Stanford Lively Arts presents: Musicircus featuring Stanford University music makers and special guests Sō Percussion, Cenk Ergun and MC Schmidt (Matmos), Beth Meyers (Janus Trio) -- Stanford University students, faculty, staff, student groups, soloists, ensembles, bands, performance troupe. David Leikam on Moog Rogue (zBug).
“seen from a particular point of view, music is simply the art of...
[read more] Stanford Lively Arts presents: Musicircus featuring Stanford University music makers and special guests Sō Percussion, Cenk Ergun and MC Schmidt (Matmos), Beth Meyers (Janus Trio) -- Stanford University students, faculty, staff, student groups, soloists, ensembles, bands, performance troupe. David Leikam on Moog Rogue (zBug).
“seen from a particular point of view, music is simply the art of focusing attention on one thing at a time. In my works, I have tried not to focus the attention on one thing at a time, and have used this principle that I call “musicircus”- of having many things going on at once; the simultaneity of unrelated intentions.”
—JOHN CAGE
The Musicircus is one of John Cage’s "omnium gatherum" pieces, and was first performed in 1967 at the University of Illinois. Musicircus is simply an invitation for performers to assemble and play together—a “happening” where multiple performances occur simultaneously to create new and unusual configurations. All members of the Stanford community are invited to perform—students, faculty, staff, student groups, soloists, ensembles, bands, performance troupes.
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“One very important element is that there should at all times be many people performing simultaneously. The next is that, since none of the musicians are being paid, there being too many of them, the entire event must be free to the public. ... In harmony with the separation of this work from conventional economics, I have not made a score nor have I published one of course.”
—JOHN CAGE
Tickets: Free Admission.
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