Clockwise from top left: Tibetan Monks of the Gyuto Wheel of Dharma Monastery, D. D. Jackson, Low, and Nirmala Rajasekar Performing Arts THE FESTIVAL DANCING IN YOUR HEAD MUSIC MARATHON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2001, 3 PM-1 AM $10 ($5 WALKER MEMBERS) AUDITORIUM THE FESTIVAL DANCING IN YOUR HEAD SEPTEMBER: 6 7 8  Swim freely in oceans of new musical delights during this 10-hour aural sampler. The wildly eclectic music marathon begins with the chanting prayers of Tibetan monks of Minnesota's Gyuto Wheel of Dharma Monastery and concludes with a soothing midnight set by the Duluth-based ensemble Low. Along the way are solo performances by members of the Bang on a Can All-Stars, the debut of The Orchestra Dancing in Your Head, a minute-film festival featuring works by animator Tom Schroeder, New York-based jazz pianist D. D. Jackson, Steve Reich's minimalist masterpiece Music for 18 Musicians, and much more. 3 PM Tibetan Monks of the Gyuto Wheel of Dharma Monastery Jorja Fleezanis, Minnesota Orchestra concertmaster (violin) and Karl Paulnack (piano): John Adams' Road Movies Singing Sailor Moon (minimalist music by an octet of eight-year-old girls) (world premiere) Lisa Moore (piano), Leslie Weinberg (DV animation after William Blake): Martin Bresnick's For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise (Minnesota premiere) Erik Barsness (percussion): Maki Ishii's 13 Drums 5 PM D. D. Jackson (piano): Headwaters Music commission Nirmala Rajasekar (vina) and Marcus Wise (tabla): South Indian classical music Evan Ziporyn (clarinet): Ziporyn's Two Impersonations (Honshirabe and Thum Nyatiti) (Minnesota premiere) Stephanie Arado, Minnesota Orchestra assistant concertmaster (violin) and Judy Lin (piano): Arvo Pärt's Fratres Nebojsa Zivkovic (marimba): Zivkovic's Tensio Mark Stewart (electric guitar): Stewart's Trummings (Minnesota premiere) 7 PM Steve Schick (percussion): Brian Ferneyhough's Bone Alphabet Puro Cubano featuring Nachito Herrera (piano): Headwaters Music commission Patrick Crossland (electric trombone): Vinko Globokar's echanges Zeitgeist: Annie Gosfield's Headwaters Music commission Meds for Beckett featuring Patrick Crossland (trombone) and Anatoly Larkin (piano): Surprise Evacuation Drill Robert Black (bass): David Lang's I Feel Pretty (world premiere) 9 PM The Orchestra Dancing in Your Head: Anthony Gatto's Dance You Monster to my soft song (world premiere) Wendy Sutter (electric cello): Michael Gordon's Industry (Minnesota premiere) Pro Arte Quartet: Béla Bartók's String Quartet No. 5 Meng Vang Ensemble (Hmong mouth organs and dancing): Headwaters Music commission Steve Schick (percussion): Iannis Xenakis' Psappha The Orchestra Dancing in Your Head: Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians (Minnesota premiere) 12 MIDNIGHT Low, with a set including Ornette Coleman's What Reason Could I Give THE FESTIVAL DANCING IN YOUR HEAD IS MADE POSSIBLE BY GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM THE JEROME FOUNDATION, THE MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION, THE TARGET FOUNDATION, THE METROPOLITAN REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL, THE PEOPLE'S COMMISSIONING FUND, MEET THE COMPOSER, INC., AND THE WALKER ART CENTER'S DORIS DUKE FUND FOR JAZZ AND DANCE.