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TUESDAY, 09/04/2012 PROGRAM AND NOTES |
Updated 16 January 2013 |
FESTIVAL OPENING
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Date: 09/04/2012 |
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FESTIVAL OPENING CONTINUED READING of Cage's radio play James Joyce, Marcel Duchamp, Erik Satie: An Alphabet
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Date: 09/04/2012 |
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FESTIVAL OPENING RECEPTION to celebrate the Opening of the John Cage Centennial Festival Washington, DC
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WEDNESDAY, 09/05/2012 PROGRAM AND NOTES |
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National Gallery of Art New Music Ensemble – Steve Antosca, Artistic Director, with guest performers Bonnie Whiting Smith, Dustin Donahue, and Jenny Lin
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Date: 09/05/2012 |
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ART DISPLAY
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Start: August 24, 2012, Friday End: September 17. 2012, Monday Venue: National Gallery of Art Concourse Galleries Address: 4th St. and Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20565 Cost: Free Map: View Map back to top |
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ILLUMINATIONs 2, Lecture:
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Date: 09/05/2012 |
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JOHN CAGE / A Tribute Evening by Alexis Descharmes, Cellist
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Date: 09/05/2012 |
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THURSDAY, 09/06/2012 PROGRAM AND NOTES |
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This presentation features the WORLD PREMIERE of Henning Lohner’s Musicircus preceded and followed by the haunting Beach Birds for Camera, directed by Elliot Caplan. The public is invited to arrive at the beginning, wander in and out, or arrive in the middle and stay through the end. A coffee shop is located downstairs in the building.. About Musicircus: 3.5 hours of 53 Cage compositions by 77 performers organized by John Kennedy & Charles Wood from the 1992 Symphony Space, New York City event.
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Date: 09/06/2012 |
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IRVINE ARDITTI, guest violinist, performs the complete Freeman Etudes by John Cage: an American premiere
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Date: 09/06/2012 Time: 6 PM Venue: The Phillips Collection The Auditorium Address: 1600 21st Street NW Washington, DC 20009 Cost: $20, $8 members; includes admission to "Phillips after 5" Pre-registration required (ticket includes admission to The Phillips Collection Panel Discussion at 4:00 PM as well as the Art Exhibitions) Tickets: Ticket Office Map: View Map back to top |
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1) Jasper Johns: Variations on a Theme, nearly 100 prints by Cage's friend and sometime-collaborator 2) John Cage at the Phillips, three of Cage's watercolors (donated to The Phillips Collection by Ray Kass) as well as works by Northwest School painters Mark Tobey and Morris Graves
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Start: June 2, 2012, Saturday End: September 9, 2012, Sunday Venue: The Phillips Collection Address: 1600 21st Street NW Washington, DC 20009 Cost: $12, $10 for 62 and over, $10 students, 18 and under free Tickets: Ticket Office 202-387-2151 x 277 Map: View Map back to top |
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FRIDAY, 09/07/2012 PROGRAM AND NOTES |
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ILLUMINATIONs 3, Lecture:
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Date: 09/07/2012 Time: 4:00 PM Venue:American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center Abramson Family Recital Hall Address: 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016 Cost: Free Directions: american.tix.com 202-885-2787 Map: View Map back to top |
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| PERCUSSION EVENTS Allen Otte, Russell Burge, James Culley, and Ben Toth – Percussion Group Cincinnati, and Steve Schick, Dustin Donahue, Ross Karre, and Bonnie Whiting Smith – red fish blue fish Performances, including a Percussion Concert at 7:30 PM, Theatrical realizations, and Installations featuring the percussion music of Cage, and Tribute works by Ryan Bridge and Tamzin Ferré Elliott Ross Karre: Percussion Events Coordinator NJ Snider, Director, Music Department: American University Coordinator
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Date: 09/07/2012 Start: 5:00 PM End: 11:00 PM Venue: American University, Katzen Arts Center, Katzen Studio Theatre Address: 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016 Cost: $10 regular, $5 students (for 7:30 Percussion Concert) Tickets: Tickets Online: american.tix.com 202-885-2787 Parking: View Instructions Map: View Map back to top |
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The American University Museum Exhibition, John Cage's "STEPS": A Composition for a Painting, Selected Watercolors, and Ephemera, includes seven enormous watercolor works resulting from Cage's STEPS project, and a room showing the progression of graphically inventive musical scores – from original manuscripts through publication (including never-before-exhibited items from the archives of Cage's publisher, C.F. Peters Corporation, New York). Be sure to see the original manuscript to 4' 33". There is also a room featuring continuous video showings of selected performances of Cage compositions.
