig. 1. Metal Skirt Sound Sculpture, 1980. (© Ellen Fullman. Photo © Ann Marsden.) platform shoes and to the edges of the “skirt” automatically produced rising and falling glissandi as they were stretched and released as I walked (Fig. -
Liner Notes, Visit Our Web Site: Broadcasts by WNYC-FM (New York City) and KPFA-FM (Berkeley), 1991
CMYK 80811- 2 80817-2 [2 CDs] CHARLES AMIRKHANIAN (b. 1945) LOUDSPEAKERS CHARLES AMIRKHANIAN LOUDSPEAKERS DISC 1 [TT: 70:03] DISC 2 [TT: 61:30] Pianola (Pas de mains) (1997–2000) 39:51 1. Son of Metropolis 1. Corale Cattedrale 3:57 San Francisco (1997) 26:38 2. Pet Hop Solo 2:28 Loudspeakers 3. Valzer Provarollio 5:27 (for Morton Feldman) (1988–90) 34:32 4. Tochastic Music 2:18 2. Meyerbeer 4:35 5. Passaggio di Coltivadori 1:07 3. The Piece 5:26 6. Antheil Swoon 2:14 4. Voice Leading 6:51 7. Chaos of the Moderns (Presto) 4:24 5. Took Some Time 7:34 8. To a Nanka Rose 2:16 6. Such a Surface 3:33 9. A Rimsky Business 4:43 7. Pretty Pretty Macabre 3:08 10. Kiki Keys 10:39 8. Loudspeakers 3:24 11. Im Frühling (1989–90) 30:06 Im Frühling 1990, Son of Metropolis San Francisco ൿ 1997, Pianola ൿ 2000 A Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln Production New World Records, 20 Jay Street, Suite 1001, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Tel (212) 290-1680 Fax (646) 224-9638 [email protected] www.newworldrecords.org This compilation ൿ & © 2019 Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc. All rights reserved. Made in U.S.A. 21907.booklet.16 10/29/19 1:12 PM Page 2 HARLES AMIRKHANIAN (b. 1945) can be regarded as a central figure repetitive elements, but are more poetic, intuitive in their form and often in American music, and on several fronts. As a composer, he’s been impressionistic in their effect. -
1973-Iceland.Pdf
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J credits on his own, but working together, as they have for five years, they University of Washington Stfl defmitely exceed the sum of their very excellent individual pans. TIlE SCHOOL OF MUSIC . New Stories can define fue and funkiness, but they are just as persuasive and { 9fy riveting in impressionistic explorations. New Stories grooves bard and interacts presents effortlessly. They perfonn memorable original compositions and their highly (()~II imaginative ammgements of standards with the same virtuosity and creative flex ibility. New Stories' soon-to-be-released flfSt recording captures the musicality, . invention and drive that have been winning them rave reviews and festival invita tions and reinvitadons since the group's inception. MARC SEALES 1994-95 UPCOMING EVENTS piano and synthesizer October 13, William Bergsma Memorial Concert 8 PM, Meany Theater. October 16, Christopher O'Riley, piano master class (in collaboration with the Seattle Symphony.) 6 PM, Brechemin Auditorium. • October 17, Yosbiyuki Ishikawa, bassoon master class, 3:30 PM, Brecbemin Auditorium. In a October 17, Yosbiyuki Ishikawa, bassoon, and Laurent Philippe piano, 8 PM, Brechemin Auditorium. October 18, Faculty Recital: Music for Oboe Voice and Piano, with Alex Klein, Carmen Pelton and Cmig Sheppard. 8 PM, Meany Theater. Faculty Artist Recital October 23, Faculty Recital: Carole Terry, organ. 4 PM, St Mark's CatbedrnI. October 24, Voice Division Recital. 7 PM. Brecbemin Auditorium. October 28, Littlefaeld Organ Halloween Concert 12:30 PM and 8 PM, Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall. November 4, Jazz Artists Series. 8 PM, Brecbemin Auditorium. assisted by November 6, Faculty Recital: Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet, 3 PM, Brecbemin Auditorium. -
Abendprogramm Nicolas Collins, Alvin Lucier, Arnold Dreyblatt
NICOLAS COLLINS Oehring, Nicolas Collins, Lou Reed, KONRAD SPRENGER SONIC ARTS LOUNGE Der New Yorker Performer, Kompo- MERZBOW a.k.a., Masami Akita, (JÖRG HILLER) NICOLAS COLLINS/ALVINLUCIER nist und Klangkünstler, Jahrgang Radu Malfatti, Bernhard Guenter, Der Komponist, Musiker und Pro- 1954, studierte bei Alvin Lucier Mario Bertoncini (nuova conso- duzent ist 1977 in Lahr geboren NICOLAS COLLINS ARNOLDDREYBLATT Komposition und arbeitete viele nanza) und Keiji Hainoand zusam- und lebt heute in Berlin. Sprenger Roomtone Variations Jahre mit David Tudor und der men. Der Schwerpunkt der Arbeit machte als Produzent Aufnahmen für Computer und Instrumentalisten (2013) Gruppe Composers Inside Electro- von Friedl liegt beim inside-piano, mit Künstlern wie Ellen Fullman, T HEO RCHESTRAOFEXCITEDSTRINGS nics zusammen. Collins ist Pionier den Spieltechniken und Möglich- Arnold Dreyblatt, Robert Ashley Fassung für Klavier im Berghain (2014) UA 15’ in der Verwendung von selbstent- keiten des Innenklaviers. und Terry Fox. Er spielte mit Bands 18 03201422UHR wickelten