Last year, I was working on a piece for superball and bongos. The score was presented as a cartoon. (Perform these actions. Who knows what the resulting pitches and rhythms will be?) As I was finishing a draft of it, … Continue reading
Mauricio Kagel died yesterday. You can read about him in today’s Guardian. The richest online Kagel offering is at UbuWeb, where eight videos are available to view or download at no cost. The video aspect is crucial to capture the … Continue reading
Some questions came up as I started to put together the set of composer links yesterday. Of course there are a number of composers who readily apply the term “experimental music” to their own work. Those go on the list, … Continue reading