Annual Toy Piano Festival

13th Annual Toy Piano Festival!
Noon, Thursday, September 5, 2013, in the
Seuss Room of Geisel Library at UC San Diego.
Free!

At this wildly
popular annual event, you’ll hear new works for toy piano. Come early or else
you’ll have to sit on the floor (the performers have to sit on the floor, so
you’ll be in good company!)

The Toy Piano Collection at Geisel Library
consists of actual instruments, audio recordings, extant literature, and
commissioned works.

In May of 2001, the Library of Congress issued a
subject heading and call number for toy piano scores because of the activities
of the Toy Piano Collection at Geisel Library. The call number is: M 175
T69

The first composer to write a “serious” work for toy piano was John
Cage (Suite for Toy Piano, 1948) and this annual toy piano festival is indeed
held on John Cage’s birthday, September 5.

Robert Erickson, a founding
faculty member of UC San Diego’s Department of Music, wrote “Piece for bells and
toy piano” in 1964 and that work will be featured at this year’s festival. Also
featured at the festival: songs from the Cat in the Hat Songbook.

For
more information, contact Scott Paulson at (858) 822-5758 or spaulson@ucsd.edu
or visit http://libraries.ucsd.edu