Music with Roots in the Aether

Oct 2, 1978
Field:

Screening

Location:

Grand Luxe Hall, Western Front

Description:

Western Front hosted a screening of Robert Ashely’s television opera for voices and electronics Music with Roots in the Aether (1976). The fourteen-hour work features interviews with composers David Behrman, Philip Glass, Alvin Lucier, Terry Riley, Pauline Oliveros, and Robert Ashely, alongside live performances of their music. 

Presented in partnership with the University of Victoria School of Music.

Western Front is a non-profit
artist-run centre in Vancouver.

We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.