A classically trained composer and pianist, San Francisco-based Donald Swearingen's strong commitment to musical experimentation has sent him along numerous paths, from the garage band to the concert stage to computer networks. His work at the time of this concert concerned the use of movement and gesture as the source of media control in an expanded, computer assisted performance environment. In his own words: “’When in Japan’ all started with Randall Packer's piano. ‘When in Japan’ has been a long way since then, and, while it continues to unravel, it never seems to become actually unraveled." |
