KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ New Music America: New Sounds USA, Program No. 3, 1983

Analog Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

NMA.1983.10.14.3

Program Series

New Music America

Program Length

59 min

Dates

1983-11-12 | broadcast
| 1983-10-14 | created

Description

Hosts Alan Rich and Nancy Shear present highlights from the October 14th concert of the 1983 New Music America Festival, which was held in Washington D.C. The program begins with two works by composer, sound poet, and performer Carles Santos who first plays a piano piece in the minimalist style and then performs one of his trademark vocal tracks. Marilyn Boyd DeReggi then presents “Dark Harbor” a song cycle by Lawrence Moss in which DeReggi’s haunting voice is accompanied by the composer’s desolate and dirge like tape piece. This concert, which blends traditional roots music with more modern compositions, ends with a rousing performance by the band, Beausoleil, who perform a selection of traditional and original Cajun music.

Genres

New music
Folk music

Musical Selections

[unidentified piano piece] (6:53) / Carles Santos -- [unidentified vocal work] (9:08) / Carles Santos -- Dark Harbor, for voice and tape (ca. 1983) (8:10) / Lawrence Moss [world premiere] -- Midland Two Step (4:26) -- Pauline (3:41) -- Blues De Morse (2:49) -- [Pour au tour (sp?)] (3:38) -- [a Mardi Gras song] (3:11) -- Parlez-Nous A Boire (3:33)

Performers

Carles Santos, piano ; voice [first 2 works]
Marilyn Boyd DeReggi, voice [3rd work]
Beausoleil: [4th - 9th works]
Michael Doucet, fiddle and vocals [4th - 9th works]
David Doucet, guitar and vocals [4th - 9th works]
Errol Verret, accordion [4th - 9th works]
Billy Ware, percussion [4th - 9th works]

Subjects

New music
Folk music
Piano music
Sound poetry
Text-sound compositions
Songs (High voice) with electronics
Song cycles
Cajun music
Folk dance music
Folk songs, Cajun French

Related places

Washington (D.C.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

New Music America (Festival)
Beausoleil (Musical group)
Rich, Alan
Shear, Nancy
Santos, Carles, 1940-
Moss, Lawrence
DeReggi, Marilyn Boyd
Doucet, Michael
Doucet, David
Verret, Errol
Ware, Billy