June 26th and 27th, 2026: Other Minds Presents Mavericks 250: David Tudor Centennial

OTHER MINDS PRESENTS
AS PART OF OUR SERIES IN CELEBRATION OF AMERICA’S SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL:

MAVERICKS 250
AT MILLS/NORTHEASTERN, OAKLAND

A DAVID TUDOR CENTENNIAL
COMPOSERS INSIDE ELECTRONICS
FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2026 AT 7:30 PM
SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2026 AT 1:00 PM & 7:30 PM

 

SAN FRANCISCO—May 26, 2026—Other Minds holds certain truths to be self-evident—what better way to celebrate the American semiquincentennial than with summer concerts featuring Maverick American Composers? For the first event of Mavericks 250, Other Minds welcomes Composers Inside Electronics to perform works by David Tudor (1926–1996) in celebration of his centennial. This event takes place over two evening concerts (June 26th and 27th at 7:30 PM), as well as an afternoon discussion/demonstration of some of the techniques behind Tudor’s experiments with electronics (June 27th at 1:00 PM). All events will take place at Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College at Northeastern University in Oakland. These events are presented in cooperation with the Center for Contemporary Music, Northeastern University and Mills Performing Arts.

David Tudor is, perhaps, most famously known as part and principal interpreter of the New York School—John Cage, Morton Feldman, Earle Brown, and Christian Wolff. With Cage, in the early 1960s, Tudor also began to pioneer the use of live electronics in performance, as opposed to exclusively on recordings. To further this practice, Tudor formed Composers Inside Electronics in 1973, active first between 1976 and 1981 and then reformed in 1996 for Tudor’s memorial service. Current members include John Bischoff, Paul DeMarinis, John Driscoll, Phil Edelstein, Michael Johnsen—and during the performances they will be joined by James Fei. Over two evenings they will be performing 5 works by David Tudor using many of his original electronic instruments: Pepscillator, Forest Speech, Untitled, Microphone, Pulsers. Speaking in Tongues, by Composers Inside Electronics member John Driscoll, will also be performed. During the Saturday afternoon workshop, Composers Inside Electronics will discuss and demonstrate Microphone, Pulsers, and John Driscoll’s Speaking in Tongues for audience members.

A David Tudor Centennial will be held at 7:30 pm on Friday and Saturday June 26th and June 27th, 2026 and at 1:00 pm on June 27th, 2026 at Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College at Northeastern in Oakland. Tickets are available at a sliding scale starting at $23 for the evening concerts. The afternoon workshop is free with an RSVP.

 

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