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For Immediate Release August 28, 2002 |
Public Information Office 310 Owen Hall, Campus PO 1820 Asheville, NC 28804-8507 828/251-6526 - FAX: 828/251-6777 web: http://www.unca.edu/news e-mail: pubinfo@unca.edu |
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UNCA Kicks Off Cultural & Special Events Season;
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 John Cobb |
Acclaimed pianist John Cobb will perform
and discuss compositions
by John Cage and other 20th century avant garde composers at noon
Wednesday, Sept. 18, in UNCA’s Lipinsky Auditorium. Admission is free.
Cobb is an international performer and recording artist known for his
broad interpretive range and technical command. A Van Cilburn Competition
winner, Cobb has made recordings of 20th century and early piano music on
original instruments at the Metropolitan Museum
of Art in New York. "The Chicago Daily" commented, "the
vibrations
that filled the hall were less those of the piano than those of an
exquisite musical mind."
 Tony Conrad |
Experimental violinist Tony Conrad will give an interactive workshop titled "Hearing Things in Pipes and Strings" at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, in UNCA’s Lipinsky Auditorium. Admission is $5 or free to area students. The workshop will include an opening performance of Conrad’s recent piece, "Selling Short," followed by individual work with handmade instruments, discussion of harmonics and acoustics and a group performance. Regarded as one of the most compelling figures in 20th century music, Conrad is credited with the founding of minimalist music and is acknowledged for his influence on numerous bands, including The Velvet Underground and Sonic Youth. Known also for his cutting-edge work in film and video, one of Conrad’s early films, "The Flicker," is a key work in the structural film movement. Currently, Conrad creates art and music installations and teaches media studies at the State University of New York-Buffalo.
Conrad will also perform in concert at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, in UNCA’s Lipinsky Auditorium. Tickets are $12 general admission or $5 to area students.
A panel discussion on "Beyond Black Mountain College: Innovative Approaches to Education" will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, at UNCA’s Owen Conference Center. Admission is $3 or free to area students. Participants include Sue Spayth Riley, BMC alumna (1938-41) and specialist in early childhood education; Greg Ulmer of the European Graduate School; Carol Flake, editor of Wholistic Education: Principles, Perspectives and Practices; Peter Clemm, Waldorf School teacher; and Helen Nagan, Buncombe Community School East art teacher. Western Carolina University English Professor D. Newton Smith will serve as moderator.
 Pauline Oliveros |
Meditative music innovator Pauline Oliveros will conduct a "Deep Listening" interactive workshop from 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, at UNCA’s Lipinsky Auditorium. Admission is $5 or free to area students. A composer, performer and humanitarian, Oliveros is an important pioneer in American music. For more than 40 years, she has combined improvisation, electronic music, ritual, teaching and meditation to create a large body of unique work. The New York Times has said, "On some level, music, sound consciousness and religion are all one, and she would seem to be very close to that level."
Oliveros will perform in concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, in UNCA’s Lipinsky Auditorium. Tickets are $12 general admission or $5 to area students.
Held in various locations across Western North Carolina from September 19-22, "Under the Influence" celebrates the spirit, legacy and ongoing influence of Black Mountain College on the 50th anniversary of artist/composer John Cage’s multimedia "Theatre Piece No. 1." Some 25 festival events include performances, installations, workshops, poetry readings, film screenings and roundtables showcasing contemporary artists, performers and theorists.
Revolutionizing the American arts and sciences in the first half of twentieth century, the influence of Black Mountain College (1933-1956) faculty and alums such as Josef and Anni Albers, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Buckminster Fuller, Walter Gropius, M.C. Richards, Alfred Kazin, Willem and Elaine de Kooning, Jacob Lawrence, Robert Motherwell, Charles Olson, Robert Rauschenberg, Stan VanDerBeek, Robert Creeley, Jonathan Williams, and many others continues to be felt to this day.
For more information about events
at UNCA, call 828/232-5000. For more information about "Under
the Influence," call 828/236-9777.
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