Contemporary Insights: Music and Conversation

Sunday, November 13, 2011 4:30 p.m.
ODC Theater at the Dance Commons, San Francisco
351 Shotwell Street (between 17th and 18th Streets), San Francisco
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Steven Schick moderates a conversation with listeners and musicians at five informal events devoted to the understanding and appreciation of new music. Each time, the ensemble performs one piece from the upcoming concert program, and the composer is often present to discuss the work. Audience members consistently praise Contemporary Insights events as a unique opportunity to become familiar with a new piece before hearing it again in concert. Afterward, join us at a complimentary reception to meet the artists.

$10 general, $5 students/seniors.
Tickets available at the door or with a subscription.
No one turned away for lack of funds.

Questions? Call 415-278-9566 or email info@sfcmp.org.

John Cage's Credo in Us
Instrumentation: piano (Julie Steinberg), two percussion (Daniel Kennedy and William Winant), radio (Steven Schick)
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About the piece:
John Cage's Credo in Us,his first collaboration with choreographer Merce Cunningham, was premiered at Bennington College in 1942. The piece will be performed by a pianist (Julie Steinberg) and two percussionists (William Winant and Daniel Kennedy), accompanied by a fourth musician (Steven Schick) who operates a radio - an early instance of the chance procedures that Cage famously incorporated into music in various ways throughout his life.