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Music for Mycologists Concert and CD Release: Experimental Musical Unit, Tina Pearson, George Tzanetakis, Paul Walde
American composer John Cage was an avid mycologist. Cage often quipped that musi...
In-Person Event
Sat. June 6th 2015 + Add to Calendar
Open Space
8:00pm
$16 general, $11 students/seniors/members
Artists
Experimental Musical Unit
George Tzanetakis
Paul Walde
from Sault Ste Marie, ON
Presented by:
Open Space
510 Fort Street Victoria BC
V8W 1E6
Hard-copy tickets
Physical tickets at: OSMycologists.bpt.me, http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1559769
Event Description
American composer John Cage was an avid mycologist. Cage often quipped that music and mushrooms have nothing to do with one another except for the fact that they appear next to each other in the dictionary. Experimental Music Unit (EMU) puts the veracity of this statement to the test with Music for Mycologists, a collection of compositions by Paul Walde, Tina Pearson, Czech composer Vaclav Halek and the EMU trio. Music for Mycologists focuses on relationships between music making and mushroom hunting, exposing the sometimes fragile process of discovering sounds of rare and raw beauty that exist just beyond perception. The Experimental Music Unit is the core ensemble of LaSaM Music, a Victoria organization that has been producing adventurous music events in Victoria since 2008. LaSaM is ... more...Event Image
