ODE TO SCHROEDER
Thurs October 20, 2011 at 8pm
A toy piano/toy instrumental concert for
TILL ALL IS GREEN
A silent auction benefit for the children of the Japan earthquake
Miyako Yoshinaga Art Prospects
547 West 27th Street, 2nd floor
New York, NY 10001
212.268.7132
Suggested contribution: $25
miyakoyoshinaga.com/news
Check out Margaret’s MetroGrand Piano and
She Herself Alone DVD at the Silent Auction!
POETRY AND MUSIC FROM BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE
in conjunction with the exhibition,
Black Mountain College and Its Legacy
Music performed by: Margaret Leng Tan Dave Sear
Poetry read by: Francine du Plessix Gray John Yau
Vincent Katz Maureen Howard
Wed, October 19th, 6:00 PM
Loretta Howard Gallery
525-531 West 26th St
New York City
212-695-0164
John Cage’s FOUR WALLS
The Stone
Sun September 25 at 8pm
Avenue C and 2nd Street
New York City
$10
thestonenyc.com
ROULETTE GRAND OPENING GALA
Thurs September 15, 8pm
509 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn NY 11217
Margaret Leng Tan performs John Cage’s Daughters of the Lonesome Isle,
Music for Piano #2 and Water Music
Info: 212.219.8242
roulette.org
WOMEN AND COMEDY: History, Theory, Practice
An interdisciplinary workshop presented
by Simon Fraser University
4-6 August 2011
Thurs 4 Aug, 5:30-8 pm:
Reception and toy piano performance
by Margaret Leng Tan at the Segal Centre, Vancouver
english.sfu.ca
english.sfu.ca/documents/doc/women_and_comedy.pdf
SATIEfaction
Satie and Satie-inspired music from John Cage and Toby Twining
performed on piano and toy piano
The Stone
Fri July 22 at 8 pm
Avenue C and 2nd Street
New York City
thestonenyc.com
WHERE IS AI WEIWEI?
White Box in collaboration with Human Rights Watch
Special Exhibition/Benefit Art Sale/Film Screening/Performance
White Box
329 Broome Street
New York City
Tues June 7, 2011
6 - 9 PM
Performance of Ge Gan-ru's
Wrong Wrong Wrong! at 6 pm
whiteboxny.org
ROULETTE MUSICIRCUS
FREE!
In collaboration with the Atlantic Ave Art Walk
1-6 pm, weekend of June 4/5
At Roulette's new performance space
509 Atlantic Ave (at 3rd Ave)
My toy performance is on June 4 at 4.50pm
roulette.org
2-DAY RESIDENCY AT
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE
Wed May 25, 2011
3 - 4.30 pm: Workshop
4.30 - 6 pm: Sorceress of the New Piano film screening
School of Music
Brechemin Auditorium
FREE
www.music.washington.edu
THE THREE Cs: Pioneers of the Avant-Garde Piano
Thurs May 26, 2011
7:30 pm: Concert
Meany Studio Theater
$15 general; $10 students and seniors
www.music.washington.edu
HONORARY DOCTORATE OF FINE ARTS from the
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Sat May 21, 2011
2:30 pm: Graduate address
Park Center Alumni Arena
SUNY Cortland
Cortland, NY
www.cortland.edu
THE ART OF THE TOY PIANO
Thurs April 28, 8 pm
Turner Sims Southampton
Highfield Campus
University of Southampton, UK
www.turnersims.co.uk
INTERVIEW and TOY PIANO PERFORMANCE
on BBC RADIO 3'S IN TUNE ARTS PROGRAM
Wed April 20
5.30 – 6.00 pm
www.bbc.co.uk
FOUR WALLS by JOHN CAGE
Preceded by personal reminiscences of John Cage and performances
of Suite for Toy Piano, Dream, 4'33", and Water Music.
Mon April 18, 7 pm
St. Georges Bristol
Bristol, UK
www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk
CAGE 99: THE JOHN CAGE CELEBRATION
VEXATIONS by Erik Satie
Sun April 17, 11 am to 11 pm
St. Georges Bristol
Bristol, UK
www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk
THROUGH THE SILENCE: Cage retrospective concert
Sat 16 April, 5 pm
De la Warr Pavilion Auditorium
www.dlwp.com/events
JOHN CAGE: EVERY DAY IS A GOOD DAY
Sat 16 April 2011 - Sun 5 June 2011
De la Warr Pavilion
Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, UK
www.dlwp.com
TOY PIANO performance at exhibition preview
Fri 15 April, 6 pm
APPEARANCE AS GUEST ARTIST ON
PRESENT MUSIC’S CONCERT “TOYS!”
