John Cage

...12:15 p.m. (free). Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. E. Nexus Percussion Ensemble performs music by Steve Reich, Arvo Part, John Cage, Gordon Stout and William Cahn, Mon. 7:30 p.m. ($25/$15 at 416-978-3744). Walter Hall, 80 Queen's...

In this article: Yonge St. and Air Canada Centre

...of Toronto Faculty of Music dean Russell Hartenberger's name is on the list of contemporary composing stars alongside John Cage, Steve Reich and Arvo Part in the latest concert by the inventive Nexus Percussion Ensemble. (7:30 p.m.

In this article: Toronto, University of Toronto, and New College

...in her elegiac 1862 sonnet "Rest", it was little more than a compelling poetic trope. A century and a half later, and post-4'33'' - John Cage's 1952 composition in which the pianist leaves the piano untouched throughout its three movements...

In this article: Bill Drummond, Zeitgeist, IPod, Linz, Reactionary, Rash, McDonald's, and Aldous Huxley

...dance installations as they go. The performance, directed by Stephen Montague, includes new compositions along with works by John Cage, Luciano Berio and others. At the same time audiences may get lucky and catch sight of the meteor shower,...

In this article: Akram Khan, Breakdance, Sadler's Wells, Kumudini Lakhia, Nitin Sawhney, and Luciano Berio

...as well known for his visionary playing as his original works, having debuted many works on the piano and other instruments for John Cage, La Monte Young, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Morton Feldman, and more. Hence, Tudor's creative "style" was...

In this article: David Tudor, Buchla, Simon Reynolds, Karlheinz Stockhausen, La Monte Young, Morton Feldman, Morton Subotnick, and Brian Eno

...a knockabout Act II of Swan Lake - a guaranteed audience-pleaser - then deliciously sends up choreographer Merce Cunningham and composer John Cage in Patterns in Space. Two onstage "musicians" steal the scene outrageously with their parade...

In this article: Merce Cunningham, Stars and Stripes, Swan Lake, George Balanchine, The Sydney Morning Herald, Jules Massenet, Monte Carlo, and Theatre Royal

Visual Art John Cage Performing 'Water Walk' on Game Show in 1960 Posted by Jen Graves on Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:49 AM The best part of the video? The fact that he couldn't play his "music" as written because two stagehand unions were...

In this article: Merce Cunningham and Sotheby's

...of mortality. In any case, he set it to a piano reduction of Erik Satie s Socrate. Satie s estate refused to let the music be used, and John Cage, Cunningham s music director and partner, composed a piano piece that followed the structure...

In this article: Merce Cunningham, Erik Satie, Meredith Monk, Cadre, Steve Paxton, and Carolyn Brown

...fashion, then there were people in New York City that I should seek out." Ono would befriend classical avant-garde composer John Cage, minimalist composer La Monte Young and gallery owner and impresario George Maciunas. She became an...

In this article: Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Sean Lennon, Gakushuin University, Sarah Lawrence College, Tokyo, London, Plastic Ono Band, and Mojo

...to modern times, and dance still looms large as a spur for composers. Would Stravinsky be the giant figure he is without Diaghilev? Would John Cage have found himself without that great choreographer Merce Cunningham? But the traffic between...

In this article: Igor Stravinsky, God, and Merce Cunningham