Other Minds Festivals ➔ Evelyn Glennie, Amy X Neuburg, and Jack Body, head and shoulder portraits, seated, facing forward or slightly left, Woodside CA, (2003)
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IM.OM.FP.0009.002Dates
2003-03-01/2003-03-31 | createdWork Type
Photographic printImage Class
Group PhotographsImage Series
OM09: Fago B&W PrintsDescription
Evelyn Glennie, Amy X Neuburg, and Jack Body (l to r), during their retreat at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program in Woodside CA, prior to their participation in the 9th Other Minds Music Festival in March of 2003.Evelyn Glennie is a force of nature, a gift of music to the world. This young Scotswoman has carved a new place for solo percussion in the realm of classical music, and has melded traditions and instrumentation from around the world to create new ways of performing and, indeed, of hearing percussion as music in its own right. Because she has defied convention by crossing the traditionally rigid boundaries of formal, folkloric, and popular musical forms, this uncommonly versatile musician has managed to draw new audiences to the classical world. In the context of such a vibrant and illustrious career, the fact that Glennie has been profoundly deaf since the age of twelve seems, at first, amazing. But for her, it is virtually irrelevant. Hearing is basically a specialized form of touch and sound is simply vibrating air which the ear picks up and converts to electrical signals which are then interpreted in the brain. Glennie can identify the notes according to the vibrations she feels through her feet and body.
Amy X Neuburg trained as a classical vocalist at Oberlin College and went on to study electronic music at the Mills College Center for Contemporary Music. There she composed and performed with Pauline Oliveros, David Rosenboom, and Chris Brown, and studied percussion with William Winant. As a vocalist she has toured throughout Europe, Japan, and the U.S. She was a core member of the experimental musical theater ensemble MAP, spent nine years performing with her electronic avant-cabaret band Amy X Neuburg & Men, and has worked with fellow techno-vocalists Emily Bezar and Pamela Z, among others.
Jack Body (born in 1944) studied at Auckland University (1963-67). With a QEII Arts Council grant he attended the Ferien Kurse fur Neue Musik, Cologne and Institute of Sonology, Utrecht, Netherlands (1969/70). For two years (1976-77) he was a guest lecturer at the Akademi Musik Indonesia, Yogyakarta, and since 1980 he has lectured at the School of Music, Victoria University of Wellington. His music covers almost all genres, including solo and chamber music, orchestral music, music-theatre, music for dance and film as well as electroacoustic music. A fascination with the music and cultures of Asia, particularly Indonesia, has been a strong influence on his music.
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Group portraits--2000-2010Women
Men
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Musicians
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John Fago / Other MindsPhoto Credits
John FagoRelated Event
Other Minds Festival 9Related place
Woodside (Calif.) (was created at)Related Entities
Fago, JohnGlennie, Evelyn
Neuburg, Amy X, 1962-
Body, Jack, 1944-
Other Minds Festival
Djerassi Resident Artists Program