Saturday, January 8, 7:30pm
Turner Ballroom
1032 N. 4th St.
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article on Margaret >>
www.pabsttheater.org
REMINISCENCES OF JOHN CAGE
Saturday, September 4, 1:30pm
Schunck Hall
Free admission
THROUGH THE SILENCE: Cage retrospective concert
Sunday, September 5 (John Cage’s birthday), 2pm
Theater Heerlen
LIMBURGzaal
Admission 15 euros
tel: +31 (0)45 - 577 22 00
e-mail: info@schunck.nl
Presented in conjunction with Cultura Nova Summer Festival:
www.culturanova.nl
www.schunck.nl
CABLEVISION NEIGHBORHOOD JOURNAL!
A Margaret Leng Tan profile
On Channel 118
Launch: Sun September 5 at 7pm
Airs daily: Mon to Sat through September 18
5pm to 11pm
Airs every hour at the top of the hour
SALIHARA INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL 2010
Tues, October 5 at 8 pm
Jakarta, Indonesia
SONIC ENCOUNTERS: THE NEW PIANO
Salihara Black Box Theater
salihara.org
SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE
Mon, October 25, 3:30pm
Bronxville, New York
BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER
A lecture recital on the 3 Cs: Cage, Cowell and Crumb
CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
Wed, December 1, 7pm (doors open at 6pm)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
SORCERESS OF THE NEW PIANO >>
FREE DOCUMENTARY SCREENING
Todd Wehr Conference Center on the
MSOE campus (1047 N. Broadway)
APPEARANCE AS GUEST ARTIST ON
PRESENT MUSIC’S CONCERT “TOYS!”
Saturday, January 8, 7:30pm
Turner Ballroom
1032 N. 4th St.
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article on Margaret >>
www.pabsttheater.org
THE ART OF THE TOY PIANO
Teatro Municipal da Guarda
Guarda, Portugal
Sat, June 26, 9.30pm
A DOUBLE BILL EVENT
Thursday, August 12
SHE HERSELF ALONE: The Art of the Toy Piano 2
A Mode release celebration
8pm
FOUR WALLS by JOHN CAGE
18th Anniversary Memorial Tribute
10pm
The Stone
Avenue C and 2nd Street
New York City
$10 (each set)
STONE SEMINAR 33
Monday, August 16
BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER: The New Piano
7pm to 9pm
The Stone
Avenue C and 2nd Street
New York City
$20, open to all
www.thestonenyc.com
EIKO & KOMA
New York Season at DANSPACE
May 27-29, 8pm
St. Mark’s Church
131 East 10th Street at 2nd Avenue
New York City
Post-performance conversation
with E&K on Thurs, May 27
GREAT SMALL WORKS
2010 Toy Theater Festival
Benefit Performance
Friday, May 21, 8pm
One Arm Red
10 Jay Street, #903
DUMBO, Brooklyn
Performance of Alvin Lucier’s
STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER
at RAGNAR NAESS STONEWARE SCULPTURE show
closing reception Sat April 24
at 4pm and 5.30pm
Atlantic Gallery
135 West 29th Street, Suite 601
New York City
(212) 219 3183
PLAYING WITH TOYS & TECHNOLOGY
Kronos Quartet Perspectives Series at
Carnegie/Zankel Hall
New York City
Friday March 12th, 7.30pm
New York premiere of Ge Gan-ru and Griswold works
RENCONTRES LANDOWSKI
Festival of Unusual Instruments
The Art of the Toy Piano
European premiere of "Wrong, Wrong, Wrong!" by Ge Gan-ru
and Erik Griswold’s "Old MacDonald’s Yellow Submarine"
Also works by Cage, Lennon/McCartney, Kitze, Liben
Friday, February 12th, 8pm
Espace Landowski
Boulogne-Billancourt (SW of Paris)
Metro station: Marcel Sembat
Free admission
JOHN CAGE: SONATAS & INTERLUDES
re-scheduled for
Sunday, December 16, 2pm
Van Pelt Auditorium
Philadelphia Museum of Art
free tickets (required)
philamuseum.org
For additional info:
cagebeyondsilence.com
The first ever TOY PIANO WORLD SUMMIT
Sunday, December 2nd
3-10pm
Rainy Days Festival, a John Cage Extravaganza
Luxembourg Philharmonie
Luxembourg
philharmonie.lu
To celebrate the opening of
DANCING AROUND THE BRIDE:
Cage, Cunningham, Johns, Rauschenberg and Duchamp
October 30, 2012 - January 21, 2013
Philadelphia Museum of Art
philamuseum.org/bride
JOHN CAGE: SONATAS & INTERLUDES
(canceled due to hurricane Sandy)
Sunday, October 28, 8pm
Field Concert Hall
Curtis Institute of Music
1726 Locust Street
Philadelphia
cagebeyondsilence.com
Art After 5
JOHN CAGE: ART - FILM - MUSIC
Friday, October 26
5:00 pm - 8:45 pm
performed in the Great Stair Hall
Philadelphia Museum of Art
philamuseum.org/events
SORCERESS OF THE NEW PIANO screenings
Sat, September 22, 6 pm
Sat, September 29, 6 pm
Sat, October 6, 6pm
Sala Emilio Ramírez González at Medellin Planetario.
