Photo by Ross WelserCourtesy of the John Cage TrustOn Thursday, October 17, 8 PM at Miller Theater, the
Either/Or ensemble will present the “Cage Party Pieces 100”. Th project originated in Leipzig, and the organizers
contacted 125 German and American composers to each write a one-minute piece in
honor of John Cage. Each composer was given only the last measure of the previous completed work,
and had to send in the finished piece one week later so as to keep the process
going. Within the given space, the
composers—among them William Bolcolm, Robert Carl, Jason Eckardt, Kamran Ince, Lei
Liang, David T. Little, and Keeril Makan—write whatever they please,
passing their final measure on to the next composer in line. This new, evening-length work brings
together 125 short compositions by 125 different composers, written
according to a compositional model created by Cage in 1945.To order tickets online, click here.
