What Carleton Taught Me about Embracing Culture and Blowing It Up
From site: Reunion 2014
A lecture-concert for the edification of alumni and the caution of faculty.
Date: Friday, June 20th, 2014
Time: 8:30 pm
Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Concert Hall
Sponsored by: Reunion 2014
Contact: Sarah Forster, x4203
Composer and Stanford University music professor Mark Applebaum '89 presents a lecture-concert, including performances for jazz piano, a piece for hand gestures synchronized to pre-recorded sound, and the Mouseketier- an original electroacoustic sound-sculpture made of junk, hardware, and found objects. By sharing his wide-ranging and often idiosyncratic work as a composer, Applebaum attempts to harmonize notions of convention and experimentation. The talk will include a tutorial on how musical improvisers think, considerations about discipline and iconoclasm, and reflections on how his Carleton education enabled and impeded his developments as a creative artist.