Serving the San Francisco Bay Area New Music Community

Wed, May 16 2012 7:30 PM

Tom's Place
3111 Deakin Street Berkeley
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Janis Mercer (piano) with John Smalley and Laurie Amat (voices) and Gino Robair (perc) perform works of John Cage for prepared piano, voices and snare drum. The program will include:

Waiting, 1952, piano solo
Bacchanale, 1940, prepared piano (Cage's first work for prepared piano)
Composed Improvisation for Snare Drum, 1987-1990
Experiences No. 2, 1948, voice unaccompanied
Sweet Love, part VII of Four Walls, 1944, piano and singing voice
Litany for the Whale, 1980, 2 voices


Cost: Free, donations accepted
Audio samples in which musicians at this event play:
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
Gino Robair and John Butcher, 2008