Schedule of Thursday Evening Performances at Carl Solway Gallery Celebrating the Cage Centennial
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Sonatas and Ryoanji Interludes
Soprano Audrey Luna and multiple pianists present pieces from Cage's seminal work for prepared piano connected through music he derived from his own drawings inspired by the famous Japanese Zen rock garden.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Extended Lullaby
Percussion Group Cincinnati combines early turn-table classics with later Cunningham-related pieces: Branches for amplified cactus and BeachBirds/Extended Lullaby, using the rare music-box sculpture in the gallery's collection of Cage artifacts.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Videos by Nam June Paik, "Good Morning Mr.Orwell", and "Tribute to John Cage", and Cage readings from "Silence".
Thursday March 22, 2012
Not Wanting To Say Anything About Marcel
Bonnie Whiting Smith and Allen Otte in an evening of texted music for speaking percussionist/pianist. Texts of Cage, Thoreau, Joyce, and others, with Music for Marcel Duchamp as the basis of the newest piece: "Connecting Egypt to Madison and the history of the American labor movement".
Free concerts begin at 7:30 pm, limited seating available. Please call gallery for reservations at 513-621-0069. |