Event Detail Information
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Annual Toy Piano Festival |
| Event Status: | Updated |
| Modified Date: | 8/29/2007 |
| Start Date: | 9/5/2007 |
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| Event Time: | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
| Title: | Annual Toy Piano Festival |
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| Other Location: | lower level, West wing, Geisel Library |
| Event Category: | Performing Arts -Music |
| Sponsor: | UCSD Arts Libraries |
| Open to Public: | YES |
| Admission Cost: | Free |
| Contact Name: | Scott Paulson |
| Contact Phone: | (858) 534-8074 Ext. |
| Contact Email: | spaulson@ucsd.edu |
| Description: | At this live event, presented by the UCSD Arts Libraries, you'll hear new works for toy piano. Come early or else you'll have to sit on the floor (the performers have to sit on the floor, so you'll be in good company). Performers include: Sue Palmer (the Queen of Boogie Woogie Piano!), Ryoko Amadee Goguen, Kenneth Herman, Christian Hertzog, Matthew Swagler, Bobby Werner, Scott Paulson, and surprise guests. See an exhibit about toy pianos at the performance site (exhibit is up the whole month of September). Among the exhibit items is a video recording of a 1966 interview with Robert Erickson talking about his piece for toy pianos and bells. That very year, Erickson became one of the founding faculty of the UCSD Music Department. The Toy Piano Collection at Geisel Library consists of actual instruments, audio recordings, extant literature, and commissioned works. In May of 2001, the Library of Congress issued a subject heading and call number for toy piano scores because of the activities of the Toy Piano Collection at Geisel Library. The call number is: M 175 T69 The first serious work for toy piano was written by American composer John Cage in 1948. The Toy Piano Festival is hosted on September 5, John Cage's birthday! Featured composers at this annual festival are UCSD students, UCSD alumni, and members of the UCSD community. 7th Annual Toy Piano Festival of the UCSD Arts Libraries. Wed., Sept. 5 at 12:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. For info, call: (858) 534-8074 |
