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To: Cc: ; Lucas Spive From: Margaret Min Sent Mon 10/27/2014 12:03:29 PM Subject Re: Symposium Oct 29 and dinner Oct 28, re: Marvin Minsky, Classical Music Improvisation 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, 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. MM. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 25, 2014, at 2:02 PM, Margaret Minsky wrote: We are 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 e15, 20 Ames Street Cambridge MA. Registration is from 10 - Ilam on the day of the event, Wednesday October 29. The day goes through 8:30 pm, with lunch and dinner included! We also hope that he may make it to the presenter/advisors dinner on Oct 28. Below are: • Dinner details at Mike Hawley's home are below • Please fill out brief Google registration form, link is below • Pre-Symposium reading and listening suggestions from our presenters and hosts are below • Our project manager Lucas Spivey (cc'ed) will be happy to assist Jeffrey in any way, and will also be sending a final conference-related email EFTA_R1_00692547 EFTA02092717  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: http://www.math.harvard.edu/-elkies/LvB 13 2 min.wav Listen: Improvisation on an audience-suggested theme in 5/4: httplimath.harvard.edubelkiesimp3/uhall4.mp3 Robert Levin Listen: Robert Levin playing various Mozart and Beethoven Concerti, published by Oiseau-Lyre, New York Philomusica, and DG 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 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: Hammerklavier 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 Pio Barone Lumaga - PDF Peruse: Opera of the Future - website Read: Music, Mind and Marvin Minsky - website version EFTA_R1_00692548 EFTA02092718 Listen/Watch: 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 wrote: excellent... thanks On Jul 29, 2014, at 2:01 PM, Margaret Minsky < 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. The dinncrwill likely be at a private home in Camrbridge/Brookline. On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 11:29 AM wrote: HI Margaret...Jeffrey has said YES to this...I am not sure if he will attend the pre- dinner on Oct. 28th (will try to find out...but it may not be until closer to the EFTA_R1_00692549 EFTA02092719  date-when do you need to know by?) But I will for sure put the pre-dinner and the event on Oct. 29th on Jeffrey's calendar. Thanks,MM On Jul 28 2014, at 7:57 PM Margaret Minsky 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_00692550 EFTA02092720