1967
January-February. Pulses. The Gate Theatre. 162 Second Avenue. NYC. Ensemble. MN (bells). Work(s): Philip Corner, Popular Entertainments (1967). Other performers: Cyrelle Forman (voice and arab drum), Kathy MacDonald (voice and guitar), Malcolm Goldstein (violin), Mike Sahl (banjo), Jackson Mac Low (fife and tabor), Susan Hartung (voice and guitar), Victor Lewis (voice and guitar), John Gibson (clarinet), Vincent Wright (saxophone), Philip Wofford (trumpet), Meredith Monk (voice), Steve Reich (melodica), Takehisa Kosugi (shamisen and kichiriki), Charlotte Moorman (cello). Also “featuring the Sonnix (Arnold Heredia, Ernest Gonalez, Eddie Casals). [The specific performance date is unconfirmed. Other performances of Philip Corner’s piece date to January 1967 as part of the “Angry Arts New Music” program. MN will install Biproduct (1967) for the Steve Reich concert at Park Place Gallery in March, making it likely that this performance was realized between January and February 1967. See Philip Corner. Popular Entertainments. Something Else Press, 1967.] February 21. WUSB. SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY. Work(s): Public Supply. March. Hudson Tubes (Subway). 9th Street Station to Pavonia Ave. [Currently PATH stations W. 9th Street in Manhattan to Journal Square in Jersey City]. Work(s): LISTEN. March. Clove Lake Park. Staten Island. Work(s): American Can. * March 17, 18, 19. Three Evenings of Music. Park Place Gallery, New York City. Solo. Work(s): MN, By-Product. March 21, 22. Gift Event III: A Celebration for Poets, Musicians & Dancers. The Judson Dance Theater. Judson Memorial Church. NYC. Ensemble: Jackson Mac Low, Dick Higgins, Susan Sherman, Clayton Eshleman, Robert David Cohen, Hannah Weiner, Carol Bergé, George Kimball, Eleanor Antin, David Antin, Paul Blackburn, Jerome Rothenberg, (poets); Christopher Beck, Nannette Sievert, Bernard Spriggs, Margaret Williams (dancers); Ferdinando Buonanno, Billy Fisher, Cyrelle Forman, Bill Friedman, Edward Goldstein, Malcolm Goldstein, Maud Haimson, Susan Hartung, Alison Knowles, Carol Marcy, MN, Carol Reck, David Reck, Steve Reich, Carolee Schneemann, James Tenney (musicians). Work(s): Philip Corner, PoorManMusic (1966). Produced by E. Carcano. Choreography by Carol Ritter. Adapted by Jerome Rothenberg. August 9, 10, 11. 137 Bowery. NYC. Work(s): MN, Fan Music (1967). N.B. $1.50 admission price and “three human performances,” unnamed. See Village Voice, 1967. *** September 29-30. 5th Annual Avant Garde Festival. John F Kennedy Ferry Boat, White Hall Terminal. NYC. Continuous performance (“24 hour performance”). Work(s): MN, A Piece for NY Harbor 1967 (1967). Source: Fondazione Bonotto, “5th Annual Avant Garde Festival – Poster” (FXC1656); American Can. September-April (1968). Fairleigh Dickinson University. Madison, NJ. Work(s): Telephone Access. November 6. Aspen Magazine, NYC. Work(s): Morton Feldman, King of Denmark. *** December 16. Continuous Performances of New Music. Weinstein Residence Halls Lobby. New York University. NYC. Ensemble/Solo. MN: (electronic equipment). Work(s): Unknown contribution by MN. Seven continuous hours, 6:00 PM-1:00 AM where people may “come and go as they please.” Other works by Nam June Paik, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Philip Corner, La Monte Young, Erik Satie, John Cage, Robert Ashley, etc. Presented by Kenneth Werner (‘Phil Harmonic’). Sponsorship from Experiments in Art and Technology. ***