Lecture (video) on the origin and making of my opera Agamemnon
“Intense Purity of Feeling”: Béla Bartók and American Music
Lecture on Béla Bartók and his relationship with the composers of American modernism, jazz, and postmodernism
King of the Omniverse: Sun Ra and His Arkestra
Lecture (text and video) on Sun Ra, who led his big band, the Arkestra, for 40 years and took humanity on a never-ending trip through outer space and into dimensions unknown
King Without a Country: Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime
Lecture (text and video) on the life and works of ragtime genius Scott Joplin, tracing his meteoric rise, tragic eclipse, and the triumphant revival of his music
My Experiences of Surrealism in 20th-Century American Music
Lecture on surrealism in music, with musical examples by Conlon Nancarrow, Richard Maxfield, Morton Subotnick, Charles Dodge, The Residents, and Robert Ashley
The Secret of 20th-Century American Music
Lecture on the nature of pleroma music, with musical examples by Charles Ives, Henry Cowell, Alan Hovhaness, Conlon Nancarrow, Edgard Varèse, John Cage, La Monte Young, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, Pauline Oliveros, and Glenn Branca
NICOLE V. GAGNÉ 