In self comes to mind, worldrenowned neuroscientist antonio damasio goes against the longstanding idea that consciousness is separate from the body, presenting compelling new scientific evidence that consciousness what we think of as a mind with a self is in fact a biological process created by a living organism. Adolphe has composed several works based on writings by neuroscientist antonio damasio. Self comes to mind is a nuanced and original chronicle of the evolution of the human brain. The dallas morning news will give pleasure to anyone interested in original thinking about the brain. Nationally known for his weekly piano puzzlers on public radios performance today celebrating 15 years on air in 2017, bruce adolphe is a renowned composer whose music is performed throughout the world, the author of several books on music, an innovative educator, and a versatile performer. The concert was performed in november, 2012, featuring cellist efe baltacigil and percussionists ayano kataoka and ian david rosenbaum. The mind s ear offers a unique approach to stimulating the musical imagin. May 08, 2009 adolphe created two compositions based on damasios ideas and even specific phrases in the researchers subsequent books.
Our music and products inspire children and adults to experience the world with new eyes and ears. Composer bruce adolphe known to millions of americans from his public radio show piano puzzlers, which has been broadcast weekly on performance today since 2002 has created a substantial body of chamber music and orchestral works inspired by science, visual arts, and human rights. It reveals how the brains development of a self becomes a challenge to natures indifference and opens the way for the appearance of culture, a radical break in the course of evolution. Paul chamber orchestra, the beaux arts trio, the chicago chamber musicians, the brentano string quartet. Exercises for improving the musical imagination for performers, listeners and composers bruce adolphe on. Yoyo ma playing cello to a composition by bruce adolphe, with. Bruce went up to help the quartet with their tuning and tempo, they are doing a great job.
His current positions include resident lecturer and director of family concerts of the chamber music society of lincoln center and founder and creative director of the learning maestros, formerly called pollyrhythm. Bruce adolphe born may 31, 1955 is a composer, music scholar, the author of several books on music, and pianist. Oct 16, 2014 adolphes self comes to mind, written with neuroscientist antonio damasio, premiered at the american museum of natural history in 2009 with soloist yoyo ma, and was released in 2014 as a cms. In self comes to mind, worldrenowned neuroscientist antonio damasio goes against the longstanding idea that consciousness is separate from the body, presenting compelling new scientific evidence that consciousness what we think of as a mind with a self is in fact a. Adolphe, who had already written two works based on mr. Neuroscientist antonio damasio, director of the brain and creativity institute at usc, wrote an evocative exploration of the evolution of consciousness at the request of bruce adolphe, with the idea that the text would be the basis of a new musical work composed for cellist yoyo ma. Resonators or pipes suspended underneath the bars amplify their sound. Bruce adolphe born may 31, 1955 is a composer, music scholar, the author of several books. From one of the most significant neuroscientists at work today, a pathbreaking investigation of a question that has confounded philosophers. In self comes to mind, the eminent neurologist and neuroscientist antonio damasio gives an account of consciousness that might come naturally to a. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. From the cretaceous period to elizabethan theater, from gauguins tahiti to einsteins universe, the learning maestros illuminates the world through music. Exercises for improving the musical imagination was published in a second edition in october 20 by oxford university press. Bruce adolphe is a composer, educator, performer, and author whose music is.
The trailblazing investigation of a question that has confounded us for centuries. Nov 28, 2010 in self comes to mind, the eminent neurologist and neuroscientist antonio damasio gives an account of consciousness that might come naturally to a highly caffeinated professor in his study. In self comes to mind, damasio seeks to explain how the primordial elements of the mind all these body maps and. Off the hook chamber music festival, july 28, 2012 bruce adolphe 1955 movement iii of iii discovery charles tucker, cello julie strom, percussion kevin matthews, percussion st. Click download or read online button to get self comes to mind book now. Pdf self comes to mind download full pdf book download. Off the hook chamber music festival, july 28, 2012 bruce adolphe 1955 movement ii of iii self came to mind charles tucker, cello julie strom. Another view is that the mind is truly an emanation of the self, and that the self withdraws the mindthought into itself. But no one knew that minds existed, least of all the beings within whom. Accompanied by video imagery by ioana uricaru and diego miralles, based on images from hannah damasio. The premiere is followed by a conversation with antonio damasio, yoyo ma, and bruce adolphe on mind, consciousness, creativity, and the collaboration behind self comes to mind. The percussion parts were performed by john ferrari and ayano kataoka. Your brain on music first came the mind, then the realization that we have one. News and past events brain and creativity institute usc.
