Jeffrey Lependorf, a composer, musician, and visual artist, serves as Executive Director of the John Cage Trust and also directs the Art Omi: Music international musicians residency program, a collaborative music-making residency he created. He is also a certified master of the shakuhachi, a traditional Japanese bamboo flute. His music has been performed around the globe—literally, in fact: a recording of his Night Pond for solo shakuhachi was launched into space when the shuttle Atlantis took off on May 15, 1997 and remained for a year aboard the Russian space station Mir. His “Masterpieces of Western Music” audio-course is available through Barnes & Noble’s “Portable Professor” series and for download through audible.com for more information.
