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Airing Out Our Drawers: 50-ish Years of CalArts’ History and Creativity from the Library and Institute Archives: School of Music

A library guide companion to the CalArts Library Exhibition from October 2022 – May 2023

Selections from the School of Music Faculty and Alumnx

Includes Programs in Music, Performer-Composer, Composition and Experimental Sound Practices, Jazz, VoiceArts, Music Technology, Experimental Pop, Instrumental Arts, World Music Performance, and more

School of Music Faculty

2x10x10x10+1 by Amy Knoles
Amy Knoles, School of Music faculty
3 Dickinson Songs : soprano, mezzo soprano, alto flute, and guitar (2008/2009) by Nicholas Deyoe
Nicholas Deyoe, School of Music faculty
Arcana VI: Musicians on Music by John Zorn (Editor)
Stephen Lehman, School of Music faculty
Art of the Trumpet by Edward Carroll 1953- (Instrumentalist); Edward Brewer (Instrumentalist)
Ed Carroll, School of Music faculty
The Ashgate Research Companion to Experimental Music by James Saunders (Editor)
Michael Pisaro, School of Music faculty
Brainwave Music by David Rosenboom
David Rosenboom, School of Music faculty
Cage & Consequences by Julia H Schröder and Volker Straebel, eds.
Volker Straebel, Dean, School of Music
The California E.A.R. Unit by California E.A.R. Unit (Musical group), Arthur Jarvinen, Rand Steiger, Michael Torke, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Elliott Carter, Louis Andriessen
The City the Wind Swept Away by Jim Fox 1953-; Alex Iles (Instrumentalist); et al.
Alex Iles, School of Music faculty
Cold Blue by Harold Budd (Composer)(Performer); Chas Smith; Ingram Marshall 1942-; Peter Garland 1952-; Daniel Lentz 1942-; Michael Byron 1953-; Jim Fox 1953-; David Mahler; Read Miller; John Kuhlman; Rick Cox; Michael Jon Fink 1954-; Eugene Bowen; James Tenney
Collected Compositions of K.R.T. Wasitodiningrat by Wasitodipuro K.R.T.; Jody Diamond (Editor)
K. P. H. Notoprojo, School of Music faculty
Coming together ; Attica ; Les moutons de Panurge by Frederic Rzewski; Samuel Melville 1935-1971; Richard X Clark; Steve Ben Israel; Blackearth Percussion Group
Frederic Rzewski, School of Music faculty
Contrasts, for violin, clarinet, and piano by Béla Bartók 1881-1945; Robert Mann 1920-2018; Stanley Drucker; Leonid Hambro (Performer)
Leonid Hambro, School of Music faculty
Conversations by David Roitstein and Larry Koonse
David Roitstein, School of Music faculty
Larry Koonse, School of Music faculty
Conversations with Charlie Haden by Charlie Haden; Josef Woodward
Charlie Haden, School of Music faculty
The Cradle Will Rock by Marc Blitzstein
Audrey Babcock, School of Music faculty
The Creative World of Ki Wasitodipuro : The Life and Work of a Javanese Gamelan Composer by I. Nyoman Wenten
I. Nyoman Wenten, School of Music faculty
Critical Band (1988/2000) by James Tenney
James Tenney, School of Music faculty
Double Septet by Matty Harris
Paul Novros, School of Music faculty
Fefe: An African Musical Opera by Alfred Ladzekpo; California Institute of the Arts School of Music; CalArts African Ensemble
Alfred Ladzekpo, School of Music faculty
Four Macedonian Pieces by Miroslav Tadić
Miroslav Tadić, School of Music faculty
Grass by Eyvind Kang
Eyvind Kang, School of Music faculty
Hand'stan by Hands On'semble
Andrew Grueschow, School of Music faculty
Randy Gloss, School of Music Faculty
Swapan Chaudhuri, School of Music faculty
Hopscotch by Industry (Opera company)(Creator)(Performer)(Producer); Yuval Sharon (Director); Marc Lowenstein (Musical director)
Marc Lowenstein, School of Music faculty
The Hub: Pioneers of Network Music by Ludger Ludger Brummer (Editor)
Mark Trayle, School of Music faculty
Hyenas in the Temples of Pleasure by Andrew McIntosh
Andrew McIntosh, School of Music faculty
Innovative Music Meeting by Rajesh Mehta 1964- (Instrumentalist); Rohan de Saram (Instrumentalist); Trichy S Sankaran (Performer)
Trichy Sankaran, School of Music faculty
In the Course of Performance: Studies in the World of Musical Improvisation by Bruno Nettl (Editor); Melinda Russell (Editor)
T. Viswanathan, School of Music faculty
Inventions for Piano by Serge Tcherepnin
Serge Tcherepnin, School of Music faculty
An Inventory of Damaged Goods by Richard Cameron-Wolfe
Rachel Rudich, School of Music faculty
Just Strings by John Luther Adams 1953-; Lou Harrison 1917-2003; Just Strings (Musical group) (Instrumentalist); HMC American Gamelan (Instrumentalist)
Alison Bjorkedal, School of Music faculty
Lavender Field by Karen Tanaka
Karen Tanaka, School of Music faculty
Little Smegma, Son of Toecheese by John Bergamo
John Bergamo, School of Music faculty
Live! by The Joe LaBarbera Quintet
Joe LaBarbera, School of Music faculty
Luminous by Kirsten Ashley Wiest and Siu Hei Lee
Jack Van Zandt, School of Music faculty
