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**apologies for any cross-posting** Please forward to your contacts. REMINDER OF OUR ADVANCED TICKET OFFER OF £6 TO SONG BOOKS BY JOHN CAGE @ TOYNBEE STUDIOS. Saturday 20th October, 8-9pm BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW! ‘SONG BOOKS’ BY JOHN CAGE Saturday 20th October 2012 Toynbee Studios 8 – 9pm; Bar from 7pm Tickets: £7 / £6 Advanced Booking Book at http://artsadmin.co.uk/events/3151 “Cage’s music is definitely art and yet, in this case at least, the closer it comes to life the better it works as art.” Ben Harper, Boring Like A Drill. 12 March 2012 New Work Network presents John Cage’s ‘Song Books’ performed by ex-Scratch Orchestra members alongside a younger generation of performers and composers. Fresh from their sell-out concert at Cafe Oto, the group perform one of Cage’s most ambitious works, comprising over 48 vocal scores and 42 other instructions for 'theatre' (Fluxus-like 'actions'), individually programmed by each performer to start within an agreed period of time. The scores are diverse and cover almost every approach to experimenting with notation that Cage used: from conventional music to the most abstract. The libretto is also very varied and ranges over a variety of Cage's interests from mushrooms to anarchy; moreover each 'song' is designated to be either with or without electronics. ‘Song Books’ raises the question of the place of visual performance within experimental music and attempts to bring the Scratch Orchestra experience into a critical collision with a John Cage composition. Performers include: Renate Biruls, George Chambers, Linn D, Carole Finer, Lucie Galand, Penny Homer, Grundik Kasyansky, Eve Libertine, Robbie Lockwood, Geri McEwan, Tom Mudd, Michael Parsons, Stefan Szczelkun, Sarah Walker, Simon Walton, Ali Warner and Portia Winters. Founded in the spring of 1969 by Cornelius Cardew, Michael Parsons and Howard Skempton, The Scratch Orchestra was a very prolific group of around 50 people, which has been defined by Stefan Szczelkun as "a large number of enthusiasts pooling their resources (not primarily material resources) and assembling for action (music making, performance, edification)". http://www.stefan-szczelkun.org.uk/phd102.htm Established in 1997, New Work Network exists as a ‘community’ to expose, investigate, profile and share ideas and knowledge regarding pioneering arts practices and the significant roles they play within society (past, present & future) and to encourage dialogue and activity across generations around the sustainability, custodianship and legacy of these practices and works. New Work Network Networking Support for Artists T: 020 7539 9373 E: [log in to unmask] Toynbee Studios 28 Commercial Street London E1 6AB Mixing It Up films: http://www.newworknetwork.info/learning/mixing-it-up-an-intergenerational-perspective Adhocracy Films: http://vimeo.com/user5357174/videos/sort:date Members Area: www.newworknetwork.org.uk NWN Blog: www.newworknetwork.info NWN membership is just £15. Click here to find out more! Follow us on Twitter / Join us on Facebook / Subscribe to our Youtube and Vimeo channels New Work Network is financially supported by Arts Council England New Work Network is a Company Limited by Guarantee, Registered in England and Wales, number 05085511. New Work Network is a Registered Charity No. 1122268. Copyright in this email and in any attachments belongs to New Work Network. This email, and its attachments if any, may be confidential or legally privileged and is intended to be seen only by the person to whom it is addressed. ed. For up to date information on forthcoming workshops and free visits please see the online ARLIS/UK & Ireland Events Calendar 2012 at http://arlis.org.uk/