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Mother Mallard concert

Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 17:13:08 -0400
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World's first synthesizer ensemble to perform at Cornell Oct. 3
Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co. marks 30th anniversary with guest
Robert Moog

FOR RELEASE:  Sept. 29, 1999

Contact:  Franklin Crawford
Office:  607-255-9737
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ITHACA, N.Y. -- Mother Mallard, the world's first portable synthesizer
ensemble, celebrates the 30th anniversary of its electronic debut at
Cornell University Sunday, Oct. 3, at 8 p.m. in the Proscenium Theatre of
the Center for Theatre Arts.  The concert launches this year's Proscenium
Concert Series.

Prior to the performance, David Borden, director of Cornell's Digital Music
Program, will speak with guest Robert Moog, Cornell Ph.D. '64, a legendary
figure in the world of electronic music.  The preconcert discussion takes
place at 7:15 p.m.

In 1969 at Barnes Hall, the ensemble premiered under the name "Mother
Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co.," brandishing some of the latest musical
technology engineered by Moog in his Trumansburg studio.  Mother Mallard
members worked closely with Moog and his R.A. Moog Co., which introduced a
line of electronic music synthesis equipment in 1964.  In 1971 the company
name was changed to Moog Music Inc., which became a division of Norlin
Music Inc. in 1973.  In 1978 Moog moved from Trumansburg to North Carolina,
where he founded Big Briar Inc., which designs and builds novel electronic
music equipment.  He is now the world's leading maker of theremims,
instruments played by moving hands through an electromagnetic field.

For Sunday's concert, Mother Mallard premieres a new piece by Borden called
"The Perilous Night Companion", written for amplified prepared piano and
synthesizer ensemble.  This work will be played at the same time as John
Cage's "The Perilous Night" (1944) for prepared piano, featuring Lisa Leong
as soloist.  Cage's music was featured in the group's first concert as
well.  A premier of Borden's "Variations on a Theme of Philip Glass" also
will be performed, as well as two pieces by Steve Drews, Mother Mallard
founding member, titled "Almost Two Years "(1971) and "Ceres Motion"
(1973), and Borden's "The Continuing Story of Counterpoint, Part Seven
"(1978).

Performers include Borden, Gabriel Borden, Judy Borsher, Richard Faria,
Linda Fisher, Lisa Leong, Louise Mygatt, Chip Smith, Les Thimmig and Doug
Wyatt.

Cuneiform Records has reissued Mother Mallard's first album on CD, titled
"Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co. 1970-1973." Copies will be
available at the concert.

	Related World Wide Web sites:  The following sites provide
additional information on this news release.

          -- Mother Mallard site: <http://www.mothermallard.cornell.edu/>

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The web version of this release may be found at
http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Sept99/mother.mallard.fc.html


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