Marni Nixon Sings Classic Kern by Marni Nixon
Marni Nixon, School of Music faculty
Mel Powell with Vivian Perlis, Sherman Oaks, California, December 11, 1997 by Mel Powell (Interviewee), Vivian Perlis (Interviewer)
Mel Powell, Founding Dean, School of Music
Microgroove: Forays into Other Music by John Corbett
Roscoe Mitchell, School of Music faculty
Music for the Balinese shadow play : gendèr wayang from Teges Kanyinan, Pliaton, Bali. by Robert E Brown (Robert Edward), 1927-2005,(Writer of supplementary textual content) (Recordist)
Robert E. Brown, School of Music faculty
The Music of James Tenney, Vol. 1 by Robert Wannamaker
James Tenney, School of Music faculty; Robert Wannamaker, Associate Dean for Academic and Special Projects in the School of Music
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas by Maryanne Cline Horowitz
Kathryn Pisaro, School of Music faculty
The Nonesuch Explorer: Music from Distant Corners of the World
T. Ranganathan, School of Music faculty
North American Eclipse : a 12-part ballad for in-motion performers, bone rasps, & drum by Daniel Lentz 1942-; Kit Tremaine
Daniel Lentz, School of Music faculty
Notes (8 pieces) : source : a new world : music : creative music by Wadada Leo Smith (Text by); John Corbett (Text by)
Wadada Leo Smith, School of Music faculty
Oceana by Osvaldo Golijov / Luciana Souza / Los Angeles Guitar Quartet / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra / Robert Spano (conductor)
Luciana Souza, School of Music faculty
One by Feeney Chaplin Sumner
Tim Feeney, School of Music faculty
Clay Chaplin, School of Music faculty
Papiersterne: fünfzehn Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier, Op. 20 by Wolfgang von Schweinitz
Wolfgang von Schweinitz, School of Music faculty
The Pearl by Brian Eno (Composer)(Performer)(Producer), Harold Budd (Composer)(Performer), Daniel Lanois (Producer)
Harold Budd, School of Music Faculty
Postmodern Music/Postmodern Thought by Joseph Auner (Editor); Judy Lochhead (Editor)
Anne LeBaron, School of Music faculty
Prisms, Cycles, Leaps by Derrick Spiva Jr. & Bridge to Everywhere
Allen Fogle, School of Music faculty
Programming for Musicians and Digital Artists by Ajay Kapur; Perry Cook; Spencer Salazar; Ge Wang
Ajay Kapur, School of Music faculty; Perry Cook, School of Music faculty
Rainy Season Ragas by Aashish Khan
Aashish Khan, School of Music faculty
Rajeev Taranath, sarod by Rajeev Taranath 1932-; Nayan Ghosh; Hallie Goodman
Rajeev Taranath, School of Music faculty
Ravi Shankar at CalArts by Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar, School of Music faculty
Thumbnail image: Michael Jang (BFA 73)
Respect for Your Toughness by Chris Speed Trio
Chris Speed, School of Music faculty
Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to its Own Past by Simon Reynolds
Simon Reynolds, School of Music faculty
Return from the Stars by Mark Turner, Jason Palmer, Joe Martin, and Jonathan Pinson
Jonathan Pinson, School of Music faculty
Samsara by Ajay Kapur, Michael Darling, Raakhi Kapur, Trimpin, Curtis Bahn, Tomie Hahn, KarmetiK Machine Orchestra, REDCAT, California Institute of the Arts
Silver Apples of the Moon, for electronic music synthesizer by Morton Subotnick (Composer)(Instrumentalist)
Morton Subotnick, Associate Dean, School of Music
Soprano Sax by Steve Lacy
Buell Neidlinger, School of Music faculty
Strange & Wonderful by Fumo (Musical group) (Performer); John Fumo (Composer) (Instrumentalist) (Producer); Kelly McCall Fumo (Composer) (Singer) (Producer)
John Fumo, School of Music faculty
Suite for Max Brown by Jeff Parker
Jeff Parker, School of Music faculty
Sunburst by Eddie Henderson; Bennie Maupin; Julian Priester; George Duke; Bobby Hutcherson; Alphonso Johnson; et al.
Bennie Maupin, School of Music faculty
Alphonso Johnson, School of Music faculty
Symphony no. 1 ; Symphony no. 2 ; Symphony no. 3 by Roger Sessions 1896-1985 (Composer); Igor Buketoff (Conductor)
Igor Buketoff, School of Music faculty
Syncquistic Linear Expositions and their Geopolitical Outcomes (... we are all still here ...) by Vinny Golia
Vinny Golia, School of Music faculty
John Baffa, School of Music faculty
The Ten Thousand Things by John Cage
Vicki Ray, School of Music faculty
T Z A T Z I by Carmina Escobar
Iris Carmina Escobar, School of Music faculty
Unearthly Delights by Anne LeBaron
Anne LeBaron, School of Music faculty
Jonathan Stehney, School of Music faculty
Julie Feves, School of Music faculty
Alison Bjorkedal, School of Music faculty
Urban Dreamings by Ulrich Krieger
Ulrich Krieger, School of Music faculty
Violet by James Newton
James Newton, School of Music faculty
Vocalise by Michael Jon Fink
Michael Jon Fink, School of Music faculty
Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick, School of Music faculty

