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Charles Gaines, Manifestos 6: Ben Patterson at Nimoy Theater
Dates: 3/14/2026
📍 Theatre: Nimoy Theater
CAP UCLA
1262 Westwood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Tickets: $38.08 - $48.67
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In the west coast premiere of Manifestos 6: Ben Patterson, world-renowned artist Charles Gaines interprets Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson’s Variations for Double-Bass (c. 1962), a score for performance that uses words rather than traditional musical notation.
Gaines converts Patterson’s letters into music, following an inventive system Gaines devised in 2004: transcribing letters A through H from the texts into their equivalent musical notes (with the use of the letter “H” representing the code used in early Baroque tradition for B-flat).
The resulting composition, to be performed by an ensemble consisting of a string section, double bass, trumpet, trombone, tuba, and percussion, pays homage to Patterson’s legacy while showcasing evolutionary artistic engagement with systems of language, text, notation, and sound.
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Tyshawn Sorey Trio (04/10/26-04/10/26)
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Brokentalkers, Bellow (03/20/26-03/21/26)
Attacca Quartet and Theo Bleckmann, David Lang’s 'note to a friend' (02/28/26-02/28/26)
Kyreeana Breelin Alexander, We Cool (02/21/26-02/21/26)
Where is Nimoy Theater located?
Nimoy Theater is at 1262 Westwood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA.
What shows have played recently at Nimoy Theater?
Edgar Arceneaux and Frank Lawson, Place Is The Space (08/29/26-08/29/26)
Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith, Defiant Life (05/16/26-05/16/26)
Wild Up at The Nimoy, The Center is Between Us (05/09/26-05/09/26)
Relics and Their Humans, Ain Gordon and Josh Quillen (05/01/26-05/02/26)
Luciana Souza and Marcel Camargo, New Moon (04/25/26-04/25/26)
Sullivan Fortner Trio (04/24/26-04/24/26)
Tyshawn Sorey Trio (04/10/26-04/10/26)
Wild Up at The Nimoy, Perfect Offering (04/04/26-04/04/26)
Brokentalkers, Bellow (03/20/26-03/21/26)
Attacca Quartet and Theo Bleckmann, David Lang’s 'note to a friend' (02/28/26-02/28/26)
Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith, Defiant Life (05/16/26-05/16/26)
Wild Up at The Nimoy, The Center is Between Us (05/09/26-05/09/26)
Relics and Their Humans, Ain Gordon and Josh Quillen (05/01/26-05/02/26)
Luciana Souza and Marcel Camargo, New Moon (04/25/26-04/25/26)
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Wild Up at The Nimoy, Perfect Offering (04/04/26-04/04/26)
Brokentalkers, Bellow (03/20/26-03/21/26)
Attacca Quartet and Theo Bleckmann, David Lang’s 'note to a friend' (02/28/26-02/28/26)
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