New Music America: 1982: Program No. 6, 1 of 3
Analog Audio
Event Type
Interview and MusicOrigin
WFMTIdentifier
NMA.1982.07.11.AProgram Series
New Music AmericaProgram Length
149 minPart
1 of 3Dates
1982-07-11 | broadcast| 1982-07-11 | created
Description
Radio station WFMT in Chicago presents the last of six broadcasts from Navy Pier, as part of the fourth New Music America Festival. Charles Amirkhanian hosts, assisted by composer and vocalist, Joan La Barbara, with additional commentary by Neil Tesser and Pauline Oliveros. Included in this concert is Jon Gibson’s “Extensions” a work for solo saxophone and tape which was originally composed as part of dance score for the Lucinda Childs. Followed by a work for voice and tape by Joan La Barbara, that takes as its inspiration a painting by Paul Klee. Also heard is a selection of art rock songs by Jill Kroesen, and three jazz works performed by Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society, among others. Intermission features includes a segment on the differences between electronic music and musique concrète, how to record a live concert, and an historical flashback on composer Colin McPhee.Genres
New musicElectro-Acoustic / Electronic
Musical Selections
Extensions, for saxophone and tape (1980) (16:51) / Jon Gibson -- Klee Alee, for voice and tape (1979) (16:00) / Joan La Barbara -- Cough Music [excerpt] (1959) / Richard Maxfield -- Silver Apples of the Moon [excerpt] (1967) / Morton Subotnick -- [an improvisation of computer music] / Laurie Spiegel -- Jesus (5:42) / Jill Kroesen -- Honey, You’re So Mean (2:08) / Jill KroesenPerformers
Jon Gibson, soprano saxophone (Extensions)Joan La Barbara, voice (Klee)
Jill Kroesen, voice (songs)
Ned Sublette, voice, guitar (songs)
Rebecca Armstrong, voice (songs)
Merle Ginsburg (sp?), voice (songs)
Tim Schellenbaum, guitar (songs)
Jeff Glenn, guitar (songs)
Chris Berg, guitar (songs)
Blue Gene Tyranny. piano and synthesizer (songs)
Peter Gordon, saxophone and synthesizer (songs)
David Van Tieghem, drums (songs)
Subjects
New musicElectro-acoustic
Saxophone and electronic music
Vocalises, Unaccompanied
Musique concrète
Music, concrete
Computer music
Songs with instrumental ensembles
Rock music
Acknowledgment
Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by Save America’s Treasures, a program of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.Related places
Chicago (Ill.) (was recorded at)Chicago (Ill.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
New Music America (Festival)Amirkhanian, Charles
La Barbara, Joan, 1947-
Gibson, Jon
Maxfield, Richard, 1927-1969
Subotnick, Morton
Spiegel, Laurie, 1945-
Kroesen, Jill
Sublette, Ned, 1951-
Armstrong, Rebecca
Ginsburg, Merle
Schellenbaum, Tim
Glenn, Jeffery
Berg, Chris
Tyranny, Blue Gene, 1945-
Gordon, Peter, 1951-
Van Tieghem, David