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John Fago Photos

Photographs from the Other Minds Festival taken by John Fago.

Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, Jon Jang, Julia Wolfe, and Trimpin, seated around a musical score, 1993

Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, Jon Jang, Julia ...

Trimpin, facing right, and Conlon Nancarrow, facing camera,standing, flanking a modified piano, (1993)

Trimpin, facing right, and Conlon Nancarrow, ...

Trimpin, half length portrait, standing, adjusting interior of piano, 1993

Trimpin, half length portrait, standing, faci...

Meredith Monk facing forward, head and shoulders portrait, playing the piano, 1993 (cropped image)

Meredith Monk facing forward, head and should...

Meredith Monk facing right, Philip Glass facing left, & Conlon Nancarrow facing forward, half length portrait, Woodside CA, (1993)

Meredith Monk facing right, Philip Glass faci...

Julia Wolfe (r to l), talking to Conlon Nancarrow and Philip Glass in Woodside, CA (1993)

Julia Wolfe (r to l), talking to Conlon Nanca...

Jon Jang, Julia Wolfe, Charles Amirkhanian, Foday Musa Suso, Barbara Monk Feldman and Philip Glass in discussion, ver. 2, Woodside, CA (1993)

Jon Jang, Julia Wolfe, Charles Amirkhanian, F...

Head and shoulders portrait of Barbara Monk Feldman outside the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco (1993)

Head and shoulders portrait of Barbara Monk F...

Portrait of Robert Ashley seated at an outside table during the Djerassi Resident Artists Program in Woodside, CA (1993)

Portrait of Robert Ashley seated at an outsid...

Jai Uttal, Philip Glass, and Conlon Nancarrow during the Djerassi Resident Artists Program in Woodside, CA (1993)

Jai Uttal, Philip Glass, and Conlon Nancarrow...

Foday Musa Suso performing during the 1st Other Minds Festival, San Francisco, 1993

Foday Musa Suso performing during the 1st Oth...

Julia Wolfe and Thomas Buckner seated across from each other at a table, outdoors in Woodside, CA (1993)

Julia Wolfe and Thomas Buckner seated across ...

Ashot Zograbyan, head and shoulders portrait, seated, facing slightly right, with dog in background, Woodside CA, (1995)

Ashot Zograbyan, head and shoulders portrait,...

Calliope Tsoupaki, Frances White, & Alvin Singleton, seated around conference table, facing forward, (1995)

Calliope Tsoupaki, Frances White, & Alvin Sin...

Lou Harrison, head and shoulders portrait, facing forward, wearing hat, Woodside CA, (1995)

Lou Harrison, head and shoulders portrait, fa...

Mari Kimura, three quarter length portrait, kneeling in field holding her violins, facing forward, Woodside CA, (1995)

Mari Kimura, three quarter length portrait, k...

Muhal Richard Abrams, facing left, & Ashot Zograbyan, facing right, head and shoulders portrait, Woodside CA, (1995)

Muhal Richard Abrams, facing left, & Ashot Zo...

Rex Lawson, head and shoulders portrait, facing down and to the right, adjusting a pianola roll, (1995)

Rex Lawson, head and shoulders portrait, faci...

Terry Riley holding grandchild, head and shoulders portrait, facing forward, Woodside CA, (1995)

Terry Riley holding grandchild, head and shou...

Wu Man and Tan Dun during a performance, 1995

Wu Man and Tan Dun during a performance, (1995)

David Raksin, full length portrait, seated, head turned to camera, Woodside, 1996 (cropped image)

David Raksin, full length portrait, seated, h...

Frederic Rzewski, half length portrait, playing the piano, as seen from the side, 1996 (cropped image)

Frederic Rzewski, half length portrait, playi...

George Lewis, three quarter length portrait, standing, facing forward, playing the trombone, San Francisco CA, (1996)

George Lewis, three quarter length portrait, ...

La Monte Young, half length portrait, standing, facing forward, San Francisco CA, (1996)

La Monte Young, half length portrait, standin...

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Laurie Anderson, head and shoulders portrait, facing right, playing the violin, (1996)

Laurie Anderson, head and shoulders portrait,...

Featured composers and organizers of OM 3, standing and seated, facing forward, Woodside, 1996 (cropped image)

Featured composers and organizers of OM 3, st...

LaMonte Young and Terry Riley, half length portrait outside Hertz Hall in Berkeley, CA (1996)

LaMonte Young and Terry Riley, half length po...

Portrait of Miya Masaoka (on stairs), Lukas L...

Head and shoulders portrait of Kui Dong talking to Olly Wilson, Woodside, CA (1996)

Head and shoulders portrait of Kui Dong talki...

