reading John Cage from_A Year from Monday_

"Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) Continued 1967".
Read by Zac Denton

This piece was performed at the Goat Farm, Atlanta, as part of The Ten Thousand Things, a celebration of the life and work of John Cage on the 100th anniversary of his birth, presented by the Atlanta Poets Group, Bent Frequency and the Chamber Cartel. Another version with the entire Musicircus is available here.

Wesleyan University Press 

1969

167 pages

reading from John Cage Silence "45' for a Speaker"

Here is a recording of a performance of 45' for a Speaker performed by James Sanders (the track is 42 mb). The musical pieces are 26"1.1499" for a String Player performed by Daryl Giuliano and 27'10.554 for a Percussionist performed by Caleb Herron. This performance took place on September 6, 2012 at the Goat Farm, Atlanta, as part of The Ten Thousand Things, a celebration of the life and work of John Cage on the 100th anniversary of his birth, presented by the Atlanta Poets Group, Bent Frequency and the Chamber Cartel.

All three pieces are from the collection of works known as the Ten Thousand Things. You can read more about 45' for a Speaker at Richard H. Brown's blog, A Year from Monday, and more about the Ten Thousand Things from James Pritchett.

Here is a recording of 45' for a Speaker by itself (also performed by James Sanders).

Silence

Wesleyan University Press 

276 pages

APG at Ten Thousand Things (Musicircus)

The culmination of Ten Thousand Things was a Musicircus held at the Goat Farm and included the Atlanta Poets Group, Bent Frequency and the Chamber Cartel.

 The APG performed Anarchy, Empty Words (Parts II and IV, simultaneously) and a selection from "Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) Continued 1967" from A Year From Monday.

Below is a map of the room at the Goat Farm where the Musicircus showing the positions of all of the performers. 

Here is a recording of the event from the Empty Words location (indicated by a box in the map below). You can hear Empty Words II (John Selvidge) fairly clearly most of the time, but you have to squint your ears to hear Empty Words IV. At minute the entire room performs 4'33" (and you can hear the freight train passing by fairly clearly).

Here is another recording from the location of Zac doing "Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) Continued 1967". 

And some photos:

Herron Mastrian Duo @ Ten Thousand Things

The third night of the Ten Thousand Things featured a fantastic performance of an assortment of Cage's works for voice by the Herron/Mastrian Duo (Caleb Herron and Stacey Mastrian).












Here is an unsegmented recording of the evening. The set list is to the right. And there are some pictures of the performance below.

APG @ Ten Thousand Things (45' for a Speaker)

The first night of The Ten Thousand Things. a celebration of the life and work of John Cage on the 100th anniversary of his birth, presented by the Atlanta Poets Group, Bent Frequency and the Chamber Cartel took place on September 6, 2012 at the Goat Farm, Atlanta,

This night was a simultaneous performance of three of Cage's Ten Thousand Things project. "45' for a Speaker by James Sanders, , "26"1.1499" for a String Player" by Daryl Giuliano, and "27'10.554 for a Percussionist" by Caleb Herron. Here is a recording of the performance. You can read more about 45' for a Speaker at Richard H. Brown's blog, A Year from Monday, and more about the Ten Thousand Things from James Pritchett.


Some pictures from the performance are below. 

Ten Thousand Things: APG @ The Goat Farm Sept. 6, 7 and 9

In honor of the 100th birthday of John Cage

This experience is created by:

The Atlanta Poets Group
Chamber Cartel
Bent Frequency
The CORE Performance Company

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Performances:

Sept 6 | The Ten Thousand Things | 8 pm

Sept 7 | Four4 | 8 pm 

Sept 8 | Herron Mastrian Duo | 8 pm

Sept 9 | MUSICIRCUS | 3 pm
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The Ten Thousand Things is a four-day celebration (September 6-9) of the work of John Cage (1912-1992)-- a luminary in 20th century avant-garde music, poetry, and visual art--on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth.

Presented by the Goat Farm and curated by The Atlanta Poets Group, Bent Frequency, and Chamber Cartel, the events promise listening experiences rare in the worlds of music or literature.

Among these are a performance of four simultaneous virtuosic solos, an evening length percussion work, a soprano and percussion duo, and a multivoice realization of a mesostic.

The culminating event of The Ten Thousand Things is a "Musicircus," a collage-style musical happening of simultaneous, multiple performances: audience members are invited to stroll around the performance venue and partake in pieces that are of interest to them at that particular moment. Please join us to celebrate John Cage's 100th birthday and revel in sound and silence!

APG will be performing on the 6th, 7th and 9th. Hope to see you there!

Check out the Goat Farm's Facebook page for more details.