http://thisislike.com/sam-ashley-performer/similar/ AI Robert Ashley Artist http://thisislike.com/robert-ashley-artist/similar/ <img src="http://thisislike.com/images/medium/4117-3947.jpg" /><br>&quot;When the 21st Century glances back to see where the future of opera came from, Ashley, like Monteverdi before him, is going to look like a radical new beginning.&quot;<br /> The Village Voice<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Ashley is an American composer.<br /> He is most well known for his experimental, multi-disciplinary operas and theatrical works.<br /> Ashley is also a founder of the ONCE Festival, the annual festival of contemporary performing arts in Ann Arbor which, from 1961 to 1969, presented most of the decade's pioneers of the performing arts.<br /> In 1969, Ashley was appointed Director of the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College (Oakland, California), where he organized the first public-access music and media facility.<br /> Throughout his career he collaborated with artists such as Fátima Miranda, George Manupelli, Peter Greenaway, Trisha Brown, Merce Cunningham, Douglas Dunn and many more.<br> Address: <br>Contact: http://www.robertashley.org/<br>From ThisIsLike.Com http://www.robertashley.org/

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:59:05 -0500 &quot;When the 21st Century glances back to see where the future of opera came from, Ashley, like Monteverdi before him, is going to look like a radical new beginning.&quot;<br /> The Village Voice<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Robert Ashley is an American composer.<br /> He is most well known for his experimental, multi-disciplinary operas and theatrical works.<br /> Ashley is also a founder of the ONCE Festival, the annual festival of contemporary performing arts in Ann Arbor which, from 1961 to 1969, presented most of the decade's pioneers of the performing arts.<br /> In 1969, Ashley was appointed Director of the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College (Oakland, California), where he organized the first public-access music and media facility.<br /> Throughout his career he collaborated with artists such as Fátima Miranda, George Manupelli, Peter Greenaway, Trisha Brown, Merce Cunningham, Douglas Dunn and many more. http://thisislike.com/images/medium/4117-3947.jpg 0 4117 composer, experimental