Recorded at The Music Gallery, 179 Richmond Street West, Toronto
May 3, 2000
Paul Hodge, audio engineer
The transcript of this interview is available here: https://elmahboob.com/2020/12/31/interview-with-james-tenney/

The interview was the result of my wish to have a final conversation with Tenney before he and his family left Toronto for California, where he was to resume teaching at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) after an absence of some 25 years. It was aired shortly after recording on the program Radio Music Gallery on CIUT (which I hosted from 1997-2000) and aired again by the late Ron Gaskin on the same program in 2006, after Tenney’s passing. The interview is in places somewhat informal or presumptuous on my part. That said, it also reflects the warm relationship I had developed with my teacher over the years. By that time I was quite well informed about his work and was a big fan. The present audio includes the entire conversation, with some pauses edited out.

— Bruce A. Russell

Interview with James Tenney

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