2 weeks ago
Light bulb chimes!
Poster #1
Poster #2
A few photos from Geneva courtesy of Brian Archinal The first one is of the percussion solo referenced in Episode 2. I love all of the different types of wind chimes - including light bulbs! Also two different photos demonstrating the support the community had for the Geneva festival. Not particularly used to seeing signs for contemporary percussion events near graffiti on a crowded street.
2 weeks ago
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Episode #2: Interview with Brian Archinal at the Geneva Competition.
This week we have nntv’s first guest, Brian Archinal. Brian was the only American to compete in this year’s Geneva International Music Competition and he gave us a “behind-the-scenes” look at the competition and how much time went into preparing for a festival as renowned as Geneva.
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3 weeks ago
Cheating, Lying, Stealing Video from Episode #1 nntv «
Here is the link to the remainder of David Lang’s Cheating, Lying, Stealing that was referenced in Episode #1 of nntv. For those of you who aren’t familiar with David’s music, this might be a good spot to start! Thanks for watching Episode #1 - a new episode is already in progress. Keep the comments coming!
3 weeks ago
Music and Number
There are hundreds of topics which I plan to pursue on this blog, but things must start somewhere. Please, feel free to suggest topics for discussion.
One preoccupation I’ve had in contemporary music is the idea of music and number. This of course can be traced back to antiquity and can be found in the works of David Lang, Iannis Xenakis, Bela Bartok, and Frederic Rzewksi, to name a few. These numbers can influence rhythm, form, tuning, etc.
David Lang asks a fascinating question concerning music and numbers:
“Because music is made of proportions and numbers and formulas and patterns, I always wonder what these numbers actually mean. Do the numbers themselves generate a certain structure, creating the context and the meaning and the form, or are they just the incidental byproducts of other, deeper, more mysterious processes? Does the music come out of the patterns or in spite of them?”
As Episode #1 mentions, I will be discussing this idea next month at my research presentation at PASIC in Indianapolis, IN. I’d love to get your thoughts ahead of time however, so please share them.
Do you know of any composers with this preoccupation and any representative works?
3 weeks ago
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Episode #1: Introduction & David Lang PASIC ‘09 Discussion
Discussing the impetus for the show as well as diving into preliminary discussions for my PASIC 2009 paper presentation on the music of David Lang. Thanks for watching and please leave comments!
1 month ago
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Performing John Luther Adams’ Inuksuit at Goat Creek this summer in Banff, Canada.