David Raksin, George Lewis, Miya Masaoka, Henry Kaiser and and Kui Dong at a table, Woodside, CA (1996)

David Raksin, George Lewis, Miya Masaoka, Hen...

Hafez Modirzadeh, full length portrait, seated and holding saxophone, Woodside CA, (1997)

Hafez Modirzadeh, full length portrait, seate...

Pamela Z, head and shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, looking over shoulder at camera, Woodside CA, (1997)

Pamela Z, head and shoulders portrait, facing...

Laetitia Sonami, Pamela Z, and Paul Dresher, half length portrait, in discussion around a conference table, (1997)

Laetitia Sonami, Pamela Z, and Paul Dresher, ...

Pamela Z rehearsing, half length portrait, standing, looking down, Woodside CA, (1997)

Pamela Z rehearsing, half length portrait, st...

Hafez Modirzadeh and Henry Brant, half length portrait, facing each other playing horns, Woodside CA (1997)

Hafez Modirzadeh and Henry Brant, half length...

Several participants of the 4th Other Minds Festival seated on stage during a panel discussion, San Francisco, CA (1997)

Several participants of the 4th Other Minds F...

Half length portrait of Hatsune Ohtsu, Katsuyuki Takahashi, and Sei Kazama in discussion at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA (1997)

Half length portrait of Hatsune Ohtsu, Katsuy...

Half length portrait of Henry Brant gesturing to unidentified woman, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA (1997)

Half length portrait of Henry Brant gesturing...

Alvin Lucier, half length portrait, seated, facing slightly right and holding instrument, (1999)

Alvin Lucier, half length portrait, seated, f...

Alvin Lucier looks on as Margaret Leng Tan adjusts a teapot wired for sound, (1999)

Alvin Lucier looks on as Margaret Leng Tan ad...

Errollyn Wallen, half length portrait, facing right, seated and playing the piano, San Francisco 1999 (cropped image)

Errollyn Wallen, half length portrait, facing...

Errollyn Wallen, António Pinho Vargas, & Mary Ellen Childs, head and shoulders portrait, standing, facing forward, Woodside CA, (1999)

Errollyn Wallen, António Pinho Vargas, & Mary...

Gloria Cheng-Cochran, seated, facing right, & António Pinho Vargas, standing, facing forward, during a rehearsal, San Francisco CA, (1999)

Gloria Cheng-Cochran, seated, facing right, &...

Margaret Leng Tan, full length portrait, facing right, playing toy piano, Woodside CA, (1999)

Margaret Leng Tan, full length portrait, faci...

Sam Rivers & Jim Newman, three quarter length portrait, seated, facing forward, Woodside CA, (1999)

Sam Rivers & Jim Newman, three quarter length...

Leroy Jenkins, half length portrait, playing violin or viola, (2000)

Leroy Jenkins, half length portrait, playing ...

Christian Wolff, head and shoulders portrait, facing forward, playing melodica, San Francisco, 2000 (cropped image)

Christian Wolff, head and shoulders portrait,...

Hamza El Din, half length portrait, seated, playing the oud, San Francisco, 2000 (cropped image)

Hamza El Din, half length portrait, seated, p...

Some featured participants of OM 6, full length portrait, standing, Woodside, 2000 (cropped image)

Some featured participants of OM 6, full leng...

Robin Rimbaud, head and shoulders portrait, hands raised, facing forward, 2000 (cropped image)

Robin Rimbaud, head and shoulders portrait, h...

Paul D. Miller, Leroy Jenkins, Pamela Z, & Hamza El Din, half length portrait, standing, looking forward, (2000)

Paul D. Miller, Leroy Jenkins, Pamela Z, & Ha...

Peter Garland, Paul D. Miller, and Robin Rimbaud walking, along with other OM 6 artists, Woodside, 2000 (cropped image)

Peter Garland, Paul D. Miller, and Robin Rimb...

Eun-ha Park, full length portrait, facing forward, performing a dance with percussion, San Francisco, 2001 (cropped image)

Eun-ha Park, full length portrait, facing for...

Gavin Bryars, head and shoulders portrait, facing forward, (2001)

Gavin Bryars, head and shoulders portrait, fa...

Nathan Rubin, Margaret Fisher, Robert Hughes, Charles Amirkhanian, & Michael André Bernstein, San Francisco CA, (2001)

Nathan Rubin, Margaret Fisher, Robert Hughes,...

Marc Sabat, James Tenney, & Stephen Clarke, head and shoulders portrait, standing, facing forward, 2001 (cropped image)

Marc Sabat, James Tenney, & Stephen Clarke, h...

Aleksandra Vrebalov, standing and facing forward and Leighton Fong, & Kurt Rohde playing their instruments, San Francisco CA, (2001)

Aleksandra Vrebalov, standing and facing forw...

