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Dates: Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1, 2006
Location: Getty Center on Friday, Walt Disney Concert Hall on Saturday
Following on the success of Building Music, the Getty Research Institute joins forces again with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for a two-day event focusing on the acoustical and durational side of Minimalism.
The program features some of the leading artists and critics associated with Minimalism and will be presented both at the Getty Center and at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
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Friday, March 31, 9:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
This public forum examines key moments of intersection between Minimalist music and other art forms, including the visual arts, dance, film, and theater. Talks examine both specific events—such as the loft series organized by Yoko Ono and La Monte Young and the workshops given by Anna Halprin—as well as more general connections, like the relationship of Minimalist music to the mass media and the interconnection between music and sculpture in the 1960s.
Conference Participants
Liz Kotz, University of Minnesota
Robert Fink, University of California, Los Angeles
Jane McFadden, Art Center College of Design
Peggy Phelan, Stanford University
Keith Potter, Goldsmiths College, University of London
Janice Ross, Stanford University
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Friday, March 31, 4:30–6:00 p.m.
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
Free; reservations required.
A distinguished panel of artists and writers who helped make Minimalism a dynamic force in postwar art discuss the history and legacy of the movement. Participants include dancer Anna Halprin, critic John Rockwell, and composers Terry Riley and James Tenney.
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Friday, March 31, 8:00 p.m.
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
Tickets $10.
An evening dedicated to the pioneering Minimalist composer Terry Riley, featuring early string and piano works.
The Calder Quartet will perform Riley's String Quartet (1960) and String Trio (1961), and Riley will present a solo piano performance featuring his Keyboard Studies.
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Saturday, April 1, 2:00–6:00 p.m.
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Free; reservations required.
The conversation continues at Walt Disney Concert Hall, focusing on specific collaborations between Minimalist composers and other artists, many of whom are not Minimalists in their own fields. Over the years these composers have collaborated across a broad spectrum of media, working with filmmakers on scores, with choreographers on dance performances, with designers and directors on theatrical and operatic works, and even with visual artists on installations, performances, and video pieces. Works under discussion will be performed live in the concert hall.
Participants include composers John Adams and Philip Glass and designer Robert Israel.
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Saturday, April 1, 8:00 p.m., repeating on Sunday, April 2, at 2:00 p.m.
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Tickets $37–139.
John Adams conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a performance of Adams' Harmonielehre and Philip Glass's Scenes from "Akhnaten."
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All events take place at Walt Disney Concert Hall unless otherwise noted.
Saturday, March 18, 11:59 p.m.–6:00 a.m.
A progressive space and sound journey through Walt Disney Concert Hall led by electronic music heroes The Orb.
Minimalist Jukebox: Riley
Monday, March 20, 8:00 p.m.
CalArts New Century Players present Jennings' String Quartet and Riley's In C.
World Music: Les Ballets Africains and Gamelan Burat Wangi
Wednesday, March 22, 8:00 p.m.
A double program of Guinean and Indonesian music and dance.
Minimalist Jukebox: Andriessen & Pärt
Friday, March 24, 8:00 p.m., repeating Saturday, March 25, 2:00 p.m.
Program includes the U.S. premiere of Andriessen's Racconto dall'Inferno.
Minimalist Jukebox: Reich
Saturday, March 25, 8:00 p.m., repeating Sunday, March 26, 2:00 p.m.
Three works by Steve Reich: Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards,
Three Movements, and Tehillim.
California EAR Unit
Monday, March 27, 8:00 p.m.
Bing Theater, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. For tickets, call LACMA at (310) 857-6010 or visit their Web site.
The Los Angeles-based new music ensemble performs works by Young, Bouchard, Rosenboom, and others.
Minimalist Jukebox: USC
Tuesday, March 28, 8:00 p.m.
The USC Thornton Contemporary Music Ensemble performs Dresher's Channels Passing and Gordon and Morrison's Decasia.
Minimalist Jukebox: Glenn Branca
Wednesday, March 29, 8:00 p.m.
John Myers conducts Branca's Symphony No. 13, "Hallucination City," for 100 electric guitars.
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