KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ World Ear Project: School yard, Drive, & Music Rehearsal

Analog Audio

Event Type

Other Finds

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

WEP.1971.05.18.02

Program Series

World Ear Project

Program Length

30 mins

Dates

| broadcast
| 1971-05-18 | created

Description

Two ambient recordings made in the first half of 1971. The first recording, made by Tom Rose on May 18, 1971, starts in a school yard in East Oakland and then continues as Rose gets into a car and drives down Highway 101 through Brisbane on his way to the top of San Bruno Mountain. The second recording captures the set-up and rehearsal of a work by John Dinwiddie on March 28, 1971. As technician can be heard adjusting the instruments and amplification and recording equipment Julian White and John Dinwiddie can be heard playing the piano.

Genres

Field recordings

Musical Selections

[school yard in East Oakland, driving through Brisbane to San Bruno Mountain, May 18, 1971] (21:01) / Tom Rose -- [set-up for and rehearsal of a work by John Dinwiddie, March 28, 1971] (811)

Performers

Julian White, piano (rehearsal)
John Dinwiddie, piano (rehearsal)

Subjects

Field recordings
Ambient sounds
City sounds
Automobile sounds
Music rehearsals
Instrumental ensembles

Related place

Oakland (Calif.) (was recorded at)

Related Entities

Rose, Tom (Clarinetist)
White, Julian, 1930-2006
Dinwiddie, John