[silence] Metal Concert by James M. Drew

[Ralph Lichtensteiger]

dear all,

please listen to James M. Drew's extravaganza 'Metal Concert' on  
espace sonorité...

http://www.lichtensteiger.de/music_room.html

James Drew's Metal Concert was commissioned by Paul Price for the  
Manhattan Percussion Ensemble. The four percussionists were  
positioned in a large spatial design on stage and performed from very  
large scores. Thus the audience could participate in a visual  
experience in addition to the aural experience. The premeier was in  
New York City at the Manhattan School of Music, in 1970, with Paul  
Price conducting. © 2007 by James Drew and Greywolf Performing Arts  
Institute.

"American composer JAMES MULCRO DREW was raised in New York City and  
began music studies at age five. His adult music studies began in the  
1950's, when he studied counterpoint, harmony, and composition with  
Wallingford Riegger. During the early 1960's, Drew’s work began to  
take on an independent musical direction; with such works as The Lute  
in the Attic (New Orleans, 1963) and Music for Three Muted Pianos  
(St. Louis, 1964), followed by Primo Libro De Referencia Labarinto  
(New Haven, 1967), radical notational concepts appeared for the first  
time in his work. He has since become a renowned member of the  
American Experimental Tradition, and has worked in Theatre creating  
his own companies, and an interdisciplinary Theatre Laboratory for  
students to expand their knowledge through all Arts. Drew and Mary  
Gae George have been Co-Directors of the Greywolf Performing Arts  
Institute, since 1990." (http://www.cinnabarrecords.com/drew.html)

J. Drew and John Cage
http://www.greywolf-artistry.com/harmonic_canon_photos_files/ 
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tune in and enjoy!

kind regards,
ralph lichtensteiger
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