Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Randy Gibson <>]

Dear Silencers,

Avant Media is very happy to announce the release of John Cage’s Variations IV. This brand new recording was assembled using chance operations from recordings of the nearly eight hour performance we presented as part of the 2014 Avant Music Festival. 

The album is now available on Bandcamp for the reasonable and synchronistic price of $4

http://shop.avantmedia.org/album/variations-iv

Variations IV was performed by:

Sarah Bachelier, voice; Matt Beckemeyer, voice and keyboard; Gelsey Bell, voice and vocoder; Bob Bielecki, voice; Nicole Camacho, flutes and voice; De Fenestrated; Miguel Frasconi, electronics; Laurence Getford, animoog and pre-recorded sound; Randy Gibson, voice, electronics, radio collage implementation; Sally Gibson, voice; Olivia Giovetti, voice; GiOrgi Janiashvili, laptop / electronic music; John King, viola; Kjersti Kveli, voice; William Lang, tenor trombone; Nick Lesley; Karl Larson, piano; Alvin Lucier, voice; Emy Martin, voice; Caley Monahon-Ward, sound implementation and voice; Ken Montgomery, nut grinder and electronics; Alex Mincek, voice; Jason Oberholtzer, viola and piano; Pro Piano, piano delivery and setup; Brian Questa, guitar; James CM Rogers, bass trombone and readings from Silence; Ricardo Rivera, baritone; Mike Rugnetta, lap steel guitar; Eleonor Sandresky, small thermos, chopsticks, and glass jar while reading Silence; Megan Schubert, voice; Oscar H Scott, voice; James Sheppard, piano; Marc Thorman, reading his mesostic “JACK KEROUAC”; Kaz Tsujio, piano tuner; Andrew Weinstein, viola; Kryssy Wright, set building and voice; and many other performers, audience members, and passers-by as well as recordings of John Cage reading from his mesostics I–VI: MethodStructureIntentionDisciplineNotationIndeterminacy InterpenetrationImitationDevotionCircumstancesVariableStructure NonunderstandingContingencyInconsistencyPerformance (© 1990 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College used courtesy of The John Cage Trust and The Harvard University Press) and Art Is Either A Complaint Or Do Something Else (© 1993 by The John Cage Trust, released on Mode Records #84/85 used courtesy of Mode Records) 

Randy Gibson

Artistic Director

Avant Media | 2015 Avant Music Festival February 27th-March 7th | Tangents 2014-15

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