A program that explores three compositions by John Cage from the mid to late 1970’s – Child of Tree, Cheap Imitation and Renga.

These three works range from iconic (Child of Tree) to rarely performed (Renga), and feature three of Cage’s primary notational styles – text, graphic, and traditionally notated – yet are all equally pioneering and adventurous in nature.

Child of Tree
composed in New York City 1975

Cheap Imitation for violin solo
edited by Paul Zukofsky
composed in New York City 1977

Renga
composed in New York City, Caracas, Cuernavaca, Toronto, Perth, Sydney, Adelaide, Canberra, Kyoto, Tokyo & Sapporo September 1975-April 1976

Southland Ensemble is:
Casey Anderson  Jennifer Bewerse  Eric KM Clark  Orin Sie Hildestad  James Klopfleisch  Jonathan Stehney  Cassia Streb  Christine Tavolacci