Mavericks 250: A David Tudor Centennial (Afternoon Workshop)

Other Minds holds certain truths to be self-evident—what better way to celebrate the American semiquincentennial than with summer concerts featuring Maverick American Composers from distinct eras of musical history? For the first concert of Mavericks 250, Other Minds welcomes Composers Inside Electronics to perform works by David Tudor (1926–1996) in celebration of his centennial, as well as Composer Inside Electronics 50th Anniversary. This event takes place over two evening concerts, as well as a afternoon discussion/demonstration of some of the techniques behind Tudor’s experiments with electronics.

David Tudor is, perhaps, most famously known as part and principal interpreter of the New York School—John Cage, Morton Feldman, Earle Brown, and Christian Wolff. With Cage, in the early 1960s, Tudor also began to pioneer the use of live electronics in performance, as opposed to exclusively on recordings. To further this practice, Tudor formed Composers Inside Electronics 1973, whose original core members, along with Tudor, were John Driscoll, Paul DeMarinis, Phil Edelstein, Linda Fisher, Ralph Jones, Martin Kalve, and Bill Viola. Their first work was a collaboratively realized “electroacoustic environment” conceived by Tudor: Rainforest IV. This first version of the group was active between 1976 and 1981. Reformed in 1996 for Tudor’s memorial service, current members include John Driscoll, Phil Edelstein, Tom Hamilton, Matt Rogalsky, and Doug Van Nort.

Public parking is indicated on the campus access map below. The best areas for the Concert Hall are:

• Richards Rd (which runs along in front of the hall)
• Richards Lot (to the right immediately upon passing the entrance gate)
• Lisser Lot
• Cowell Lot

We are unable to reserve parking. There is one ADA spot on Richards Rd, two ADA spots in Lisser lot.

Please note Campus Access Policy:

Northeastern University is committed to providing a safe and secure environment for the university community, visitors, and guests.

All vehicle drivers and pedestrians entering campus will be required to identify themselves and state their business on campus at all hours. All vehicle drivers are expected to make a full stop at the stop sign and present government-issued ID to the gate officer.

All persons entering campus between 8:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. are required to sign-in and present a Husky Card or a government-issued ID at the Richards Road gate.

Accepted government-issued IDs are state or provincial driver’s license or identification card, passport or passport card, military ID card, or permanent resident card. ID will be requested from the driver of a vehicle and from individuals entering on foot.

Any individual unable to present an accepted ID will not be granted access to campus. Please allow yourself extra time when accessing campus to accommodate the Campus Access Policy, https://policies.northeastern.edu/policy616-oak/

More information to assist you in traveling to Mills College at Northeastern University is linked here: https://performingarts.mills.edu/plan-your-visit.php

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