PRISM's 2012-2013 Concert Series in
New York City & Philadelphia

Chanting the Light
Terry Riley Composer Portrait

New York City: Saturday, December 15, 2012 @ 7:30 PM
Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A West 13th Street

Philadelphia: Sunday, December 16, 2012 @ 7:00 PM
Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 South 18th Street

The PRISM Quartet presents a program of music for saxophones by Terry Riley, who launched the Minimalist movement with his revolutionary 1964 composition IN C. Deeply influenced by jazz and Indian classical music, Riley’s own music has in turn influenced artists across genres, from composers Steve Reich, Philip Glass, and John Adams, to rock groups like The Who, Soft Machine, and Tangerine Dream.

Program:
Chanting the Light of Foresight (1987)
Tread on the Trial Trail (1964)
Mandala Miniatures (select movements,1999)
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Cage: Beyond Silence
John Cage Composer Portrait

New York City: Saturday, January 19, 2013 @ 7:30 PM
Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A West 13th Street

Philadelphia: Sunday, January 20, 2013 @ 2 PM
Van Pelt Auditorium, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway (at 26th Street).

The PRISM Quartet and the Curtis Institute of Music’s 20/21 Ensemble join forces for a program of late-career music by the iconic John Cage on the centennial of his birth. The Philadelphia program is part of “Cage: Beyond Silence,”, a major festival produced by Bbowerbird in conjunction with the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The program will be previewed in New York City at the Tenri Cultural Institute.

PROGRAM
Freeman Etudes #4, #8, and #16 for solo violin (1977-80XX)
Sonata for Two Voices (1933)
Music for Nine (1984-87)
Four5 for saxophone quartet (1991)
Thirteen (1992)
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Ice Cream Time
Nick Didkovsky Composer Portrait

Philadelphia: Friday, May 17, 2013 @ 5:00 PM
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art After 5 Series
2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway

New York City: Sunday evening, May 19, 2013
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

The PRISM Quartet, composer/guitarist Nick Didkovsky, and sonic alchemist Thomas Dimuzio perform Ice Cream Time, an evening-length work by Didkovsky that uses electric guitar, an onslaught of saxophones, and real-time computer processing to explore the boundaries between human- and software-generated music. Didkovsky is best known for his work with Doctor Nerve, Fred Frith Guitar Quartet, and Bang On A Can, and for developing his own computer music language.
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