elektronischen Schalt- wie Ethnostress oder Ei sowie mit Reinhold Friedl, Klavier kreisen, sogenannten Handmade dem Künstlerkollektiv Honeysuckle Electronics, Mikrocomputern, ARNOLD DREYblatt Company. Seit 2000 spielt er regel- BERG HAIN Radiogeräten, aufgelesenem geboren 1953 in New York, ist Kom- mäßig mit den Komponisten Alvin LUCIER Klangmaterial und verfremdeten ponist, Performer und Bildender Arnold Dreyblatt und Ellen Fullman. MAERZMUSIKFESTIVALFÜRAKTUELLEMUSIK Musikinstrumenten. Unter ande- Künstler. Er studierte bei Pauline Gegenwärtig konzentriert er sich The Bird of Bremen Flies Through the Hou- rem hat er eine Kombination von Oliveros, La Monte Young und Alvin auf Live-Performances mit ses of the Burghers Posaune und Computer entworfen, Lucier und lebt seit 1984 in Berlin. -
Underwater Music: Tuning Composition to the Sounds of Science
Underwater Music: Tuning Composition to the Sounds of Science The MIT Faculty has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters. Citation Helmreich, Stefan. “Underwater Music: Tuning Composition to the Sounds of Science.” Oxford Handbooks Online (December 2, 2011). As Published http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195388947.013.0044 Publisher Oxford University Press Version Original manuscript Citable link http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114601 Terms of Use Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Detailed Terms http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ OUP UNCORRECTED FIRST-PROOF 7/6/11 CENVEO chapter 6 UNDERWATER MUSIC: TUNING COMPOSITION TO THE SOUNDS OF SCIENCE stefan helmreich Introduction How should we apprehend sounds subaqueous and submarine? As humans, our access to underwater sonic realms is modulated by means fl eshy and technological. Bones, endolymph fl uid, cilia, hydrophones, and sonar equipment are just a few apparatuses that bring watery sounds into human audio worlds. As this list sug- gests, the media through which humans hear sound under water can reach from the scale of the singular biological body up through the socially distributed and techno- logically tuned-in community. For the social scale, which is peopled by submari- ners, physical oceanographers, marine biologists, and others, the underwater world —and the undersea world in particular — often emerge as a “fi eld” (a wildish, distributed space for investigation) and occasionally as a “lab” (a contained place for controlled experiments). In this chapter I investigate the ways the underwater realm manifests as such a scientifi cally, technologically, and epistemologically apprehensible zone. -
Eighteen Reflections on Icelandic Folksongs
Eighteen Reflections on Icelandic Folksongs • Arrangements for piano students by Ríkharður Örn Pálsson • Most of the songs are from the monumental collections of Icelandic folksongs by Bjarni Þorsteinsson • Music example : “Approach of Autumn” – a well known tune in Iceland A Journey through the history of Icelandic traditional and classical music Music life and population in 1840 and 2015 1840 2016 • Population: • Population: • Iceland 56.000 • Iceland 330.000 • Reykjavík 890 • Reykjavík and surrounding • Hardly any instruments, musicians or municipalities 220.000 teachers • Thousands of concerts, festivals all • The first pipe organ was put in around the country, two symphony Reykjavík Cathedral in 1840 orchestras, icelandic opera company,... • 76.000 went to listen to a • First organist in the Cathedral and one Symphony orchestra in 2014 main piano teacher • 80 music schools, 15.000 students, • Three families moved to Reykjavík 600 music teachers, Iceland Academy who had a fortepiano in 1837 of the Arts, ... What happened in the last 150 years ? Lúðurþeytarafélag Reykjavíkur 1876 Icelandic symphony orchestra 2015 What kind of music was practiced in 870-1870 ? Rímur – Rhymes Söngvadansar – Singing ballads • Singing ballads came from Scandinavia in the 12th century and are mentioned in the medieval nordic litterature • Rhymes are old nordic folk poetry from the 14th century • An epic poem written in any of the so-called rímnahættir ("rímur meters"). • They are rhymed, they alliterate and consist of two to four lines per stanza. • Singing ballads in 40-50 four line stanzas • More than 2000 different types Rhymes and Vikivaki • Rhymes are recited and the tune to a rhyme is called „stemma“, „rímnalag“ or „bragur“ • “rímnalag” – ballad song • “bragur” - melody • Sung at weddings and festivities. -
Deep Listening with Pauline
