List of New Music America performances

This is a partial list of performances presented under the umbrella of the New Music America festival held from 1979 to 1990, and a different city each year, compiled from Georges Dupuis' personal archives from travel to the 1984 to 1990 festivals, during the latter years, as a secretary to the New Music Alliance planning sessions.^[1]

Name/Presents/Location

1979 New Music/New York

David Van Tieghem, solo percussion-theater performance; The Kitchen, New York, NY

1980 Minneapolis

1981 San Francisco^[2]

May 19 to August 2 Brian Eno, "Music for Museums"; University Art Museum, Berkeley

June 1–13 Peter Richards, Wave Organ installation; Marina Breakwater at the St. Francis Yacht Club

June 1–30 Bill Fontana,Landscape Sculpture with Foghorns; East Wall of Pier 2 at Fort Mason

June 2–22 Chris Brown, Tom Nunn, Dick Dunlap, Bruce Fier, Instrument group exhibition; San Francisco Airport, North Terminal June 4 Ben Azarm, "MEAL"; Embarcadero Center June 4–6 Exhibit: Pacific Film Archive: Contemporary Film Scores and Graphic Sound Films; Intersection Theatre Paul Fuchs and Limp, "Minimalist Directions"; Intersection Theatre June 6 Presentation: Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, "New Music from the Center for Computer Music", Stanford University The Scientists, performance; Embarcadero Center

June 7 Paul Fuchs and Limpe: German Composers Paul Demarinis with Anne Kingensmith Songs Maggi Payne Electronics Performance Stuart Dempster Performance with didjiridu and tape Leo Smith Ensemble Performance: New Jazz Terry Allen Solo piano and Country Songs All at Intersection Theatre Nicolas Collins: Installation: Water Works; Golden Gate Ferry Terminal Liz Phillips: Sunspots; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art June 8 Meetings of the New Music Alliance, Nigel Redden, Chair; Exploratorium Daniel Schmidt: Sound Column Performance; Palace of Fine Arts Rotunda Workshop: Computers in Composition and Performance, Exploratorium Arch Ensemble: Works by Robert Erickson, Robert Hughes, Blue "Gene" Tyranny, Julius Eastman and Charles Amirkhanian; Japan Centre Theatre The Residents: One Minute Movies with Graeme Whifler; Japan Centre Theatre Phill Niblock: Evening of film and music; Cinematheque

June 9 New Music Alliance meetings, Mary MacArthur, Chair; Exploratorium David Behrman, Bob Watts and Bob Diamond: Cloud Music; Fort Mason Conference Centre Workshop: Instrument Design; 80 Langton Street League of Automatic Music Composers: Computer Music Joe McPhee: Solo Saxophone Joseph Kubera: John Adams: Work for Solo Piano Peter Garland: Work for 2 violins and percussion Robert Ashley: Performance Japan Center Theatre

June 9 - June 11 Sensurround performance: The first theater of sound for the performance of electronic music using 136 speakers, located all around the theater; Audium Theater of Sound Sculptured Space, 1616 Bush Street

June 10 New Music Alliance meetings, Robert Stearns, Chair: Election and discussion of goals and aims; Exploratorium Ingram Marshall: Poor People's Music; Palace of Fine Arts Rotunda Meet the Composer: California Organizational Meeting; Exploratorium Laurie Spiegel: Video and Acoustic Music Davey Williams with LaDonna Smith: Improvisation Jim Pomeroy: Performance Peter Gena: Work for 2 pianos and electric bass George Lewis Ensemble: Work for 4 trombones; Japan Centre Theatre

June 11 Panel: New Music America; Robin Kirk, Chair: Funder's Panel; Exploratorium Workshop: Improvisation Paul Dresher: Electronics Diamanda Galás: Extended Vocal Performance Ned Sublette: Cowboy Songs Nancy Karp and Dancers; Terry Riley: Vocal performance Exploratorium