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Start: 09/01/2012, Saturday |
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SATURDAY, 09/08/2012 PROGRAM AND NOTES |
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JOHN CAGE CENTENNIAL PERCUSSION WORKSHOP [PERCUSSION EVENTS CONTINUED, coordinated by Ross Karre]
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Date: 09/08/2012 Start: 9 AM - 10 AM Registration 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Masterclass End: 3:00 PM Venue: American University, Katzen Arts Center Abramson Family Recital Hall Address: 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016 Cost: Free, Just Show Up! Optional Facebook RSVP and Updates Parking: View Instructions Map: View Map back to top |
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ILLUMINATIONs 4, Lecture:
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Date: 09/08/2012 Start: 12:30 PM End: 1:30 PM Venue: The Kreeger Museum Grand Hall Address: 2401 Foxhall Road NW Washington, DC 20007 Cost: Free Doors open at noon. Map: View Map back to top |
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PIANO CONCERT by Stephen Drury
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Date: 09/08/2012 Time: 2:00 PM Venue: The Kreeger Museum Grand Hall Address: 2401 Foxhall Road NW Washington, DC 20007 Cost: $35, $30 members, tickets include admission to ILLUMINATIONs 4 by Ray Kass. Tickets: Purchase Tickets Tickets may also be purchased by calling 202-338-3553 or emailing vistorservices@kreegermuseum.org Pre-registration required Map: View Map back to top |
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PRE-CONCERT TALK by Roger Reynolds A Virtual Discussion Between Daisetz T. Suzuki and John Cage"
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Date: 09/08/2012 Time: 6:45 PM Venue: Freer Gallery of Art gallery 5 Address: 1200 Independence Ave. SW Washington, DC 20013 Cost: Free Tickets: Free Tickets Required Pre-registration reguired Map: View Map back to top |
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MARGARET LENG TAN, piano and voice John Cage: Four Walls, followed by Music for Piano #2, simultaneous with 10 Stones (video realization by Rob Dietz)
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Date: 09/08/2012 Time: 7:30 PM Venue: Freer Gallery of Art (Eugene and Agnes E.) Meyer Auditorium Address: 1200 Independence Ave. SW Washington, DC 20013 Cost: Free Tickets: Free Tickets Required Pre-registration required Map: View Map back to top |
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SUNDAY, 09/09/2012 PROGRAM AND NOTES |
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ILLUMINATIONs 5, Lecture Event: "PASSAGE 7: John Cage" – incidents, texts, conversations, and music
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Date: 09/09/2012 |
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ILLUMINATIONs 6, Lecture:
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ILLUMINATIONs 7, Closing Panel:
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National Gallery of Art New Music Ensemble – Steve Antosca, Artistic Director, Stephen Drury and Steven Schick, Guest Conductors
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Date: 09/09/2012 |
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MONDAY, 09/10/2012 PROGRAM AND NOTES |
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WATERCOLOR EVENTS 11:00 AM –University of California, Washington Center
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Date: 9/10/2012 |
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TWO DANCE PERFORMANCES of John Cage's "STEPS": A Composition for a Painting to be Performed by Individuals and Groups (2nd notation, 2006). Performer/dancers are Emma Desjardins and Jamie Scott for the first performance, and Nancy Snider and Roger Reynolds for the second performance.
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Date: 9/10/2012 |
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