PERFORMANCE

John's friend Lou

Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011 - 3:00 pm
John Cage recommended Lou Harrison to Black Mountain College to help his friend recover from the stress of living in NYC. The idyllic setting inspired Lou's interest in Asian music and sounds. Come explore his exquisite music and more performed by Pan Harmonia director and flutist Kate Steinbeck and percussionist Byron Hedgepeth.
$12 / $10 for for BMCM + AC members / Students FREE
Limited seating

PERFORMANCE

Variations on the Long Note

Saturday, December 3, 2011 8:00 p.m.

This performance will feature seven musicians accompanying the Long Note from the John Cage Halberstadt Project in Germany, based on a piece titled Organ2/ASLSP for organ that Cage wrote in 1985 with the recommendation that it be played as slowly as possible. It began in 2001 and is slated to go on for 639 years ending in 2640. http://www.john-cage.halberstadt.de/

Performers include: Jason Scott Furr, Ross Gentry, Tom Pazderka, Shane Perlowin, Chandra Shukla and Vincent Wrenn.

$7 / $5 for for BMCM + AC members and students w/ID