sneaksta303 Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Morton Subotnick Until Spring Revisited Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008 – 7:30 p.m. Co-sponsored by Forest Park Community College Mildred Bastian Theater 5600 Oakland Ave. St. Louis, MO The internationally acclaimed Morton Subotnick is a pioneer in thedevelopment of electronic music and an innovator in works involvinginstruments and other media. Most of Subotnick's music calls fora computer part, or live electronic processing; his oeuvre utilizesmany of the important technological breakthroughs in the history of thegenre. A highly decorated talent, Subotnick has received multipleRockefeller Grants, the Guggenheim Grant, and ASCAP's John Cage Awardamong many others. Co-sponsored by Forest Park Community College,Subotnick will perform, Until Spring Revisited, a combinationelectronic music and video composition. Subotnick's work, Silver Apples of the Moon brought celebrity in1967. The piece contains synthesized tone colors, striking forits day, and a control over pitch that many other contemporaryelectronic composers had relinquished. The record was an Americanbestseller in the classical music category, an extremely unusualoccurrence for any contemporary concert music at the time. Inaddition to music in the electronic medium, Subotnick has written forsymphony orchestra, chamber ensembles, theater, and multimediaproductions. His "staged tone poem," The Double Life ofAmphibians, a collaboration with director Lee Breuer and visual artistIrving Petlin, premiered at the 1984 Olympics Arts Festival in LosAngeles. shit, i'm goin. i think it's free too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsaicin Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Looks cool, wish I had a way to get there though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest analogue wings Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 wrong subforum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yegg Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008 – 7:30 p.m. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaksta303 Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 lol woops. I don't have a time machine so either I'm a year late or the website's fucked up. Probably the former. Goddamnit. I swear my brain just isn't working right today. I'm not even fucked up or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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