SCHOOL OF MUSIC
and
ARTISTS AND LECTURERS COMMITTEE
presents
CARL STONE, COMPOSER AND PERFORMER
March 25, 2001
7:30P.M.
Program
Elizabeth Hall
Quelaguetza (1996, rev 2001)
Carl Stone
Program Notes:
Guelaguetza was composed in May of 1996 and was commissioned by the Composers
Forum (San Francisco) for an event entitled "The Garden of Memory," which took place
within the Chapel of the Chimes, a mausoleum/crematorium designed by Julia Morgan in
the 1930's, in Oakland, California.
The entire work is approximately one hour in length. Although the overall form is fixed,
the sound details are largely improvised. It is performed live using the direct output of a
Macintosh Powerbook computer. In recent versions I occasionally have added a new layer,
namely found/appropriated video material, which lies unmanipulated on top of the music.
Biography:
CARL STONE was hailed by the Village Voice as "one of the best composers working in
the country today." He was born in Los Angeles and now lives in San Francisco. He studied
composition at the California Institute of the Arts with Morton Subotnick and James
Tenney. He has composed electro-acoustic and computer music exclusively since 1972. His
works have been performed in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia, South America
and the Near East. His most recent concert tour in Japan included concert, radio and
television appearances.
A winner of numerous awards for his compositions, including the Freeman Award for the
work Hop Ken, Carl Stone is also the recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for
the Arts for his radiophonic composition Se Jong (Bells). In 1984 he was commissioned to
Florida's First Private University
