Natasha Barrett, Lisa Bielawa, Kidd Jordan, & Tom Johnson (l to r), during a composer’s presentation, Woodside CA., (2010)

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Other Minds Festivals ➔ Natasha Barrett, Lisa Bielawa, Kidd Jordan, & Tom Johnson (l to r), during a composer’s presentation, Woodside CA., (2010)

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John Fago
Identifier
IM.OM.FP.0015.007
Dates
2010-03-01/2010-03-31 | created
Work Type
Photographic print
Image Class
Group Photographs
Image Series
OM15: Fago B&W Prints
Description
Natasha Barrett, Lisa Bielawa, Kidd Jordan (?), & Tom Johnson during a fellow OM 15 composer’s presentation during their retreat at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, prior to the start of the 15th Other Minds Music Festival in March of 2010.

Natasha Barrett is an English electroacoustic composer and sound artist whose works often combine cutting edge technology with spatial and multimedia elements. Her precisely structured acousmatic soundscapes often reveal an array of suggested themes and potential meanings to the attentive listener, and have gained her a considerable reputation, particularly in Europe where she has been the recipient of numerous honors and commissions.

Composer and vocalist Lisa Bielawa was born into a musical family, (daughter of Herb Bielawa ), and has been playing music, singing, and even composing since early childhood. She has toured as a principal vocalist with the Philip Glass Ensemble since 1992, and is also the co-founder of the MATA Festival which is devoted to the promotion of young composers.

Born in 1935, Jordan is a jazz saxophonist and composer of the first order, having performed and recorded with such legendary musicians as Cannonball Adderley, Ornette Coleman, Ray Charles, Cecil Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Sun Ra, and many, many more. He is the founder of the Improvisational Arts Ensemble, London Branch, and Improvisational Arts Quintet. In addition to his illustrious performance and recording career, Jordan has taught at Southern University for 36 years where his students have included both Branford and Wynton Marsalis.

Tom Johnson, born in 1939, worked as a music critic for the Village Voice for many years before moving to Paris in 1983 where he has since largely devoted himself to composition. He is considered a minimalist composer and his works are often based on simple scales or logical, mathematical progressions or combinations of a select number of notes. However Johnson has produced a large body of work, including a number of operas and compositions for orchestra or large ensemble, as well as a variety of radio pieces.
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John Fago / Other Minds
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John Fago
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Other Minds Festival 15
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Woodside (Calif.) (was created at)
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Fago, John
Other Minds Festival
Djerassi Resident Artists Program