(Sept 6) Fresh off the stream! The Relâche Chronicles #9 - NMA 1987 Philadelphia 1/3

With my fresh transcript. And links to the other eight podcasts created by Arthur Stidfole with help from Joe Kasinskas, Arthur Sabatini, "and me, Joseph Franklin" who anchors.

The Relâche Chronicles, August 8, 2023

Episode Nine - New Music America 1987 (1/3)

transcribed* by Georges Dupuis

Relâche intro to the three part NMA series from their podsite:

In 1979, a group of composers, performers, video artists, producers, presenters, and other experimental artists met at The Kitchen, a renowned Downtown NY performance space to present a festival named New Music New York. The following year in Minneapolis, The Walker Art Center produced and presented a festival based on New Music New York that they called the New Music America Festival. For the following 9 years New Music America Festivals were held in a different city each year, produced, and presented by a local arts organization. In 1987, the festival was produced and presented by the Relâche organization in collaboration with the City of Philadelphia. Over a 10-day…