81. The Orfeo Duo Recordings Violinist Vita Wallace and her brother, pianist Ishmael Wallace, have playedtogether since sarah cahill, Classics Today, 2000 Marquis Classics, 1999. http://www.orfeoduo.com/record.html

View Shopping Cart / Checkout From Ancient Times and Places: Ishmael's solo CD of music by David Loeb Lento, poco allegro (from Fantasias on East Asian Modes) Ishmael is delighted to announce the release of his first solo CD, From Ancient Times and Places, made up of beautiful, evocative works by David Loeb, with whom he studied composition. David writes: "The album title reflects the fact that all four compositions draw upon musical or artistic traditions, distant both temporally and geographically. Ishmael Wallace seems a singularly appropriate choice for this collaboration; we share 'antiquarian' interests, and as a composer himself he brings compositional insights to his interpretations. Most of the pieces: Edo Revisited, The Twilight Bell, and some of the Fantasias on East Asian Modes, were composed for him. He has performed all of these pieces, some quite often." or order here for $15 by check or money order.

82. Browse Top Level > Audio > ... > Opera audience All songs accompanied by pianist sarah cahill Marc Blitzstein s bestknown composition is his 1936 music drama The Cradle Will Rock, http://www.archive.org/audio/audiolisting-browse.php?cat=264

83. Internet Archive: Other Minds Archive All songs accompanied by pianist sarah cahill Marc Blitzstein s best knowncomposition is his 1936 music drama The Cradle Will Rock, set in steeltown, USA, http://www.archive.org/audio/collection.php?collection=other_minds

84. 2003 Grantees Kubera and sarah cahill will perform recent musical compositions for two pianos and Celebrated Italian pianist Sandro Russo will present 2 programs of http://www.statenislandarts.org/grnts/grants2003.html

HOME Grant Awards ORIGINAL WORK Grantees Marcia Bujold Robert Bunkin ... Return to top 2003 COAHSI Grants for the Arts COAHSI Grants are funds made available for art projects and programming of excellence and cultural significance. The goals are to support creativity in the arts and humanities, to foster appreciation and participation, and to make the arts more accessible to the Staten Island community. All applicants must be Staten Island residents. All projects must occur on Staten Island and be open to the public at large. All art and cultural disciplines-humanities and cultural studies, digital and interactive media, literary, performing and visual arts, crafts, folk arts-are considered. The process is competitive. This year, 119 applications from Staten Island organizations and individuals were submitted and 64 projects were funded. COAHSI Grant Categories JPMorganChase Regrants : $1000-$3000 grants for operating expenses, equipment or projects that improve an organization's ability to provide arts services. Staten Island arts and cultural nonprofit organizations with budgets under $300,000 are eligible to apply for this corporate support through COAHSI. Premier Encore Original Work : $2,500 grants for Staten Island individual artists of all disciplines to create new work. The 2003 COAHSI Original Work Grants are made possible with public funding provided by the New York State Council on the Arts.

85. Jazz | All About Jazz And at the other piano, cahill, who is an American pianist, has previously sarah cahill will play on December 13th, and on January 10th of 2002 http://www.allaboutjazz.com/articles/open1101_02.htm

