John Cage

Yesterday's concert was absolutely fabulous! One favorite piece was the world premier of "April in Santa Cruz" by Javanese composer Nano S. Though it sounded traditional to us, it is apparently considered "modern" in light of the fact that the roots of Gamelan music reach so far back in time, they even predate Indonesia’s Hindu-Buddhist culture. I couldn’t get enough of it, literally, so I'm determined to attend the next Gamelan concert on May 10th, which is also the last for the academic year. I might have to skip movie with the movie group again, but the show should be very interesting. It’ll feature a longer "modern" work by the same composer, and a traditional Balinese Gamelan performance including dancers!
For our other favorite piece, John Cage surprised us with an extremely enjoyable work called “Credo…” something-or-other. I forgot. I have to look it up. It involved a stereo, a buzzer, various tin cans, as well as more traditional instruments, e.g. piano. It was very, very cool.