Southwest Chamber Music Cage 2012 at Zipper Concert Hall

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Southwest Chamber Music Plays John Cage

Zipper Concert Hall at the Colburn School (Los Angeles, CA)

As part of its Cage 2012 series, the Grammy Award-winning ensemble Southwest Chamber Music presents landmark pieces by iconic contemporary composer John Cage. The program explores the influence of poet Henry David Thoreau on Cage, and consists of Lecture on the Weather (with film) and Score (40 Drawings by Thoreau) and 23 parts: Twelve Haiku Followed by a Recording of the Dawn at Stony Point, New York, August 6, 1974. A multi-faceted piece, Lecture calls for live readings from snippets of Thoreau’s work, and SCM’s participating guests include Terrence Roberts, a psychologist, and original member of the Little Rock Nine; E. Randol Schoenberg, grandson of the composer Arnold Schoenberg; John Schneider, host of KPFK’s Global Village; and more. Learn more…

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