Jazz Store Promote Your Jazz Music AAJ Sponsors Jazz Personals AAJ Web Advanced Community Newsletter Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort ... I'm With the Band Tierney Sutton Blossom Dearie 1975 - From the Meticulous to the Sublime Blossom Dearie The Bill Holman Band Live Bill Holman Band Amazon River Hendrik Meurkens You Bring Me Joy Hedvig Hanson This Is The Place organissimo Amongst The People Wynton Marsalis SUBMIT CONTENT Link Birthday Quote FREE CONTENT AAJ Live RSS NEAR YOU Local Jazz Clubs OCTOPUS TRAVEL Travel Vacation Packages Column: Open Ears November 2001 Open Ears Archive INTERPRETATIONS at Merkin Concert Hall (10/4/01) By Laurence Donohue-Greene Griffin was soon joined by oboist Matt Sullivan and conductor David Gilbert (Boulezƒ‚ƒ‚‚‚ƒ‚‚‚‚Â’s assistant conductor at the New York Philharmonic throughout the ƒ‚ƒ‚‚‚ƒ‚‚‚‚‘70s), who stepped up to center stage from where he was seated to the side of the stage during the opening duration of the trombone, trumpet, clarinet trio. The ensuing traffic Gilbert casually directed included a climaxing momentum of random sounds presented, in particular, by trumpeter London. Londonƒ‚ƒ‚‚‚ƒ‚‚‚‚Â’s diverse experiencewith such artists as John Zorn, Mel Torme, David Byrne, LL Cool J, They Might Be Giants, The Klezmatics, as well as his own group Hasidic New Waveƒ‚ƒ‚‚‚ƒ‚‚‚‚—-serves as a perfect example of what kind of varied background most members of the Downtown Ensemble are capable of having. Second oboist, Jacqueline Leclair and bassoonist John Winder, joined London in the bombardment of indiscriminate, yet effective stray notes. Collectively, the remaining members of the Downtown Ensemble ƒ‚ƒ‚‚‚ƒ‚‚‚‚“mannedƒ‚ƒ‚‚‚ƒ‚‚‚‚” their stations so to speak, raising their respective horns up to mouth level on cue. With all members participating in a minimalist and post-minimalist fashion showering of overtones and undertones, the string section began to serve as a layer atop the reeds, as the reeds glided over the brass section in a texturally haunting mode. The string section of viola, three cellos, and bass moved enmasse from bowing to plucking while trombonist, Zummo, filled the leftover gaps. Bassist, Jay Elfenbein (assumably the very same who recently recorded on Paul Simonƒ‚ƒ‚‚‚ƒ‚‚‚‚Â’s

86. Reviews The Flying pianist And Other Wizards Of the Keyboard by Barbara Jepson, TheNew York Times, by sarah cahill, The Tribune, November 12, 1985. http://www.keyboardwizards.com/reviews.htm

Newspaper Article Reviews "Pumping New Life Into Jelly Roll" by Ben Ratliff, The New York Times, August 17, 1997. "The Flying Pianist And Other Wizards Of the Keyboard" by Barbara Jepson, The New York Times, December 17, 1995. [ Full Story "A Human Pianist and Her Disklavier" by Edward Rothstein, The New York Times, May 20, 1995. "Piano: Artis Wodehouse in Gershwin" by Will Crutchfield, The New York Times, December 3, 1987. "Wodehouse shows her strength at Trinity series" by Sarah Cahill, The Tribune, November 12, 1985. Magazine Article Reviews "Hit Gershwin Disc Sparks New Interest in Piano Rolls" by Irv Lichtman, Billboard. [ Full Story "They Had Rhythm, Too" by Michael Walsh, Time, February 5, 1996. [ Full Story "Gershwin, by George" by Michael Walsh, Time, January 31, 1994. [ Full Story CD Reviews "The Voice of Traditional Jazz and Ragtime - Jelly Roll Morton: The Piano Rolls"

87. Amy X Neuburg - Shows & News Also with tenor John Duykers and pianist sarah cahill. 2004. December 11. Amy ispart of a stellar lineup of Bay Area new music folks at Pamela Z s CD http://www.isproductions.com/amy/shows.frm.html

NEUS!!! Future events NEUS Past events Upcoming [This list last updated June 2005] June 3-5 Philadelphia Amy will be the featured performing artist at the electro-music festival . Headlining performance on June 3 , demonstration/discussion June 4 . improvs and collaborations on June 5 Cheltenham Art Center . Here is the schedule . Here is streaming audio Tuesday June 21 Oakland Amy will participate in the annual " Garden of Memory " solstice celebration a walk-through new music event at the Chapel of the Chimes columbarium. More info here NOT Sunday July 24 San Francisco show at Cafe du Nord HAS BEEN CANCELED. May be rescheduled for late summer or fall. July 26 through August San Francisco Amy memorabilia will be on display in the lobby of the San Francisco Performing Arts Library , as part of an exhibit on 5 Bay Area composers. Saturday August 6 New York at Makor Emily Bezar . 9:30 PM. $15 at door, or click here for on-line tickets.