Carrera 52 N° 71-117
Medellín-Colombia
Tel: +(574) 5168300
parqueexplora.org
CHANCE ENCOUNTERS at
The National Academy Museum
Fri, October 5, 6.30pm
in conjunction with the exhibition
JOHN CAGE: THE SIGHT OF SILENCE
National Academy Museum
1083 Fifth Avenue (at 89th Street)
New York
Tel: 212-369-4880
nationalacademy.org/art-museum/exhibitions nationalacademy.org/art-museum/public-programs
Launch performance and panel discussion for
The New York Public Library’s
JOHN CAGE UNBOUND: A Living Archive
Thurs, September 27, 6 pm
Bruno Walter Auditorium
Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York City
Free admission
exhibitions.nypl.org
SORCERESS OF THE NEW PIANO screening
Mon, Sept 24, 5pm
Gogolfest
Kiev, Ukraine
gogolfest.org.ua
THE ART OF THE TOY PIANO
Sun, September 23, 7pm
Gogolfest
Kiev, Ukraine
gogolfest.org.ua
THROUGH THE SILENCE
A JOHN CAGE CENTENARY TRIBUTE
Fri, September 14, 8 pm
Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín
Medéllin, Colombia
elmamm.org
JOHN CAGE CENTENNIAL FESTIVAL 2012
Washington D.C.
4-10 September
johncage2012.com
asia.si.edu/events/performances
FOUR WALLS,
MUSIC FOR PIANO NO. 2 with Cage’s 10 STONES
(Video realization by Rob Dietz)
Sat, 8 September, 7.30 pm
Freer Gallery of Art
Smithsonian Institution
Free admission
asia.si.edu/events/allevents
Sun, 9 September, 6.30 pm
Cage tribute continues, including
OPPOrTuniTy by Roger Reynolds (world premiere)
National Gallery of Art East Building Atrium
Free admission
johncage2012.com/overview
JOHN CAGE YEAR LUBLIN - 2012
SORCERESS OF THE NEW PIANO screening
Tues, 4 September, 1.30 pm
Karol Lipiński Music School
10 Muzyczna Street
Lublin
Free admission
THE ART OF THE TOY PIANO
A toy piano homage to John Cage on his 100th birthday
With Paweł Romańczuk Romaczuk (Poland)
Wed, 5 September, 7 pm
Lublin Musical Theatre,
5 Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej Street
Lublin, Poland
johncageyear.pl
JOHN CAGE DAY
Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street
New York City
Thursday, August 9
Modern Poets and toy piano music
at noon in the Sculpture Garden
in case of rain: Bartos Theater (Education Dept)
moma.org
SATIEfaction
Satie and Satie-inspired music from John Cage, Toby Twining, Federico Mompou and Milos Raickovich, performed on piano and toy piano
with Roberto Rossi, narrator
Ranjit Bhatnagar, sound artist
Roulette
Wednesday, June 6, 8:00 pm
509 Atlantic Ave (On the corner of Atlantic & 3rd Aves)
Downtown Brooklyn
roulette.org
MUSIC FOR… - JOHN CAGE UND DIE BILDENDEN KÜNSTE
MUSIC FOR… - JOHN CAGE AND THE VISUAL ARTS
Lecture, tour and concert
Friday, 25 May, 6pm
Galleries and Karl Ernst Osthaus-Saal
Museum Folkwang
Essen
Tickets: € 36, 20 senior
Lecture by Wulf Herzogenrath
Concert: JOHN CAGE: ART-FILM-MUSIC
klavierfestival.de
KLAVIER FESTIVAL RUHR
A JOHN CAGE CENTENARY TRIBUTE
Thursday, 24 May, 8pm
Karl Ernst Osthaus-Saal
Museum Folkwang
Essen, Germany
Program (Part 1)
THROUGH THE SILENCE - works by John Cage:
Daughters of the Lonesome Isle, One, Dream, vocal
interlude from Four Walls, 0'00", Waiting, Water Music
performed on piano, prepared piano, toy piano, voice
Program (Part 2)
THE ART OF THE TOY PIANO
