The Society for Music and Minimalism is preparing to host their second international conference on minimalism September 2-6, 2009 in Kansas City, Missouri. Part of their impressive lineup of performance and lecture includes a performance of Elodie Lauten’s “Adamantine Sonata” by Sarah Cahill during her Friday program. The original recording of the work was included on her 1983 LP, Piano Works, soon to be reissued on an Unseen Worlds 2CD of Lauten piano works.
Of unique interest also will be the reemergence of piano works by Harold Budd (of ambient Eno fame) and Dennis Johnson (of lengthy La Monte Young fame). More details on all this can be found at the official website and within some of Kyle Gann’s working blog posts on Arts Journal.