July 13 - Index to all NMA Hartford posts on substack - July 1-7, 1984
Featuring lists of all links provided, all youtube videos found and where did that screenshot come from
Day 1 - July 1, 1984
links Wikipedia bio of Carles Santosโ Alicia Terzian biography at Komitas Museumy2b none!
screenshots scans: the posted envelope gd got with the details to the festival he was attending for the first time (front, back and matching program with contents of July 1) โ Hartford Courant front page with photo of Charlie Morrowโs Conch Shell Orchestra and article (and continuation with photo of dancers and trombonist) โ Charlie Morrowโs program description โ Scan of the program notes for Lullabies for New Music Express โ Hartford Courant feature article/review on the end of day 1 and Sun Ra with his Arkestra โ Wikipedia photo of Carles Santos โ Screenshot of biography of Alicia Terzian at the Komitas Museum website
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Day 2 - July 2, 1984
links Bandcamp link for Charles Booneโs Solar One/The Watts Tower โ Charles Booneโs website โ Joel Chadabeโs website โ Joel Chadabeโs Follow Me Softly webpage โ James Fulkerson biography at Composers 21 website โ
y2b Louis Siuโs recording of Charles Booneโs The Watts Tower โ โ โ โ
screenshots gdโs collection of Hartford 1984 materials spread out โ Day 1 of the compact official program โ list of videos presented on day 2 โ Close up on Hartford Courant photo of Mixashawn โ Photocopy of photo of a section of David Weinsteinโs Illuminated Man (with Child) from Gregory Sandowโs Village Voice article โ Program description of David Weinsteinโs Illuminated Man (with Child) โ Charles Boone program description of The Watts Tower โ photo of Jan Williams and Joel Chadabe from Chadabeโs website โ Program screenshots from the exhibits/installations section, including Scribing Sound, the Soundings Art Show and list of video tapes to be
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Day 3 - July 3, 1984
links none
y2b Short video of Eugene Chadbourne with Shockabilly Lifeโs a Gas โ Ron Kuivila audio of Working Title Deleted โ James Fulkersonโs Force Fields and Spaces (part 1 of 4) โ Miles Anderson and Virko Baleyโs version of Morton Subotnickโs The Wild Beasts โ Gary Karr live video of him performing Tom Johnsonโs Failing in 1987 โ Thomas Mapfumoโs Chigwindiri
screenshots โMusicโ from the official program cover โ Compact program schedule day 3 โ list of videos presented on day 3 โ Jim Pomeroy program description โ Malcolm Goldstein double photograph from program โ
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Day 4 - July 4, 1984
links Tribute to Robert Black from Bang on a Can โ Will Robinโs obituary for Robert Black, June 27, 2023 โ James Sellars website โ โ โ
y2b Sam Rivers and Winds of Manhattan recording of Colours โ audio of someoneโs preserved cassette of the actual performance โ Marina LaPalma from The Lhasa Club Tapes from 1985, video of Somebody Said โ Piano version live video of Henry Cowellโs Iridescent Rondo (in old modes) by Francesca de Santis โ audio of Guy Klucevsekโs recording of Lukas Fossโs Curriculum Vitae โ Robert Blackโs recording of Christian Wolffโs String Bass Exercise from Bandiera Rossa โ Yale Theatre Orchestraโs recording of Charles Ivesโ Overture and March โ1776โ โ
screenshots Sam Rivers Saxophone Orchestra photo and article from Hartford Courant โ Compact program for July 4 โ List of videos shown on July 4 โ Hartford Courant profile of Skip Laplante โ NY Times photo of Skip Laplante โ Yura Adams photo from program โ Hartford Courant feature profile of David Mahler โ William O. Smithโs program notes for his Solo Clarinet with Delay System โ photo of Robert Black from the Bang on a Can website tribute โ Robert Black profile in program โ Close up of Russian Lady restaurantโs ad re New Music America Party Up on the Roof โ photo of James Sellar from his website
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Day 5 - July 5, 1984
links Archival festival recording of Liquid Liquid performance โ link to Ellen Fullmanโs website profile on her NMA84 performance/presentation โ Discogs entry for Jon Englishโs Electrombonics โ Helen Thorington obituary in the New York Times, June 6, 2023 โ Archival festival performance recording of James Tenneyโs Bridge โ Link to audio of James Tenneyโs Spectal Canon for Conlon Nancarrow (not performed at NMA84) โ Discogs entry for Schneider-Rademacher-Werder version of James Tenneyโs Bridge โ DJ Notdeadyetโs playlist of tracks about Hartford 1984 found on youtube in order of their appearance
