Robert Ashley
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Oct 9, 2026
Lisa KoriGUEST
So that was one thing that I was really interested in.
Lisa KoriGUEST
And then I was also really interested in the work of Laurie Anderson and Robert Ashley, who sort of worked across genres.
Lisa KoriGUEST
So they made what was almost like operas.
Lisa KoriGUEST
And they incorporated music and multimedia and film and projection and performance.
Brian TurnerHOST
Uh, coming up Thursday at 4:00 PM, uh, Smart Rider Principles with Seanaga welcoming composer Beth Anderson, who has done, uh, both music, tech sound works, and music theater events.
Brian TurnerHOST
Born in Kentucky, studied, uh, in Northern California with Cage, Terry Riley, Robert Ashley, and Larry Austin at Mills College and UC Davis.
Brian TurnerHOST
She's a Brooklyn resident, and she will be here on Smart Rider Principles coming up Thursday between 4:00 and 6:00 PM here on East Village Radio.
Brian TurnerHOST
And next Tuesday, the 13th, uh, Mo Drums on This Is Afro beats, subbing for Chances with Wolves.
Dominique PurdyGUEST
Maybe there's something that's, like, some wild shit.
Dominique PurdyGUEST
Like, you think about, um, all those dudes, man, like John Cage and Stockhausen and all these, like, dudes, Robert Ashley, all these, uh, experimental kind of dudes back in '70s and '60s and shit like that, and you're like, "Man, somebody recorded this, and somebody said, 'Yes, let's put this out on vinyl.'" And they respected them.
Dominique PurdyGUEST
And they, and they got accolades, and they got paid and, you know, and people, like, understood and have wonder for what they, they do.
Dominique PurdyGUEST
And, and that, that's kinda, like, that type of energy, I feel like that's where I'm cut from.
Anna AblamonovaGUEST
In a way, we are continuing the very impulse from which opera as a genre was born.
Anna AblamonovaGUEST
And there is another definition that I particularly love, uh, by American composer Robert Ashley, who described o- described opera as voice in a landscape.
Anna AblamonovaGUEST
I find this image, uh, incredibly liberating.
Anna AblamonovaGUEST
It opens up, uh, the possibility of thinking about opera beyond the particular building, a particular vocal technique, or a fixed set of theatrical conventions.