June 12 Ralph Jones: Rotunda Sounding; Palace of Fine Arts Rotunda Pauline Oliveros: Travelling Companions; Marx Meadow, Golden Gate Park Workshop: Publishing and Distribution Exploratorium Herman LeRoux and the Veil of Isis: New Music from the San Francisco Conservatory; Hearst Court, deYoung Museum Margaret Fisher Performance; Conlon Nancarrow: Player Piano; Ustad Ali Akbar Khan; Performance; Japan Center Theatre Keith Terry: Jazz Tap Percussion Ensemble, Performance Gallery Douglas Hollis: Fire Watercycle (celebration/performance/installation); Palace of Fine Arts Rotunda Other Music: Gamelan late night performance; Complex, 535 Stevenson St.

June 13 Conlon Nancarrow: Workshop on player pianos; Exploratorium Pauline Oliveros:Travelling Companions; Marx Meadow, Golden Gate Park Bonnie Barnett: Tunnel Hum; Pedestrian tunnel, Great Highway at the Beach end of Judah St. Laurie Anderson: Performance for mixed media Japan Center Theatre Buster Simpson: Installation; San Francisco Art Institute

June 14 Karlton Hester Ensemble & Dancers: Performance; Old First Church Center for the Arts

1982 Chicago

1983 Washington D.C.

1984 Hartford^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

July 1 Amtrak New Music America Express: Train performance^[8] Charlie Morrow's Conch Orchestra Brian Johnson: Sound Work for train Joseph Celli Performance for train; ; New York Grand Central Station to Hartford, Connecticut Station Mega March: Train station performance Hartford Terminal^[9] Salon des refusés: Various Musicians Pauline Oliveros^[6] performance Body Musicians: Performance; Mad Murphy's The Sun Ra Akestra; Mad Murphy

July 2 New Music Alliance meetings; University of Hartford Rick Rozie & Mixashawn Arto Lindsay and the Ambitious Lovers; Old State House David Weinstein: Installation Group Exposition: Scribing Sound Open Mike Performance; Hartford Arts Centre

July 3^[10] New Music Alliance Meetings; University of Hartford Peace Train's All Star Breakers & Poppers with Circulation Eugene Chadborne and Shockabilly; Old State House Ron Kuivila: Installation; Hartford Arts Centre James Fulkerson and Neely Bruce: Play Stephen Montague and others; Wadsworth Atheneum David Moss: Intimate Solos; Wadsworth Connecticut Room for the David Bermant Collection Jim Pomeroy: performance Chris Brown, William Winant and Jon English: trio performance Muhal Richard Adams: performance Relâche: Play Malcolm Goldstein and others; Wadsworth Auditorium

July 4 New Music Alliance Meetings; University of Hartford Sam Rivers Saxophone Ensemble: Performance; Old State House Skip Laplante: Workshop; Constitution Plaza Yura Adams: Performance David Mahler: Performance Marina Lapalma: Performance IXNA: Performance Frankie Mann: Performance; Center Church Gerald F. Errante Robert Black Robert Dick: Virtuoso Series; Wadsworth Auditorium Hartford Symphony Orchestra: Play Peter Sellars, Yvar Mikhashoff, Charles Ives Fourth of July Outdoor Concert at Old State House^[11] Jim Pomeroy: Texas Barbecue; The Russian Lady 1

July 5 New Music Alliance Meetings; University of Hartford Liquid Liquid Olu Dara and the Okra Orchestra; Old State House Ellen Fullman: Long Stringed Instrument; Travelers Court Hall Visual Sound Forum: Installations and Talks^[12] Leif Brush,^[13]^[14] Alvin Lucier, Liz Phillips, William Hellerman, Jim Pomeroy; Phill Niblock Ruth Miller, Steve Parrish Hartford Arts Centre Jon English; Yvar Mikhashoff; Virtuoso Series; Wadsworth Atheneum Frances-Marie Uitti, David Mott, Gary Karr: Interpretations of John Cage works; Wadsworth Atheneum Stuart Smit: Performance Helen Thorington and Partners: Performance John Zorn, Fred Frith, Christian Marclay, David Moss, Wayne Horvitz, Robin Holcomb Performance of John Zorn's Rugby;^[15] Wadsworth Auditorium James Tenney: Spectral Canon for Conlon Nancarrow, Bridges for four micro-tuned pianos; Lincoln Center