y2b Ellen Fullman with Theresa Wong on the long stringed instrument โ Jon English recording of Electrombonics โ Veronica Jochum audio of Donald Harrisโs Balladen โ Frances-Marie Uitti Rivercare una melodia recording โ Taimur Sullivan video of Martin Bresnickโs Tent of Miracles โ Gary Karr video performing Eugene Kurtzโs The Last Contrabass in Las Vegas โ Schneider-Rademacher-Werder version of James Tenneyโs Bridge
screenshots Sketch map of Hartford during NMA84 from Hartford Courant by Phil Lohman โ Compact schedule July 5 โ Videos showing on July 5 โ Photo of Olu Dara by Stephen Malagodi โ Ellen Fullman at NMA84 from her website โ Close up of photo of Ellen Fullman in the New York Times โ Ellen Fullmanโs program notes about Longitudinal Vibration โ Closeup of Ruth Miller and Stephen Parish in the Hartford Courant festival program โ Anthony Keller of Real Art Ways and Alvin Lucier program notes โ Jon English program notes for Electrombonics โ Stuart Smithโs program notes for Blue โ Helen Thorington program notes for Donโt Wave โ photo of Helen Thorington from NY Times obituary โ Ear magazine photo of a part of the score for John Zornโs Rugby 5 โ James Tenney program notes
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Day 6 - July 6, 1984
links Discogs entry for David Garlandโs Control Songs โ Wadsworth Atheneumโs website entry for Alvin Lucierโs Seesaw โ โ โ โ โ โ โ
y2b Ursula Oppens recording of Elliott Carterโs Night Fantasies โ David Garlandโs recording of I Am With You โ Robert Ashley video for Perfect Lives Episode 4: The Bar (Differences) โ Ursula Oppens with Frederic Rzewskiโs recording of Alvin Curranโs For Cornelius โ Ursula Oppensโ recording of Anthony Davisโ Middle Passage โ Ursula Oppensโ recording of Charles Wuorinenโs Blue Bamboula โ Frederic Rzewski plays his Winnesboro Cotton Mill Blues โ Giancarlo Simonacciโs version of Etudes Borรฉales for solo cello โ S.E.M. Ensembleโs recording of Petr Kotikโs Solo and Incidental Harmonies โ Joseph Jarman and Geri Allen recording of Love Song for a Rainy Monday and Inheritance
screenshots Compact program list for July 6 โ List of videos presented July 6 โ David Garlandโs program notes for Control Songs โ Russell Frehling program notes for River Run โ John Driscollโs program notes for Third Mesa โ Program notes for Night Fantasies by Elliott Carter โ Alvin Lucier proto from Matrix โ Alvin Lucierโs artist statement for Seesaw from Matrix โ Jerry Huntโs program notes spread over two screenshots โ Program notes for John Cageโs Etudes Borรฉales with an extra note from Michael Pugliese โ John Cage photo in Hartford Courant program โ
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Day 7 - July 7, 1984
links Discogs details on David Hykes and the Harmonic Choir Hearing Solar Winds โ CBC radio archival interview with David Hykes from 1984 โ Radio archival recording of the conclusion of Glenn Brancaโs Symphony No. 4 โ Wikipedia entry for Stuart Dempster
y2b David Hykes and the Harmonic Choir audio recordings of Ascending, Arc Descents, Ascending and Descending โ Gregory DโAgostinoโs audio of George Crumbโs Pastoral Drone for Pipe Organ โ Oliver Latryโs audio of Morton Feldmanโs Principal Sound โ Amina Claudine Myers audio Do You Wanna Be Saved? โ William Albrightโs own version of his Organbook: Benediction โ Helge Gramstrup audio of William Bolcomโs Hydraulis โ Arlene Schloss short video Glenn Branca Symphony No. 4 Tour Diary โ Joan La Barbara sings Morton Feldmanโs Three Voices (recording audio) โ Terry Rileyโs 1968 recording of In C โ Stuart Dempster Didjeridervish
screenshots Headline and above-fold of New England Entertainment Digest: โWorld Series of New Musicโ with a picture of John Cage โ Final day compact program listing โ Final day video series presentations list โ photo of the Cathedral of St. Joseph โ Leo Smith profile from the Hartford Advocate โ Terry Rileyโs two paragraph program notes on In C โ photo of Stuart Dempster
DJ Notdeadyetโs Youtube folder of all that I could find on New Music America 1984 performances and/or works in the order that they appeared:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmyw9E0_Jh8a_XcDRefD9GLAE6p1I7Wz1