88. Sfbg.com Amy X Neuburg, and Pamela Z, with pianist sarah cahill as moderator. That eveningcahill performs A Ruth Crawford Seeger Centennial Concert, including http://www.sfbg.com/36/23/x_8days.html

Nude Beaches Best of Bay 8 Days a Week Political events ... Classifieds Extra Andrea Nemerson's alt.sex.column Norman Solomon's MediaBeat nessie's The nessie files Tom Tomorrow's This Modern World News Letters Arts and Entertainment Venue Guide Electric Habitat By Amanda Nowinski Tiger on beat By Patrick Macias Frequencies By Josh Kun Calendar Music Listings Event Listings Art Listings Stage Listings ... Submit your listing Culture Techsploitation By Annalee Newitz Without Reservations By Paul Reidinger Cheap Eats By Dan Leone Our Masthead Editorial Staff Business Staff PERSONALS ... SEARCH Eight Days a Week March 6-13, 2002 WITH MICHAEL TILSON Thomas making the mainstream classical world safer for new sounds, and fertile grassroots improv and creative music scenes offering a continuous upwelling of nutrients from below, the annual Other Minds Festival Immersion

89. Classical Music Initiative - Convenings And Consensus sarah cahill pianist and Classical Music Host, KALW San Francisco. Janet CowperthwaiteManaging Director, Kronos Performing Arts Association. Joan Cumming http://classicalmusicinitiative.publicradio.org/about/convenings.shtml

American Public Media Programs A Prairie Home Companion American Mavericks American RadioWorks BBC Proms Christmas at Concordia Composers Datebook Echoes of Christmas Future Tense Giving Thanks Marketplace Marketplace Money Minnesota Orchestra Music@Menlo Pipedreams The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Saint Paul Sunday Speaking of Faith St. Olaf Christmas Festival The Splendid Table The Writer's Almanac Weekend America Welcome Christmas Search: About Convenings Proposals Workshop ... Contact CONVENINGS AND CONSENSUS During the first phase of the initiative, leadership convenings brought together classical music program presenters, artists, performers, grantmakers, and experts in new media to discuss the current state of classical music as an art form the public service opportunities created by new technologies new program ideas and strategies for public media. The conversation that was launched with these leadership convenings has energized and informed our efforts in building the next phase of the Initiative. Our findings November 2003 Working Paper Presentations Classical Music on the Radio Today Dale Spear and Mark Kausch, Public Radio International

90. Short Takes pianist and radio personality sarah cahill celebrates the mysteries and charmsof childhood with a Playdate at the Noe Valley Chamber Music series on http://www.noevalleyvoice.com/2005/February/Shor.html

February 2005 RETURN TO HOME PAGE FEEDBACK Short Takes Dufty to Talk with Friends Want to give your San Francisco Board of Supervisors rep a piece of your mind (or a pat on the back)? District 8 Supervisor Bevan Dufty will be the guest speaker at the next Friends of Noe Valley meeting, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 10. Everyone in Noe Valley is invited to attend. According to Friends President Debra Niemann, this will be an opportunity for Dufty and his constituents to trade views on a variety of topics. "He'll talk about the revitalization of 24th Street, parking issues in Noe Valley, and cleanliness issues," she says. He'll also field questions about his new "backyard dog" ordinance. Later in the meeting, Friends members will update their efforts to bring more quality groceries and organic produce to Noe Valley. In addition, parents whose kids use Noe Courts park at 24th and Douglass streets will distribute a survey regarding a possible upgrade of the grounds and playground equipment. Rocket Dog Asks for a Boost Rocket Dog Rescue, whose adoptable pups are often seen in front of Zephyr Real Estate on 24th Street, has come up with two ways you can contribute to a new Urban Sanctuary for canines: a cocktail party fundraiser at Terra Mia Ceramics Studio and a High Tea and Crumpet Soiree at Lovejoy's Tea Room.

91. Arts Page The January 2005 Gallery Artists are sarah MaysSalin, textile art, DANCE PALACECOMMUNITY CENTER pianist sarah cahill will perform “Playdate,” a http://www.novatoadvance.com/archives/1_12_05/arts.html