Bruce adolphes self comes to mind, featuring yoyo ma. Composer bruce adolphe known to millions of americans from his public radio show. In the background is brain activity imagery produced in hanna damasios laboratory. Neuroscientist antonio damasio collaborates with composer bruce adolphe on the premiere of self comes to mind, a piece of music based on the evolution of human consciousness. Self came to mind the chamber music society of lincoln center efe baltacigil ayano kataoka ian david rosenbaum adolphe. For self comes to mind, though, adolphe proposed a more direct collaboration, asking damasio to write something relating to his research, as a basis for his musical composition. Adolphe created two compositions based on damasios ideas and even specific phrases in the researchers subsequent books. Lauren keiser music publishing at sheet music plus. Memories of a possible future for piano and string quartet and body loops for piano and orchestra. You can hear a brief excerpt from the recording on the all music website. Bruce adolphe, artistic director off the hook arts.
Adolphe is resident lecturer and director of family concerts for the chamber music society of lincoln center and the author of several books, including the minds ear oup. Conversation with a composer george meyer hosted by bruce. If you want the minds ear, buy the new, expanded, revised second edition which comes out. He is currently resident lecturer and director of family concerts of the chamber music society of lincoln center and founder and creative director of the learning maestros, formerly called pollyrhythm productions. Off the hook chamber music festival, july 28, 2012 bruce adolphe 1955 movement i of iii when mind first in the body bloomed charles. The result was self comes to mind, a 30minute work. First came the mind, then the realization that we have one. Yoyo ma premiered self comes to mind in 2009 at the american museum of. Based on his text, composer bruce adolphe wrote music for self comes to mind, a threemovement concerto for a cello and nine percussion instruments. The mind emerges as it composes patterns, mapping the world as it interacts with it, just as it maps its own processes. Bruce adolphe on composing, creativity, and his operasinging. Neuroscientist antonio damasio collaborates with composer bruce adolphe on.
In self comes to mind, he goes against the longstanding idea that consciousness is somehow separate from the body, presenting compelling new scientific evidence that consciousnesswhat we think of as a mind with a selfis to begin with a biological process created by a living organism. In composing the music for self comes to mind, i followed closely the qualities of the text, namely its narrative energy, rhythm of images, emotional texture, and the articulation of specific biological concepts that suggested musical parallels. Yoyo ma premiered self comes to mind in 2009 at the american museum of natural history in new york. Adolphes music is recorded on many labels, including sony classical, bridge, delos, telarc, pollyrhythm, albany, cri, new world, and naxos american masters series.
Damasio addresses technical issues discretely so that one could simply skip those sections. The result was self comes to mind for cello and two percussionists. Adolphe is also known for his repertoire of compositions for young listeners. Text by antonio damasio, from self comes to mind commissioned and premiered by the new york virtuoso singers, harold rosenbaum, conductor, in celebration of their 25th anniversary, merkin concert hall, 20.
Self comes to mind constructing the conscious brain by antonio r. Antonios most recent book, due out in 2010, will be called self comes to mind. Self comes to mind by bruce adolphe sheet music for. Memories of a possible future piano and string quartet. He contributed the chapter on composition to the book secrets of creativity. Damasio has a new book coming out this week, and its his most ambitious work yet. Bruce adolphe project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Off the hook chamber music festival, july 28, 2012 bruce adolphe 1955 movement i of iii when mind first in the body bloomed charles tucker. Consciousness is a state of mind in which there is knowledge of ones own existence and of the existence of surroundingsi. Dec 30, 2014 in that case, when the self is revealed the sadhaka realizes that everything is the self and in that sense everything, not just the mind, becomes the self.
Self comes to mind download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. What neuroscience, the arts, and our minds reveal oup, 2019, an anthology of writings by neuroscientists and artists. May 2, 2009 first came the mind, then the realization that we have one. Bruce adolphe and i are sitting in the audience or bergan pac listening to an amazing quartet of young players ages ca. Neuroscientist antonio damasio collaborates with composer bruce adolphe on the premiere of self comes to mind, a piece of music based. Self comes to mind is a big idea book penned by a luminous thinker. Aug 02, 2019 self comes to mind, is a 30minute work composed for yoyo ma and two percussionists, with video imagery based on brain scans and with text by neuroscientist antonio damasio, who directs the brain and creativity institute at the university of southern california. Shadow of a leaf, soprano and marimba 2006, a tensong cycle sung as one. Conversing with the composer bruce adolphe young peoples.
