Four4 by John Cage, performed by Chamber Cartel

Published in October 5th, 2012

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Another recent performance for the John Cage centenary, this is a great interpretation of Four4 I recorded at the Goat Farm in Atlanta last month. Audio only. Enjoy!
Piece for Four Percussionists:
Caleb Herron, Olivia Kieffer, Aaron Butler, Brandon Dodge (Chamber Cartel)

John Cage’s Europera 5 at the Rustbelt Salon

Published in August 5th, 2012

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Ben Johnston, Kepler Quartet violinist Eric Segnitz, and I were in attendance for this wonderful and interesting performance of a too-little known late Cage work. Luckily I was able to be there to record it. One note: if you have the bandwidth, play the video in 720p HD!
John Cage’s Europera 5
Dated: April, 1991
Instrumentation: two singers, [...]

Ben Johnston: From Helmholtz to Harry Partch

Published in January 23rd, 2012

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A video I prepared for Ben’s lecture at Eastman last year:

Leigh Cross and his Proportional Pitch Keyboard

Published in August 21st, 2011

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Leigh Cross is a music enthusiast, scholar, and instrument builder whom Ben and I had the pleasure of meeting last year at a colloquium at Wright State. Leigh has designed and built a proportional pitch keyboard based on Ben Johnston’s fifty-three note, expanded just intonation scale as described in Ben’s paper, Scalar Order as a [...]

Promo video for new Kepler CD

Published in February 25th, 2011

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John Cage documentary

Published in March 31st, 2010

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A classic documentary on American composer John Cage (1912-1992).
“American Masters” John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It (1990)
Vivian Perlis (writer)
TV Series: “American Masters” (1983)
Original Air Date: 17 September 1990
Country: UK
55 min

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