KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ New Sounds San Jose: The Fourth Annual Festival: Panel Discussion on Robert Erickson
Analog Audio
Event Type
Lectures and Panel DiscussionsOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
NS.1982.05.07.2Program Series
New Sounds San JoseProgram Length
15 minDates
| broadcast| 1982-05-07 | created
Description
The 4th Annual New Sounds San Jose Festival included a concert featuring the works of Robert Erickson (available on radiOM.org). That evening of extraordinary music also included this brief panel discussion with Charles Shere Loren Rush, Bill Triest, and Bertram Turetzky, during which the four friends of Erickson discuss the man, his health, and his unwavering devotion to music. Although Erickson was unable to attend the concert due to continuing health problems, the four men strive to give the audience a sense of his generous spirit and curious intellect. Born in 1917, Erickson studied with Ernst Krenek, and was one of the first American composers to work with tape music. He served as a mentor for such composers as Morton Subotnick, Pauline Oliveros, and Terry Riley while holding a variety of teaching positions at U. C. Berkeley, U. C. San Diego, the San Francisco Conservatory, and other institutions. Erickson died in 1997 after a long illness.Genres
20th century classicalNew music
Subjects
20th century classicalNew music
Related place
San Jose (Calif.) (was recorded at)Related Entities
New Sounds San JoseShere, Charles, 1935-2020
Turetzky, Bertram, 1933-
Triest, Bill
Rush, Loren, 1935-