1. A recording of the morning composer presentations with Ricardo Dal Farra on August 17, 1989 in Telluride, Colorado during the 1989 Composer to Composer Festival.
After four minutes of hearing the group chat and get settled in, Charles Amirkhanian begins by asking about the rehearsals from the pervious night, the problems with Trimpin’s installations, plans for the upcoming concert, and plans for the lunch picnic with the composers. He then introduces Ricardo Dal Farra.
Dal Farra talks about his background in music and how he arrived at his particular style of electroacoustic music. He plays his work “Karma” and then discusses his process of producing the sounds in the piece. He also describes his electronic processing of guitars and plays an unidentified work for guitar and live electronics.
Dal Farra continues by discussing his attitudes towards notation and improvisation. He plays his work “Ancestros” for woodwinds and electronics. He then takes questions from the other composers about his music and life before the group takes a break.
2. A recording of the second session of composer presentations with Charles Amirkhanian and Laurie Spiegel on August 17, 1989 in Telluride, Colorado during the 1989 Composer to Composer Festival.
Charles Amirkhanian begins with a few announcements before beginning his presentation.
Amirkhanian talks about his work with the Synclavier digital synthesizer and his use and personal definition of “abstract” and “representational” sound. He plays an excerpt of his work “Walking Tune” and discusses the form and use of sounds in the work with the composers. After the discussion he plays “Pas de Voix (A Portrait of Samuel Beckett)” and introduces Laurie Spiegel as the next speaker.
After a short break, Spiegel talks about her role as a composer and producer of technology, and plays a movement from one of her “Sonic Spaces” that she created with her Music Mouse software. She also talks about her interest in long tones and Indian classical music, and plays her work “The History of Music in One Movement” for solo synthesized piano.