38 min
no.219 | Prelude to Lost Pines Porch Swing Orchestra Podcast
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- Visual Arts
This week’s PSO features a live recording new piece we opened with in our performance at the Turrell Skyspace. Paul Stautinger joined me and added a ton of color and melody, playing both finger-picked intricacies and sweeping tonalites made with an E-bow.
Mark Menjivar provided an array of bird songs and sounds processed through a modular synthesizer. On the POD, I talked to Mark about the archive of field recordings he (re)activated for this performance and his other myriad projects and practices. Among other topics, we discuss the distinctions between sound and song, the deep political implications of noticing, and the transformational potential of aesthetic experience.
Prelude to Lost Pines was performed and recorded in front of a live audience inside The Color Inside, a Skyspace by James Turrell, which is part of the Landmarks Public Art Collection at The University of Texas. Our performance was commissioned as part of their Songs in the Skyspace program. Songs in the Skyspace is underwritten by KFMA, Austin’s independent classical music radio station.
Two PSO pieces from the past follow the Prelude to Lost Pines. PSO 166, entitled The Triple Double is Yours from January 20, 2022, and following that is PSO 31 from October 16, 2018, Toddler Breakdown in Festival Town.
PSO 31 was featured on a compilation of PSO pieces collected from the first year of PSO, Once Around the Sun. You can hear and/or purchase those recordings on the Porch Swing Orchestra Bandcamp page.
TRACKS
Interview with artist and PSO member Mark Menjivar PSO no. 219 | Prelude to Lost Pines, “The Color Inside” by James Turrell on UT Campus, October 15, 2023
PSO no.166 | The Triple Double is Yours, Austin Texas, January 20, 2022
PSO no.31 | Toddler Breakdown in Festival Town. Austin, Texas, October 16, 2018
LINKS
Porch Swing Orchestra Website
https://porchswingorchestra.org/
Mark Menjivar
https://www.markmenjivar.com/
Paul Stautinger’s Band
https://www.marchandbeauty.com/
Barry Stone
https://barrystone.com/
PSO Newsletter on Substack
Get full access to Porch Swing Orchestra at porchswingorchestra.substack.com/subscribe
This week’s PSO features a live recording new piece we opened with in our performance at the Turrell Skyspace. Paul Stautinger joined me and added a ton of color and melody, playing both finger-picked intricacies and sweeping tonalites made with an E-bow.
Mark Menjivar provided an array of bird songs and sounds processed through a modular synthesizer. On the POD, I talked to Mark about the archive of field recordings he (re)activated for this performance and his other myriad projects and practices. Among other topics, we discuss the distinctions between sound and song, the deep political implications of noticing, and the transformational potential of aesthetic experience.
Prelude to Lost Pines was performed and recorded in front of a live audience inside The Color Inside, a Skyspace by James Turrell, which is part of the Landmarks Public Art Collection at The University of Texas. Our performance was commissioned as part of their Songs in the Skyspace program. Songs in the Skyspace is underwritten by KFMA, Austin’s independent classical music radio station.
Two PSO pieces from the past follow the Prelude to Lost Pines. PSO 166, entitled The Triple Double is Yours from January 20, 2022, and following that is PSO 31 from October 16, 2018, Toddler Breakdown in Festival Town.
PSO 31 was featured on a compilation of PSO pieces collected from the first year of PSO, Once Around the Sun. You can hear and/or purchase those recordings on the Porch Swing Orchestra Bandcamp page.
TRACKS
Interview with artist and PSO member Mark Menjivar PSO no. 219 | Prelude to Lost Pines, “The Color Inside” by James Turrell on UT Campus, October 15, 2023
PSO no.166 | The Triple Double is Yours, Austin Texas, January 20, 2022
PSO no.31 | Toddler Breakdown in Festival Town. Austin, Texas, October 16, 2018
LINKS
Porch Swing Orchestra Website
https://porchswingorchestra.org/
Mark Menjivar
https://www.markmenjivar.com/
Paul Stautinger’s Band
https://www.marchandbeauty.com/
Barry Stone
https://barrystone.com/
PSO Newsletter on Substack
Get full access to Porch Swing Orchestra at porchswingorchestra.substack.com/subscribe
38 min