BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Open your ears and your mind at theSummer Institute for Conte mporary Performance Practice \;(SICPP). It's a rare opportunity to i mmerse yourself in hearing where new music has been going\, and to under stand where it might be going next.\nLegendary artists are in residence for this week of intensive musical study and performance\, alongside sem inar participants who are here for the sheer thrill of the avant garde. NEC's \;Stephen Drury \;is artistic director for this institute\ , and guest artists this year include \;Louis Goldstein\, \;Jose ph Kubera\, and \;Steffen Schleiermacher.\nCage \;Music of Chang es\, Winter MusicWolff \;Sonata (for three pianos)performed by Steph en Drury\, Louis Goldstein\, Joseph Kubera\, and Steffen Schleiermacher\ nAs a continuation of NEC's celebration of \;John Cage\, SICPP focus es this year on Cage's music as well as that of his colleague and friend  \;Christian Wolff\, who is SICPP composer-in-residence this year. W olff was previously in residence at NEC in 2010.\nCage\nComposer John Ca ge (1912&ndash\;1992) paid attention to the 99% of sound that was not pr eviously called "music." This even led him to explore what was previousl y thought of as "silence." Because he challenged existing notions of mus ic in such a fundamental way\, his ideas still provoke and inspire.\nMus ic of Changes \;(1951) was Cage's first composition using chance ope rations (assisted by the \;I Ching). Precisely notated for specific actions beyond striking the keys of the piano\, this draws richly on sou nds beyond the piano's conventional repertoire without actually being a "prepared piano" piece.\nGoing far beyond chance operations into indeter minacy\, the score for \;Winter Musicallows an extremely variable nu mber of simultaneous performers using material that can be sequenced in any way. "All the traditional dimensions of music are by intention free\ , free\, free\," writes Cage expert Richard Kostelanetz.\nWolff\nChristi an Wolff is the last surviving member of the New York School of composer s who revolutionized music in the 20th century. Along with Cage\, Morton Feldman\, and Earle Brown\, Wolff has changed the way musicians across the spectrum think about composition and performance.\nWolff wrote his&n bsp\;Sonata \;in 1957 for three pianos\, played by four pianists\, i ncluding Cage. And the pianos were prepared\, \;à\; la Cage. URL:http://backbay.patch.com/events/sicpp-cage-wolff SUMMARY:SICPP: Cage\, Wolff LOCATION:30 Gainsborough St\, Boston\, MA 02115: 30 Gainsborough St\, Bos ton\, MA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR