KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Radio Event: No. 19: An Orchestra Is Born

Analog Audio

Event Type

Intermedia and Visual Arts

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

RE.1972.09.15

Program Series

Radio Event

Program Length

17 min

Dates

1972-09-15 | broadcast
| 1972-09-05 | created

Description

One in a series of groundbreaking, audience participatory Radio Events, produced by KPFA in Berkeley California. For this program, Anthony Gnazzo solicited from KPFA listeners, brief recordings of various sounds of their own choosing. This collection was then subjected to chance operations by Gnazzo, and lo and behold, “An Orchestra Is Born.” Somewhat reminiscent of John Cage’s “33 1/3”, the resulting auditory montage is a wonderfully diverse mix of spoken word, music, and just down right bizarre sounds.

Genres

Interactive Art

Musical Selections

[collage of fragments of spoken word, music, and sundry sounds]

Subjects

Participatory art
Interactive art
Audience participation radio programs
Aleatory music

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the GRAMMY Foundation.

Related places

Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

KPFA (Radio station : Berkeley, Calif.)
Gnazzo, Anthony, 1936-