Focus : John Cage – Sounds Re-Imagined\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Paul Hall, Juilliard School\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 February 2, 2012<\/p>\n
Could only get to one of this year’s Focus evenings, oh well.\u00a0 John Cage gets you thinking about new ways of listening to music, to question the boundaries between sound and music (if there is indeed such).\u00a0 “Six Melodies for Violin and Keyboard”, performed by Garlick and LaNasa, has elements arranged by chance.\u00a0 The “instrument” for “Child of Tree”, performed by Funcheon, is listed in the program as “for amplified plant materials”.\u00a0 I guess there is also some thinking about what exactly constitutes a title for a performed piece.\u00a0 Trying to explain this uncertainty would merely generate another level of uncertainty, so I will not attempt it here.\u00a0 Anyhow, the score for this latter piece allows for improvised creative input from the performer.\u00a0 A table containing various plant (and I think mineral) materials, including a small cactus, was wheeled out, amped with several microphones, and then the various materials were manipulated to produce sounds.\u00a0 For an appropriate final touch, after the table was wheeled off stage following the performance, two members of the stage crew then had to wipe up small residual water puddles on the stage.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>James Garlick and Nathaniel LaNasa<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Andrew Funcheon<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Focus : John Cage – Sounds Re-Imagined\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Paul Hall, Juilliard School\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 February 2, 2012 Could only get to one of this year’s Focus evenings, oh well.\u00a0 John Cage gets you thinking about new ways of listening to music, to question … Continue reading