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Author Archives: joepenz
Word from the Grave – ArtBus
In 1985, the Neoteric created and sponsored an event known as ArtBus. This ArtBus poster was a sendup of the Artrain logo ca. 1985 …another used photos from the electronic music studios The date stamp signaled Student Association approval Rebecca … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Neoteric Ensemble, Northern Illinois University, Performances, Politics
Tagged ArtBus, ArtTrain, DeKalb, Larry Nordstrom, NIU
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Word from the grave 13 May 13
In 1978, I accepted an offered teaching post at Northern Illinois University. My primary duty was to build a program in electronic and computer music to support the music composition department at both undergraduate and graduate levels. As a seminal … Continue reading
Posted in In memoriam, Media, Northern Illinois University, Performances
Tagged China, DeKalb, E X Rator, Northern Illinois University, Pinzarrone, Rator, sabbatical, Shanghai
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Word from the grave
When I go tripping down memory lane, it gets complicated. In the last 10 years, I have been a consultant to small companies trying to bring new products to market. The decade before that was my first in the commercial … Continue reading
Posted in Diaspora, Projects, Raison d'être
Tagged Borges, Chopin, day gig, decades, dekalborama, documentation, hubris?, Joe, JP, Liszt, Logitech, NIU, Northern Illinois University, Pinzarrone, Prismlogic, wives
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Tales of Power
Tales of Power was originally performed in 1976 at the University of Delaware. It was scored for the U of D dance theater company under the direction of Debra Loewen. The NIU poster was based on photos from the original … Continue reading
Hello world! (reprise)
We (re)moved the site in late June for a number of wholly pedestrian reasons. Here we are again!