14th Other Minds Music FestivalFeatured composers: Michael Harrison (USA), Dobromila Jaskot (Poland), Ben Johnston (USA), Catherine Lamb (USA), Chico Mello (Brazil), John Schneider (USA), Linda Catlin Smith (Canada), Bent Sørensen (Denmark), Chinary Ung (Cambodia)
Two of the most unconventional guitarists in the world take the stage for the third concert of Other Minds 14. Born in Curitiba (270 miles southwest of São Paulo), Chico Mello has for the last twenty years led a transatlantic existence, shuttling between Brazil and Berlin, and commingling traditions from both sides of the Atlantic in his “de-compositions” of Brazilian classics. Los Angeles-based John Schneider, widely known as the foremost producer and performer of the music of Harry Partch, will treat audiences to two classics:
Barstow, for adapted guitar and voice with text eight pieces of graffiti Partch spotted on a highway in Barstow, California, and
Two Studies on Ancient Greek Scales for harmonic canon, a large plucked instrument resembling a dulcimer with two sets of 44 strings and a deeper resonating chamber. Schneider also performs two works of his own, including a movement from his
Tombeau dedicated to Lou Harrison.
Chinary Ung’s
Spiral XI: Mother and Child, like his many other Spiral pieces, subjects patterns of tones to evolving variations, like a message whispered from one person to another with the tale slightly altered.
Other Minds 14 concludes with the world premiere of Michael Harrison’s
Tone Clouds, a shimmering and ecstatic sonic experience. One of the present-day masters of alternative tuning and a long time collaborator of minimalist masters Terry Riley and La Monte Young, Harrison creates a deeply reflective and emotionally powerful alternative sound world, performing on just-intonation piano alongside San Francisco’s Del Sol String Quartet.
Visit
otherminds.org for complete details, composer biographies, and audio samples.
Cost: $25-$150