Other Minds (organization)

Special concerts have been held celebrating the centennials of composers Alan Hovhaness and Conlon Nancarrow,[9] the piano music of Philip Glass, and the 50th anniversary of Fluxus.

[10] Composers represented in the annual festival have included such artists as Meredith Monk, Muhal Richard Abrams, Terry Riley, Philip Glass, Frederic Rzewski, Margaret Leng Tan, Henry Brant, Conlon Nancarrow, Robert Ashley, Pauline Oliveros,[11] Lou Harrison, Laurie Anderson, Julia Wolfe, Natasha Barrett,[12] LaMonte Young, Tigran Mansurian,[13] Leroy Jenkins, Ben Johnston,[14] Janice Giteck, Kyle Gann, Olly Wilson, William Parker,[15] Gavin Bryars, Michael Nyman, Brian Eno, Øyvind Torvund,[16] Raven Chacon,[17] Mary Kouyoudmjian,[18] Carl Stone,[19] and many others.

[28] This includes approximately 4,000 reel-to reel, cassette, DAT, and video tapes of interviews and live performances from the Berkeley-based radio station KPFA.

The Other Minds Podcast was launched in 2022 and features interviews with composers and performers of contemporary music such as Raven Chacon, Theresa Wong, Lars Petter Hagen, Morton Subotnick, and Mari Kimura.

Other Minds also has a digital release series called Modern Hits which is focused on unearthing archival works by the unsung pioneers of electronic music from the Bay Area and beyond.

[35] Recent releases have featured music by Bay Area composers including Cheryl E. Leonard,[36] Brian Baumbusch, Christopher Luna-Mega,[37] Tom Bickley,[38] and Joseph Bohigian,[39] as well as Pulitzer Prize winner Raven Chacon performing with Tatsuya Nakatani and Carlos Santistevan.

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Executive Director Charles Amirkhanian in his office with ASCAP award in background
Original vinyl release of Nancarrow's Player Piano Studies autographed by the composer. From the collection of Charles Amirkhanian.
World Premiere recordings of music by Marc Blitzstein.