Black Mountain College Radio

In this episode, we are joined by Adelita Husni-Bey, the 2023 recipient of the Black Mountain College International Artist Prize. Husni-Bey discusses connections between her work and the history of radical, interdisciplinary pedagogy at Black Mountain College, along with her ongoing practice using collectivist and non-competitive pedagogical models within the framework of contemporary art. More info: https://www.blackmountaincollege.org/2023-bmc-prize-announcement/

Hub New Music performs Dai Wei's "How The Stars Vanish" November 16, 2022 Black Mountain College Museum + Art Center Asheville, NC 28801 More info: https://hubnewmusic.org/

Inaugural BMC Prize recipients Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh, and Hesam Rahmanian join us to discuss their interdisciplinary work. The artists trace connections to Black Mountain College from their creative origins in post-revolutionary Iran, to the diffusely collaborative and experimental practice of generating "landscapes". More info: https://www.blackmountaincollege.org/inaugural-bmc-prize-announcement/

“The Glyph” – Commissioned in 2015 by ICA/Boston Directed by Richard Colton July 30th at 3PM + 7PM BMCM+AC {120 College Street} Dancer and choreographer Polly Motley and pianist Yukiko Takagi perform “The Glyph,” a playful work created by dancer Katherine Litz and composer Lou Harrison. The original performance at Black Mountain College was part of a Glyph Exchange with poet Charles Olson and painter Ben Shahn in the Summer of 1951. The program will also feature Lou Harrison’s “Six Sonatas For Cembalo or Pianoforte” performed by Yukiko Takagi.

Laura Steenberge - Devil Works for Idle Hands - Live At BMCM+AC June 9, 2022 by Black Mountain College Radio

Weston Olencki - a vine that grew over the city and no one noticed - Live At BMCM+AC June 9, 2022 by Black Mountain College Radio

Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center and UNC Asheville present the Southeast premiere of Black Mountain Songs, an expansive choral and visual work performed by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus and curated by Bryce Dessner (The National) and Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire). Eight composers in total, including Dessner and Parry along with Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw, Nico Muhly, Aleksandra Vrebalov, John King, Tim Hecker, and Jherek Bischoff, collaborated with filmmaker Matt Wolf to create the renowned piece celebrating the legacy of BMC.

This recording was included as a performance in Works of John Cage, which was presented as a part of Black Mountain College Museum + Art Center's ReVIEWING 12 in November, 2021. Carl Patrick Bolleia’s performances and recordings have been acclaimed and featured by The New York Times, The New Yorker, Gramophone, New York Classical Review and more. He has performed as pianist, keyboardist, and conductor throughout North America, Europe, and China at venues including Carnegie Hall Stern Auditorium and Weill Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Philharmonie de Paris, and many more. He is Assistant Professor of Music and Coordinator of Piano at William Paterson University.

This recording was included as a performance in Works of John Cage, which was presented as a part of Black Mountain College Museum + Art Center's ReVIEWING 12 in November, 2021. Thomas Moore has received acclaim throughout the US and Europe for his performances, lectures, and recordings. His repertoire includes works by John Cage, Morton Feldman, Christian Wolff, Charles Ives, Olivier Messiaen, James Tenney, Philip Glass, Erik Satie, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and others. Cage wrote, “I am delighted that Thomas Moore plays my music, studies and thinks, writes and talks about it. He is an excellent musician, one in whom I have confidence and whose work I enjoy.” Haikus (1950-51) on piano; 5 parts 1. Haiku: For My Dear Friend, Who 2. Haiku: What Stillness 3. Haiku: The Green Frog's Voice 4. Haiku: The River Phurabelle 5. Haiku: [No Title]

Recorded by Elizabeth Lang. Gamelan Yowana Sari has been a performing Balinese Art Ensemble since 2011. The group is currently in residence at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. This recording is from a collaboration with the Asheville Purcussion Festival.