Sounding the Margins: A Retrospective of the Music of Pauline Oliveros

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The Deep Listening Institute Bay Area (DLIBA), in collaboration with Meridian Music: Composers in Performance presented Sounding The Margins: A Retrospective of the Music of Pauline Oliveros, May 31, and June 1, 2002 at the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre in San Francisco, and at Dolores Park in San Francisco on June 2, 2002. In celebration of the 70th birthday of Pauline Oliveros, dozens of musicians, artists and dancers came together to celebrate and honor the work of one of the most important artists of our time.

The celebration was hosted by Sarah Cahill.

You can see a collection of press coverage of the festival.

See Anne Bourne's photos of participants

The Events

Friday, May 31, 2002

8:00 pm (Concert 1)

• Four Meditations for Orchestra: The Sounding the Margins Orchestra
• Variations for Sextet (1960): sfSound Group [Matt Ingalls (bass), Hugh Livingston ('cello), Diane Grubbe (flute/piccolo), David Bithell (trumpet), Carrie Weick (French horn), Hadley McCarroll (piano), Jennifer Bailey (conductor)]
• Saxual Orientation (1998) (Commissioned by the Rova Saxophone Quartet): ROVA [Bruce Ackley (soprano saxophone), Steve Adams (alto saxophone), Larry Ochs (tenor saxophone), Jon Raskin (baritone saxophone)]

• * Dream Flight (2002): Pauline Oliveros (accordion), Ione (spoken word), Brenda Hutchinson (long tube instrument), Maggi Payne (flute)

• * An excerpt from Io and Her and the Trouble with Him (2001): Written and directed by Ione; Choreography by Joanna Haigood; Set design by Wayne Campbell; Pauline Oliveros (Accordion), Joanna Haigood, Sheila Lopez, Suzanne Gallo

• Double Basses at Twenty Paces (1969): Chris Williams (bass), Matt Sperry (bass), Alan Johnson (referee), Stuart Dempster (second), Tuckier Dulin (second)
• Red Shifts (2000): Monique Buzzarté (trombone), Tim Perkins (oscillator), Xopher Davidson (electronics), David Gamper (max patches)

• * For Tonight (2002): The Space Between [Pauline Oliveros (accordion), Philip Gelb (shakuhachi), Dana Reason (piano)]

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Saturday, June 1, 2002

1:00 pm (Concert 2)

• Sound Fishes: Adem Trio [Gayle Young (Amaranth), Anne Bourne ('cello), Angelique van Berlo (free bass accordion)]
• Trio for Flute, Piano, and Page Turner (1963): Diane Grubbe (flute), Sarah Cahill (piano), Monique Buzzarté (page turner)

• * What Time Is It? (2002): Timeless Pulse [Pauline Oliveros (accordion), David Wessel (electronics), George Marsh (percussion), Jennifer Wilsey (percussion)]

• Quintuplets Play Pen: Homage to Ruth Crawford Seeger: Sarah Cahill (piano)
• Portrait of Tom Bickley: Tom Bickley (recorder, electronics)
• "Jaga Warrior's Tribute" (A Scene from Njinga the Queen King) (1993): Terry Baruti, Lorraine Bowser, members of Adigun Sipho and Bana Ya Kongo

• * For Robert Kostka (2002): Ghostdance Trio [Pauline Oliveros (accordion), Shoko Hikage (koto), Toyoji Tomita (trombone)]

• 13 changes for Malcolm Goldstein (1986): Chris Brown (computer), John Bischoff (computer), Tim Perkins (computer)

• * In the Time of One (2000): Circle Trio [Pauline Oliveros (accordion), India Cooke (violin), Karolyn van Putten (voice, percussion)]

• Tuning Meditation (1971): Albany Community Chorus, directed by Anne Hege [Melinda Woodward, Amy Gorman, Alison Cardinet, Mary Gillis, Angela Kucherenko, Chris Klein, Maia Ramsey, Julie Hart, Roseann Fahner, Anne Hege]
• A Sonic Meditation (1971): Everyone

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6:00 pm (Round Table Discussion)

• Round table discussion: David Bernstein, Renee Coulombe, Allison Johnson, Dana Reason (moderator), Angelique van Berlo, Katherine Setar

8:00 pm (Concert 3)

• The Heart of Tones (1999): The Sounding the Margins Orchestra
• The Well and the Gentle (1983): The Sounding the Margins Orchestra
• Wind Horse (1983): The Cornelius Cardew Choir (Tom Bickley, director) [Sandra Yolles, Steven Tobin, Marjorie Tichenor, Maryliz Smith, Katherine Setar, Jonathan Segel, Jim Riley, Matthew Priest, Marianne McDonald, Bob Marsh (co-founder), Aurora Mahassine, Cathryn Hrudicka, Penelope Houston, Brad Fischer, Leah Fenimore, Tim Duff, Tom Duff, Matthew Ross, Davis Dave, Cowen Beau Casey, Tom Bickley (co-founder), Margot Bevington, Nancy Beckman]

• * Margin Calls (2002): The Deep Listening Band [Pauline Oliveros (accordion, voice), Stuart Dempster (trombone, conch shells, didgeridus, toys), David Gamper (keyboard, overtone flutes, found instruments)], with the Cornelius Cardew Choir (Tom Bickley, director) and Albany Community Chorus (Anne Hege, director)

• * Betting on the Margin (2002): The Deep Listening Band [Pauline Oliveros (accordion, voice), Stuart Dempster (trombone, conch shells, didgeridus, toys), David Gamper (keyboard, overtone flutes, found instruments)], with the Cornelius Cardew Choir (Tom Bickley, director) and Albany Community Chorus (Anne Hege, director)

• * EISing on the Cake (2002): The Deep Listening Band [Pauline Oliveros (accordion, voice), Stuart Dempster (trombone, conch shells, didgeridus, toys), David Gamper (keyboard, overtone flutes, found instruments)], with the Cornelius Cardew Choir (Tom Bickley, director) and Albany Community Chorus (Anne Hege, director)

• * Pauline's Solo (2002): Pauline Oliveros (accordion)

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Sunday, June 2, 2002

Picnic and Free Outdoor Performance

"The Grand Buddha Marching Band" (from Deep Listening Pieces) was performed at Dolores Park in San Francisco. There was also a free, potluck picnic.

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