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11. radiOM.org - Morning Concert The Music of Charles Boone [2.180% Popularity: 0.00000]

Morning Concert: The Music of Charles Boone Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 60 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA Charles Amirkhanian interviews San Francisco Bay Area composer Charles Boone about his early musical career, starting as a member of a high school band, then as a student at University of Southern California. Boone also studied with Ernst Krenek and Adolph Weiss in Los Angeles. Here he introduces a number of his pieces, including “Raspberries” for percussion ensemble. Musical Selections: Raspberries (1974) -- A Cool Glow of Radiation (1966) -- A Vocalise (1972) -- Starfish (1966) -- Oblique Formation (1965) Performers: Hayward State University Percussion Ensemble (Raspberries) Jean Cunningham, flute (Cool) Lorene Adams, soprano (Vocalise) Benjamin Borson, flute (Oblique) Madeline Mueller, piano (Oblique) Genres: Electro-Acoustic / Electronic ; 20th Century Classical Subject: Boone, Charles ; Krenek, Ernst, 1900-1991 ; Weiss, Adolph, 1891-1971 ; 20th century classi...

12. radiOM.org - Morning Concert The Music of John Haussermann [0.328% Popularity: 0.00000]

Morning Concert: The Music of John Haussermann Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 128 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA One of the most unusual and inspiring stories in modern American music is that of composer John Haussermann. Born in 1909, to a wealthy family then living in Manila, Haussermann studied music at the Cincinnati Conservatory (1924"27) and at Colorado College, before going to Paris in 1930 to study organ with Marcel Dupré. While in Paris he became friends with Maurice Ravel and began serious study of composition with Paul Le Flem. Active in the Cincinnati area from the 1930s to the 1950s, he was the founder of the Contemporary Concert series in Cincinnati. In 1967 he moved to San Francisco where he was to reside until his death in 1986. An encouraging example to many others who live with a physical disability, Haussermann was born with cerebral palsy and was later confined to a wheelchair after being in a car accident, and yet he composed for decades in all media from chamber ...

13. radiOM.org - Morning Concert You Are Your Instrument [0.086% Popularity: 0.00000]

Morning Concert: You Are Your Instrument Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 115 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA This program, recorded on August 7, 1992, begins with a brief interview with choreographer Nancy Karp, who has collaborated with artist Carol Law and composer Ingram Marshall to produce several dance pieces which she describes for the host, Charles Amirkhanian. This is followed by a visit with pianist and composer Michael Harrison, who is perhaps best known for his work with just intonation and his Harmonic Piano. The unique design of the strings, hammers and pedals of the Harmonic Piano gives it a delicate harp-like timbre, and allows for playing 24 distinct notes per octave in perfectly tuned intervals. A number of examples of his compositions for this extraordinary instrument are also heard. The second half of the program is then devoted to an interview with Julie Lyonn Lieberman, the author of “You Are Your Instrument: The definitive musician’s guide to practice...

14. radiOM.org - New Music America 1981: Concert 4, (June 10, 1981) [0.188% Popularity: 0.00000]

New Music America: 1981: Concert 4, (June 10, 1981) Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 96 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA In 1981 the New Music America Festival came to San Francisco for a week full of concerts, sound installations, and multi-media performances. The fourth concert of the Festival, held on June 10, 1981, included works by Laurie Spiegel, Peter Gena, and George Lewis, as well as a live improvisation by LaDonna Smith and Davey Williams, and two musical performance art pieces by conceptual artist Jim Pomeroy. The concert began with two works by Laurie Spiegel, identified in the program as “The Unquestioned Answer” and “A History of Music in One Movement,” which had been previously performed on the computer but were now arranged for solo performers of the harp and piano, respectively. These were followed by an unidentified computer music piece, presented by the composer herself. Violinist and violist LaDonna Smith and guitarist Davey Williams then presented two distinctly avant...

15. radiOM.org - New Music America 1982, Program No. 1 [0.150% Popularity: 0.00000]

New Music America: 1982, Program No. 1 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 169 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: WFMT Radio station WFMT in Chicago presents the first of six broadcasts from Navy Pier, as part of the fourth New Music America Festival. Charles Amirkhanian hosts, assisted by composer and vocalist, Joan La Barbara. The concert includes electronic music by Tom Cameron, Robert Moran’s “Spin Again” for harpsichords, organs, and percussion, “Autumn Resonance” for piano and delay by Wayne Siegel, and to conclude, Meredith Monk’s work for four voices and organs, “Turtle Dreams.” Also heard, although unfortunately not seen, is a work of avant-garde musical theater by the performing duo of Ed Harkins and Philip Larson known as THE. This work combines strictly choreographed movements by the two, often involving sight gags of one type or another, mixed with electronic and new wave rock music. The intermission features includes a profile of Charles Ives, a talk with John Cage about...