Novato Advance January 12, 2005 - January 18, 2005 Home Page Arts On the Town Exhibits Dance Music ... Stage Fiery Brazilian dance rythms On Saturday, Jan. 29, Mike Marshall and Choro Famoso will present the vibrant sounds of Brazilian Choro music at 8 p.m. at 142 Throckmorton Ave. in Mill Valley. Choro is a virtuosic style that emerged in the late 19th century Brazil from a mixture of European popular dance forms and Afro-Brazilian rhythms. Tickets are $25 general and $20 for students and seniors. For more information, call 383-9600 or visit www.142throckmortontheatre.com. On the Town Wed/12 Lapsit Storytime for ages 18 to 36 months. 10 a.m. weekly. Free. Novato Library, 1720 Novato Blvd., 897-1143. Petaluma/Novato International Folk Dancers meet at 8 p.m. weekly. Lynwood School multipurpose room, 892-9405. Preschool Storytime for ages 3 to 6 years. 11 a.m. weekly. Free. Novato Library, 1720 Novato Blvd., 897-1143. Fri/14 The Willamette University Chamber Choir and the Willamette Singers from Willamette University in Salem, Ore., under the direction of Dr. Wallace H. Long, Jr. will perform with the choral ensembles from Novato High School, under the direction of Kenneth Gartner, and San Marin High School, under the direction of Emily Gates, at 7:30 p.m. at Unity in Marin Church, 600 Palm Dr., 898-2121 or 898-2125. Sat/15 Preschool storytime for ages 3 to 6; 11 a.m. weekly. Free. Novato Library, 1720 Novato Blvd., 897-1143.

92. Browse By Artist: GANN, KYLE For this recording, all three piano parts were recorded by sarah cahill. for a recording, only one pianist is necessary. 25minute EP. http://www.forcedexposure.com/artists/gann.kyle.html

FE Home New Releases Browse Catalog Info ... Index of Artists Browse by Artist: GANN, KYLE Artist: GANN, KYLE Title: Long Night Label: COLD BLUE MUSIC Format: CD Price: Catalog #: CB 0019 Cold Blue is an LA-based label, focussing on modern composition in the realms of "West Coast minimalism" and "post-minimalism". Lately it has choosen the medium of CD EPs, (15 to 30 minute short duration releases), allowing the listener to concentrate on singular works w/ o the clutter. It is slowly evolving into one of the most important labels in the history of contemporary American composition. " Long Night is exquisitely drifting, ever-unfolding music for three pianos that sometimes play independently and at other times in synchronization with one another. For this recording, all three piano parts were recorded by Sarah Cahill. Gann calls Long Night 'the most successful piece from my early, Brian Eno-influenced, ambient period, a variable-length piece for three non-synchronized pianos at different tempos.' The composer writes, 'I wrote Long Night very much under the influence of the philosopher Martin Heidegger, impressed particularly by his phenomenology of moods and his disavowal of personality as a unified, linear consciousness. I wanted a piece that was a series of moods, connected neither linearly nor abruptly, but in overlapping discontinuity; and a unity that was not felt moment to moment, but that would leap out in unpredictable motives and reminiscences. These were the days, you know, when ambient music was still soft and unobtrusive. Each piano part is constructed in repeating loops, whose lengths can usually be altered at will by the pianists, and the relationship between the pianos is unsynchronized and aleatory which is why, for a recording, only one pianist is necessary

93. * Dusted Reviews - Michael Byron * of silence propel this minimalist essay on rhythmic coding and percussivekeyboard attack (sarah cahill and Joseph Kubera resume pianist duties here) http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/744

Dusted Reviews Michael Byron - Awakening at the Inn of the Birds Search by Artist Sign up here to receive weekly updates from Dusted email address Recent Reviews A Taste of Ra - A Taste of Ra Chris Abrahams - Thrown Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow Steffen Basho-Junghans - Unknown Music II: Transwarp Meditation ... Susumu Yokota - Symbol Dusted Reviews Artist: Michael Byron Album: Awakening at the Inn of the Birds Label: Cold Blue Review date: May. 15, 2003 Tides of Alluring Surprise There is a dark allure to Michael Byron’s music, a seductive otherness that leads, through fascination, to a gently disturbing ambiguity of emotion. Awakening at the Inn of Birds is a recording of mostly recent pieces, with a focus on chamber music forces: string quartet plus contrabass; piano in solo and duo; some subtle synthesizer textures from Kathleen Supove. There is something of a conversational tone to much of the music here; a conversation that often seems constructed upon whispered questions and their vague and evocative answers. “Continents of City and Love” is a fine opening example of Byron’s experiments. A dark, almost-but-not-quite repetitive undertow of low strings pulls the listener into a gentle trance; two flurrying and shimmering pianos converse over the cantus-not-quite-firmus. Background and foreground, surface and depth keep shifting within the listener’s perception. At nearly fifteen minutes, the piece, like most of the others here, creates its own small but engaging world.

