Harvestworks congrats George Lewis on his New York Times Article, “Lifting the Cone of Silence from Black Composer.” July 3, 2020. Some quotes from the article: “A cone of silence hangs over the work of Black composers from Africa and its diaspora. It is not that Black men and women… Continue reading
Harvestworks is pleased to partner with The Trust for Governors Island (The Trust), Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) and 17 other cultural organizations with space on Governors Island to join forces to host free residency programs for approximately 115 artists and cultural practitioners that have been affected by the COVID-19… Continue reading
Harvestworks congratulates Anthony Davis whose opera The Central Park Five, with a libretto by Richard Wesley, has won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Music. In 1989, Harvestworks sponsored Anthony Davis’ music composition Songs for Dora Orenstein (1989), a part of a full-length program entitled “Soprano Bar & Grill” in which Ms.… Continue reading
Great to see the Peter Nagy Exhibition at Jeffery Deitch Gallery and a review in Art News (2020). Peter contributed the cover for TELLUS #7 – The Word featuring readings by Linda Fisher, Michael Peppe, Wiska Radiewicz, John Miller, Terry Wilson, Lynne Tillman, Victor Poison-Tete, Jean-Paul Curtay, Claire Picher, Patrick… Continue reading
Congrats to David First for the article in the New York Times. The best quote from the article: “Both the electronic drones and the “live” instrumentalists use just intonation tuning, keeping with Mr. First’s ongoing experiments with microtonal music, or music that explores the intervals between adjacent keys on a… Continue reading
Published by TELLUS, the Audio Cassette Magazine in 1984, this cut, Excerpts from Messages by Isaac Jackson was edited by Joseph Nechvatal. Isaac Jackson hosted a live radio program on WBAI-FM. This program was aired on September 20, 1982, guests and music include A-One, Toxic, Chuck Arbitrator Koor, Jean Michel… Continue reading
In 2004, during the Republic National Convention in New York City protest activity included a broad range of marches, rallies, performance, demonstrations, exhibits and acts of civil disobedience in New York City to protest the nomination of President George W. Bush for the 2004 U.S. presidential election. This piece by… Continue reading
Spring Forward! The world has definitely changed since I started this newsletter in March! The COVID-19 pandemic has put us all in survival mode. For more information, check out this New York State Council on the Arts page of resources. This year will be difficult but we are committed to our… Continue reading
Congrats to composer Ellen Fullman on her New York Times article and on the Guggenheim Award that she received this year (2020). Check out an early recording of Longitudinal Vibration, a musical instrument composed of 50 foot wires coupled to a plywood box resonator. Played by the composer and David Weinstein. Recorded on June 17,… Continue reading
The NY Times writers of T Magazine’s Spring Travel issue yesterday recommended “The Sheltering Sky” by Paul Bowles to explore the Silk Road – Here is a selection from our TELLUS archive of TELLUS #23. (2020) Tellus #23 The Voices of Paul Bowles The total 60 minute issue is available… Continue reading
