Richard Felciano

With Vincent Plush

San Francisco, California

September 20, 1983

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Side a                                                                                                                   pp. 1-18

Portuguese background--description of Santa Rosa--Catholic attenuation [?] in his writing--music in the family--Sousa--supportive ambiance at home for music--early piano lessons--studying organ--beginning to compose--decision to become composer--Santa Rosa Jr. College--experience singing in choral groups--radio influence--Disney's Fantasia--conducting elementary school rhythm band--Monteux and San Francisco Symphony--Oriental music--continuing education at San Francisco State--Wendell Otey.

Side b                                                                                                                  pp. 18-35

Milhaud--jazz and Milhaud--rhythmic connection allied to Japanese speech patterns--open atmosphere of Mills College--decision to study at Mills with Milhaud--study in Paris with Milhaud--course with Messiaen--Boulanger "interview"--Boulez and concerts of Domaine Musical--experience at monastery at Solemnes--Varèse.

Side c                                                                                                                   pp. 35-50

Earning PhD in composition at University of Iowa--interest in art--night sky in northern California--"painterly" composer--brief stint as choirmaster and organist at Dominican church--army experience in Colorado--grants to study with Dallapiccola in Florence--San Francisco Tape Music Center--Noösphere I and II--Words of Saint Peter.

Side d                                                                                                                   pp. 50-69

Live instruments and electronic music--television project--Linearity--audio aspect of television--computer music--interest in perceptual questions--participation in Ford Foundation apprenticeship in Detroit--enthusiasm for composer apprenticeship in school system--"American" music--composer-in-residence in Boston--environmental piece for Boston City Hall--piece for Fort Worth Art Museum--appointment to composition faculty at Berkeley--gamelan piece, In Celebration of Golden Rain--Lou Harrison.

Side e                                                                                                                    pp. 69-75

Acoustical aspect of In Celebration of Golden Rain--interest in questions of perception and psycho-acoustics--future plans.