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Prague

January 11th, 2013 · 1 Comment

Some sketches from a trip to Prague in 2003…

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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.

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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 […]

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Paperweight

August 3rd, 2012 · Comments Off on Paperweight

An asemic sound poem, from around 1977.

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Philosophy: The Last Phase

June 25th, 2012 · Comments Off on Philosophy: The Last Phase

A round, on a piquant excerpt from Benjamin De Casseres.

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The Pigeon

May 31st, 2012 · Comments Off on The Pigeon

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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.

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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.

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