In Memoriam of Lou Cohen: John Cage in The Park

In Memoriam of Lou Cohen: John Cage in The Park

OpenSound closed its 2017 concert series with a performance of John Cage’s “Variations III” in Seven Hills Park, in Davis Square. Since 2005, OpenSound has been a home for Boston-based improvisers, sound artists, dancers, and creative thinkers, as well as for regional, national, and international touring artists. For many years its final concert was a performance… Continue reading In Memoriam of Lou Cohen: John Cage in The Park

In Memoriam: Lou Cohen & John Cage

Variations III By John Cage

Variations III, another of John Cage’s brainchilds, was dedicated to the late Lou Cohen who arranged performances of Cage’s Variations pieces for a number of years. The score consists 42 transparencies with a circle on each, dropped on a sheet of paper. The result derives the number of actions and the number of variables that… Continue reading In Memoriam: Lou Cohen & John Cage