DEEP LISTENING WITH PAULINE Celebrating the life and legacy of postwar composer and sound artist Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016) Guest curated by Lucas Artists Composer Fellow Luciano Chessa “Listen to everything all of the time and remind yourself when you are not listening.” —Pauline Oliveros “I first collaborated with Pauline in 2009 when I invited her to create a score for my Orchestra of Futurist Noise Intoners. We became friends and I had the wonderful opportunity to work and interact with her on many occasions in the subsequent years. In early November, I was asked by Montalvo’s curatorial team to contact Pauline to see if she would be open to participating in Montalvo’s summer outdoor exhibition Now Hear This! I reached out and she answered immediately, as was customary. On November 24, 2016, only a couple of days after this Montalvo-related exchange, Pauline sadly left us. The idea to transform her participation in Now Hear This! into a celebration and exploration of her work and legacy evolved spontaneously, naturally. A Pauline event was born with no pretense to be exhaustive, with no ambition of creating a retrospective of any sort, and no other necessity than to simply thank her for the gifts she has given us. The guiding principle of this celebration is Pauline’s own notion that the performer is first and foremost a listener. Our homage features three musicians who are familiar with Pauline’s aesthetics and take her work as a point of inspiration (Ashley Bellouin, Elana Mann and Fernando Vigueras), and two of Pauline’s longtime collaborators: San Francisco Tape Center’s co-founder Ramón Sender Barayón, and Deep Listening Band’s co-founder Stuart Dempster. -
Sine Waves and Simple Acoustic Phenomena in Experimental Music - with Special Reference to the Work of La Monte Young and Alvin Lucier
Sine Waves and Simple Acoustic Phenomena in Experimental Music - with Special Reference to the Work of La Monte Young and Alvin Lucier Peter John Blamey Doctor of Philosophy University of Western Sydney 2008 Acknowledgements I would like to thank my principal supervisor Dr Chris Fleming for his generosity, guidance, good humour and invaluable assistance in researching and writing this thesis (and also for his willingness to participate in productive digressions on just about any subject). I would also like to thank the other members of my supervisory panel - Dr Caleb Kelly and Professor Julian Knowles - for all of their encouragement and advice. Statement of Authentication The work presented in this thesis is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, original except as acknowledged in the text. I hereby declare that I have not submitted this material, either in full or in part, for a degree at this or any other institution. .......................................................... (Signature) Table of Contents Abstract..................................................................................................................iii Introduction: Simple sounds, simple shapes, complex notions.............................1 Signs of sines....................................................................................................................4 Acoustics, aesthetics, and transduction........................................................................6 The acoustic and the auditory......................................................................................10 -
FERREYRA BEATRIZ Profesional
B: No, no nunca fue profesional, nunca llegó a FERREYRA BEATRIZ profesional. Pero tenía un amigo que era CORDOBA 1937 profesional, que era Hernán Pinto que él tocaba en esa época. Una familia de música pero de Pianista de formación Beatriz Ferreyra músicos tradicionales. Yo me fui y lo que yo estudió armonía y análisis con Nadia Boulanger quería hacer era dibujo y pintura. Era más bien y luego música concreta y electrónica en el dibujante. senod el GRM y la RAI, además de composición M: ¿Pero te fuiste a dónde? con Earl Brown, György Ligeti en Darmstadt. B: La primera vez me fui a Estados Unidos pero Como integrante del GRM, Ferreyra colaboró me hicieron volver porque era menor. Me quise en la elaboración del Traité des objets musicaux quedar allá y no me dejaron. Mi madre no me (1966) y los discos de Solfège de l’objet sonore dejó. Y entonces cuando fui mayor de edad dije (1967), de Pierre Schaeffer. Ha sido jurado de me voy a Francia. Yo a Francia me voy, me voy numerosos concursos de música a Europa con amigos. electroacústica. M: Un viaje exploratorio más bien Realiza investigaciones instrumentales B: Si un viaje para irme y en vez de de con Bernard Baschet y se convierte en miembro quedarme un mes me quedé 50 años. del Colegio de Compositores de la GMEB. Sus obras, esencialmente acusmáticas, nacen de M: ¿Por qué? sensaciones, percepciones, sentimientos y una B: Porque hay una presión quizás de la familia. visión personal que ella traduce en sonido. Porque en esa época me sentía que allá no iba a poder hacer nada.