John Campion read the entire book-length poem, MEDUSA, at the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) in Berkeley, CA on May 2, 2010. This is part 1 of 4.

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John Campion read the entire book-length poem, MEDUSA, at the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) in Berkeley, CA on May 2, 2010. This is part 2 of 4.

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Here's the entire text of MEDUSA in a PDF!

Medusa

John Campion read the entire book-length poem, MEDUSA, at the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) in Berkeley, CA on May 2, 2010. This is part 3 of 4.

Medusa3 Campion CNMAT

John Campion read the entire book-length poem, MEDUSA, at the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) in Berkeley, CA on May 2, 2010. This is part 4 of 4.

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Spell represents a collaboration between the poet John Campion and the composer Edmund Campion. The work was performed at the Edgefest at UC Berkeley. It is also part of the longer work L'autre--also by the two brothers.

Spell is written in English, but includes Spanish, French, and Russian Translations that are part of the compositional structure.

Spell

Name Calling is a collaboration between the Poet John Campion and Composer Edmund Campion. The work reflects the names of people's whose language is in danger of extinction. The music is made from an instrument invented by Edmund Campion and contains the sounds and inflections of the names of these peoples. The presentation is live: John Campion is performing his poetry from Squaring the Circle--a book-length poem embodying the conquest of America and of the Earth. Edmund Campion is performing on his Name Calling instrument. The poem Name Calling--containing the endangered language is from Squaring the Circle. 

This performance was recorded live at The Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland CA.

Name Calling: (at the Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, CA)

Sonic Glyph 1 by John Campion
Only one great thing
sings me
--when I am mindful

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