William Cahn Unpopular Music
The essays in Unpopular Music were written during the author’s extensive performing career with the NEXUS Percussion Group, The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, The Paul Winter Consort, and more. The book highlights the author’s personal connections with major conductors and composers such as John Cage, Aaron Copland, Seji Ozawa, Igor Stravinsky, and Edgard Varèse. The essays reveal Cahn’s perspective on the world of art music and aesthetics through his own experiences, touching on related subjects such as travel, restaurants, art museums and more.
In addition to performing with major orchestras under renowned conductors all over the world, Grammy recipient Bill Cahn continues to perform with NEXUS, the Toronto-based percussion quartet which is dedicated to a genre of music that is unfamiliar to most listeners, but which forms a significant worldwide musical niche – music for percussion ensemble.