16. radiOM.org - New Music America 1982, Program No. 2 [4.816% Popularity: 0.00000]

New Music America: 1982, Program No. 2 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 178 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: WFMT Radio station WFMT in Chicago presents the second of six broadcasts from Navy Pier, as part of the fourth New Music America Festival. Charles Amirkhanian hosts, assisted by composer and vocalist, Joan La Barbara. The concert begins with a string quartet by John J. Becker, the first deceased composer to have their work performed at a New Music America Festival. This is followed by a work for solo cello by Joseph Paul Taylor and “Tableaux Vivants” a work for flutes and two voices, by Larry Austin. Other pieces heard in this concert is “Centering” by Ruth Anderson which use galvanic skin response sensors to trigger oscillators, and Glenn Branca’s very loud work for nine electric guitars and drums, “Indeterminate Activity of Resultant Masses “. The action then moves to Lake Michigan where a squadron of boats participate in Charlie Morrow’s environmental sound work “Toot ‘...

17. radiOM.org - New Music America 1982: Program No. 3 [0.200% Popularity: 0.00000]

New Music America: 1982: Program No. 3 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 179 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: WFMT Additional Media Files (click to view) Radio station WFMT in Chicago presents the third of six broadcasts from Navy Pier, as part of the fourth New Music America Festival. Charles Amirkhanian hosts, assisted by composer and vocalist, Joan La Barbara. Included in this concert are works by Don Malone, Kyle Gann, Ben Johnston, Jay Clayton, and Michael Byron. Intermission features include a roundup of events from earlier in the day, including a noontime concert of Percy Grainger’s music with pianists Dennis Russell Davies, Yvar Mikhashoff, and Neely Bruce, At the end of the program are segments on microtonal composer Harry Partch, pianist and conductor Dennis Russell Davies, and a brief excerpt from an interview with the “bad boy of music”, George Antheil. (from KPFA Folio) Part 1 of 3: Musical Selections: Soggetto Cavato, for three solo voices [excerpt] (8:51) / Don Malo...

18. radiOM.org - New Sounds San Jose The Fourth Annual Festival: Concert Two [0.193% Popularity: 0.00000]

New Sounds San Jose: The Fourth Annual Festival: Concert Two Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 74 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA Recorded on May 8, 1982, the second concert of the 4th annual New Sounds San Jose Festival featured Joan La Barbara presenting selections of music for voice, tape and electronics, most of which were her own compositions. Subtitled “Voice is the Original Instrument” the first half of this concert featured works where all the sound were created by the natural voice, amplified to bring out quiet sounds and particular qualities that would not be clearly audible without the use of amplification. While some of the pieces included multi-tracking, no electronic or tape manipulation was used and all one hears is either live or pre-recorded amplified voice. The second half of the concert included pieces by John Cage and Morton Subotnick, who is also La Barbara’s husband. While some of these pieces include additional instrumentation such as ghost electronics the focus rem...

19. radiOM.org - Oakland Museum Concerts Chamber Music Concert, April 16, 1971 [0.126% Popularity: 0.00000]

Oakland Museum Concerts: Chamber Music Concert, April 16, 1971 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 82 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA This is the third in a series of four concerts of chamber music put on by the Oakland Museum in the Spring of 1971. The focus of the concerts was works by contemporary California composers, although the programs also included other works, as seen fit by the program director Donald Cobb. Thus this third concert, recorded on April 16, 1971, includes works by William Byrd, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Carl Ruggles, Andrew Imbrie, Joseph Haydn, and Henry Cowell. All performed by local San Francisco Bay Area musicians. Part 1 of 2: Musical Selections: Fantasia No. 1 (5:05) / William Byrd -- Second Concert: La Laborde (3:30) ; La Boucon (3:15) ; L’agaçante (1:40) ; First Menuet ; Second Menuet / Jean Philippe Rameau -- Angels (1920) (3:10) / Carl Ruggles -- Serenade (1952) (18:20) / Andrew Imbrie Performers: Nathan Rubin, violin (Fantasia ; Concert ; Angels) Ronald Ericks...

20. radiOM.org - Ode To Gravity An Interview with Werner Goldschmidt, April. 29, 1972 [2.927% Popularity: 0.00000]

Ode To Gravity: An Interview with Werner Goldschmidt, April. 29, 1972 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 57 min Event Type: Interview Program Origin: KPFA In an interview recorded on April 29, 1972, Charles Amirkhanian talks with Werner Goldschmidt, founder of the famous German record label for avant-garde music, Wergo, and later in the program, Cathy Berberian, whose recording "Magnificathy: The Many Voices of Cathy Berberian" had just been released. Shortly after this interview Goldschmidt tragically died unexpectedly while undergoing hospitalization for a routine procedure. Musical Selections: Aus La Passion Selon Sade / Sylvano Bussotti -- Epitaph for Aikichi Kuboyama [excerpt] (1957) / Herbert Eimert Performers: Cathy Berberian, soprano (Aus) Richard Munch, vocals (Epitaph) Genre: Avant Garde Subject: Goldschmidt, Werner ; Wergo (Firm) ; Vocal music ; Improvisation (Music) ; Avant-garde (Music) ; Vocalises ; Record companies ; Sound recording industry People: Amirkhanian, Charles ; Goldschmidt, ...