Landscape Under Construction on WGXC
WGXC-FM
Recording of John McDonough's piece broadcast during the 120 Hours for John Cage marathon (I was a part of the boombox ensemble).
8 pm
Full Schedule here.
Meeting of Capitalists, Inc.
Hosted by rahrahree!
Meeting of Capitalists Inc. to Mark the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of John Milton Cage, Jr., Hosted by rahrahree! (Kurt Gottschalk and Tamara Yadao): With "Lecture on Nothing" and "Theatre Piece"; please bring 100 records to break during the session.
@ Downtown Music Gallery
13 Monroe St., NYC
6 pm, Admission: 100 pieces of recorded media which you will destroy during the session.
(Reduced admission rates available.)
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Sept 5
Read a Text by John Cage Aloud at Noon Wherever You Are
12 pm
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Ecstasy Mule vs John Cage vs Ecstasy Mule
CAGE100, curated by Miguel Frasconi
Ecstasy Mule vs. John Cage vs. Ecstasy Mule is a game of luck in which there will be a winner. It is an aleatoric piece as opposed to an indeterminate one, using elements of the Cage compositions Indeterminacy, Music Walk, Water Walk, 4'33", Variation #1, Imaginary Landscape #5 and Radio Music, as well as some other chance determined sound sourcings. It was created in response to a request by Miguel Frasconi for a chamber-music-from-another-planet take on Cage, like watching two friends (in this instance Kurt Gottschalk and Len Siegfried) in their living room playing music they can't help but play.
The Stone, E. 2nd St. and Ave. C, Manhattan
8 pm, $10
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Sept 7
Members of the International Contemporary Ensemble on
Miniature Minotaurs with Kurt Gottschalk
Guitarist Dan Lippel and percussionist Nathan Davis of the
International Contemporary Ensemble will stop by to discuss the important and
fascinating relationship between Pierre Boulez and John Cage, two very
different composers with great respect for each other, and to perform pieces by
each in anticipation of ICE's Sept. 20 Boulez / Cage concert at Miller Theater
on the campus of Columbia University. Over the 11 years of its existence, ICE
has become one of the most exciting new music groups around. The ensemble has
premiered over 500 compositions in venues ranging from New York’s Lincoln
Center and Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art to galleries, bars, clubs, and
schools around the world.
Miniature Minotaurs on WFMU
3-6 pm
Sept 14th
Composer/Conductor Petr Kotik and Composer Bunita Marcus on Minitature Minotaurs with Kurt Gottschalk
Petr Kotik first met John
Cage when he was living in Czechoslovakia more than five decades ago. He worked
with the famed composer/philosopher extensively after moving to America in
1969, premiered some of Cage’s works and organized a concert at Carnegie Hall
for Cage's 80th birthday. Sadly the honoree died just months before the event.
Kotik is now restaging that birthday concert as a part of his "Beyond
Cage" festival.Marcus, born in Madison, Wisconsin, was a recognized pianist and bass
clarinetist when she began composing at the age of thirteen. She has worked in
both electronic and instrumental mediums and received a Ph.D. in Composition
from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1981. Marcus met Morton
Feldman in 1976, beginning a long association that lasted until his death in
1987. Feldman and Marcus composed side by side, sharing musical thoughts and
ideas. In 1985 Feldman dedicated his new piano composition For Bunita Marcus. They will stop by to discuss the much beloved and misunderstood Cage, his
longtime associate Feldman, and to play some of his favorite Cage (and beyond)
recordings.
Miniature Minotaurs on WFMU
3-6 pm
Talk Radio for John Cage
WGXC-FM
free103point9 and the John Cage Trust present 120 Hours for John Cage in conjunction with a staggering array of events celebrating the John Cage Centennial in 2012. Featured works will be broadcast on free103point9's FM radio station WGXC 90.7-FM in upstate New York (wgxc.org), and streamed online throughout a month-long program September 2012. Among the projects selected from an open call, which originate from twelve countries, is The WFMU Hoof'n'Mouth Tabernacle Choir featuring 7 WFMU DJs (Bronwyn C., Dave Mandl, Mary Wing, Meghan McKee, Rich Hazelton, Scott Williams and Tamar and engineered by Scott K and Mike Koch} performing Kurt Gottschalk'sTalk Radio for John Cage. For more information visit free103point9.org.
For even more info, look here.
Noon
Full Schedule here.
and then,
Ecstasy Mule vs John Cage vs Ecstasy Mule
RIPRIG at Clave
4305 Locust Street
Philadelphia
