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January 7-15, 2026
Begins and Ends at Noon
Goldman Professor of Organ Kimberly Marshall and three organist colleagues will be presenting John Cage’s ASLSP/Organ² in the ASU Organ Hall. The eight-movement will be performed continuously over the eight-day period, making this the longest live performance on record. (There is currently a 639-year performance happening in Halberstadt, Germany: click here to view.)
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ASLSP
ASLSP began as a piano work commissioned for the 1985 University of Maryland Piano Festival and Competition (now the William Kapell competition). The title is an abbreviation of “as slow and as soft as possible” and also refers to “Soft morning, city! Lsp!”-- the first exclamations in the last paragraph of Finnegans Wake. The piece consists of eight sections, each of which will be played over a 24-hour
period at ASU.
Marshall is delighted to host the event in the ASU Organ Hall, where both Fritts (1991) and Traeri (1742) organs will be used, the 250-year difference between the construction dates of the instruments adding another dimension to the experience of time. Joining her for 6-hour shifts each of the eight days will be Christopher Anderson (SMU), Diane Luchese (Towson), and Alexander Meszler, who received his DMA in Organ at ASU in 2020 and now teaches at Luther College.