Works by John Cage, John Kennedy, Phyllis Chen,
Toby Twining, Jed Distler, James Joslin, David Wolfson,
Erik Griswold, Milos Raickovich
"CODES" IV Festival of Traditional and Avant-garde Music
Lublin, Poland
JOHN CAGE: ART-FILM-MUSIC
Includes Cage works for film performed live to the films and to Cage's artwork
Sat, 19 May, 6pm
Lublin Philharmonic
codes-festival.com/programme
JOHN CAGE YEAR LUBLIN
Symposium presentation:
4'33": A Zen Perspective
Thurs, May 17, 2 pm
3.15 pm: outdoor performance of 4'33" and 0'00" in Lublin's main square (weather permitting)
johncageyear.pl/sympozjum.php
THE ART OF THE TOY PIANO
CAGE… CONCEPTUALIZING CAGE NOW festival
CAAA Centre for Art and Architecture Affairs/
Guimarães 2012 European Capital of Culture
Guimarães, Portugal
Saturday, March 10 at 4 pm
centroaaa.org
THE ART OF THE TOY PIANO lecture recital
TASTENSPIELE (Keyboard Games) festival
Berlin Museum of Musical Instruments
Sunday, March 4 at 11 am
Free admission
sim.spk-berlin.de
SORCERESS OF THE NEW PIANO film screening
Tropic Cinema
Key West, FL
Thursday, February 9 at 6:00pm
tropiccinema.com
MLTVID 4’33” (William Brovelli/Margaret Leng Tan)
PLAY ME I’M YOURS (Christopher Chew/Margaret Leng Tan)
Video interpretations of Cage’s 4’33”
in
Tonspur_Tribute to John Cage:
“Membra Disjecta for John Cage. Wanting to
Say Something About John”
Exhibition at freiraum quartier21 INTERNATIONAL
quartier21/MuseumsQuartier Wien
Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna
FEB 17–MAY 6 2012
Daily, 10h-19h, free admission
Curated by Jozef Cseres and Georg Weckwerth
johncage.tonspur.at
quartier21.at
larapixie.blogspot.com (English translation)
Juilliard FOCUS! 2012 Festival
SOUNDS RE-IMAGINED:
JOHN CAGE AT 100
6 free concerts Jan 27-Feb 3
Pre-Concert Forum with
Margaret Leng Tan, Joan La Barbara, Laura Kuhn, Pia Gilbert
Tues, Jan 31 at 7 pm
Peter Jay Sharp Theater
155 W. 65th Street, NYC
(212) 769 7406
juilliard.edu
INDETERMINACY!
90 one-minute stories
by John Cage
Sun, January 1st 6 PM
The Cornelia Street Café in Greenwich Village
29 Cornelia Street (between 6th & 7th Aves)
New York City
Performed by the
Cornelia Street Café All-Stars & Margaret Leng Tan
playing
Erik Satie’s Sports et Divertissements
&
Milos Raickovich’s C-A-G-E birthday tribute
A Composers Collaborative/Serial Underground presentation.
Learn more about the Indeterminacy stories at:
composerscollab.org
UNCAGED TOY PIANO FESTIVAL
Tues, November 29th 7:30 PM
Playhouse at Dixon, Dixon Place Lounge
161A Chrystie Street
New York City
$5 at door
An evening of DJ'ed, VJ'ed and live toy instrument performances
Thurs, December 1st 8 PM
with guest performers: Takuji Kawai/Yen-lin Goh
Gershwin Hotel
7 East 27th Street
New York City
$10 at door
Sat, December 3rd 8PM
Toy Bonanza
DiMenna Center for Classical Music Cary Hall
450 West 37th Street, Suite 502
New York City
$15 at door
Three-hour toy instrument marathon, premiering winning and
selected works from this year’s UnCaged Toy Piano Competition.
For full festival details:
uncagedtoypiano.org
Festival Pass now on sale! $20 for all three concerts
Questions/reservations:
contact Phyllis Chen at chenphyllis@yahoo.com