In 1980, The Kitchen presented shared evenings of performance by composers Harold Budd and Jon Gibson. Budd performed his “Preludes,” a series of improvised works for solo piano described as “unashamedly luscious” by Richard Teitelbaum, a fellow composer and writer. Returning to the practice of composing for ensembles, Jon Gibson performed his new work “Variations,” “Song 4,” and “Return”.