Research
Friday, June 1
3:30pm-5pm Conference Registration in Daniel Music Building, Furman University
5:00pm Dinner
7:00pm Pre-concert Talk: nief-norf Research Summit Opening Remarks
7:30pm John Cage Tribute Concert
9pm Group hang in downtown Greenville
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Saturday, June 2
Session 1: 9am - 10:30am
John Cage: History, Media, and Politics (Chair: Erin Walker Bliss, University of Kentucky)
1) Rebecca Kim (Northeastern University), "'As Acceptable to the Ear as a Cow Bell': Deconstructing Beethoven in Cage's First Construction"
2) Kerry O'Brien (Indiana University), "John Cage and Aspen Magazine"
3) David Patterson (Oak Park, IL), "Cage, Mao, and the Paradox of 'Politics'"
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Session 2: 11am-12:00pm
John Cage in Performance (Chair: Bill Sallak, Kent State University)
1) Nicasio Gradaille Peña (Conservatorio Superior de Música de Vigo, Spain), "John Cage's Solo for Piano as David Tudor Played it in the Premiere"
2) Diane Luchese (Towson University), "John Cage's Organ2/ASLSP: Implications for Tempo, Rhythm, and Time"
12:30pm LUNCH
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Session 3: 2:00pm-3:30pm
John Cage and Percussion (Chair: Andrew M. Bliss, University of Tennessee)
1) Kyle Forsthoff (Lexington, KY), "Realizing the Potential in John Cage's Late Number Pieces for Percussion"
2) Mike Truesdell (Juilliard), "Performing John Cage's 27'10.554"
3) Ron Coulter (Southern Illinois University Carbondale), "Where were we? Where are we? Where are we going?: A Manifesto"
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KEYNOTE: 4:00pm-5:00pm
Kyle Gann, Keynote
5:30pm DINNER
7:30pm Concert: Matthew Burtner, Six Ambient Extensions
9:00pm nief-norf Research Summit Reception at the Furman University Center for Sustainability
11:45pm Diane Luchese, Organ2/ASLSP in McAlister Auditorium
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Sunday, June 3
Diane Luchese (Towson University) will be performing an 11-hour version of John Cage's Organ2/ASLSP beginning at 11:45pm Saturday night and playing until 10:45am Sunday morning. Please feel free to visit this performance throughout the night and morning.
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Session 4: 9:30am - 10:30am
Music after Cage (Chair: Kerry O'Brien, Indiana University)
1) Bruce Moser (Chowan University), "John Cage: Minimalist?"
2) Bill Sallak (Kent State University), "Traffic/Light: Post-Cage Discourses on Silence"
10:30am Closing remarks
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REGISTRATION:
nnRS one-day pass: Saturday ($15), Sunday ($5). A one-day pass can be purchased at the conference registration desk in the Daniel Music Building.
nnSF concerts: the Friday and Saturday night concerts have a suggested donation of $10.
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[Updated 5.15.2012]