School of Music Alumnx

... The ayes have it. Vol. 1, Self portraits in percussion by Randy Gloss
Randy Gloss (MFA)
A. Gravgaard Madsen / P. Gudmundsen-Holmgreen by Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Bancroft (BFA 11, MFA 13)
Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures by Adam Rudolph
Adam Rudolph (MFA 88)
Adams, Cox, Fink, Fox by Marty Walker
Marty Walker (MFA 91)
And Blue Sparks Burn: Music of Melissa Hui by Melissa Hui
Melissa Hui (MFA 90)
Anna Karenina: An Opera in Two Acts by David Carlson
David Carlson
Anri Sala by Anri Sala and Serpentine Gallery
André Vida (MFA 2005)
Arcana II: Musicians on Music by John Zorn, ed.
Marina Rosenfeld (MFA 94, Music/Art)
Arturo Sandoval y El Tren Latino by Arturo Sandoval and Tren Latino
Otmaro Ruíz (MFA 91)
Audition by Jordan Dykstra
Jordan Dykstra (BFA 16)
Aviary
Julia Holter (MFA 09)
Bangs by Mark So, Manfred Werder
Mark So (MFA 06)
Banned in DC: Photos and Anecdotes from the DC Punk Underground (79-85) by Cynthia Connolly, Leslie Clague, Sharon Cheslow, and Lydia Ely, eds.
Sharon Cheslow (08)
The Benoit/Freeman Project by David Benoit, Russ Freeman
Russ Freeman
Birdies for Lulu by Sylvie Courvoisier-Mark Feldman Quartet, Scott Colley, Billy Mintz
Scott Colley (BFA 88)
Blue Canvas Entitled 'Red': in 13 movements, for various instruments by Nicholas Frances Chase
Nicholas Frances Chase, a.k.a. N.F. Chase (MFA 00)
The Boom Method: Universal Fundamentals for Trumpet and Other Instruments by Daniel Rosenboom
Daniel Rosenboom (MFA 07)
Clean Numbers by Matthew Yeakley Group
Zane Musa
Coaxial Arts: 2015-2021 by Coaxial Arts Foundation
Micaela Tobin (MFA 16)
Coming Up by Ozomatli
Mario Calire (BFA 93)
Composition: A New Approach by Norman Ludwin
Norman Ludwin (School of Music alumnx)
Contingent Encounters: Improvisation in Music and Everyday Life by Dan DiPiero
Dan DiPiero (Music MFA 12, Critical Studies MA 13)
Electronic Music from the Seventies and Eighties by Carl Stone
Carl Stone (BFA 75)
Everybody Loves Difficult Music by James Orsher, Mark So, and Sara Roberts
Experimenting the Human: Art, Music, and the Contemporary Posthuman by G. Douglas Barrett
G. Douglas Barrett (MFA 06)
Face/Resection by Mattie Barbier
Mattie Barbier (MFA)
Fission by Dean Drummond
Dean Drummond (MFA 73)
Fog tropes ; Gradual requiem
Ingram Marshall (MFA 71)
For Lou Harrison
John Luther Adams (BFA 73)
For Zitkála-Šá by Raven Chacon
Raven Chacon (MFA 04)
From Scratch by Michael Winter (Editor); James Tenney; Larry Polansky (Editor); Lauren Pratt (Editor); Robert Wannamaker (Editor)
Michael Winter (MFA Music 2005)
Girondines : an opera in two acts for six voices, violin, cello and piano by Sarah Melnick (née Van Sciver)
Sarah Melnick née Van Sciver (MFA 16)
Go guitars : five electric guitars
Lois V. Vierk (MFA 78)
In Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the University of Illinois Experimental Music Studios: 1958-2008 by School of Music, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Brian Evans (MFA 84)
In flux
Ravi Coltrane (BFA 90)
The insistent murmur of resemblance : for 2 percussionists
Carey Lovelace (Music–Critical Studies BFA 75)
Ivey-divey by Don Byron
Ralph Alessi (BFA 87, MFA 90)
Jazz Matters: Sound, Place, and Time since Bebop by David Ake
David Ake (MFA 87)
John P. Hastings: Scores and Drawings, 2010. by John P. Hastings
John P. Hastings (MFA 08)
