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Other Minds Special Programs ➔ The Nature of Music: Common Ground featuring Raven Chacon (Q&A), 3 of 3

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Event Type
Interviews
Origin
Other Minds
Identifier
NOM.2016.09.07.c2.C
Program Series
The Nature of Music
Program Length
43 min
Part
3 of 3
Dates
| broadcast
| 2016-09-07 | created
Description
The Nature of Music: Common Ground featuring Raven Chacon
Wednesday, September 7, 2016 7:00pm
Goldman Theater, David Brower Center, Berkeley, CA

This is a post-performance conversation led by Charles Amirkhanian.
Presented by Other Minds and the David Brower Center on the closing night of the Brower Center’s exhibition “Common Ground: A Celebration of Our National Parks”.

Conversation with Raven Chacon and Charles Amirkhanian

Raven Chacon (born Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation, Arizona, USA) is a composer of chamber music, a performer of experimental noise music, and an installation artist. He performs regularly as a solo artist as well as with numerous ensembles in the Southwest. He is also a member of the American Indian art collective Postcommodity.
Chacon’s work explores sounds of acoustic handmade instruments overdriven through electric systems and the direct and indirect audio feedback responses from their interactions. He was a student of many notable teachers, including James Tenney, Wadada Leo Smith, Morton Subotnick, and Michael Pisaro.
Recent and ongoing collaborations are projects with Bob Bellerue (Kilt), William Fowler Collins (Mesa Ritual), John Dieterich (Summer Assassins), Robert Henke, Thollem McDonas, and the ETHEL quartet (Native American Composers Apprenticeship Project).
Chacon has presented his work in different contexts at Vancouver Art Gallery, ABC No Rio, REDCAT, Biennale of Sydney, Canyon DeChelly, Adelaide Festival, Ende Tymes Festival and The Kennedy Center.
He lives and works in Albuquerque, NM.

[Notes taken from printed program.]
Genres
Electro-Acoustic / Electronic
Field recordings
Subjects
Noise music
Electronic music
Navajo artists
Related Event
The Nature of Music 02: Raven Chacon
Related place
Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Related Entities
Other Minds
David Brower Center
Chacon, Raven
Amirkhanian, Charles