Rudhyar in Retrospect

Dane Rudhyar (1895-1985) was a unique figure in 20th-century American culture: a composer, thinker, painter, poet, novelist, and the pre-eminent figure in astrology. He linked musical dissonance to his studies in comparative religion, theosophy, and metaphysics, was a leader and mentor to fellow composers Henry Cowell, Ruth Crawford Seeger and Carl Ruggles, and later influenced a new generation including John Cage, Lou Harrison, James Tenney, and Kyle Gann.

Now, 25 years after Rudhyar's death (1985, in San Francisco), Other Minds presents a celebration of the work of this "seed man" of the avant-garde, with performers David Abel andJulie Steinberg (violin and piano), Sarah Cahill (piano), and the Ives String Quartet. The September 27 program will also include a pre-concert panel discussion with the composer's widow Leyla Rudhyar Hill, and biographer Deniz Ertan (University of Nottingham), moderated by Other Minds Artistic Director Charles Amirkhanian. A special exhibition of Rudhyar's paintings, manuscripts, and correspondencewill be displayed at both concerts.

CONCERT PROGRAM (same for both dates)
Poem for Violin and Piano (1920)
For solo piano:
    Transmutation, tone sequence in seven movements (1976)
    Stars from Pentagram No. 3 (1925)
    Granites (1929)
Crisis & Overcoming (String Quartet No. 2) (1979)

PERFORMERS
David Abel & Julie Steinberg (violin and piano)
Sarah Cahill (piano)
Ives String Quartet (Bettina Mussumeli, Susan Freier, Jodi Levitz, Stephen Harrison)

TICKETS
Monday, September 27: $25 / $20 students & seniors
Wednesday, September 29: $20 / $15 students & seniors
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All seating is general admission.

Concert doors open at 6:30pm for both evenings.

Rudhyar in Retrospect is presented in association with Leyla Rudhyar Hill and the Estate of Dane Rudhyar, and has been made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius.

For more information about Rudhyar in Retrospect: www.otherminds.org

For more information about Other Minds: 831-620-1332 / www.kathrynkingmedia.com; 415-934-8134 / www.otherminds.org.