Aphasia is by Mark Applebaum

Mark Applebaum is a musical inventor whose music combines the unrelenting rigor of post-war European Modernism with ridiculousness and whimsy borne of zooming obsessively and exactingly close to the mundane. Mike and Mike break down how they learned Mark Applebaum’s iconic solo work *Aphasia.* “Eat sandwich,” “smell grapefruit,” “open beer,” “close window,” “fasten seatbelt”!

Topics include:

- Prior experience with Applebaum’s music

- Practicing slow and fast

- Memorizing new repertoire

- Being specific in theatrical repertoire

Mike C’s video of Aphasia with Four/Ten Media https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2YLoqIYEUI

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