Ellen Fullman, full length portrait, standing between a long string instrument, facing forward, looking down, San Francisco (cropped image)

Ellen Fullman, full length portrait, standing...

Lou Harrison, head and shoulders portrait, facing forward, Woodside CA, (2002)

Lou Harrison, head and shoulders portrait, fa...

Randy Weston, Ricardo Tacuchian, & Annea Lockwood, head and shoulders portrait, seated, facing slightly left, Woodside CA, (2002)

Randy Weston, Ricardo Tacuchian, & Annea Lock...

Randy Weston, Pauline Oliveros, Tania León, Thomas Buckner, and Lou Harrison, full length portrait, seated, facing left, Woodside CA, (2002)

Randy Weston, Pauline Oliveros, Tania León, T...

Head and shoulders portrait of Pauline Oliveros and Tania León, facing forward, Woodside CA, (2002)

Head and shoulders portrait of Pauline Oliver...

Half length portrait of Randy Weston in discussion with Tania León, Ellen Fullman, and Pauline Oliveros, Woodside CA, (2002)

Half length portrait of Randy Weston in discu...

Ge Gan-ru and Evelyn Glennie, head and shoulders portrait, seated at dinner table, 2003 (cropped image)

Ge Gan-ru and Evelyn Glennie, head and should...

Amelia Cuni, standing, facing left, arms outstretched, during a performance of “Ashtayama: Song of Hours,” San Francisco CA, (2004)

Amelia Cuni, standing, facing left, arms outs...

Alex Blake, sitting on floor talking, with Tigran Mansurian, Hamlet Sarkissian, and Hanna Kulenty, seated on couch listening, Woodside CA, (2004)

Alex Blake, sitting on floor talking, with Ti...

Francis Dhomont, half length portrait, seated behind mixer, facing forward, San Francisco, 2004

Francis Dhomont, half length portrait, seated...

standing, facing forward, with unidentified man in background, San Francisco, 2004 (cropped image)

John Fago, half length portrait, standing, fa...

OM 10 participants, heads and shoulders & half length portrait, seated in ground sculpture, facing forward, Woodside CA., (2004)

OM 10 participants, heads and shoulders & hal...

Stefan Hussong, Keiko Harada, Hanna Kulenty, and Tigran Mansurian, heads and shoulder portrait, seated at table, facing forward, Woodside CA., (2004)

Stefan Hussong, Keiko Harada, Hanna Kulenty, ...

Half length portrait of Billy Bang playing the violin onstage with members of his quintet during the 11th Other Minds Festival, San Francisco (2005)

Half length portrait of Billy Bang playing th...

Joan Jeanrenaud, Maria de Alvear and Amelia Cuni, half length portrait, standing, Woodside, CA (2005)

Joan Jeanrenaud, Maria de Alvear and Amelia C...

Maria de Alvear in a site sculpture, with Charles Amirkhanian, Billy Bang, and Michael Nyman standing on ground above, Woodside, CA (2005)

Maria de Alvear in a site sculpture, with Cha...

Fred Frith at ground level in a site sculpture, with Michael Nyman, Daniel Bernard Roumain, and Billy Bang, standing above, Woodside, CA (2005)

Fred Frith at ground level in a site sculptur...

Michael Nyman and Maria de Alvear dancing in one of the studios at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA (2005)

Michael Nyman and Maria de Alvear dancing in ...

Michael Nyman and Daniel Bernard Roumain in conversation, half length portrait, Woodside, CA (2005)

Michael Nyman and Daniel Bernard Roumain in c...

Phil Niblock and Michael Nyman standing on a hill, full length portrait, Woodside, CA (2005)

Phil Niblock and Michael Nyman standing on a ...

Håkon Thelin, Frode Haltli, and Maja Ratkje perform at OM 12

Håkon Thelin, Frode Haltli, and Maja Ratkje p...

Per Nørgård, Frode Haltli, Ronald Bruce Smith, and Peter Sculthorpe, half length portrait, facing forward, Woodside CA, 2006

Per Nørgård, Frode Haltli, Ronald Bruce Smith...

Gunda Gottschalk, Joëlle Leandre, and Xu Fengxia, half length portrait, 2006

Gunda Gottschalk, Joëlle Leandre, and Xu Feng...

Per Nørgård, half length portrait, seated with arms raised during a presentation, Woodside CA, 2006

Per Nørgård, half length portrait, seated wit...

Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith and Kate Stenberg perform during a demonstration at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA, 2008

Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith and Kate Stenberg pe...

Kathleen Supové plays the piano during a rehearsal for OM 13, San Francisco, 2008

Kathleen Supové plays the piano during a rehe...

