Silent Music:
4’33’’ and beyond
© 2020 John Cage Trust
About
concert series founded by Jason Brogan
curated by Brogan (2008–11) and Sam Sfirri (2010–13)
performed and presented by the New Music Collective
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
2008 Series
All events 8 PM at Circular Congregational Church
150 Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina
October 5th
4'33’’ (1952) by John Cage
Piano Piece (1952) by Morton Feldman
harmony series nos. 11a - d (2005) by Michael Pisaro
sound.sound (2007) by Michael Winter
Beauty and Industry (2007) by Joseph Kudirka
fragments (2008) by Jason Brogan [US premiere]
Jason Brogan (electric guitar), Nathan Koci (horn, accordion), Sam Sfirri (piano), Ron Wiltrout (percussion)
November 2nd
sound (for percussion) (1997) by Antoine Beuger [US premiere]
one stone (2008) by Sam Sfirri [US premiere]
(Charleston) Memory Space (1971) by Alvin Lucier
Cypress Park (2007) by Christian Kesten
von da nach da (2005) by Eva-Maria Houben [US premiere]
Jason Brogan (electric guitar), Bill Carson (varia), Nathan Koci (horn), Chad Pirtle (voice), Sam Sfirri (melodica, piano), Ron Wiltrout (percussion)
December 7th
(night) for percussion perhaps, or … (1971) by James Tenney
#071208 (2008) by James Saunders [world premiere]
for blinky palermo (2008) by Taylan Susam [US premiere]
nonostante II (2000) Radu Malfatti
Concurrent with the series
Listening Performances (2006) by Adam Overton
a dollop of afternoon wind (2007) by Mark So
2010 Series
All events 8 PM at private residence
Charleston, South Carolina
March 12th
Variations for Functions and Partitions of Time (2009) by David Kant
throngs (2009) by Eva-Maria Houben [US premiere]
A Few Silence (2007) by G. Douglas Barrett
hinwandeln (zwischen himmel und erd) (2005) by Michael Pisaro
Bill Carson (guitar), David Kant (tenor saxophone), Sam Sfirri (melodica, piano), Ron Wiltrout (percussion)
July 20th
Weehawken, July 8, 2008 (2008) by Craig Shepard
Exact Dimension without Insistence (1999) by Jürg Frey
whole and notes (2006) by Taku Sugimoto [US premiere]
tout à fait solitaire (1998) by Antoine Beuger
of mental arithmetic (2010) by Sam Sfirri
place (2010) by Jason Brogan
Bill Carson (guitar), Sam Sfirri (melodica, piano), Ron Wiltrout (percussion)
October 25th
Snow Piece (1968) by Howard Skempton
Keyboard Exercises (2009) by John Lely
pour être seul(e), sans réserve (2009) by Antoine Beuger [US premiere]
Heard To Yield / The Memory Came Vaguely To. (2010) by Johnny Herbert
piano piece (2009) by Jason Brogan
enclosed III (2007) by Jennie Gottschalk
nocturnes (2009) by Taylan Susam [US premiere]
Sam Sfirri (piano)
2011 Series
April 15th & 16th
various works by Manfred Werder and Mark So
Jason Brogan (varia), Sam Sfirri (varia), Mark So (varia), Manfred Werder (varia)
12–4 PM, Hampton Park, Charleston, South Carolina
April 17th
Into Silence (2007) by Mark So
stück 1998 (1998 -) by Manfred Werder
Jason Brogan (electric guitar), Sam Sfirri (melodica), Mark So (reader), Manfred Werder (harmonica)
7 PM, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston, South Carolina
July 3rd
Wen (1997 - 2007) by Jürg Frey
Jason Brogan (guitar), Bill Carson (varia), Kim Larson (clarinet), Brett Nash (percussion), Sam Sfirri (melodica, piano), Jared Sinclair (flute), Mustafa Walker (harmonium), Ron Wiltrout (percussion)
7 PM, Cato Center for the Arts, Charleston, South Carolina
October 26th
The rain of alphabets [harmony series no. 19] (2005) by Michael Pisaro
New Music Collective:
Tom Bresnick (contrabass), James Cannon (percussion), Brett Nash (percussion), Camille Rhoden (keyboard), Sam Sfirri (melodica), Jared Sinclair (flute), Ron Wiltrout (percussion)
New Music Workshop (University of South Carolina):
Brad Farmer (keyboard), Rory Fleming (electronics), Matt Fink (trumpet), Chris Johnson (electric guitar), Alex McCollum (electronics), Greg Stuart (percussion), Walid Yaghy (electronics)
8 PM, Simons Center for the Arts, Charleston, South Carolina
2013 Series
All events 8 PM at John Rivers Communications Museum, Charleston, South Carolina
January 25th
ein ton. eher kurz. sehr leise (1998) by Antoine Beuger
selected poems by Robert Creeley
Bill Carson (woodblock), Chad Pirtle (reader), Sam Sfirri (woodblock)
March 1st
dedekind duos (2003) by Antoine Beuger
selected poems by Robert Lax
Nick Jenkins (keyboard), Chad Pirtle (reader), Sam Sfirri (melodica)