Reflections: Dawn Avery - On John Cale and The Velvet Underground

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Reflections: Dawn Avery - On John Cale and The Velvet Underground

Dawn Avery compositions were performed live at Tippet Rise Art Center by Arlen Hlusko on 17 August 2024. Located in Fishtail, Montana, Tippet Rise celebrates art, music, architecture, and nature: inextricably linked in the human experience, each making the others more powerful.

Dawn Avery, composer

Program book: https://tippetrise.org/library/2024-concert-season-ticket-guide

Produced in house at Tippet Rise Art Center

Film Director & Cinematographer: Kevin Richey
Editor & Colorist: Kevin Richey
Sound Recording: Monte Nickles
Sound Editor: Jim Ruberto

Photo credits:

John Cale playing guitar (b/w) - Wikimedia Commons - Photographer: Paul Hudson
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Cale_(49386836928).jpg

Velvet Underground - Wikimedia Commons - Public Domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Velvet_Underground_%26_Nico_publicity_photo_(retouched).jpg

John Cale playing viola - Wikimedia Commons - Photographer: Jakub Gall
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Cale,_Archa_Praha,_9_March_2006_(1).JPG

Andy Warhol - Wikimedia Commons - Photographer: Jack Mitchell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Andy_Warhol_by_Jack_Mitchell.jpg

Lou Reed - Wikimedia Commons - Photographer: Danny Norton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lou_reed_(cropped).jpg

Dawn Avery playing cello - Wikimedia Commons - George G. Meade Public Affairs Office
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PHFL%2BsoNativeAmerican-p-1-Heritage_(49158366391).jpg

Jimi Hendrix - Wikimedia Commons - Photographer: Ary Groeneveld
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Popartiest_Jimi_Hendrix_op_Hippy_Happy_beurs_voor_jongeren_in_Ahoy.jpg