July 6 New Music Alliance Meetings; University of Hartford David Betts Garland Bob Gatzen and Spiral; Old State House Russell Frehling: Installation; Hartford Civic Center Workshop: Various Service Organizations; Hartford Arts Center John Driscoll: Installation; Hartford Arts Center Ursula Oppens: Plays Alvin Curran, Elliott Carter, David, Charles Wuorinen, Frederic Rzewski; Lincoln Theatre Jerry Hunt: Performance Frances-Marie Uitti: Performance Michael Pugliese: Performance S.E.M. Ensemble: Performance Joseph Jarman: Performance; Lincoln Theatre

July 7 David Hykes and the Harmonic Choir: Vocal Performance William Albright and Celli; New Music for Pipe Organ William Albright plays Morton Feldman Amina Claudine Myers and her Voice Orchestra: Performance Glenn Branca Ensemble: Symphony no. 3; Cathedral of St. Joseph Beth Griffin: Morton Feldman's "Voices"; Cathedral of St. Joseph Earl Howard: Performance Terry Riley and Krishna Bhatt: Duo Improvisation Wadada Leo Smith: Performance Terry Riley and the New Music All Stars: "In C"; Lincoln Theatre

1985 Los Angeles

October 31 Opening Celebration Gala; Los Angeles City Hall Los Angeles Philharmonic, Play Robert Erickson, Dane Rudhyar, John Adams, Ursula Oppens, piano; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

November 1 Bonnie Barnett: "Auto Hum" live radio broadcast; KPFK Studio Z Michael Galasso, Art Works; Moca's Temporary Contemporary, 152 North Central Avenue Repercussion Unit: Performance Johanna Went: Performance Richard Zvonar: Performance Grady and Bearfoot Performance; Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gordon Monahan: "Speakers Swinging" with John Oswald and Holly Small; Park Plaza Hotel

November 2 Harold Budd, Art works and recordings The Residents, Art works; Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) Kronos Quartet: Morton Feldman "String Quartet No. 2"; Los Angeles County Museum of Art Stephen Scott Ensemble, Performance James Newton, Performance Lois V Vierk, Performance Paul Demarinis, Performance Earl Howard, Performance; Cal Arts Modular Theatre

November 3 La Monte Young, "The Well-Tuned Piano"; full five-hour broadcast including interview with the composer; KPFK RadioThe California EAR Unit: Play Otto, Stephen Mosko, Jim Staley, Joan La Barbara; Los Angeles County Museum of Art Sussan Deiheim and Richard Horowitz: Performance; Los Angeles Theatre Centre

November 4 New Music Alliance, Meetings; Park Plaza Hotel David Burge: Performance; Arnold Schonberg Institute Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group play Ingram Marshall, Ivan Tcherepnin, Ornette Coleman, Bud Powell, L. Subramaniam and Steiger Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group with Aki Takahashi and Stephen L. Mosko: Performance Japan America Theatre

November 5 New Music Alliance, Meetings; Park Plaza Hotel Tom Marioni, Gary Lloyd, Bill and Mary Buchen, Betty Freeman: Art works: "Player Pianos to Pinball": sound installations; Otis Parsons Gallery Bertram Turetzky Plays Noel Estrada, Christian Wolff, Childs, Ornette Coleman, Jon Deak and Bertram Turetzky; Arnold Schonberg Institute Morton Subotnick: Performance The California EAR Unit: Performance Daniel Lentz: Performance The Fibonaccis: Performance John Carter Quintet: Performance Christian Marclay: Performance Tom Recchion: Performance; Japan America Theater

