New Music America info: 1979 - 92

New Music America
Festival Locations, Producers, Venues 1979-92
From New Music Across America, Iris Brooks editor
Published by Cal Arts/High Performance , 1992
ISBN 0-938683-01-2

l979
Rhys Chatham
Mary MacArthur
The Kitchen
New York, New York

1980
Nigel Redding
Walker Arts Center
Minneapolis Star
Minneapolis, Minnesota

1981
Robin Kirck
San francisco Examiner
San Francisco, California

1982
Peter Gena
Alene Valkanas
Mayor's Office of Special Events
The Chicago Tribune
Museum of Contemporary Art
Chicago, lllinois

1983
Deborah Hanzlik
Bill Warrell
Bob Wisdom
Washington Performing Arts Society
9th Street Crossings Festival
District Curators, Inc.
Washington, D.C.

1984
Joseph Celli
Mary Luft
Real Art Ways
The Travelers Companies;
Asso(iate Producer the Advocate Newspapers
Hartford, Connecticut

1985
Joan La Barbara
Carl Stone
Collaboration of 25 arts organizations.
Los Angeles, California

1986
Michael Galbreth
Jerry McCathern
Pauline Oliveros
The Houston Festival Foundation, Inc.
Houston, Texas

l987
Joseph Franklin
Relache
The Ensemble for Contemporary Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1988
Joseph Celli
Mary Luft
Tigertail Productions
Miami, Florida

1989
Yale Evelev
Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival
The Kitchen
Dance
Theater Workshop
The Knitting Factory
Roulette
Prospect Park Picnic House
Experimental Intermedia
Performance Space 122
WNYC
New York, New York

1990
Jean Piché
Montréal Musiques Actuelles
Montréal, Québec
Canada

1991
No Festival

1992
New Music Across America
In 14 U.S. cities, two Canadian cities, and two European cities.

David First's Gestural Improv Group @ ISSUE Project Room 090821

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David First’s Gestural Improv Group – an evening of searching for perfect frozen moments through hyper-sensual tuning systems and black holed rhythms. Featuring Jane Rigler/flute, Chris McIntyre/trombone, Reuben Radding/bass, Michael Evans/drums & percussion and D.F. on guitar & laptop.

 

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