John Cage in 2007: Reception, Performance Practice, Analysis

To celebrate John Cage's 95th birthday (and the 15th anniversary of his death), the music department of the University of New Hampshire is hosting a one-day symposium and concert on September 8, 2007 in the Paul Creative Arts Center (30 College Rd., Durham, NH 03824). The conference is co-sponsored by UNH's College of Liberal Arts and the Center for the Humanities.
Here is a brief overview of the day's events:

Symposium, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., M-223, Paul Creative Arts Center, UNH

Concert, 8:00 p.m., Bratton Recital Hall, Paul Creative Arts Center, UNH


For further information, please e-mail Rob Haskins

The Symposium

Our Memory of What Happened is Not What Happened: Cage and the Power of Myth
Brent Reidy, Ph.D. candidate, Musicology, Indiana University

On John Cage's Late Music, Analysis, and the Model of Renga in Two2
Rob Haskins, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Music, UNH

Interdeterminacy and Performance Practice in Cage's Variations
David P. Miller, Boston, MA

Thinking About Cage and Nature, Back Then and Right Now
David Andrew, Ph.D., Professor of Art History, UNH

Dinner Break

The Concert

Music for One
Margaret Herlehy, Oboe
Four6
Rob Haskins, David Miller, Laurel Karlik Sheehan, and Brent Reidy, performers
Two2
Rob Haskins and Laurel Karlik Sheehan, pianos