Alvin Lucier

by Roth, Michael S.; Collins, Nicolas (CON); Kuivila, Ronald (CON); Miller-Keller, Andrea (CON); Lucier, Alvin (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780819572790
• ISBN10: 0819572799
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-01-15
• Publisher: Wesleyan Univ Pr

Summary

This small, striking book commemorates the career of experimental music composer Alvin Lucier, and features an interview with Lucier and curator Andrea Miller-Keller, essays by Nicolas Collins, Ronald Kuivila, Michael Roth and Pamela Tatge, and details of a symposium, exhibit and special performances of Lucier's work held at Wesleyan University, November 4-6, 2011. Lucier has pioneered in many areas of music composition and performance, including the notation of performers' physical gestures, the use of brain waves in live performance, the generation of visual imagery by sound in vibrating media, and the evocation of room acoustics for musical purposes. From 1970 to 2011 he taught at Wesleyan University where he was John Spencer Camp Professor of Music. Lucier performs, lectures and exhibits his sound installations extensively in the United States, Europe and Asia.

Table of Contents

Introduction

In Appreciation

Symposium, with commentary

Vespers

Alvin in Albany

The Early Years: Excerpts from an interview with Alvin Lucier

Concerts, with commentary

Alvin Lucier (and His Artist friends)

Exhibition Checklist

Biographies

Acknowledgments

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