Event overview
The Contemporary Music Research Unit presents PhD student Paul Cassidy on minimalist and postminimalist keyboard music, followed by a short performance.
The Contemporary Music Research Series presents PhD student Paul Cassidy with a chapter from his thesis on ‘Rethinking Virtuosity: A Re-Appraisal of the Performing Musician’s Role, with Reference to Minimalist and Postminimalist Keyboard Music’ followed by a performance of works by John Adams, Philip Glass and Alvin Curran.
Programme:
John Adams - China Gates (1977/78)
Philip Glass - Music in Contrary Motion (1969)
Alvin Curran - For Cornelius (1982)
Paul Cassidy is a contemporary classical pianist based in Glasgow and a PhD researcher at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has been working with musicologist Keith Potter and pianist & pedagogue Andrew Zolinsky on his primary research and repertoire interest – American minimalist piano music. As a soloist Paul has an extensive contemporary repertoire, and has performed works by composers such as John Cage, La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, John Adams, Frederic Rzewski and Graham Fitkin. Paul is also a member of UK six-piano contemporary music ensemble Piano Circus and has performed extensively with the group across the UK, Europe and the United States. Most notably, in 2016 Paul became the first person in the UK to perform the solo version of Steve Reich’s groundbreaking two-piano work Piano Phase. As a scholar, Paul has presented his research on the music of Steve Reich at conferences both nationally and internationally.
Image: John Adams, by Margaretta Mitchell
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 23 Mar 2017 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm |
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