November 6 New Music Alliance, Meetings; Park Plaza Hotel David Ocker: Performance; Arnold Schonberg Institute

November 6 and 7 Scott Johnson and ensemble: "Alibis", "Before Winter"; Japan America Theatre

November 7 New Music Alliance, Meetings; Park Plaza Hotel Jim Pomeroy with Eugene Chadborne: "Composer's Cookout"; Park Plaza? Liz Phillips: Cymbal Installation; Los Angeles Theatre Center Lobby William Winant plays Jim Pomeroy, Larry Polansky, Gordon Mumma, James Tenney, Fink, Chris Brown, Michael Byron; Arnold Schonberg Institute

November 8 New Music Alliance, Meetings; Park Plaza Hotel Joseph Celli: "Velvet Squares and Pershing Kings"; Pershing Square Carla Bley with Jack Bruce, Don Preston and Steve Swallow: "For Under the Volcano" Paul Dresher, Rinde Eckert: "Tropic of Entropy" Philip Glass: "The Photographer"(excerpt) with Kelsey Grammer;Mark Taper Forum "When New Wave Was New"; performances and exhibits; Al`s Bar

November 9 Seamus: New electronic (or electroacoustic) compositions; open listening sessions Bay Area New Gamelan: Performance John King: "Africa Songs" Spencer Barefield: Performance Jocy De Oliviera: Performance Neil B. Rolnick: Performance David Rosenboom: Performance Robert Suderberg:"Freeway Concerto" for performers and automobiles Horace Tapscott: Solo piano performance MIchael Byron: "Entrances" Bun Ching Lam: "After Spring" Jim Fox and Black Water: Performance Polkacide Performance in the Main Gallery; California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, California Three Day Stubble: Performance Debt of Nature: Performance; California Institute for the Arts Cafeteria, Valencia, California

November 10 David Moss: Intimate Solos (for audiences of 8 or less); California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, California David Rosenboom: Performance Laura Karpman: "Stanzas for Music" Arthur Jarvinen: "Electric Jesus" Alvin Curran: "Sonic Geography" World Saxophone Quartet: Performance Charlie Haden Liberation Orchestra: Performance; California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, California

Houston 1986

April 5 Tom Cora and large ensembles and vehicles; New Music Parade; Montrose Blvd, Houston John Cage: Ryoanji: Sound Sculpture Garden installation; Museum of Fine Arts Camiata Soloists play Noon, Guy Klucevsek, Jon Deak, Strandberg, Newman, Ornette Coleman; Brown AuditoriumJoan La Barbara: "ROTHKO; Rothko Chapel Jean Michel Jarre; "Rendez-vous Houston" Houston Festival, Texas Sesquicentennial and NASA Tribute to the Space Shuttle Challenger; Downtown Houston including projections on matted skyscrapers best viewable from Sam Houston Park.

April 6 Ornette Coleman "Ornette: Made in America", world premiere film with Coleman present; unknown movie after midnight. Urban Glut: Performance Art Gottschalk: Performance James Sellars: Performance David Garland: Performance Julie Lyonn Lieberman: Performance Tom McVeety: Performance; City Hall Stage, Tranquility Tent "Scribing Sounds 2": Sound Installations Stelarc Installation and performance Annea Lockwood Sound installation Lanny Steele: Performance; City Hall Stage

April 6–7 R.I.P. Hayman: Dreamsounds: An overnight sleepover performance; Holiday Inn

April 7 New Music Alliance, Meetings; Holiday Inn String Trio of New York: Performance; Tenneco Plaza New Culture Quartet of Sweden: "Ship of Fools" Susan Rawcliffe: Performance Janice Misurell Mitchell: Performance; Downtown Houston Jim Pomeroy: Performance David Rosenboom: Performance Cimarron Wind Quintet: Performance Guy Klucevsek plays Lois V Vierk; Denney Theatre New Music Open Mike - Various Artists; Salon de Refusé, Magnolia Room