94. Ftm8:program Not There (performed by sarah cahill, piano, and Monique Buzzarté, trombone) preview of documentary on jazz pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams, http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/music/ftm8/program.html

f e m i n i s t t h e o r y m u s i c program download the program as a pdf file read a note about the selection process Thursday, 23 June 2005, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue (between 34th and 35th Streets) 12:00 pm Registration, Elebash Recital Hall lobby 1:30-2:30 pm Elebash Hall Session 1: Composing New Visions: Performance Ursel Schlicht, Ex Tempore: The Development and Practice of an Artistic Vision in Response to World Conflict (performed by Jamie Baum, flutes, electronics; Kyoko Kitamura, vocalist; Thomson Kneeland, bass, electronics; Balla Kouyate, balafon; Ravish Momin, tabla, percussion; Ursel Schlicht, piano) 3:30-5:00 pm Elebash Hall Session 2: Opening Plenary Session Moderated by Suzanne G. Cusick, New York University

95. ArkivMusic Xenakis - Vol 4 / Peltz, Takahashi, Peters, Et Al a piece commissioned by the pianist s brother Yuji, and in the strangeAr (Hommage à Ravel) which bears only a sarah cahill, ClassicsToday.com http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=19182

96. Slavonic Past Events Archive Michael Miloslavich Parsons, an accomplished pianist and arranger; Josh Holdridge, sarah cahill and Kathleen Supové November 3, 2004 8PM http://www.slavonicweb.org/events/past.html

Calendar of Events Past Events Bulgarian Cultural Festival Mandolin Festival Marko Polo Festival Tamburitza Festival 60 Onondaga Ave. San Francisco, CA Email Directions Past Events Archive Here are some of the exciting events sponsored by the Croatian American Cultural Center of San Francisco: 5th Annual Bulgarian Festival May 21, 2005 7PM Artists from neighboring cultures are invited to join. Dance to Nestinari, Bebelekov Family Edessa Rumen Shopov Slavonian Traveling Band , Kitka, Zaedno, Westwind International Dance Ensemble performs Bulgarian suite. Bulgarian Dance Workshop by Tanya Kostova Bulgarian Festival Opening May 11th 7:30PM San Francisco Festival of the Mandolins April 17, 2005. 11AM - 8PM The Concert is scheduled for 3PM. There will be workshops by the performers from 1-3PM. Everyone is welcome to the BYO Mandolin Orchestra at 12 noon. This year the Festival is expanding to cover the cutting edge of mandolin music available in California by featuring Wake the Dead , which blends Celtic traditional music and the songs of the Grateful Dead and Joe Craven

97. ComposersCollaborative: Solo Flights 3Sarah cahill, 4David Del Tredici, 5Jed Distler, 6Sara Laimon, which somehowmeld the tinklings of a silentmovie pianist with the mystical http://www.classical-music-review.org/reviews/compcoll.html

Classical Music Review: New Releases ComposersCollaborative - Solo Flights. Andrew Violette: Two Sonatinas ; Robert Helps: In Retrospect - 5 Pieces for Piano ; Ursula Mamlok: Three Bagatelles ; David Del Tredici: Opposites Attract ; Virgil Thomson: Solitude: A Portrait of Lou Harrison Edges: A Portrait of Robert Indiana ; Eleanor Hovda: Spring Music with Wind ; Laura Kaminsky: Triftmusik ; John Zorn: Carny ; Jed Distler: The Woman Who Danced ; Molly Thompson: Our Mingling Arms ; Leopold Godowsky: Studies on Chopin's Etudes, No. 45 ; Jed Distler: The Anthem at Woodstock . Works for solo piano performed by: Andrew Violette, Robert Helps, Sarah Cahill, David Del Tredici, Jed Distler, Sara Laimon, Phillip Bush, ComposersCollaborative inc. (CCi) has been a major player on the New York music scene since its founding in 1987. By sponsoring performances and disseminating information, CCi has provided invaluable service to contemporary music, especially music for the piano. Every year since 1994, CCi has hosted the Solo Flights festival and the disk under review contains live recordings from past festivals. The variety of material on this disk is extraordinary and speaks well for the current state of classical and classically inspired music in America. Compositions range from Andrew Violette's virtuoso

98. Notre Dame Theatre Chronology 106 Box Office Ann cahill, Maggie Dakoske, Sara Paulis, Lou St. Ville, Debbie Hale Rehearsal pianist Frank Barrett Notes Originally produced on the New http://classic.archives.nd.edu/theatre/plays106.htm

