Zeitgeist is preparing for our Early Music Festival featuring the music of Morton Feldman at the end of this month. One night, during my usual 2 a.m. insomnia, I was reading some of Feldman's writings. He relayed a story about his study with Stefan Wolpe. Wolpe, a Marxist, was criticizing Feldman's compositions for being "too esoteric" to connect with "the everyday person on the street". At that, Feldman and Wolpe looked out the window to observe the "everyday man on the street".
6th street below was bare except for the painter Jackson Pollock.
Feldman relayed this story in an effort to communicate to student composers to not make assumptions about what the audience wishes to hear. You may be surprised at who is there.
--Heather Barringer, Zeitgeist percussionist & Executive Director
6th street below was bare except for the painter Jackson Pollock.
Feldman relayed this story in an effort to communicate to student composers to not make assumptions about what the audience wishes to hear. You may be surprised at who is there.
--Heather Barringer, Zeitgeist percussionist & Executive Director
 Morton Feldman |  Stefan Wolpe |
Zeitgeist Early Music Festival
Morton Feldman
March 31-April 3 • Studio Z • Tickets/Details
Zeitgeist’s 6th Annual Early Music Festival explores the powerful contributions of our musical pioneers with a celebration of composer Morton Feldman. One of the 20th century’s great visionaries, Feldman’s innovations in music notation and his free-flowing indeterminate music embraced new artistic possibilities and made a lasting impact that continues to shape new music today.
Zeitgeist’s 6th Annual Early Music Festival explores the powerful contributions of our musical pioneers with a celebration of composer Morton Feldman. One of the 20th century’s great visionaries, Feldman’s innovations in music notation and his free-flowing indeterminate music embraced new artistic possibilities and made a lasting impact that continues to shape new music today.
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