Other Minds News

Other Minds notes with sadness the passing of master classical Indian musician G.S. Sachdev on June 24, 2018, from complications of non-Hodgkins Lymphoma at his home in San Rafael, California. Sachdev was the leading exponent of the bansuri, a long transverse bass flute made of bamboo that, in his hands, was capable of the deepest […]

OM’s latest recording, Kyle Gann’s Hyperchromatica, receives an excellent review in Theater Jones, May 2018: “…music based on intervals other than those you can get from the 12 equally-spaced notes on the piano needn’t be problematic. It could even be beautiful… Gann’s Hyperchromatica may be as close to divine as we get.” Hyperchromatica is a mammoth […]

Jim Newman, born May 25, 1933, celebrates his 85th birthday today. Jim has worked since the early 1950’s to keep the Bay Area’s artistic identity alive and well.

San Francisco Classical Voice Reviews “The History Channel” Joe Cadagin speaks about how his childhood fear that everyone around him would start speaking a language that he couldn’t understand came true at OM 23’s presentation of “The History Channel” on Wednesday April 16th. Wednesday’s concert featured experimental pieces from the early 20th century, providing a […]

Mark Swed, of the Los Angeles Times, recounts his experience at the 23rd Annual Other Minds Festival Opening Gala and gives a short background on the history of sound poetry. He gives context to the night by referring back to Hugo Ball, the founder of the DaDa, movement and to Other Mind’s own Charles Amirkhanian’s […]

Other Minds 23: The History Channel Stephen Smoliar outlines some of his favorite parts of Wednesday nights concert “The History Channel”. Wednesday’s concert featured pieces that ranged from 1914 to 1966 and featured works by the founder of the futurist movement, Filippo Marinetti, Ernst Toch and Cathy Berberian. There were also remarks by Other Minds […]

Joshua Kosman Review of OM 23 Opening Night Joshua Kosman speaks to his experience at opening night of the 23rd annual Other Minds Festival, which included performances by Jaap Blonk and Enzo Minarelli. He describes the night by saying, “In a range of performances by “sound poets” from around the world — by turns captivating, […]

Dutch Culture USA Anticipates Jaap Blonk’s Performance at OM 23 Sydney Schelvis, discusses the history of Jaap Blonk, the Dutch born composer and sound poet who will make his Other Minds Debut tonight at 7:30 at the ODC Theater. Jaap will also be giving a workshop on sound poetry tomorrow night at 7:30, performing Kurt […]

The printed programs for our upcoming Festival 23 – Sound Poetry: The Wages of Syntax – just arrived from our printer. We took a different direction with the design this year, featuring some stunning art from some of the multi-talented characters in the Futurist and Dadaist movements of the early 20th Century. We made four […]

On this weeks “To Do List”: Other Minds 23rd Annual Festival. KQED lays out the schedule of events for the next weeks festival that brings the under-appreciated art of sound poetry to the fore. The article includes an explanation of what constitutes sound poetry from Other Minds Executive and Artistic Director Charles Amirkhanian, a short […]