Below you will find a directory of the tapes of the Composer to Composer Festival which ran from 1988-1991 in Telluride, CO, directed by Charles Amirkhanian and John Lifton.
The newly digitized recordings feature an incredible roster of composers including Pauline Oliveros, John Cage, Laurie Anderson, Conlon Nancarrow and many, many more, discussing fascinating themes such as the integration of politics and composition, who they think their audience is or should be, inventing instruments to extend musical language, and how to employ rapidly advancing technology. One can listen, like a fly on the wall, as the composers speak peer-to-peer to arrive at new conclusions and hone their thinking about important concepts and concerns in musical composition.
Please note that each link below may contain multiple audio segments which are specified on the audio player. Detailed descriptions can be found by scrolling down once you’ve reached the page.
Ode to Gravity: Preview to the first Composer to Composer Festival
https://archive.org/details/OTG_1988_05_16
Composer to Composer Festival 1988: Festival Preview on KOTO-FM
http://www.archive.org/details/CTC_1988_08_17_2
Composer to Composer Festival 1988: Day 1 Discussions
http://www.archive.org/details/CTC_1988_08_16
Composer to Composer Festival 1988: Day 2 Discussions
http://www.archive.org/details/CTC_1988_08_17
Composer to Composer Festival 1988: Day 4 Discussions
http://www.archive.org/details/CTC_1988_08_19
Composer to Composer Festival 1988: Day 4, Concert 1
http://www.archive.org/details/CTC_1988_08_19_2
Composer to Composer Festival 1988: Accompaniment to Pardon, Fryderyk! by Lepo Sumera
http://www.archive.org/details/CTC_1988_08_19_3
Composer to Composer Festival 1988: Day 5 Public Panel Discussions
http://www.archive.org/details/CTC_1988_08_20
Composer to Composer Festival 1988: Day 5, Concert 2
http://www.archive.org/details/CTC_1988_08_20_2
Composer to Composer Festival 1988: Day 6 Public Panel Discussions
http://www.archive.org/details/CTC_1988_08_21
Telluride Mushroom Festival 1988: Sasha Shulgin and Andrew Weil
http://www.archive.org/details/TMF_1988_08_26
Composer to Composer Festival 1988: Interview with Lou Harrison
http://www.archive.org/details/CTC_1988_07_25
Composer to Composer Festival 1988: KOTO-FM with Lou Harrison, Larry London, and Sarah Hopkins
http://www.archive.org/details/CTC_1988_08_14
Composer to Composer Festival 1989: Day 1 Discussions
http://archive.org/details/CTC_1989_08_15
Composer to Composer Festival 1989: Day 2 Discussions
http://www.archive.org/details/CTC_1989_08_16
Composer to Composer Festival 1989: Day 3 Discussions
http://www.archive.org/details/CTC_1989_08_17
Composer to Composer Festival 1989: Day 4 Discussions
http://www.archive.org/details/CTC_1989_08_18_1
Composer to Composer Festival 1989: Day 4, Concert 1
http://www.archive.org/details/CTC_1989_08_18_2
Composer to Composer Festival 1989: Day 5, Concert 2
http://www.archive.org/details/CTC_1989_08_19
Composer to Composer Festival 1989: Day 6, Concert 3
http://www.archive.org/details/CTC_1989_08_20_2
Composer to Composer Festival 1990: Day 2, Morning Panel Discussion
https://archive.org/details/CTC_1990_07_14_1
Composer to Composer Festival 1990: Censorship and Social Change
https://archive.org/details/CTC_1990_07_14_2
Composer to Composer Festival 1991: Day 1 Discussions
https://archive.org/details/CTC_1991_07_08
Composer to Composer Festival 1991: Day 2 Discussions
https://archive.org/details/CTC_1991_07_09
Composer to Composer Festival 1991: Day 3 Discussions
http://www.archive.org/details/CTC_1991_07_10
Composer to Composer Festival 1991: Day 4 Discussions
