Some sketches from a trip to Prague in 2003…
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Prague
January 11th, 2013 · 1 Comment
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A Picture by Robin Hoffman
January 2nd, 2013 · 1 Comment
Robin Hoffman attends many performances at Brooklyn’s Jalopy Theater, and sketches what she sees. She’s posted a picture of me with the tuba player Ralph Hamperian, over here.
Prof. Williams’ New System
December 11th, 2012 · Comments Off on Prof. Williams’ New System
“Prof. Williams’ New System” was the first piece I toured with the Oberlin Dance Collective, back in 1974. I was 19. I don’t remember much about the piece, but did keep a rough score/script. The title was taken from a 19th century manual on the care of horses and cattle, and the text came from […]
Paperweight
August 3rd, 2012 · Comments Off on Paperweight
An asemic sound poem, from around 1977.
Philosophy: The Last Phase
June 25th, 2012 · Comments Off on Philosophy: The Last Phase
A round, on a piquant excerpt from Benjamin De Casseres.
The Pigeon
May 31st, 2012 · Comments Off on The Pigeon
The Parliament of Fowls
February 15th, 2012 · 1 Comment
From 1976, a sketch for “The Parliament of Fowls,” a proposed installation in collaboration with Doug Winter. We often discussed it, but it never went beyond a few sketches.
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Parget
December 3rd, 2011 · Comments Off on Parget
A lilting number for viola and piano, on the outskirts of ambience, with some bitter dissonance to linger on the palate. “Parget” is ornamental plasterwork; this is the sonic equivalent.
Paris
November 3rd, 2011 · 2 Comments
A trip to Paris in 1993.
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Proverbs
August 31st, 2011 · 1 Comment
I’ve set a number of proverbs as rounds. We sang some of these in the Patient Island Singers, after we branched out from only doing material about Roosevelt Island. Here are a couple of them.