Morton Subotnick & Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, Woodside CA, 2008

Morton Subotnick & Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, ...

Catherine Lamb (left) points out something to Dobromiła Jaskot, seated, half length portrait, (2009)

Catherine Lamb (left) points out something to...

Ben Johnston, heads and shoulders portrait, standing, facing forward and smiling, Woodside CA, (2009)

Ben Johnston, heads and shoulders portrait, s...

Kidd Jordan, head and shoulders portrait, seated at table, facing slightly left, Woodside CA., vs. 2 (2010)

Kidd Jordan, head and shoulders portrait, sea...

Lisa Bielawa, half length portrait, facing left, seated at table with microphone, giving a presentation, Woodside CA., (2010)

Lisa Bielawa, half length portrait, facing le...

Tom Johnson, head and shoulders portrait, facing forward, standing onstage, San Francisco

Tom Johnson, head and shoulders portrait, fac...

Natasha Barrett, three quarter length portrait, standing, facing right and slightly down at computer, San Francisco CA., vs 2 (2010)

Natasha Barrett, three quarter length portrai...

Head and shoulders portrait of Jason Moran during his presentation at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program prior to OM 16, Woodside CA (2011)

Head and shoulders portrait of Jason Moran du...

Half length portrait of Kyle Gann, seated outdoors with a laptop and cigar, Woodside CA (2011)

Half length portrait of Kyle Gann, seated out...

I Nyoman Suarsana and I Nyoman Suwida, seated, playing gamelan outside the artists’ barn at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside CA (2011)

I Nyoman Suarsana and I Nyoman Suwida, seated...

Kyle Gann, Jason Moran, and Agata Zubel outdoors in Woodside, CA during their retreat at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program (2011)

Kyle Gann, Jason Moran, and Agata Zubel outdo...

Half length portrait of Trimpin observing his installation for David Jaffe's piece The Space Between Us, San Francisco CA (2011)

Half length portrait of Trimpin observing his...

David Jaffe with percussionist Andrew Schloss during rehearsals prior to OM 16, San Francisco CA (2011)

David Jaffe with percussionist Andrew Schloss...

Gloria Coates, seated and smiling during composer discussions at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside CA (2012)

Gloria Coates, seated and smiling during comp...

Simon Steen-Anderson performing during a rehearsal prior to OM 17, San Francisco CA (2012)

Simon Steen-Anderson performing during a rehe...

Ken Ueno, seated and talking during his presentation at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside CA (2012)

Ken Ueno, seated and talking during his prese...

OM 18 artists and organizers, seated and standing at the Djerassi resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA (2013)

OM 18 artists and organizers, seated and stan...

G. S. Sachdev, seated on the ground outdoors playing the bansuri flute, Woodside, CA (2013)

G. S. Sachdev, seated on the ground outdoors ...

Anna Petrini, seated, looking left at her Paetzold contrabass recorder, Woodside, CA (2013)

Anna Petrini, seated, looking left at her Pae...

Craig Taborn, seated and playing piano during a rehearsal prior to OM 18

Craig Taborn, seated and playing piano during...

Amy X Neuberg, Robert Lopez, and Anna Wray performing during OM 18, San Francisco, CA (2013)

Amy X Neuberg, Robert Lopez, and Anna Wray pe...

Lulu Reid (African parrot) and Wendy Reid performing during OM 19, San Francisco CA (2014)

Lulu Reid (African parrot) and Wendy Reid per...

Roscoe Mitchell during his presentation at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program prior to OM 19, Woodside CA (2014)

Roscoe Mitchell during his presentation at th...

Charles Céleste Hutchins and Myra Melford listening to a discussion at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside CA (2014)

Charles Céleste Hutchins and Myra Melford lis...

Mark Applebaum, playing his “Mouseketier” instrument during a rehearsal before OM 19, San Francisco CA (2014)

Mark Applebaum, playing his “Mouseketier” ins...

Tigran Mansurian, seated, looking down while playing piano, Woodside CA (2015)

Tigran Mansurian, seated, looking down while ...

Aruàn Ortiz rehearsing with Don Byron during OM 20, San Francisco CA (2015)

Aruàn Ortiz rehearsing with Don Byron during ...

Carole Ione, holding up her book "Pride of Family" while Pauline Oliveros looks on in the background, Woodside CA (2015)

Carole Ione, holding up her book "Pride of Fa...

Maja Ratkje, Frode Haltli, and Kathy Hinde during their performance at OM 20, San Francisco CA (2015)

Maja Ratkje, Frode Haltli, and Kathy Hinde du...

Errollyn Wallen rehearsing at the piano prior to OM 20, San Francisco CA (2015)

Errollyn Wallen rehearsing at the piano prior...