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51. radiOM.org - Speaking of Music Dieter Schnebel [0.453% Popularity: 0.00000]

Speaking of Music: Dieter Schnebel Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 104 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA In a show from the San Francisco Exploratorium’s Speaking of Music series recorded on March 22, 1984, Charles Amirkhanian interviews German composer Dieter Schnebel. The program begins with Schnebel performing "Mouth Work", a sound poetry piece, the theory behind which he later discusses in relation to the organs of articulation in the human body. Later an unidentified orchestral piece, as well as "Schubert-Phantasie" is played for the audience, and the program concludes with another sound poetry piece performed by Schnebel. Part 1 of 2: Musical Selections: [unidentified live performance] Genres: Sound Poetry ; Avant-Garde Subject: Schnebel, Dieter ; Sound poetry ; Text-sound compositions ; Avant-garde (Music) ; Vocalises ; Performance art ; Orchestral music People: Amirkhanian, Charles ; Schnebel, Dieter Recording Date: 3/22/1984 Part 2 of 2: Musical Selections: [unident...

52. radiOM.org - Speaking of Music Joan La Barbara, 1984 [0.301% Popularity: 0.00000]

Speaking of Music: Joan La Barbara, 1984 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 91 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA Recorded on March 8, 1984 as part of the San Francisco’s Exploratorium’s Speaking of Music series, Charles Amirkhanian interviews avant-garde vocalist and composer, Joan La Barbara, before a live audience. Born in 1947 La Barbara has worked with such well known modern composers as John Cage, Philip Glass, Morton Feldman, and her husband of many years, Morton Subotnick. In this program Joan La Barbara talks about her evolution from a singer of the classical repertoire to one that focuses on experimental and new music. She also discusses the difference between public support for the arts in America and Europe. Part 1 of 2: Musical Selections: Berliner Träume (1983) / Joan La Barbara Genre: New Music Subject: La Barbara, Joan, 1947- ; Vocal music ; Vocalises ; New music ; Composition (Music) People: Amirkhanian, Charles ; La Barbara, Joan, 1947- Recording Date: 3/8/1984...

53. radiOM.org - Speaking of Music Libby Larsen [0.222% Popularity: 0.00000]

Speaking of Music: Libby Larsen Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 115 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA The composer and co-founder of the American Composers Forum is lively and candid in this late-1980s period piece recorded in front of a live audience on November 13, 1986 as part of the San Francisco Exploratorium’s Speaking of Music series . Questioned by Charles Amirkhanian and members of the audience, Larsen talks about many things; including her background (entering music school with a deep background in "stride boogie, Gregorian chant, and the Mickey Mouse Club”); the myth of making a living as a composer; and the story of a commission from the town of Terrace, MN, population 70. Examples of Larson's music are heard, including Black Roller", "The Daytime Moon", and "Up Where the Air Is Thin" as well as excerpts from "Four on the Floor". Part 1 of 2: Musical Selections: Four on the Floor [excerpts from the video soundtrack] (1983) -- Up Where the Air Is Thin (1985) Perfo...

54. radiOM.org - Speaking of Music Meredith Monk [0.723% Popularity: 0.00000]

Speaking of Music: Meredith Monk Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 124 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA Additional Media Files (click to view) From a recording made on November 11, 1984 as part of the San Francisco Exploratorium’s Speaking of Music series, Charles Amirkhanian interviews Meredith Monk about her life and career. Recent works discussed include her mixed media performance art piece "Games", her musical recording "Dolmen Music", and two experimental videos "Ellis Island" and "Rally". She also performs a few songs from her opera "Education of a Girl Child". Part 1 of 2: Musical Selections: Ellis Island [video] (1979) -- Rally (1977) Genres: Performance Art ; Opera Subject: Monk, Meredith ; Vocal music ; Vocalises ; Experimental videos ; Mixed media (Music) People: Amirkhanian, Charles ; Monk, Meredith Recording Date: 11/2/1984 Part 2 of 2: Musical Selections: The Traveling Song -- The Tale -- Biography -- The Berlin Walls [film] Genres: Performance Art ; Opera Subj...

55. radiOM.org - Speaking of Music Morton Subotnick, 1985 [0.237% Popularity: 0.00000]

Speaking of Music: Morton Subotnick, 1985 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 89 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA Additional Media Files (click to view) Charles Amirkhanian interviews pioneering electronic music composer Morton Subotnick on Jan. 10, 1985, as part of the San Francisco Exploratorium’s Speaking of Music series. Subotnick is one of the leading composers in combining acoustic instruments and electronic processing. His “ghost electronics” change and redirect the sound of the instruments as they play. The focus of this discussion is Subotnick’s “The Double Life of Amphibians”, a work of musical theater that combines a chamber ensemble, several Buchla 400 synthesizers, and the the vocals of Joan La Barbara. The piece takes as its theme or metaphor, the biological model of evolution, and seeks to relate in musical terms the rise of life from out of the sea and onto the land, and the development of the human spirit. Subotnick illustrates his points with multiple excerpts...

