4 Page 8 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, April 3, 1987 Twice Festival rings age to Detroit By Noelle Brower This weekend, the Twice Fest - ival brings John Cage, the "grand - father" of American avant-garde music, to Orchestra Hall in Detroit where he will present several of his compositions, including "Mirage Verbale," a text piece in tribute to Marcel Duchamp. It is approprate that Duchamp and John Cage are the focus of a celebration. Certainly their contribution to the thinking TUESDAY LUNCH LECTURES 12 NOON at the INTERNATIONAL CENTER - 603 E. Madison April 7: "Civil Rights In Cumming, Georgia" Speaker: MIKE FISCH Michigan Daily Reporter Sponsored by THE ECUMENICAL CAMPUS CANTER & THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER F I 213 S. State 662-9665 IMPORTED IRISH WOOLENS and rethinking of modem art (I refer to all forms of art here, not just art proper), is enormous. Though one doesn't need a reason to celebrate the contributions of these two men to art, one is provided nonetheless. This year marks the centennial of Duchamp's birth while Cage celebrates his own 75th birthday. Though born several generations apart and of different cultures, both have based their artistic philosophy upon the idea chance. Chance in art. It is Jean Arp who is credited for discovering this inherent determining factor in creation as he tore up a drawing he was dissatisfied with, letting the pieces fall randomly to the floor, and was struck by the pattern they created. Although this is only an historicalanecdote, it may actually have been Tzara or any one of the infamous Dada clique who "discov - ered" this concept; it marks the official entrance of chance into the known creative process and its recognition as a revered force. Its influence is felt throughout the T- SHIR T PRINTING HIGH QUALITY LOW PRICES SINCE 1973 1002 PONTIAC TR. 994-1367 Blister benefit bash is boffo appearance by a tall Texas twanger). are gesticulationally inclined. All By Mike Rubin Rosy-cheeked romantic raunchers this for a meager $3 (cheaper than Kill The Cancer will make their ten frozen Castles) so be there or 4 works of Cage and Duchamp. Through Cage, this concept was introduced into modern American music giving a kind of permis - siveness to young composers every - where to let their ideas take them where they will - a -freedom the Dadaists and Surrealists were to give to modern art. Given this commonality between the two artistis, it is not surprising that Cage has chosen Duchamp as worthy of a tribute. A prolific writ - er as well as composer, Cage will perform a textual, not a musical, piece in Ducahmp's memory. In an attempt to bring modern music "on the cutting edge of innovation" to the Detroit area, several Ann Arbor and Detroit based art supporters have attempted to re- initiate the Twice Festival. The festival, which officially introduced itself last November at the Michigan Theatre vwith the guest appearance of composer Robert Ashley, will hopefully receive a wider public reception at Orchestra Hall. (The public turn out for a composer of Ashley's calibre was appalling.) . Conceived as a bi-annual event, the Twice Festival will present such prominent modern composers as George Crumb and Luciano Berio within the next year. As its name indicates, it is an attempt to continue the tradition of exploring and showcasing avant-garde music that the ONCE Festival of Contemporary Music made famou4 during the '60s in Ann Arbor. In fact, many of the composers who will particpate in the Twice Festival were prominent performers in the ONCE Festivals, including local mainstays Gerard Pape and Kurt Carpenter. The Twice Festival will be held this Sunday, April 5 at 8 p.m. at Orchestra Hall in Detroit. Pieces by. John Cage to be performed include' his "Concerto for Prepared Piano," "Mirage Verbale," and the world premiere of "Music for 10." Composers Sharon Hershey, Gerard Pape, Kurt Carpenter, and Gerald Brennan will also present their own works. For more information call: 965-2348 or 971-2110. New Stock of WOOL SWEATERS 20% Off Department of Communication presents: "HOW GOOD IS NETWORK TV AT CRITICIZING ITSELF?" lecture by JEFF GREENFIELD ABC's Media Correspondent and Ted Kopel's Number Two on Nightline East Quad's Halfway Inn will be brutally assaulted tomorrow night by frolicsome folks of all shoe sizes when Blister Magazine throws their annual fund-raising benefit at 8:30 p.m. Blister, the original arts/creative writing/more arts publication (and the only one to feature a cassette compilation of local music bizar- ros) desperately needs finances, so publisher (and ex-one-night- Replacement) Tom Morgan has ar- ranged for the live-on-stage return of two of Ann Arbor's favorite Jonestownesque cult bands: revamp- ed and revised avant-pop technicians it's Raining, whose new album Awaken at Twilight will see the light of day next month, and sonic skillet-scalders Tom Gemp, whowill play their first Ann Arbor in months despite rumors to the contrary (thanks to a guest -.++.- - -%%, local debut, and DJ Tom Simonian be a vole. will also spin discs for those who Students (Continued from Page 7) Joe Lukasik. The only exception to these otherwise entirely self- choreographed works is Shoshana Hellerstein's The Red Dress, created for Weiser. This solo is set to Igor Stravinsky's Ragtime for Eleven Instruments and is a playon theme and variation, as well as a dialogue between dancer and audience. Weiser contributes to the ev'ening's program with After Hours, a group work choreographed for three men which has a 1940s New Orleans Jazz flair; the men in the bar play a one-up-manship game with each other while trying to maintain an dancethmevs air of cool about themselves despite their inebriated condition. Chasms is a group work in three sections composed by Thornton and set to the music of Miles Davis. It explores the divergence of emotions with both modern and jazz vocabulary. Penny Godboldo, professor at Marygrove College and artistic director of her own company, is a guest artist4 who will dance the solo. 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