4'33" - Here's the piece, with a short introduction, being performed in England.
A - The Wikipedia entry on anechoic chambers.
B - Ben Neill. Ben teaches 4'33" in one of his classes at Ramapo College in NJ. He has performed a number of Cage's pieces and has worked with him directly, but this will be his first time performing 4'33". Here is Ben's wikipedia page and here is a short blurb about him from the press release for his new cd, a collaboration with his co-performer Mimi Goese:
Neill is a composer, performer, producer, and inventor of the mutantrumpet, a hybrid electro-acoustic instrument. He has recorded eight CDs of his music on labels including Universal/Verve, Thirsty Ear, Astralwerks and Six Degrees. His most recent CD Night Science was released in 2009 on Thirsty Ear.
C - CD. Ben and Mimi, who will be performing 4'33" on August 29, Saturday, Sept. 10 at 2:30 pm. have a cd coming out on August 30. Here's a blurb from the press release:
Following critically acclaimed performances of their musical theater piece Persephone, Mimi Goese & Ben Neill unveil Songs for Persephone August 30 on Ramseur Records. Songs for Persephone creates a vehicle for Goese’s vocal and performance style—which Rolling Stone likens to “eloquent sonic ballet”—as well as for Neill’s performance on his self-designed mutantrumpet, “a schizophrenic trumpet [used] to create art music for the people (WIRED).”
Here's a picture of them:
D - Date and time and all that. August 29, 2011. Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. Woodstock Artists Association Museum. Right in the middle of Woodstock, NY. 7 pm sharp. Should be done by 7:30. 2:30pm sharp. Should be done by 3:30 (see the second entry for "P" for more information.)
E - Everything. And nothing. See here.
G - Gann. Kyle Gann. Who literally wrote the book on 4'33" and has graciously agreed to come answer some questions after the performance. Wow. What a treat. (See "K")
H- Hurricane. Hurricane Irene caused the rescheduling of this concert to Saturday, September 10, from the anniversary date of August 29. Same place, same program, but now Sept. 10 at 2:30pm.
K - A really nice video about 4'33" with Kyle Gann:
Kyle Gann on John Cage's 4'33" from cambiz a. khosravi on Vimeo.
L - A nice essay I found online by Larry J. Solomon about 4'33" can be read here.
M - Mimi Goese. This is Mimi's first time performing this piece. Here's her Wikipedia page, and here's a little blurb about her from her cd release press release: Goese is known as the lead singer/co-songwriter of Hugo Largo, the critically acclaimed minimalist punk/pop group who released two albums on Brian Eno’s Opal label in the ’80s. After touring with musician/producer Hector Zazou and co-writing/singing on the Moby album Everything is Wrong, Goese’s solo album Soak was released by Luaka Bop, David Byrne’s label.
N - Norm Magnusson. Producer. Impresario, artist, advertising curmudgeon, and founder of the art movement funism.
P - Program from the first performance of 4'33", which took place in Woodstock, NY, 1952, presented by the Woodstock Artist's Association.
P - The program for this performance:
R - Robert Rauschenberg, whose "White Painting (Three Panel)" (from the collection of SFMoMA) was a major influence on Cage's decision to compose 4'33" and perhaps on his decision to give his piece 3 movements.
S - Silence. A short video by Maestro Cage on this topic.
T- Tacet. Say no more.
V - A very informative smattering of reviews for Kyle Gann's book on 4'33" There's no such thing as silence.
W - The Woodstock Artist's Association. You can find out more about this fine organization on their website, http://www.woodstockart.org/