April 8 New Music Alliance, Meetings; Holiday Inn Olu Dara and the Okra Orchestra: Performance; First City Tower South Plaza Electric Sky: play Karl Korte, Mowitz, Schottstaedt, Chafe, De Oliviera, Morton Subotnick; Burke Baker PlanetariumRobert Dick plays Petr Kotik, Robert Dick, Tibor Szemző, John Adams, McTee; unknown venue "From Lubbock to Berlin" Marianne Schroeder: Performance Lyric Art Quintet play Robert Kraft Steve Paxton Group: Performance Masciunas Ensemble: "Rodeo"; University of Houston

April 9 New Music Alliance, Meetings; Holiday Inn Composer-Performers take over the Houston Astrodome (at 9:00 a.m.) Jane Ira Bloom: Performance Richard Lehrman: Performance Russell Frehling: Performance incorporating radio glider with microphone; Houston Astrodome Jon Rose: 18-hour solo performance including interaction with television activated by foot pedal; main lobby of the Republic Bank. Leroy Jenkins Mixed Quartet: Performance; 1600 Smith St Bldg Jerry Hunt: Performance Pat Oleszko: Performance Jim Pomeroy: Performance Bonnie Shrek: Performance; Unknown venue Robert Rodriguez: Performance Tina Marsh: Performance Urban-15 Media Arts Group: Theatre; Houston Comm College, Heinen Theatre New Music Open Mike - Various Artists; Salon de Refusé, Magnolia Room

April 10 New Music Alliance, Meetings; Holiday Inn John Carter Quintet: Performance; Lyric Office Center Outdoor Stage Ellen Fullman: "Long Stringed Instrument"; Installation and demonstration performance Doug Hollis: Performance; ; unknown venue Connie Beckley: Performance; University of Houston Lawndale New Music Open Mike - Various Artists; Salon de Refusé, Magnolia Room

April 11 New Music Alliance, Meetings; Holiday Inn Bonnie Barnett: "Tunnel Hum"; Downtown Houston Tunnel System The McLean Mix, David Behrman, David Weinstein: "Tunnel Hum"; 1600 Smith Bldg lobbyLarry Kucharz: Performance Reynold Weidenaar and Jane Ira Bloom: Duo performance Larry Austin: Performance Myrna Schloss: Performance Bill Seaman: Performance Janis Crystal Lipzin: Performance; Rice Media Centre Steve Reich, "Different Trains"; unknown venue Ned Sublette; Performance Brave Combo: Performance; unknown venue

April 12

Kiva: Performance Jack Massing: Performance Eleanor Hovda: Performance Michael Waisvisz: Performance; unknown venue

Ned Sublette Band with Blue "Gene" Tyranny; Sam Houston Park

Culturcide: Performance Sonic Youth: Performance Brave Combo: Performance; Houston Town Square Stage

Philadelphia 1987

October 2

Relâche (musical group) with Stephen Montague play John Cage, Stephen Montague, Ed Fulkerson, Rolf Gehlhaar, Odaline de la Martinez Odeon Pope Saxophone Choir: Performance; Port of History Museum

October 3

Good Sound Foundation: Workshop ; Port of History Museum

Alvin Curran: "The Maritime Rites; Penn's Landing

George Russell and the Living Time Orchestra: "The African Game" Relâche play Martin Duckworth and Aaron Kernis; Port of History Auditorium

Centenary of Marcel Duchamp: Exhibit and lecture; Philadelphia Museum of Art

Temple University Orchestra: play Henry Cowell, Melinda Wagner and Alvin Lucier; Port of History Auditorium Michael Nyman: "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat"; WHYY Forum Theatre

October 4

New Music Alliance, Meetings; Quality Inn

Margaret Leng-Tan plays Somei Satoh, Ichiyanagi, Matsudaira, Yin, Gan-Ru; Philadelphia Ethical Society

