Richard
Felciano, professor emeritus at UC Berkeley,
has been at the forefront of electronic music since his work with the
San Francisco Tape Music Center in the early 1960s. His works include Glossolalia for
baritone voice, percussion, organ and tape (1967), Linearity--a
Television Piece for Harp and Live Electronics (1968), GalacticRounds for
orchestra (1972), and In Celebration of Golden Rain for
Indonesian gamelan and organ (1977). Richard has the distinction of
being the only member of the cast to have studied composition with
Olivier Messiaen.
I met Richard through his son, fellow cast member Manoel, and interviewed him at the Bar Nothing in 2004. More about Richard here.