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    Apr 3, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Jennifer Mills: Art to laugh with (not at)

    The art world takes itself very seriously. Make that very, very seriously.
    The art world takes itself very seriously. Make that very, very seriously. What little laughter can be heard between the white walls of the museum typically comes at the expense of art by people who don't understand it. Far rarer are chuckles that erupt...

    Tags: Painting, Arts and Culture, Arts, Chevy Chase, Marcel Duchamp

    2. Mar 23, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Review: 'My Life and My Life in the Nineties' by Lyn Hejinian

    There's that John Cage quote people trot out when you call a piece of art boring &mdash; &ldquo;In Zen they say: If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight, sixteen, thirty-two, and so on. Eventually one discovers that it's not boring at all but very interesting.&rdquo; The thing no one ever points out about this is that it's not true. I had a temp job, moons and moons ago, in data entry at a giant law firm. Cage's aphorism should hang on the particleboard of corporate drudge mines everywhere, right next to <em>Arbeit macht frei</em>.
    There's that John Cage quote people trot out when you call a piece of art boring — “In Zen they say: If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight, sixteen, thirty-two, and so on. Eventually one...

    Tags: Language, Chicago Tribune, Arts and Culture, Poetry, John Ashbery

    3. Mar 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Classical music's spring brings festivals and much more

    Spring is, as always, a season for festivals. The big one in Los Angeles this year is the ongoing celebration of the centenary of Benjamin Britten's birth, initiated by Los Angeles Opera. The Los Angeles Philharmonic's weeklong Brooklyn Festival in April is an investigation into how the New York City borough has become a hot spot for young composers. But while festivals take up a lot of the oxygen on the performing arts calendars, there is much else:
    Spring is, as always, a season for festivals. The big one in Los Angeles this year is the ongoing celebration of the centenary of Benjamin Britten's birth, initiated by Los Angeles Opera. The Los Angeles Philharmonic's weeklong Brooklyn Festival in...

    Tags: Music Industry, Philip Glass, Arts and Culture, Culture, Architecture

    4. Mar 8, 2013 |Story| SFL

  4. Festival of the Arts Boca takes a youthful turn

    As a violinist who calls himself the "Viagra of classical music" and "Edward Violinhands," the South Korean virtuoso Amadeus Leopold is every bit as humble as his onstage performance is subtle. Which is to say, not at all.
    As a violinist who calls himself the "Viagra of classical music" and "Edward Violinhands," the South Korean virtuoso Amadeus Leopold is every bit as humble as his onstage performance is subtle. Which is to say, not at all. When Leopold comes bounding...

    Tags: Music Industry, Preservation Hall Jazz Band (music group), Grammy Awards, Arts and Culture, Arts

    5. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Review: Encounter with postwar giants at Southwest Chamber Music festival

    Southwest Chamber Music's 2013 L.A. International New Music Festival, in progress at the Colburn School's Zipper Concert Hall, is doing its attentive bit to broaden international musical relations. We hear too little music from Mexican, Korean or even Venezuelan composers. America and Germany lost its two greatest senior composers &mdash; Elliott Carter and Hans Werner Henze &mdash; late last year, but they have been long lost on the West Coast, where they remain ignored. Thankfully in such matters, Southwest can serve as an indispensable diplomat.
    Southwest Chamber Music's 2013 L.A. International New Music Festival, in progress at the Colburn School's Zipper Concert Hall, is doing its attentive bit to broaden international musical relations. We hear too little music from Mexican, Korean or even...

    Tags: Music Industry, Arts and Culture, Heart Attack, Germany, Health Treatments

    6. Feb 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Grammys 2013: Marlow Rosado y La Riquena win for tropical Latin album

    The catch-all tropical Latin album category is one of the fuzziest, encompassing everything from salsa and cumbia to <em>bachata, reggaeton</em> and merengue. But there's nothing vague or soft-edged about this year's winner, Marlow Rosado y La Rique&ntilde;a, who won the award with his album "Retro" (Pink Chaos Productions).
    The catch-all tropical Latin album category is one of the fuzziest, encompassing everything from salsa and cumbia to bachata, reggaeton and merengue. But there's nothing vague or soft-edged about this year's winner, Marlow Rosado y La Riqueña, who won the...

