Angus Maclise
Angus MacLise: a brief chronology
| Born: | Bridgeport, Connecticut, March 14, 1938 |
| 1945 | Katherine Dunham School; studied Haitian drumming |
| 1948-1951 | Dolmetsch School - Haslemere, Surrey, U.K.: studied Medieval European Dance Music |
| 1950-1960 | Latin and ballroom drumming |
| 1952-1960 | Buddy Rich School; studied Jazz Technique |
| 1953-1957 | Doc Friese (of the Symphony of the Air, under Toscanini). Studied Jazz and Free Form percussion with several teachers during the same period. Performed with the Queens Symphony Orchestra and All City High School Orchestra during the same period. |
| 1964-1965 1971-1976 |
Travel and study of ethnic percussion traditions in Morocco, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India with various local teachers and groups |
| Music groups and individuals collaborated with or organized by Angus MacLise: |
| 1961-1964 | The La Monte Young Trio (La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela & Angus MacLise -- Instrumental) |
| 1964 | Yoko Ono: Music for dance |
| 1961-1964 | Fluxus Festivals (George Maciunas, Director) - - Concept compositions and Multimedia, Instrumental 1963-1966 John Vaccaro: Theatre of the Ridiculous: Plays (Incidental music), Multimedia and Films |
| 1964 | Ron Rice: Film: "Chumlum" (in collaboration with Tony Conrad), sound-track |
| 1959-1970 | Piero Heliczer: Films, Multimedia, Plays, Publications |
| 1961-1970 | Jack Smith: Plays, Films, Multimedia |
| 1961-1970 | Theatre of Eternal Music: featuring La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Angus MacLise, Tony Conrad, John Cale |
| 1961-1970 | Jerry Joffen: Plays, Films, Multimedia |
| 1965-1977 | Ira Cohen: Films, Events, Multimedia, Poetry recitation |
| 1965-1979 | DREAMWEAPON: Director, Angus MacLise -- Multimedia (numerous changing personnel) |
| 1967-1969 | BERKSHIRE TRANCE ORCHESTRA: Freeform trance music group with changing personnel |
| 1967-1970 | JOYOUS LAKE: Freeform group: Angus MacLise, Hetty MacLise, Loren Standlee, Ziska Baum, Raj Samyana |
| 1965-1978 | Don Snyder: Films and Multimedia |
| 1965 | The Dreamweapon Festival, Cinematheque, Astor Place Playhouse, NYC, Multimedia Festival |
| 1966-1968 | The Floating Lotus Magic Opera Company, Berkeley, CA: Daniel Moore, Director; Angus MacLise, Percussionist |
| 1965-1966 | The Velvet Underground: Founding Member and collaborator |
| 1969 | Gerard Malanga: Soundtrack for film "The Children" for distribution -- the American Film Institute |
| 1970 | "EPIPHANY" Production -- Multimedia extravaganza -- Angus MacLise, director, organizer, and performer |
| 1970 | John Giorno: Musical accompaniment to poetry recitals |
| 1968-1970 | The Foundation for Mind Research: Directors, Jean Houston and Robert Masters. Music composed and recorded for the specified purposes of research into experiment with various trance and other psychic phenomena, with various "sensitives." |
| 1976 | Millenium Poetry and Multimedia Performance, with Don Snyder, The Millenium, NYC -- fulfilled as part of MacLise's Community Service requirement for having been awarded a CAPS Grant in Multimedia (1973) |
| 1977 | THE SWAYAMBHU OPERA (with Ira Cohen, Petra Vogt and Bill Barker - -also goes under the title "Yield Now -- a Metaphysical Comedy") Composer, Librettist, Performer; Kathmandu, Nepal |
| 1978 | Film soundtracks for Sheldon Rochlin, Hilary Harris and Amy Greenfield 1978 Preparation of "Oratorio of the Shadows" |
| 1979 | Died, June 21st, Shanta Bawan Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Undated: | Soundtracks for films by Jerry
Joffen, Don Snyder and Jonas Mekas
Played with Christopher Tree, Los Angeles Recorded with Poe Disk Poetry & Tapes, and for the "Dreamweapon" Aspen Woodstock Festival, Free Tribal Orchestra Concerts and projects over unspecified time-span in New York, San Francisco (S.F. State Experimental College -- taught percussion), Pasadena Opera House (Multi-Media 8), Santa Cruz College (with Schlomo Carlbach), Straight Theatre and the Cinematheque -- S.F. Worked with Terry Riley, Peter Walker, Steve Weber, The Velvet Underground, Steve Elliot, John Cale, Tony Conrad, La Monte Young, Henry Flynt, Jackson Mac Low, Marc Slivka, et al. |
| GRANTS: |
| 1970 | The Cassandra Foundation (Chicago): "In recognition of your contributions to the field of American Music Composition" |
| 1973 | CAPS (Creative Artists Public Service -- N.Y.C.) for Multimedia |
| POETRY AND CALLIGRAPHY:
Dead Language Press (Paris & New York):
Straight Farthest Blood Towards, 1959 Year, 1961 Writ, 1967 "Diaries of the Radar", Intransit, The Malanga/Warhol Monster issue Calligraphy, Other Scenes, 1968 "The Inner Pages", SMS, The Letter Edged in Black Press Inc., 1968 The New Universal Solar Calendar, 1969, printed by George Maciunas Calligraphy and Astrological Circle of Chinese Year & Elements, The Intrepid Bear issue (Intrepid #20/Floating Bear #38), 1971 The Cloud Doctrine, Dreamweapon Press, 1974, Kathmandu, Nepal The Subliminal Report, Starstream Poetry Series #4 -- Bardo Matrix (Ira Cohen, Editor/Publisher, Kathmandu, Nepal), 1975 The Map of Dusk, SZ Press, New York, 1984 EDITOR:Aspen #9 (1969-1970), Boulder, Colorado/NYC: "The Dreamweapon Aspen"Ting Pa magazine (1972-1979), Dreamweapon Press, Kathmandu, Nepal |