"UNTENABLE ARGUMENT!!!! Why not play Beethoven on a computer!!! these pieces are sculptural...why do a computer model?"
This quote is concerning the paper "Digital Autonomy in Electroacoustic Music: Re-forging Stockhausen." What do you think?
"...And this brings me to the purpose of this post. UCSD grad student Robert Esler (pictured above) has worked his butt off to bring JLA to San Diego. In a project he calls "The Confluence of Art, Music, Science and Environment," there will be performances of both Strange and Sacred Noise and The Mathematics of Resonant Bodies on Sunday, Feb. 26, at 4 pm and noon, respectively, in remote locations of Anza-Borrego National Park, with JLA present. On Monday and Tuesday, there will be daylong workshops and seminars at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography involving JLA. In order to find out the precise locations of these performances (there's a different location for each piece), you will need to email Robert Esler at resler@ucsd.edu for the specifics, and I suggest you do it today. If you email me at chertzog [at symbol] ucsd.edu, I can send you the details as well, as late as early Sunday morning. The location details are mysterious because the park administration won't let him advertise due to permit regulations. (Don't worry, you won't be breaking any regulations by attending, so long as you park your vehicale appropriately as described on his website). This is an easy excursion into the desert, but you will need to take all the usual precautions any venture into the desert requires. For suggestions on how to have a safe desert experience, please visit http://www.desertusa.com/Thingstodo/du_safetytips.html and http://www.desertusa.com/anza_borrego/du-abpmain.html. Of course, you'll need to bring plenty of water, food, sunscreen, appropriate dress, and there won't be any toilets at either location. Southern California is blessed with an extraordinary and diverse amount of beautiful scenery--you name it, we have it: ocean, lakes, forests, mountains, desert. For my money, Anza-Borrego (the largest desert in SoCal) is at the top of the list. If you've never been there before, this concert is a perfect excuse to visit. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, a chance to hear a composition which invokes nature in the setting of nature. Speaking of nature, my cat just marched into my house proudly carrying a lizard. Gotta go and kick him outside (but give him the praise he craves)."
_________________________________"At a later talk Rob Esler gave glimpses of his project to revive some of the classics of electronic composition. Great to be able to actually hear these early works rather than just hear about them."
"Rob Esler was terrific to watch as the frenetic wild man percussionist does Foley."
"Robert Esler performs this piece [Rimbarimba] with great nuance and skill, and seems very conscious of his role as the bridge, blending in seamlessly with the electronics."
______________________"I think your performance of "Daydreams" is absolutely magnificent. I have listened to it very often and have been rediscovering my piece. Such virtuosity! Such feeling for color and dynamics! Even when the marimba plays by itself, one gets the impression three are playing. The electronics are very well done."
P.B _______________________"Your performance of Dances of Earth and Fire is simply outstanding (well,
your whole CD is!)
Thank you profoundly for investing so much care and imagination in my music.
You are a great asset not only to marimbists, but to composers as well.
Bravo!"
"I am tall with dark hair and usual good with children. I am modest but not inconfident or remorseful. I like dried mango."
R.E.