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To: Margaret Minsk Cc: ma Lucas Spivey[spivey©mit edu]. Lucas Spive ] From: Sent Mon 10/27/2014 12:04:46 PM Subject Re: Symposium Oct 29 and dinner Oct 28, re: Marvin Minsky, Classical Music Improvisation I will. Thanks and I'm sure it will be a wonderful event. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 27, 2014, at 8:03 AM, Margaret Minsky wrote: Please let Jeffrey know that we will miss him and his musical thinking! I will let Marvin & Gloria know. Best, -Margaret Sent from my iPhone On Oct 27, 2014, at 07:53, Lesley Groff <[email protected]> wrote: Hello Margaret and thank you for the kind invitation. But unfortunately Jeffrey's will not be able to attend the dinner or symposium. He sends his regrets. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 25, 2014, at 2:02 PM, Margaret Minsky wrote: We arc delighted that Jeffrey will be joining the Oct 29 Symposium on improvising classical music inspired by Marvin Minsky, "Reconstructing Beethoven's Improvisations". We will be gathering on the lower level of building el5, 20 Ames Street Cambridge MA. Registration is from 10 - 11am on the day of the event, Wednesday October 29. The day goes through 8:30 pm, with lunch and dinner included! EFTA_R1_00892732 EFTA02092835 We also hope that he may make it to the presenter/advisors dinner on Oct 28. Below arc: • Dinner details at Mike Hawley's home arc below • Please fill out brief Google registration form, link is below • Pre-Symposium reading and listening suggestions from our presenters and hosts arc below • Our project manager Lucas Spivey (cc'cd) will be happy to assist Jeffrey in any way, and will also be sending a final conference- related email tomorrow night. Special dinner invitation at the home of Mike Hawley and Nina You Tuesday Oct 28. 6:30 pm 101 Third St #3, Cambridge, MA Symosium registration form and Presenter Suggestions: Important: Fill out this form! Please click on this link to enter your information for name badge and dinner information: LINK TO REGISTRATION FORM We'd also like to share pre-Symposium suggestions for reading and listening from our presenters and hosts. Please explore these links to articles, audio and videos: SUGGESTIONS FROM OUR PRESENTERS Jonathan Biss Listen: Beethoven Fantasy, op. 77. Serkin Recording - YouTube Listen: Beethoven Fantasy, op. 77. Schnabel Recording - YouTube "The Serkin and Schnabel recordings are both excellent. Probably as close to Beethoven's actual improvisations as anything we have on paper." Noam Elkies Listen: Semi-Improvised movement based on Beethoven Sonata No. 8 Adagio Cantabile movement, by Elkies: htt0://www.math.harvard.edu/--elkies/LvB 13 2 min.wav Listen: Improvisation on an audience-suggested theme in 5/4: httn://math.harvard.edu/--elkiesimp3/uhall4.mp3 Robert Levin Listen: Robert Levin playing various Mozart and Beethoven Concerti, published by Oiseau-Lyre. New York Philomusica, and DC Archiv - available on CD (Symposium committee have found these YouTube links helpful as well) Watch: Beethoven Piano Concerti No 1 - Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Watch: Improvising Mozart - YouTube Marvin Minsky Read: "Music. Mind, and Meaning" - website version Watch: Marvin with Hockenberry for the Media Lab h2.0 conference. 5 min - view or download video Listen: Marvin Minsky BBC Radio interview about Beethoven's 9th, 20 min - listen to MP3 EFTA_R1_00692733 EFTA02092836 Listen: Marvin Minsky,Nursery Rhyme Suite, 1960's, recently digitized from reel-to-reel collection - download MP3 Stephen Prutsman Listen: Shadows, by Stephen Prutsman, 9 min - listen to MP3 Frederic Rzewski Listen: Nammerklavier Sonata - YouTube Jan Swafford Read: Ludwig Rules: A Guide for Studying Beethoven, by Jan Swafford - PDF SUGGESTIONS FROM OUR HOSTS Tod Machover Read/Watch: Dialogue with Pro Barone Lumaga - PDF Peruse: Opera of the Future - website Read: Music, Mind and Marvin Minsky - website version ListenNVatch: Minsky Melodies - website version Jonathan Berger Read: Composing Your Thoughts - web article Read: Listener Correlation - PDF "All deeply influenced and inspired by Marvin" Listen: Visitations - website On Jul 29, 2014, at 14:01 otc: excellent... thanks On Jul 29, 2014, at 2:01 • wrote: That is super great! We really look forward to his attendance for the Symposium event at MIT. The Oct 28th dinner could be last-minute decision on his part, he will always be welcome. Of course we'd love to know as early as possible. It should be a very stimulating evening. I will get the venue for the dinner to you as soon as it is decided. EFTA_R1_00692734 EFTA02092837  The dinnerwill likely be at a private home in Cantrbridge/Brookline. On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 11:29 A wrote: HI Margaret...Jeffrey has said YES to this...I am not sure if he will attend the pm-dinner on Oct. 28th (will try to find out...but it may not be until closer to the date-when do you 1W28, 2014, at 7:57 PM, ote: Dear Jeffrey, Please mark your calendar for a special event on Oct 29, 2014 (with pre-dinner Oct 28). <Marvin Beethoven Improvisation Symposium Invitation.jpg> EFTA_R1_00892735 EFTA02092838