February 16, 2007
19th ANNUAL SUBTROPICS FESTIVAL
THE WORK AND LEGACY OF JOHN CAGE
[photo by rex rystedt] Produced by iSAW and presented in partnership with Carnival Center for the Performing Arts 19th ANNUAL SUBTROPICS FESTIVAL LOOKS BACK AT THE HISTORY OF EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC THROUGH THE WORK AND LEGACY OF JOHN CAGE :: February 23 – March 4, 2007 :: nineteen concerts, outdoor events, panel discussions, oral history projects and installations about musical pioneer JOHN CAGE, his accomplices and contemporaries at the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts, Deluxe Arts and in Miami Beach.
The festival features seminal pieces and new works by New York School Composers JOHN CAGE, EARLE BROWN, MORTON FELDMAN and CHRISTIAN WOLFF (performing), as well as CONLON NANCARROW, JAMES TENNEY, LAMONTE YOUNG and others. Plus, a full day of FLUXUS and a 14-hour-long performance of VEXATIONS for piano by the French composer ERIK SATIE (1866-1925).
This year’s Subtropics Marathon feature guest artist MARGARET LANCASTER on flute as well as performances and works by South Florida composers and sound artists JURAJ KOJS, JUAN CARLOS ESPINOSA, RENE BARGE, ARMANDO MARTINEZ, and more.
Also scheduled are the installation CAGE: RELEASED IN MIAMI, the film BASCHET: THE TRANSFIGURATION OFDAILY LIFE and the oral histories project INDETERMINACY TOO. For detailed information about the artists and programs, please log on to subtropics.org.
Posted by jo at February 16, 2007 07:02 PM
