Improvisation Rites

<p>An account of an intergenerational project that used my experience of <strong>The Scratch Orchestra</strong> (1969 - 72) to work with a younger generation of people. We started by doing two performances of John Cage's magnum opus 'Song Books'. Then we worked with the improvisation rites in Cornelius Cardew's collective work <strong>'Nature Study Notes'</strong>. This book documents the collective process and the performances. It also includes assessment by the participants and an afterglow in which Carole Finer and I were invited to do workshops and a performance in <strong>Documenta 14</strong> in Athens. Includes photography and artwork along with textual material and links to online audio recordings. </p><p><u>Reviewers said:</u></p><p>"If you are interested in the role of experimental art in England as I am then this book is worth a read." Simon Poulter UK<br />"It's to Stefan Szczelkun's enormous credit that he's revived these pieces. It's to the enormous credit of those in TGTIRTSOBCC [the collective of performers] that they made it happen" tENTATIVELY cONVENIENCE USA<br />"I've read a very important book. For what my opinion is worth I strongly recommend this reading!" Proposte Sonore Giovanni Antognozzi ITALY</p>