Pandit Pran Nath La Monte Young Marian Zazeela Jung Hee Choi Charles Curtis Terry Jennings Angus Maclise Richard Maxfield Just Alap Raga Ensemble The Theatre of Eternal Music Kirana Center Teaching Program

2023-2024 MELA CALENDAR



June 14 and 16, 2024
Marian Zazeela Memorial Concert


TSAB_2023

In Memoriam
Marian Zazeela
(April 15, 1940 � March 28, 2024)


Two Concerts of Evening Ragas

Raga Yaman Kalyan
�Raga Sundara� ektal (12 beats) vilampit � La Monte Young

Raga Sindh Bhairavi
Song to Guruji, �Was It The Shadow of His Feet?� dipchandi tal (14 beats) madhyalay � La Monte Young

The Just Alap Raga Ensemble

La Monte Young · voice
Jung Hee Choi · voice
Jon Catler · just intonation guitar
Hansford Rowe · electric fretless bass
Naren Budhkar · tabla
The Tamburas of Pandit Pran Nath from the Just Dreams CD

in a setting of
Imagic Light, Marian Zazeela
Light Point Drawings Nos. 27, 28, 29 and 30, Jung Hee Choi

Friday, June 14 and Sunday, June 16, 2024, 7:30 pm

MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York

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MELA�s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.



December 21, 23, 2023
Studies in The Bowed Disc: Live Performance Series


Morris Gong
Robert Morris Gong for La Monte Young in Marian Zazeela Imagic Light. Robert Morris 
MELA Dream House, New York. Photo: Jung Hee Choi. Copyright © La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Jung Hee Choi 2023  


LA MONTE YOUNG

Studies in The Bowed Disc (1963)

Robert Morris Gong for La Monte Young (1963)


La Monte Young · bowed disc
Jung Hee Choi · bowed disc

in a setting of
Imagic Light, Marian Zazeela
Environmental Composition 2017 #1, v. 2, Jung Hee Choi


Thursday, December 21 and Saturday, December 23, 2023  ·  7:30 pm


MELA Foundation Dream House

275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY


CONCERT NOTES →

MELA�s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.



October 12, 14, 2023
Tonecycle for Blues: Live Performance Series


The Theatre of Eternal Music
The Sundara All Star Band with Marian Zazeela Abstract No. 1 
MELA Dream House, New York. Photo: Jung Hee Choi. Copyright © Jung Hee Choi 2023  


JUNG HEE CHOI

Tonecycle for Blues Base 30 Hz, 2:3:7 Ensemble Version with 4:3 and 7:6

The Sundara All Star Band


La Monte Young · voice
Marian Zazeela · light design
Jung Hee Choi · voice
Ben Neill · just intonation trumpet
Jon Catler · just intonation guitar
Hansford Rowe · electric fretless bass
Naren Budhkar · tabla
Jung Hee Choi Tonecycle Base 30 Hz, 2:3:7 Vocal Version

Thursday, October 12  ·  7:30 pm

Saturday, October 14  ·  8:30 pm


MELA Foundation Dream House

275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY


MELA�s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.



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