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ANGUS MACLISE: A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY
Compiled by Gerard Malanga for
the DIA Foundation- revised by Erica Bricking.
Born: Bridgeport, Connecticut, March 14, 1938
Died: Shanta Bawan Hospital, Katmandu, Nepal, June 21st, 1979
Musical Study/Performances
1945 Katherine Dunham School; studied Haitian drumming
1948-1951 Dolmetsch School Ð Haslemere, Surrey, U.K.: studied Medieval
European Dance Music
1950-1960 Latin and ballroom drumming
1952-1956 High School Marching Band, Military Drums
1957-1959 U.S. Army Marching Band, Military Drums
1952-1960 Buddy Rich School: studied Jazz Technique
1953-1957 Studied with Doc Friese (of the Symphony of the Air, under Toscanini) and jazz and freeform percussion with several other teachers; performed with the Queens Symphony Orchestra and All City High School Orchestra
1964-1965 Travel and study of ethnic percussion traditions in Morocco
1971-1976 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
1959-1970 Piero Heliczer: Films, Multimedia, Plays, Publications
1961-1964 The La Monte Young Trio (La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela and Angus MacLise Ð Instrumental);
Fluxus Festivals (George Maciunas, Director) Ð Concept
Compositions and Multimedia, Instrumental
1961-1970 Jack Smith Ð Plays, Films, Multimedia;
Theatre of the Eternal Music, featuring La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Angus MacLise, Tony Conrad and John Cale;
Jerry Joffen Ð Plays, Films, Multimedia
1964 Yoko Ono: Music for dance; Ron Rice film "Chumlum" (in collaboration with Tony Conrad)
1963-1966 John Vaccaro: Theatre of the Ridiculous: Plays (Incidental music),
Multimedia and Film
1965 The Dreamweapon Festival, Cinematheque, Astor Place Playhouse, NYC, Multimedia Festival
1965-1966 The Velvet Underground Ð founding member and collaborator
1965-1977 Ira Cohen Ð Films, Events, Multimedia, Poetry recitation
1965-1978 Don Snyder: Films and Multimedia
1965-1979 DREAMWEAPON: Director, Angus MacLise Ð Multimedia (Numerous changing personnel)
1966-1968 The Floating Lotus Magic Opera Company, Berkeley, CA Ð Daniel
Moore, Director; Angus MacLise, Percussionist
1967-1969 BERKSHIRE TRANCE ORCHESTRA: Freeform trance music
group with changing personnel
1967-1970 JOYOUS LAKE: freeform group, including Hetty MacLise,
Loren Standlee, Ziska Baum, Raj Samyana
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"
1969 Gerard Malanga: soundtrack for film "the Children" for
Distribution Ð the American Film Institute
1970 "Epiphany" production, a multimedia extravaganza -- Angus MacLise, director, organizer and performer
1970 John Giorno: musical accompaniment to poetry recitals
1976 Millennium Poetry and Multimedia Performance, with Don Snyder, The Millennium, NYC Ð Fulfilled as part of MacLise's Community Service requirement for having been awarded a CAPS Grant in Multimedia (1973) *see below under "GRANTS"
1977 THE SWAYAMBHU OPERA, Katmandu, Nepal - with Ira Cohen, Petra Vogt and Bill Barker (also goes under the title "Yield Now Ð A Metaphysical Comedy"): composer, Librettist, Performer
1978 Film soundtracks for Sheldon Rochlin, Hilary Harris and Amy Greenfield; Preparation of "Oratorio of the Shadows"
Undated Activities
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 California:
San Francisco State Experimental College Ð taught percussion
Pasadena Opera House Ð Multimedia 8
Santa Cruz College (with Schlomo Carlbach)
Straight Theatre and the Conematheque Ð both in San Francisco
Concerts and projects over unspecified time-span in New York: Worked with Terry Riley, Peter Waler, Steve Weber, The Velvet Underground, Steve Elliot, John Cale, Tony Conrad, La Monte Young, Henry Flynt, Jackson MacLow, Mark Slivka, et al.
GRANTS
1970 The Cassandra Foundation (Chicago): "In recognition of your
Contributions to the field of American Music Composition"
1972 CAPS (Creative Artists Public Service), NYC, for Multimedia
EDITOR
Aspen #9 (1969-1970), Boulder, Colorado/NYC: "The Dreamweapon Aspen"
Ting Pa magazine (1972-1979), Dreamweapon Press, Katmandu, Nepal
POETRY AND CALLIGRAPHY
Dead Language Press (Paris & New York):
Imprimatur 1281, 1957
Straight Farthest Blood Towards, 1959
Year, 1961
Dreamweapon magazine, 1966
Writ, 1967
Intransit, magazine, "Diaries of the Radar", the Malanga/Warhol Monster issue
Other Scenes, Calligraphy, 1968
SMS, The Letter Edged in Black Press Inc., "The Inner Pages", 1968
The New Universal Solar Calendar, printed by George Maciunas, 1969
The Intrepid Bear #20/Floating Bear #38 Ð Calligraphy and Astrological Circle of Chinese Year & elements, 1971
The Cloud Doctrine, Dreamweapon Press, Katmandu, Nepal, 1974
The Subliminal Report, Starstream Poetry Series #4 Ð Bardo matrix, Ira Cohen, Editor/Publisher, Katmandu, Nepal, 1975
The Map of Dusk, SZ Press, NYC, 1984
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