    Tags: Marc Anthony, Pink (singer)

    7. Jan 29, 2013 |Story| WDBJ7

  7. Taubman Museum of Art rolling the dice on new exhibit

    The Taubman Museum of Art is playing the odds with its latest exhibit.
    WDBJ7 Anchor/Reporter
    The Taubman Museum of Art is playing the odds with its latest exhibit. The museum is using a system of chance and "rolling the dice" to determine the layout of its upcoming show. Each roll determines which painting goes where. The museum says this...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Museums

    8. Dec 23, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. The year of John Cage

    Once, when asked how he thought history would consider his work, John Cage responded that he had made so much, getting rid of it all would be very difficult. Twenty years after his death he has been spectacularly proven right. This year marked the 100th anniversary of the composer's birth in Los Angeles on Sept. 5. As part of an international celebration, Cage's work appeared and continues to appear in concert halls, opera houses, museums, galleries, clubs, alternative spaces, reconverted industrial buildings, parks, street corners, atria and even a dock or two by the bay.
    Once, when asked how he thought history would consider his work, John Cage responded that he had made so much, getting rid of it all would be very difficult. Twenty years after his death he has been spectacularly proven right. This year marked the 100th...

    Tags: Music Industry, Yoko Ono, U.S. Postal Service, Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities

    9. Dec 2, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Riffing on the highs and lows of the sonic landscape

    The quirky violist known as Ljova, an ingratiating fixture on the New York new music scene, has just released a recording called "Melting River." You can purchase and download it for as little as $2 on the artist-friendly website Bandcamp as either an inferior MP3 file or an HD-resolution FLAC file. Ljova says that there will be no physical release.
    The quirky violist known as Ljova, an ingratiating fixture on the New York new music scene, has just released a recording called "Melting River." You can purchase and download it for as little as $2 on the artist-friendly website Bandcamp as either an...

    Tags: Enrico Caruso, Arts and Culture, Physiology, Classical Music (genre), Music Theater

    10. Nov 27, 2012 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  10. Wesleyan University Examines the Life of Composer John Cage

    Composer John Cage (1912-1992) is the subject of Wesleyan's next Music &amp; Public Life series installment, beginning with a free lecture by Cage biographer Richard Kostelanetz on Dec. 5 and a performance of Cage's <em>Lecture on the Weather </em>(1975), which mashes up the writings of Henry David Thoreau, environmental recordings by Maryanne Amacher and Luis Frangella's drawings of Thoreau. On Friday, the Wesleyan Orchestra and Wesleyan New Music Alliance air out Cage's highly conceptual <em>Etcetera </em>(1973) <em>HPSCHD </em>(1969) respectively; then David Barron, Wesleyan professors Ron Kuivila and Neely Bruce and vocalist Anne Rhodes tackle Cage's <em>Song Books </em>(1970) on Saturday. Cage (pictured right, with Alvin Lucier, center, and Christian Wolff, left) had a longstanding affiliation with the Middletown campus, and this year, the centenary of his birth, is the perfect time to celebrate that.
    Composer John Cage (1912-1992) is the subject of Wesleyan's next Music & Public Life series installment, beginning with a free lecture by Cage biographer Richard Kostelanetz on Dec. 5 and a performance of Cage's Lecture on the Weather (1975), which mashes...

    Tags: Music Industry, Wesleyan University, Music, Middletown, Entertainment

    11. Nov 14, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Mark Morris chooses the Bad Plus, John Cage for Ojai festival

    Renowned choreographer Mark Morris will bring his signature modern sensibility to the Ojai Music Festival in June with a program that will feature pieces by Lou Harrison, John Cage and Henry Cowell.
    Renowned choreographer Mark Morris will bring his signature modern sensibility to the Ojai Music Festival in June with a program that will feature pieces by Lou Harrison, John Cage and Henry Cowell. Organizers said Wednesday the Mark Morris Dance Group...

    Tags: Festive Events, Music, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Concerts

    12. Nov 6, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Elliott Carter dies at 103; inventive American composer

    Elliott Carter, the great American composer who was born in the horse-and-buggy era but whose music persistently looked ahead by reflecting and unabashedly celebrating the intricacies of modern life, died Monday of natural causes at his home in New York, according to his close friend and assistant, clarinetist Virgil Blackwell. He was 103.
    Elliott Carter, the great American composer who was born in the horse-and-buggy era but whose music persistently looked ahead by reflecting and unabashedly celebrating the intricacies of modern life, died Monday of natural causes at his home in New York,...

    Tags: Music Industry, Charles Ives, Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, Literature

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