The composer and keyboardist Alvin Curran was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and is now a sprightly 79 years old. His work with Musica Elettronica Viva in Rome, from 1966 onwards, is of most ...

Musician and composer Alvin Curran (Providence, Rhode Island, 1938) traces more than fifty years of musical research and collaborations, while also recounting his relationship with the city of Rome ...

Bonython Hall Friday, August 23 and Saturday, August 24 An inveterate globetrotter, American composer Alvin Curran hit town earlier this week hot on his Australian trail from Perth to the Eastern ...

The recently rehabbed Veterans Room of New York’s historic Park Avenue Armory is a bit like the Room of Requirement in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books—you never know what you’re going to find, but ...

These venerable European improvisers tease and taunt the listeners' psyches with free-form minimalist sound-shaping designs and subdued inner-workings with gradual buildups and asynchronous movements, ...

Fusing toy piano, minimalist improvisation, children’s voices, modular synthesizers, and a purring cat, among other fanciful sounds, the American composer’s 1978 album revels in the accidental music ...

Ship horns bellowed throughout the Orwig Music Building last Friday afternoon as experimental composer Alvin Curran '60 played sound clips during his talk on "Music Outside the Concert Halls." The ...

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Curran, one of the great enduring figures of the glory days of what was once called “electronic music,” is still in fine form. The sound artist appears at the beautifully restored Veterans Room of the ...

Knoxville, TN’s unique Big Ears Festival returns March 23-26, and today the fest is revealing new additions to the lineup. Wilco were already announced, but also frontman Jeff Tweedy will do an improv ...