Lake Music by Bob Clendenen
Bob Clendenen (MFA)
Maternity / Ulysses, Home by Anthony Brandt
Anthony Brandt (MFA 87)
Merce by Merce by Paik by Charles Atlas, Earl Howard, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, David Held, Shigeko Kubota, Nam June Paik, Cunningham Dance Foundation
Earl Howard (MFA 74)
Microsound by Curtis Roads
ISBN: 9780262182157
Curtis Roads (School of Music alumnx)
Morgensterns Moleküle: Cantata for three soloists, choir, orchestra, and electronica by Kubilay Üner
Kubilay Üner (MFA 91)
Murray's Steps by David Murray Octet; David Murray, Henry Threadgill, et al.
Curtis Clark (School of Music alumnx)
Nighthawks : a staged song cycle on paintings by Edward Hopper
Arthur Jarvinen (MFA 81)
Nope: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Michael Abels
Michael Abels (School of Music alumnx)
Notations 21 by Theresa Sauer
Ann Millikan (MFA 98)
Outlier: New Music for Music Boxes by John Morton
John Morton (BFA 78)
The Oxford Handbook of Music Education, Volume 1 by Gary E. McPherson and Graham F. Welch, eds.
Lisa Popeil (MFA 80)
Phfew
Michael Cain (MFA 90, BFA 88)
Piece for Cello and Saxophone (1960) by Terry Jennings
Terry Jennings (School of Music alumnx)
Predators : original motion picture soundtrack
John Debney (BFA 78)
p r i s m by Ellen Reid
Ellen Reid (MFA 11)
Quintessence by Rand Steiger
Rand Steiger (MFA 82)
Reason to Stay by Laura Rizzotto
Laura Rizzotto (BFA 15)
Refractions by Daniel Corral (Composer) (Instrumentalist) (Producer); Jeremy Kerner (Instrumentalist); Isaura String Quartet (Instrumentalist)
Daniel Corral (MFA 07)
Romeo and Juliet ; Psalm ; Kaddish ; Symphony No. 3 by David Diamond, Janos Starker, Gerard Schwarz, New York Chamber Symphony, Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Adam Stern (BFA 75, MFA 77)
SENSES V by Edwin Livingston
Edwin Livingston (MFA 21)
Silences So Deep: Music, Solitude, and Alaska by John Luther Adams
John Luther Adams (BFA 73)
Soundings number one by John Bischoff, Peter Garland
Peter Garland (BFA 73)
Strings and machines
Hugh Livingston (MFA)
Strive For Higher Realities
Pedro Eustache (MFA 91)
Thanks for the Dance by Leonard Cohen
Sharon Robinson (School of Music alumnx)
Tidal by Michael Byron
Michael Byron (School of Music alumnx)
Tragic Kingdom by No Doubt
Gabrial McNair (BFA 95)
Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.
Francis Awe (School of Music alumnx)
Trilogy for a Time of Need by Braden Pontoli
Braden Pontoli (MFA 21)
Versus by Jake Vossler
Jake Vossler (MFA 08)
Viraje by Arturo Márquez
Arturo Márquez (MFA 90)
Where the Mermaids Are by Maryam Mirbagheri
Maryam Mirbagheri (BFA 16, MFA 18)
Women, Art, and Technology by Judy Malloy (Editor); Patricia Bentson (Foreword by); Sean Cubitt; Roger F. Malina
Mark Coniglio (BFA 89)

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Airing Out Our Drawers: 50-ish Years of CalArts' History and Creativity from the Library and Institute Archives exhibition and accompanying guides were compiled by the CalArts Library as a retrospective to highlight books, a/v materials, posters, and other materials in the various library collections. This is not a comprehensive representation of all materials or people affiliated with CalArts. If you would like to be included, or have any questions or suggestions about the exhibition, please contact us at libref@calarts.edu.