1963
The concerts, held on August 20, 21, 27, 28, and September 3 and 4, 1963, were held.
Marjorie Rubin's article, "Musicians Using Bizarre Sounds; Judson Hall Plans Festival Featuring Unusual Idiom," published on August 17, 1963, announced the first "Six Concerts of the Avant Garde" festival. This innovative festival, held at Judson Hall in late August and early September 1963, featured the elite of experimental music of the time and was organized by cellist and performance artist Charlotte Moorman.
The article discussed plans for an upcoming avant-garde festival at Judson Hall, which aimed to present experimental music using unconventional sound sources such as sirens, recordings, and everyday objects. Max Neuhaus was mentioned as a "prominent percussionist" who was scheduled to perform works by contemporary composers such as Morton Feldman and La Monte Young.
Max Neuhaus was among the festival's artists, along with other musicians such as Earle Brown, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Charlotte Moorman, Frederic Rzewski, David Tudor, and Nicholas Zumbro.
The festival was a landmark event in the history of intermedia and expansive arts, bringing the experimental music scene emerging from Fluxus to a wider audience. It explored the "unusual idiom" mentioned in the article, which encompassed a wide range of new sounds and performance practices that went beyond traditional composition, including the use of electronic sounds, everyday noises, and new approaches to instrumentation.