Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

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Dear friends and colleagues,

At the end of June, an ensemble comprised of Frank Gratkowski, Hans W. Koch,
Anton Lukoszevieze, Lucia Mense and myself will record a double CD at
Deutschlandfunk in Cologne, featuring works by James Tenney, Michael Pisaro 
and
young, emerging composers from Los Angeles, California. The album is scheduled
to appear early next year on edition wandelweiser records – this, in
collaboration with World Edition. The project is entitled, "Cage's
Grandchildren" and many of the works received their European premiere earlier
this season in Luxembourg.

However, we need your support! For that purpose, we have set up a project page
at "kickstarter". May I kindly ask that you take a few minutes of your time,
peruse our page, watch the lovely video that Anton created and consider making
a donation in support of our endeavor? Any amount that you can give helps us 
to
bring this wonderful project into being. 

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1843883998/cages-grandchildren

In recent years a generation of composers have congregated around the
California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles and have upheld the notion of
an experimental music, one that is predicated upon sound phenomena. Two
composers who have taught at „Calarts“ are mainly responsible for this
development: James Tenney (1934-2006) and Michael Pisaro (b. 1961).

While Tenney’s influence was primarily based upon the in-depth study of
alternative tuning systems, Pisaro has provided a vital impulse, in part due 
to
his affiliation with the composer group, Wandelweiser: the incorporation of
natural materials and objects like stones as instruments and the inclusion of
field recordings, text based scores, and the balance between sound and 
silence.
Casey Anderson , Scott Cazan, Chris Kallmyer, Catherine Lamb, Liam Mooney, 
Mark
So, Laura Steenberge, Quentin Tolimieri, Tashi Wada, Michael Winter represent
an emerging generation of composers that, while tracing along the paths of
Pisaro and Tenney, are also creating their own singular voices.

This development would of course been unimaginable without Cage. Hence, we can
safely say that the designation Cage’s „grandchildren“ seems rather apt.

Thank you for your attention.

Best regards
Seth Josel

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