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1. radiOM.org - Morning Concert The Djerassi Artist in Residence 10th Anniversary [5.056% Popularity: 0.00000]

Morning Concert: The Djerassi Artist in Residence 10th Anniversary Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 118 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA Additional Media Files (click to view) The Djerassi Artist in Residence program was founded by the inventor of the birth control pill, Dr. Carl Djerassi. Like the McDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, the Djerassi Foundation, situated in the Santa Cruz Mountains above the town of Woodside CA, is a place where artists are invited to stay for a month of more to work in peaceful and supportive surroundings. In this program Charles Amirkhanian discusses the Djerassi Artist in Residence program with its Director, Charles Boone, as well as with a number of composers who have participated in the program during its first 10 years of operation. Also heard are a number of compositions that were created in part during the composers stay at Djerassi. Part 1 of 2: Musical Selections: Light Over Water [excerpt] (1983) / John Adams -- My One Con...

2. radiOM.org - Other Minds Festival OM 13: Panel Discussion & Concert 2 [4.993% Popularity: 0.00000]

Other Minds Festival: OM 13: Panel Discussion & Concert 2 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 145 min Event Type: Lecture and Panel Discussion Program Origin: Other Minds Additional Media Files (click to view) Charles Amirkhanian moderates a panel discussion with the composers featured in the second concert of OM 13. Swedish composer, Åke Parmerud, discusses his tape work “Dreaming in Darkness”, that utilizes spatial separation in an attempt to capture his ideas of how it might be for blind people to dream in sound. Cellist and composer, Michael Bach describes his collaboration with John Cage on “One13” which was composed for a cello using his unique curved BACH.bow. This sets off an ensuing discussion about the role of silence in music. Dan Becker then talks about his composition “Keeping Time” which was commissioned by Other Minds for this Festival, and is written specifically for the Adorno Ensemble which gives the piece its world premier. The panel discussion concludes with Ishmael Wadada Leo Smit...

3. radiOM.org - Other Minds Festival OM 16: Panel Discussion & Concert 1 [4.953% Popularity: 0.00000]

Other Minds Festival: OM 16: Panel Discussion & Concert 1 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 126 min Event Type: Lecture and Panel Discussion Program Origin: Other Minds Additional Media Files (click to view) The 16th Other Minds Festival of New Music (OM 16) began with a panel discussion with some of the composers featured in the first night’s concert, held on March 3, 2011. Joining moderator Charles Amirkhanian on stage were Kyle Gann, Louis Andriessen, Agata Zubel, and Janice Giteck. Gann briefly discusses “Triskaidekaphonia I” which is the result of Gann’s desire to finally incorporate the musical equivalent of the number 13 into a composition, something he achieves with the introduction of a pure 13th harmonic at the beginning of this piece. His other featured work, “Kierkegaard, Walking,” was inspired by a European walking tour and an early interest in the Danish philosopher. Polish composer Agata Zubel discusses her decision to take up a second career as a classical concert singer, while also ...

4. radiOM.org - Other Minds Festival OM 5: Concert 1 [0.927% Popularity: 0.00000]

Other Minds Festival: OM 5: Concert 1 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 95 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: Other Minds Other Minds, Inc., in association with the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, presented Other Minds Festival V at the Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, March 25-27, 1999. The fifth Other Minds festival featured composers Linda Bouchard, Mary Ellen Childs, Luc Ferrari, Alvin Lucier, António Pinho Vargas, Julian Priester, Sam Rivers, Errollyn Wallen, and special guest artist Margaret Leng Tan. Each concert was preceded by a panel discussion with the evening’s artists, moderated by Other Minds’ Executive & Artistic Director, Charles Amirkhanian. The first concert began with “Fanfare” from John Kennedy's “The Winged Energy of Delight” performed by Margaret Leng Tan on toy cymbals. A fitting start for a Festival that would highlight works for toy piano and other miniature instruments. Concert 1, Thursday, March 25 1999 John Kennedy: Fanfare, from The Winged Energy...