Archives Notre Dame Theatre Chronology 1975/76 School Year Faculty/Staff Chairman: Reginald Bain Costume Design: Faith Adams Dance: Marsha Mauer Directing: Reginald Bain Speech: Leonard Sommer Acting: Charles Ballinger Dance: Christopher Stygar Broadcasting/Film: James Baxter Dramatic Literature: Frederic Syburg Tech Theatre, Scene Design: Richard Bergman Communication: Frank Zink Film/Theatre Hist., Criticism: Miles Coiner Dept. Secretary: Marjory Mickelsen Play Title: Indians Author: Arthur Kopit Dates Performed: October 10, 11, 16, 17, 18 Sponsoring/Producing Organization: ND/SMC Theatre Venue: Unknown Artistic Staff Director: Reginald Bain Set and Lights: Richard Bergman Costumes: Faith Adams Sun Dance and Buffalo Mime: Charles Ballinger Cast List Voice: Matthew Regan Buffalo Bill: Daniel Daily Sitting Bull: William McGlinn Senator Logan: Matthew Regan Senator Dawes: Mark Gallogly Senator Morgan: Rick LaBelle John Grass: Michael Feord Spotted Tail: John Walker Grand Duke Alexis: John Colligan Interpreter: Tom Felts Duke's Attendants: Mark Amenta, James Houle

99. Notre Dame Theatre Chronology 105 Stage Hands Ann cahill, Sharon Carr, Michele Roberge Wardrobe Mistress KathyGaffney pianist Jamie Massa Lighting Crew Steve Hill, Kate Ward http://classic.archives.nd.edu/theatre/plays105.htm

Archives Notre Dame Theatre Chronology 1974/75 School Year Faculty/Staff Chairman: Reginald Bain Costume Design: Faith Adams Dance: Marsha Mauer Directing: Reginald Bain Speech: Leonard Sommer Acting: Charles Ballinger Dance: Christopher Stygar Broadcasting, Film: James Baxter Dramatic Literature: Frederic Syburg Tech. Theatre, Scene Design: Richard Bergman Communication: Frank Zink Theatre History, Film: Miles Coiner Dept. Secretary: Marjory Mickelsen Play Title: Look Homeward, Angel Based on the novel by: Thomas Wolfe Adapted by: Ketti Frings Dates Performed: October 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 1974 Sponsoring/Producing Organization: ND/SMC Theatre Venue: O'Laughlin Auditorium, SMC Artistic Staff Director: Charles Ballinger Set Design: Richard Bergman Costumes: Faith Adams Cast List Eugene Gant: Michael Manier Ben Gant: William McGlinn Mrs. Marie "Fatty" Pert: Sara Paulis Helen Gant Barton: Kathy Gaffney Hugh Barton: Matthew Regan Eliza Gant: Kathleen Rink Will Pentland: Dan Deziel Jake Clatt: J. Jay Parks Mrs. Clatt: Debbie Hale Florry Mangle: Mary Rose Eslinger Mrs. Snowden:

100. SFist: SFIAAFF: Sorceress Of The New Piano After a heartfelt tribute by Bay Area pianist and KPFA classical radio personalitySarah cahill, Margaret Leng Tan swished on stage, with a Asianstyle http://www.sfist.com/archives/2005/03/14/sfiaaff_sorceress_of_the_new_piano.php

more Austin Boston Chicago London ... Washington DC document.getElementById(base + curr).style.display= ""; March 14, 2005 SFIAAFF: Sorceress of the New Piano The crowd at the Castro Sunday night, at the Asian-Am film fest 's centerpiece presentation for Evans Chan 's documentary Sorceress of the New Piano was about one-third new music aficionados, one-third Asians who'd played piano in the past, and the remaining one-third seemed to be people who thought a woman who played the toy piano would be interesting to learn about. Yup, the toy piano. Like Schroeder Margaret Leng Tan , called "the diva of avant-garde pianism" by the New Yorker , has been exploring the limits of the sounds that can be created by the piano for the last 20-30 years. Tan started out with the standard classical repertoire in her studies at Juilliard , but by the time she began working on her doctoral dissertation there, she was becoming more and more intrigued by the possibilities of the piano beyond the keyboard and more as a percussive instrument in its own right. She worked closely with John Cage on his pieces for prepared piano (where screws, nails, and plates are inserted in the strings of the piano to affect the sound), began playing the works of Menlo Park's

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