source file: mills2.txt Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 17:01:45 -0800 Subject: Cage Festival From: madole@ella.mills.edu (David Madole) Forwarded message: >From boster Tue Nov 14 16:52:26 1995 Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 16:52:11 +48000 From: Bob Boster To: muscom Subject: Cage: slight modifications (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII HERE IS AN UPDATED MAIL-READY CONCERT SCEDULE - FEEL FREE TO FORWARD IT TO WHOMEVER, ESP BAY AREA TYPES (OBVIOUSLY) Here Comes Everybody: The Music, Poetry, and Art of John Cage An Interdisciplinary Conference and Festival on Cage's Contributions to Twentieth Century Culture Presented by the Mills College Music Department and the Center for Contemporary Music A CONCERT SERIES devoted to Cage's music, an exhibition of Cage's art in the Mills College Art Gallery, and films about Cage. THE CONCERT SERIES INCLUDES works from the entire range of Cage's creative output, from his early works for percussion ensemble and prepared piano, to several works written just before his death. Members of the Center for Contemporary Music perform live electronic works from Cage's first experiments with this medium to several newer compositions. Guest artists include Marianne Amacher, The Hub, Joseph Kubera, and Gordon Mumma. AN EXCLUSIVE SCREENING of One11 and 103, Cage's extraordinary collaboration with filmmaker Peter Lohner, and From Zero, four films about Cage by Andrew Culver and Frank Scheffer, reveal another aspect of Cage's artistic accomplishments. The Concert series is just the live music aspect of this conference event. For more information on the presentation of papers and panel sessions please check the John Cage homepage at http://newalbion.com/artists/cagej/cagej.html. Mills College is located at 5000 MacArthur Blvd. in Oakland at the junction of highways 580 and 13. For more information call 510-430-2296. Wednesday, 11/15 8:00 pm (Concert Hall) Film: From Zero Four Films by Andrew Culver and Frank Scheffer * "Nineteen Questions" * "Fourteen" * "Paying Attention" * "Overpopulation and Art & Ryoanji" Discussion following featuring Andrew Culver Thursday, 11/16 8:00 pm (Concert Hall) Concert: Early Works: Music for Percussion Ensemble and Prepared Piano * Keynote Address by Lou Harrison * Credo in US (1942) * Imaginary Landscape No. 2 (1942) * Double Music (1941) * Sonatas and Interludes (1946-8), Julie Steinberg, piano Friday, 11/17 8:00 pm (Concert Hall) Concert: Live Electronic Music featuring Maryanne Amacher, John Bishoff, Chris Brown, Belle Bulwinkle, Dana Reason, Christopher Davidson, Michael Gendreau, David Kwan, Gregory Lenczycki, Gordon Mumma, Maggi Payne, and The Hub * Variations II (1961) * Winter Music (1957) * Cartridge Music (1960) * Imaginary Landscape No. 1 (1939) * Sculptures Musicale (1989) Saturday, 11/18 8:00pm (Concert Hall) Film: One11 and 103 A film by Henning Lohner with music by Cage discussion with Henning Lohner and Van Carlson Concert * Two4 (1991) for violin and Sho with David Abel, violin, and Mark Izu, Sho Sunday, 11/19 2 pm (Concert Hall) Concert: * Music of Changes (1951) for piano * 13 (1992) for instrumental ensemble Pianist Joseph Kubera in a rare performance of Cage's mid-twentieth-century masterpiece. Closing with one of Cage's final works, performed by the Mills Contemporary Music Ensemble, faculty, and special guests. Received: from eartha.mills.edu [144.91.3.20] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Wed, 15 Nov 1995 15:13 +0100 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id FAA08684; Wed, 15 Nov 1995 05:12:51 -0800 Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 05:12:51 -0800 Message-Id: <9511150511.aa23775@cyber.cyber.net> Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu