An Interdisciplinary Conference and Festival on
Cage's Contributions to Twentieth Century Culture
Presented by the Mills College Music Department
and the Center for Contemporary Music
- A CONCERT SERIES
- devoted to Cage's music, an exhibition of Cage's art in the
Mills College Art Gallery, and films about Cage.
- THE PRINCIPAL FOCUS
- is a five day conference with presentations by scholars and
creative artists from around the world. The conference will
provide a scholarly forum for an examination of Cage's work;
scholars from a variety of fields will be on hand and there
will be many chances for interdisciplinary collaboration and
exchange.
- THE CONFERENCE CONSISTS
- of panel discussions as well as paper presentations. Sessions
focus on specific aesthetic and technical issues as well as
Cage's position within a broad historical and cultural context.
Lou Harrison will present the keynote address.
- THE CONCERT SERIES INCLUDES
- works from the entire range of Cage's creative output, from
his early works for percussion ensemble and prepared piano, to
several works written just before his death. Members of the
Center for Contemporary Music perform live electronic works
from Cage's first experiments with this medium to several newer
compositions. Guest artists include Marianne Amacher, The Hub,
Joseph Kubera, and Gordon Mumma.
- AN EXCLUSIVE SCREENING
- of One11 and 103, Cage's
extraordinary collaboration with filmmaker Peter Lohner, and
From Zero, four films about Cage by Andrew Culver
and Frank Scheffer, reveal another aspect of Cage's artistic
accomplishments.
- THE MILLS COLLEGE ART GALLERY
- presents The Architecture of Chance, an exhibition
of John Cage's prints, from November 15 - December 30. The
exhibition, curated by Constance Lewallen, features a series
of prints and archival material, inculding some of Cage's
original notes and drawings lent by Crown Point Press.
- MILLS COLLEGE IS LOCATED
- on a beautiful campus at the foot of Oakland's East Bay Hills.
The College's history is closely interconnected with Cage. In
the 1930s, Henry Cowell and Lou Harrison taught at Mills and
Cage worked here as an accompanist for the dance department.
The presence of these outstanding creative artists at Mills
gave rise to a rich experimentalist tradition that continued
through serveral generations of composers and still flourishes
today.
SCHEDULE OF DAILY EVENTS
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Conference Fee: $50 includes admission to all concerts and special events.
To register, send a check or money order payable to Mills College
Music Dept./HCE, with your name, address, and telephone number.
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- Mills College Music Department
- Here Comes Everybody
- 5000 MacArthur Blvd.
- Oakland, CA 94613
- ACCOMMODATIONS
- Information about dormitory rooms
and local hotels.
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Phone: (510) 430-2171
- E-Mail: davidb@mills.edu
- Fax: (510) 430-3314
Mills College / 5000 MacArthur Boulevard /
Oakland, CA 94613 / 510.430.2171