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photo courtesy of Bob Goins (bobgoins.com)
Sunday,
September 25th, 1-5 PM - John Cage's MusiCircus
"This really is one for history and for the memory
books! To our knowledge this was the largest Musicircus ever. With over
500 performers, an audience of several thousand (I think 5 thousand myself
but we'll wait to hear from the MCA), and an incredible variety of performance
styles and ages it was truly an astounding event!
Laura Kuhn, president of the John Cage Trust, was in attendance. She said
it was probably the most exciting Musicircus she has ever seen. The event
exceeded the MCA's expectations so greatly that there is already talk
of doing something again next year!"
Christopher Preissing, President Chicago Composers Forum
More
Info and list of performers:
http://wwwmusicircus.chicagocomposers.org
Here's a link to a review of the Musicircus event from
the Links Hall Volunteers --
it includes a pic of EE folx. http://www.livejournal.com/~lhvolunteers/
http://www.erikandtheanimals.com/blog/blog.html
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photos from Bob Goins:
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The Chicago Composers Forum is delighted
to announce a major upcoming event - a performance of John Cage's "Musicircus,"
to be held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, on Sunday, September 25th, from
1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
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Sunday,
September 25th, 1-5 PM
John Cage's MusiCircus at the MCA
EE
will be performing in this historic Chicago debut of John Cage's MusiCircus.
First performed in 1967 in the Stock Pavilion at the University of Illinois
in Champaign-Urbana, "Musicircus" has since been performed throughout
the world but never before in Chicago.
OVER
500 Performers!
FrEE Admission! 1-5
PM.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
220 East Chicago Avenue
More
Info and list of performers:
http://wwwmusicircus.chicagocomposers.org
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First performed in 1967 in the Stock
Pavilion at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, "Musicircus" has
since been performed throughout the world but never before in Chicago.
"Musicircus"--one of Cage's most emphatic
statements regarding musical/artistic freedom and a milestone in his output--features
simultaneous performances of music, poetry, theatre, dance and other arts in
a single space. Integral to Cage's philosophy that art is life and to his desire
for the creation of decentralized, non-hierarchical communities is his insistence
that the performance be free to the general public and that no payment be made
to the performers. If you are a performer interested in participating in or
volunteering to help produce "Musicircus" email musicircus@chicagocomposers.org.
If you are interested in spending an
afternoon at the Museum of Contemporary Art sampling the best of Chicago's arts
community please join us for a celebration of the arts.
ADMISSION IS FREE!!
So come one, come all, and join us
as THE MUSICIRCUS COMES TO TOWN.
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