56. radiOM.org - Speaking of Music Pamela Z [0.413% Popularity: 0.00000]

Speaking of Music: Pamela Z Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 98 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA In conjunction with her artist-in-residency work at the San Francisco Exploratorium, Pamela Z appeared on November 2, 1989 with Charles Amirkhanian as part of the Exploratorium's Speaking of Music series. She presents a sampling of her live solo performance work with electronics and discusses her techniques, influences, favorite musicians, new directions, collaboration, and the context of her work in the current new music milieu. Pamela Z is a San Francisco based composer and performance artist who works primarily with her voice augmented by live electronic processing. She often uses custom made MIDI controllers such as Ed Severinghaus' BodySynth or Donald Swearingen's Light SensePod, both of which allow her to manipulate sound with physical gestures. (some info taken from www.pamelaz.com) Part 1 of 2: Musical Selections: City -- Physical Review -- Pop Title You [excerpt] -- In t...

57. radiOM.org - Speaking of Music Pauline Oliveros, Feb. 21, 1985 [0.722% Popularity: 0.00000]

Speaking of Music: Pauline Oliveros, Feb. 21, 1985 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 95 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA Charles Amirkhanian speaks with Pauline Oliveros about her musical works, her overall evolution as a composer, Deep Listening, her instrument the accordion, improvisation, collaboration, teaching, and more. The interview also includes live and taped performances of her works. This program was presented as part of the San Francisco Exploratorium’s Speaking of Music series on February 21, 1985. It also includes a performance of "Rattlesnake Mountain for Accordion and Voice” (1982) and taped performances of "Earth Ears" and "The Well". Part 1 of 2: Musical Selections: Rattlesnake Mountain for Accordion and Voice (1982) -- Earth Ears Performers: Pauline Oliveros, accordion & vocals Genre: New Music Subject: Oliveros, Pauline, 1932- ; New music ; Music for meditation ; Listening ; Accordion music ; Vocalises with accordion ; Aleatory music ; Instrumental ensembl...

58. radiOM.org - Turkey Song [2.920% Popularity: 0.00000]

Turkey Song Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 62 min Event Type: Other Finds Program Origin: KPFA “Turkey Song” is a form of inter-species music; a joint communication between three human beings and three hundred tom (male) turkeys. The tape that is presented here is an edited version of over five hours of tapes recorded at the Willie Bird Turkey Farm in the hills outside of Santa Rosa. The producer of this piece, Jim Nollman, has experimented with musical communication with various animals for many years. Besides turkeys, he has found that the bobwhite, the kangaroo rat, hummingbird, and the bullfrog all respond in definite patterns to certain types of human and instrumental sounds. But of all the animals, the most obviously receptive creature to audio stimulus is the turkey. Turkeys respond with a precise rhythmic gobble to any pitch above a certain register. The pitch is relative and is dependent upon the environmental noise already present. It thus becomes possible to devise extremely precise me...

59. radiOM.org - Vocal Tape Delay by Jon Gibson [2.925% Popularity: 0.00000]

Vocal Tape Delay by Jon Gibson Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 17 min Event Type: Music Jon Gibson is an American composer, visual artist, and talented wind instrumentalist. He was an early collaborator with Steve Reich and a founding member of the Philip Glass Ensemble. Although well known for his work in jazz, minimal, and world music, Gibson was also an early experimenter with electronic music and frequently worked with such composers as Larry Austin and Stanley Lunetta. The work on this recording features extensive vocalizations of a wide variety. In the composer’s own words, taken from a 1972 concert program guide: "Voice/Tape Delay" happened spontaneously one night after an extended period of exploring various vocal sounds and techniques, Art Murphy had set up a tape delay on his own accord and without warning handed me the microphone asking me to try it out. This was the result.” Musical Selections: Vocal Tape Delay (1968) (16:22) / Jon Gibson Performers: Jon Gibson, voice Art Murphy, engin...

60. radiOM.org - Worldwide Music 25th Anniversary Concert of Gaudeamus (1970) [2.920% Popularity: 0.00000]

Worldwide Music: 25th Anniversary Concert of Gaudeamus (1970) Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 91 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA Host Han Reiziger of VPRO (Dutch Radio) presents a puzzling concert, recorded in 1970 at the Concertgebouw of Haarlem, the Netherlands, with music by young Dutch composers Jan Welmers, Wim Schoenbeck, Gilius van Bergeyk, Daan Manneke, Wim de Ruiter, and Jacques Bank. All interspersed with selected underground tapes of Dutch Dixieland performances and camp arrangements for brass choir. Gaudeamus is an organization for the promotion of new music begun in 1945 by Walter Maas. (from KPFA Folio) Musical Selections: [unidentified piece for brass band] -- Wind Quintet 68 / Jan Welmers -- Orientates (sp?) / Wim Schoenbeck (sp?) -- [unidentified piece for brass band] -- Sonata, for alto oboe, piano, ring modulator, and loudspeakers (1970) / Gilius van Bergeyk -- Diaspora (1969) / Daan Manneke -- [unidentified piece for brass band] -- Quartet, for flute, bass clarinet, ...