The chamber music society of lincoln center is releasing a new download on the live concert recordings series of bruce adolphes self comes to mind for cello and two percussionists. Nov 11, 2012 off the hook chamber music festival, july 28, 2012 bruce adolphe 1955 movement ii of iii self came to mind charles tucker, cello julie strom, percussion kevin matthews, percussion st. On may 3, 2009, yoyo ma played the world premiere of bruce adolphe s self comes to mind, a neuroscienceinspired work for solo cello with two percussionists. Exercises for improving the musical imagination for. Adolphes other sciencebased music include einsteins light, recorded by joshua bell and marija stroke on sony, and his tribute to nasa scientist and astronaut piers sellers, i saw how fragile and infinitely precious the world is. Adolphe composed suite for pete dedicated to the memory of pete seeger in 2015 for guitarist eliot fisk, who will premiere the work at the off the hook arts festival in june, 2016. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Constructing the conscious brain antonio damasio on. Self comes to mind is a 30minute work for cello and two. With disciplined lyricism and entirely devoid of technical jargon, bruce adolphes book probes into the heart of such matters as the role of memory and imagination in creative expression, the meaning of inspiration, spirituality in music, the challenge of arts education and how music communicates. Prior to his collaboration with damasio on self comes to mind, adolphe composed two other works based on passages in damasios book. Yoyo ma performs composer bruce adolphe s self comes to mind, a 30minute work for cello and two percussionists, based on texts by antonio damasio.
The result was self comes to mind for cello and two. Jun 22, 2012 readers fascinated from both a philosophical and scientific perspective with the question of the relationships among brain, mind, and self will be rewarded for making the effort to follow damasios arguments. Bruce adolphe s self comes to mind, featuring yoyo ma on cello, at the lefrak theater at the american museum of natural history on sunday night, may 3, 2009. Bruce adolphe composed self comes to mind in three movements. Self comes to mind solo cello and two percussionists. Yoyo ma plays the cello to a composition by bruce adolphe based on a poem by antonio damasio. In self comes to mind, worldrenowned neuroscientist antonio damasio goes against the longstanding idea that consciousness is separate from the body, presenting compelling new scientific evidence that consciousness what we think of as a mind with. Nov 11, 2012 off the hook chamber music festival, july 28, 2012 bruce adolphe 1955 movement i of iii when mind first in the body bloomed charles tucker, cello julie strom, percussion kevin matthews. Self comes to mind 2009, red dogs and pink skies 2002, reach out, raise hope, change society 2011 benjamin c. Previous to his collaboration with damasio to create self comes to mind, adolphe composed two other works based on passages in antonio damasios book descartes error. Modeling his exercises on those used in theater games and acting classes, and drawing upon years of experience with improvisation and composition, bruce adolphe. Kennedy center presents an evening of chamber music by bruce adolphe yoyo ma plays world premiere of self comes to mind at american museum of natural history, new york.
Sep 01, 1999 of mozart, parrots, cherry blossoms in the wind book. This is the introduction to a poem written by neuroscientist antonio damasio of usc college. Prior to his collaboration with damasio on self comes to mind, adolphe composed two other works based on passages in damasios book descartes error, titled memories of a possible future for piano and string quartet and body loops for piano and orchestra. Concerto for violin and orchestra inspired by the life of joachim prinz. Accompanied by video imagery by ioana uricaru and diego miralles, based on images from hannah damasio, the piece premiered at the american museum of natural history. Feb 11, 2011 but consciousness emerges only when to quote the book s title self comes to mind, so that in key brain regions, the representational maps of sensory experience intersect with the encoded. Neuroscientist antonio damasio collaborates with composer bruce adolphe on the premiere of. Provided to youtube by ingrooves self comes to mind. It premiered at the american museum of natural history in 2009. The mind s ear offers a unique approach to stimulating the musical imagination and inspiring creativity, as well as providing detailed exercises aimed at improving the ability to read and imagine music in silence, in the mind s ear. Lauren keiser music publishing self comes to mind lkm.
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