Herbert Blau, Roger Oliver and Don Shewey: Panel: Lecture "New Music and Theatre"; Philadelphia College of the Arts

Richard Horowitz and Sussan Deiheim: Performance Thomas Albert: Performance Linda Montano: "Casio Portraits"; Painted Bride Art Gallery

Penn Contemporary Players: Performance Borah Bergman: Performance Wayne Horvitz and Bobby Previte: Performance Rudin and Relâche: Performance; Port of History Auditorium 1

October 6

New Music Alliance, Meetings; Quality Inn

Relâche with Barbara Noska play Paul Epstein, Toby Olson and Michael Winkler; Temple University, Center City

"Talking Music" Panel; various speakers; Temple University, Center City

Jim Meneses and Kixx: Performance Tina Davidson: Performance Marshall Taylor: Performance

Société de musique contemporaine du Québec play Michel Longtin, Gilles Tremblay, Claude Vivier, John Rea Elliott Sharp Ensemble: Performance Glen Velez: Performance Relâche with Romulus Franceschini: Performance Port of History Auditorium

October 7

New Music Alliance, Meetings; Quality Inn

Robert Ashley: Performance Peter Zummo Ensemble: Performance Fast Forward: Performance; Painted Bride Art Gallery

Maggi Payne and Ed Tannenbaum: Performance; Port of History Auditorium Marcelle Deschênes: Performance Alain Thibault: Performance Peter Rose: Performance

Guy Klucevsek: "Polka from the Fringe": unidentified packed bar

October 8

New Music Alliance, Meetings; Quality Inn

Relâche with Bob Goldberg: "Music for Subways"; Broad Street Subway Concourse Shelley Hirsch: Performance Anthony Coleman: Performance Lenny Seidman: Performance; Painted Bride

Joel Chadabe: Performance Ron Kuivila: Performance Salvatore Martirano: Performance Richard Teitelbaum: Performance Laurie Spiegel: Performance; Port of History Auditorium

October 9

New Music Alliance, Meetings; Quality Inn

Leif Brush: Performance: "Connecting Surface Waves: The Roadside Broadcasts", Fairmount Park Joseph Kasinskas: Performance Susan Stegner: Performance Mary Jane Leach: Performance Warren Burt: Performance for tuning forks; Memorial Hall Stewart Dempster: David Mahler "Fantasy on America"; Gymnasium, Fairmount Park Relâche: Performance Rova Saxophone Quartet: Performance Bruce Mather: Performance Roger Reynolds: Performance; Port of History Museum Auditorium

Relâche with Daniel Goode and Frederic Rzewski: Gala closing performance; Port of History Auditorium

Miami 1988

December 2 - until Miami Metro Police took it down - Gordon Monahan: installation, "Hey Baby Do You Want To Take A Ride In My Car?", Metro Transit Rail system.

December 2

New World Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas play Charles Wuorinen, Elliott Carter, Morton Feldman, Astor Piazzolla, Steve Reich; Gusman Center for the Performing Arts

December 3

Pat Oleszko: Performance Del Pueblo Del Barrio: Performance Perujazz: Performance Uakti: Performance Kronos Quartet play Wayne Horvitz, Philip Glass; Terry Riley, John Zorn, Astor Piazzolla, Julius Hemphill Drums of Fire: Performance; Sovereign of the Seas

December 4

Carolee Schneemann Malcolm Goldstein; Performance Marilyn Gottleib-Roberts: Performance; Wolfson Theatre

Horst Rickels and Shelley Hirsch: Performance voice and device Ken Butler: performance and demonstration of multiple guitars Uakti presents the works and instruments of Anton Walter Smetak; Barbara Gillman Gallery

Ken Gray: Installation; Government Centre Atrium

Kronos Quartet play Kevin Volans, Morton Feldman, Eleanor Hovda, Steve Reich; Blum, Vigeland and Williams: Morton Feldman: Crippled Symmetry First Presbyterian Church 1988.12.04. Miami 1988

December 5