re Harrison 46

Garland
2801 C Fulton
Berkeley, CA. 94705

March 3, 1977

Dear Mr. Thomson,

This May 14 (a Saturday) marks Lou Harrison's 60th birthday, and a group of young
Composers are producing a large concert for him - with a percussion ensemble, Western
group, and a gamelan. It's a big program, with 2 intermissions: Song of Quetzalcoatl,
Recording Piece, Double Music, Fugue, Suite for Cello and harp, Schoenbergiana, In Praise
of Johnny Appleseed, Cinna, psaltery pieces, gamelan pieces, and hopefully a new work.

I'm in charge of putting together all the program notes, and wondered if you'd be
willing to contribute a statement for / about Lou. I've also asked John Cage and Carlos
Chavez to contribute. We thought it would be nice, on this occasion when we're
going to show our appreciation for Lou, to invite some old friends and associates of
his to join in. The deadline for my receiving material is April 15, and it can be of any
length or nature, as you wish. I hope you'll be interested. Thanks a lot.

2801C Fulton
Berkeley, CA. 94705

March 23, 1977

Dear Mr. Thomson,

Your remarks about Lou came 2 days ago, and I'm extremely
pleased with them, they're really nice. Thank you very much for
sending them.

Everything is moving smoothly for the concert; we'll send
you our poster/flyer and a copy of the program -- it looks now
like Lou himself will be world-premiering a new Sundanese-style
piece at the end....

From me personally, because I've been in a good mood these
past few days, a complimentary copy of the magazine I do, SOUNDINGS:
the new issue, #10, is rather big, with a wide variety of material;
I hope you enjoy it.

Thanks again.