The significance of Robert Ashley’s life and work continues. Here Thomas Buckner performs “When Famous Last Words Fail You” at Tulkinnanvaraista in Helsinki. This piece was originally scored for voice, chorus and orchestra and premiered at Carnegie Hall with the American Composers Orchestra on December 7, 1997.

Robert Ashley died on March 3, 2014. We would like to share with you a video featuring an interview of Bob Ashley discussing the new production of “The Old Man Lives in Concrete” presented at Roulette on April 25, 2012. Robert Ashley on The Old Man Lives In Concrete (w/ Richard Carrick) from Mimi Johnson […]