‘The Terry Riley Experience’
Cal State L.A. presents a Jimi Hendrix and
Terry Riley Tribute Concert Mon., Nov. 24
What: “The Terry Riley Experience”
When: Monday, Nov. 24, 8 p.m.
Where: Music Hall, on the Cal State L.A. campus. For directions or campus map, go to www.calstatela.edu. Public permit parking is available at Lot 5 or upper level of Parking Structure C.
Info: Free to the public. Call (323) 343-4060.
Los Angeles, CA – “The Terry Riley Experience” will be presented by the Music Department at California State University, Los Angeles on Monday, Nov. 24, 8 p.m., at Cal State L.A.’s Music Hall.
Led by director John M. Kennedy, the New Music Ensemble at Cal State L.A. will present a concert featuring two influential musicians of the 1960’s, Terry Riley and Jimi Hendrix.
The New Music Ensemble at CSULA will perform Riley’s minimalist classic “In C” and Eric Honour’s tribute to the legacy of Jimi Hendrix, “Haze.” Honour’s work will be preceded by a special video tribute to Hendrix’s “Purple Haze.”
Also included in the program are works of two Southern California composers, Emma Lou Diemmer’s “Hommage” for two pianos; and Madelyn Byrne’s “Rain, Sea and Sky” for piano, percussion and computer-generated sounds.
Kennedy, who joined the Cal State L.A. faculty in 1994, has received 13 ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) awards since 1990. A professor of music, he is also director of the Pacific Contemporary Music Center (PCMC) at Cal State L.A. Begun in 1988, the PCMC has organized eight music festivals in order to present new and diverse works of music by Pacific Rim composers to the community. Kennedy received a bachelor’s degree in music from Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory and both his master’s and doctorate degrees in music from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Kennedy’s compositions have been performed at major music festivals across the United States, Canada, Europe and Korea. His work can be heard on Vienna Modern Masters (VMM 3032) and is available from ILC Publishing, Los Angeles.
Free to the public. For more on the CSULA New Music Ensemble, call (323) 343-4060.
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