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WE ARE ALL GOING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS: A JOHN CAGE CELEBRATION

Sō PERCUSSION

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
CENK ERGÜN, COMPOSER
BETH MEYERS, VIOLA
STUDENTS FROM THE BUTLER SCHOOL OF MUSIC

TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 & 7, 2012, 8:00 P.M.
AT MCCULLOUGH THEATRE

POST-PERFORMANCE TALKBACK WITH THE ARTISTS
IN THE HALL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE PERFORMANCES ON
TUESDAY, MARCH 6 & WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7

PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FUSEBOX FESTIVAL

This performance is made possible by a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with additional support from the Dean of the College of Fine Arts and the Executive Vice President and Provost of The University of Texas at Austin.

“The range of colors and voices that Sō Percussion coaxes from its menagerie is astonishing and entrancing.” – Billboard Magazine

“Anyone who feels that percussion music must by definition be merely ‘noise’ would have heard that idea discredited at this concert.” – The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Coined New York City’s “experimental powerhouse” by The Village Voice, Sō
Percussion is America’s premiere modern performance ensemble. After a sold-out performance at McCullough Theatre in 2010, they return to Texas Performing Arts, along with guest composer Cenk Ergün, violist Beth Meyers, and students from the Butler School of Music, to present the Austin premiere of a new program commemorating the life and work of composer John Cage in his 100th birthday year.

Sō Percussion is hailed for navigating through the many extremes of emotion
and musical possibility. Called “astonishing and entrancing” by Billboard Magazine and “brilliant” by The New York Times, Sō’s innovative work is paired with original music by some of today’s most exciting composers.

In this comprehensive retrospective of Cage’s work, Sō Percussion has chosen some of their favorite Cage pieces. Those pieces are woven in with new music: some by their close friends and some of their own creation. And given Cage’s use of indeterminacy in this program, every concert will be different.

PROGRAM:

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Credo in US (1942) John CAGE
Needles (2010) SŌ PERCUSSION / MATMOS
Imaginary Landscape #1 (1939) John CAGE
Quartet for Percussion, from She is Asleep (1943) John Cage
Use (w/ Cenk Ergün & Beth Meyers) (2009) Cenk ERGÜN
0’00” (4’33” No.2) (with members of the UT Percussion Group and New Music Ensemble) (1962) John CAGE
18’12”, a simultaneous performance of Cage works
-Inlets (Improvisation II) (1977) John CAGE
-But what about the noise of crumpling paper… (1985)
-Duet for Cymbal (1960)
-45’ for a speaker (1954)
24 × 24 (with members of the UT Percussion Group and New Music Ensemble) (2011)
Jason Treuting
Third Construction (1941) John CAGE

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Credo in US (1942) John CAGE
Child of Tree (Improvisation I) (1975) John CAGE
1st Construction (in Metal) (1939) John CAGE
An Imaginary City (2008) Jason Treuting
Use (w/ Cenk Ergün & Beth Meyers) (2009) Cenk ERGÜN
“Bottles” from Ghostbuster Cook: The Origin of the Riddler (2011)Dan DEACON
18’12”, a simultaneous performance of Cage works
-Inlets (Improvisation II) (1977) John CAGE
-0’00” (4’33” No.2) (1962)
-Duet for Cymbal (1960)
-45’ for a speaker (1954)
24 × 24 (w/ special guests) (2011) Jason Treuting
Third Construction (1941) John CAGE

Campus & Community Engagement Events:

Post-Performance Talkback
*Tuesday, March 6, 2012 & Wednesday, March 7, 2012
*immediately following performance
*McCullough Theatre

For more information on this performance, please visit www.texasperformingarts.org/season/sopercussion12.

CALENDAR LISTING

Tuesday, March 6 & Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 8:00 pm –Texas Performing Arts presents Sō Percussion in McCullough Theatre (2375 Robert Dedman Dr.) A map of the campus: texasperformingarts.org/visit/maps_directions. Tickets ($30 / Limited $10 student tickets / discounted tickets available for UT faculty & staff, seniors and Military) are on sale now at authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall Box Office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at TexasPerformingArts.org, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO (2386).

PRESS CONTACT:
Gene Bartholomew
512.471.0632 gbartholomew@TexasPerformingArts.org

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