John Cage News

Texas Performing Arts presents WE ARE ALL GOING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS: A John Cage Celebration featuring So Percussion with special guests: Cenk ergün, composer, Beth meyers, viola. This performance will take place Tuesday and Wednesday, March 6 & 7, 2012 at 8:00 pm at McCullough Theatre.

Texas Performing Arts presents WE ARE ALL GOING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS: A John Cage Celebration featuring So Percussion with special guests: Cenk ergün, composer, Beth meyers, viola. This performance will take place Tuesday and Wednesday, March 6 & 7, 2012 at 8:00 pm at McCullough Theatre.

S? Percussion is a modern performance ensemble. After a sold-out performance at McCullough Theatre in 2010, they return to Texas Performing Arts, along with guest composer Cenk Ergün, violist Beth Meyers, and students from the Butler School of Music, to present the Austin premiere of a new program commemorating the life and work of composer John Cage in his 100th birthday year.

Composer, filmmaker, director and solo performer Mikel Rouse announces the May 1, 2012 release of his first double album, Boost|False Doors (Exit Music 1015-1016), through iTunes and all major retailers. Boost|False Doors will be available via iTunes, Amazon, Bandcamp, CD Baby, CD Connection and CD Universe and on disc through All Major Retail Stores and through Exit Music Recordings on May 1. Both CDs will be available for Pre-Order from iTunes on April 15 (to commemorate the Hedge Fund theme of Boost).

The Hunter College Art Galleries will present Notations: The Cage Effect Today, on view through April 21, 2012. As 2012 marks the centennial of John Cage's birth, this exhibition commemorates the widespread effect of the artist's six decades of assiduous and relentless inventive creation on subsequent generations of artists.

The Living Theatre continues its 65th year with the world premiere of Judith Malina's THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD -- with performances to conclude at The Living Theatre (21 Clinton Street) on Saturday, February 25. Judith Malina directs.

Conductor Reinbert de Leeuw returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall to lead the LA Phil New Music Group in a concert focused on music by leading European minimalist, Dutch composer Louis Andriessen, Tuesday, February 28, at 8 pm. The concert is the third event in the LA Phil's 2011/12 Green Umbrella series.

La MaMa presents the World Premiere of YOU, MY MOTHER, a production by the Obie Award-winning performance group Two-Headed Calf. YOU, MY MOTHER is an opera project in two parts, created by composer Brendan Connelly and playwright Karinne Keithley Syers, Obie Award-winning composer Rick Burkhardt and playwright Kristen Kosmas, directed by Brooke O'Harra, with music performed by Yarn/Wire + Strings.

Texas Performing Arts presents WE ARE ALL GOING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS: A John Cage Celebration featuring So Percussion with special guests: Cenk ergün, composer, Beth meyers, viola. This performance will take place Tuesday and Wednesday, March 6 & 7, 2012 at 8:00 pm at McCullough Theatre.

S? Percussion is a modern performance ensemble. After a sold-out performance at McCullough Theatre in 2010, they return to Texas Performing Arts, along with guest composer Cenk Ergün, violist Beth Meyers, and students from the Butler School of Music, to present the Austin premiere of a new program commemorating the life and work of composer John Cage in his 100th birthday year.

Salamander Leviathan, Xavier, Alyssa Graham and more are set for performances at Joe's Pub this week.

Joe's Pub has announced the following upcoming events.

Born in Moscow in 1944, Alexei Lubimov is described as 'one of the most strikingly original musicians performing today, widely known for his dual passion and aptitude for the music of the Baroque (especially performed on early instruments), and of the 20th century.'

"Realm Variations," was commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony's 2012 American Mavericks Festival.

Park Avenue Armory announced today its second full season of cultural programming, comprising productions of visual art, dance, and music that are conceived and performed "outside the box" of conventional theaters and museums.

Critically acclaimed soprano Jessica Gould, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra members harpsichordist Bradley Brookshire and lutenist Daniel Swenberg are joined by The Rose of the Compass Ensemble (Nina Stern, recorders, Ara Dinkjian, oud & Glen Velez, percussion) for a unique performance of the music of West and East in the Venetian Empire.

A tree may grow in Brooklyn, but the avant-garde is flourishing in the Garden State this spring, with Peak Performances once again confirming its singular status as the presenter of some of the most challenging and original performing artists from the US and abroad.

The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company will present the world premiere of Jones' "Story/Time" at Peak Performances at Montclair State University, January 21-22 & 26-29. "Story/Time" marks Jones' third commission from Peak.

Tonight will be the opening night for Peggy Baker Dance Projects' sound and feel of it, an evening of audio and physical contrasts by dancer and choreographer Peggy Baker.

Peggy Baker Dance Projects will present the sound and feel of it, a stunning evening of audio and physical contrasts by legendary dancer and choreographer Peggy Baker.