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May 4th, 2012

Blair Percussion VORTEX's Cage/Cunningham event gets press

(Video by Tony Youngblood)

“John Cage’s Musicircus performed at the John Cage Centennial event at Blair School of Music on April 1st, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Premiered November 17, 1967 at the University of Illinois. ‘The idea of this composition is nothing more than an invitation to a number of musicians, who perform simultaneously anything or in any way they desire. The manuscript is a list of musicians with various pieces of music by Cage and Satie and some non-musical works, also including a diagram for positions of various individuals.’ – John Cage”

Alex Ross, music critic of The New Yorker, retweeted ArtNowNashville’s article on the VORTEX performance in celebration of John Cage and Merce Cunningham: “Nashville’s John Cage fest was fabulous. http://artnownashville.com/?p=6897“

Read more about the event.

ArtNowNashville:

Cage and Cunningham are in the spotlight at Blair

Blair pulls out all the stops, rubber ducks and sea shells for memorable Cage celebration

 

 

 

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  1. Anayanci - Reply
    July 11, 2012

    Why is it when one car starts to honk its horn, all the cars stuck bheind it start honking their horns as well? This happened today right as I got home, set my bags down, sat down to relax a bit, and then I hear the constant honking of one car after another because one car was stuck in the middle of the street stalled. The person in the first car got out and actually tried to help the person in the stalled car however was unsuccessful. The honks continue. I look out my window and as the cars continue honking they start reversing down the street. Finally all five or six cars reversed their way out and went on their way. About one to two minutes later I hear one car honk its horn followed by many more cars again. The whole process of the stalled car and the people stuck bheind it continues again. This went on for about ten minutes. The sound of more than one car honking its horn repeatedly truly agitates me. It sounds like a loud blaring repeated flat annoying pitch over and over and over again. So I ask myself why don’t I think this sound is beautiful? Is it because I’m not in control of when the sound starts and when the sound stops? Is it because I can’t control pitch or volume? Then I got to thinking…maybe it’s because when many cars are honking at the same time it usually means people are agitated or stressed because they are in a hurry and need to be somewhere. So if that is the case, does that mean the sound makes me removed from my once calm state, and relaxation of being home to now a nervous, stressed feeling? Does this sound give me anxiety? I also ask myself, could it be such an annoying sound to me because in all truth, what is the honking going to do? Is it really going to help the person in the stalled car be able to move again?The funny thing is…when I’m one of those people stuck in the car traffic I might find myself honking my horn once or twice too. So if that’s the case, does the sound of numerous honking cars only bother me when I’m not involved? Maybe I just need to take a moment and understand the frustration of these people, and that will allow me to tolerate the sound of honking cars and its meaning.~Elizabeth C.

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