Performance
Mark Applebaum: In Conversation & Concert
Please join us for bites and drinks, a discussion about Mark’s new book, PreScribe/DeScribe, and a mini-concert. Mark will perform selected works, and be joined by violinist Erik Ulman and synthesist Fernando Lopez-Lezcano, who will interpret The Metaphysics of Notation.
This event is free and open to the public. Space is limited.
5:00pm: Wine & Cheese Reception
5:30-6:30pm: Lecture/Performance
6:30-7pm: Book signing
A limited number of signed copies will be available for purchase at the event.
Applebaum recently produced his award-winning, limited edition art book PreScribe/DeScribe. The two-volume art book features beautiful and arresting reproductions of Applebaum's elaborate and beguiling musical scores. Volume 1 is an expansive anthology, representing over one hundred hand-drawn musical works, several in full color. Volume 2 is devoted to Applebaum’s enigmatic 72-foot long pictographic score, The Metaphysics of Notation. Here it is presented as a fold-out accordion book, complete with an essay about the work on the reverse.
Mark Applebaum, Ph.D. is the Edith & Leland Smith Professor of Composition at Stanford University. His music has been performed throughout six continents, including notable commissions from the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, the Fromm Foundation, the Spoleto Festival, the Kronos Quartet, Chamber Music America, and the Vienna Modern Festival. Many of his pieces are characterized by challenges to the conventional boundaries of musical ontology. His TED talk has been seen by more than three million viewers. Applebaum is also an accomplished jazz pianist and builds electroacoustic sound-sculptures out of junk, hardware, and found objects. At Stanford Applebaum is the founding director of [sic]—the Stanford Improvisation Collective. He serves on the board of Other Minds and as a trustee of Carleton College.