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John Cage: A Mini Symposium

January 24th, 2012

1:30-5:00 pm, Sunday 1, April 2012 Blair Choral Rehearsal Hall 1:30 – 2:30 “John Cage and the Conundrum of Politics” – David Patterson, musicologist (Chicago) 2:30 – 3:30 “John Cage and Fluxus” – Amelia Winger-Bearskin, performance artist (VU) 3:30 – 3:45 coffee break 3:45 – 4:15 “John Cage and Marian van Tuyl, choreographer, at Mills More…

Want to write a musical? Making Musicals Matter, Spring 2012

December 2nd, 2011

Want to write a musical? We’re looking for two or three teams, each consisting of at least a composer, a lyricist, a playwright, and a director. Each team will create a 20- to 30- minute original musical for semi-staged readings late in spring semester. Development of works will be mentored by Vanderbilt University Professor Jim More…

Arts Industries Policy Forum Conference, Accounting for Culture in the Military: Implications for Future Humanitarian Cooperation, Dec. 9, 2011

December 1st, 2011

On Friday, December 9, 2011, at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., the Arts Industries Policy Forum will host a one-day conference addressing the U.S. military’s efforts to increase its cultural expertise. The conference will be webcast here on Friday. The webcast will begin approximately 10 minutes after the posted meeting time. You will need Windows Media Player to watch the webcast. More…

State of the Word, Sat. Dec. 3rd, 7 pm, Ingram Hall

November 21st, 2011

On Saturday, December 3rd at 7:00pm, the Blair School of Music will welcome the 4th Annual State of the Word to Ingram Hall featuring the region’s top college, high school, and middle school poets and spoken word artists. Participating poets have received standing ovations in front of TEDxNashville, Leadership Nashville, and the Tennessee State Senate. More…

Enroll now! NEW Class, HUM 161 Creativity and Crisis, Spring 2012, Thursdays 2:30-5pm

October 31st, 2011

We are pleased to announce the Spring 2012 Humanities 161 course, “Creativity and Crisis.” Everyday is a new crisis. We are surrounded by global forces that challenge leaders and citizens to live, work, and govern differently. But, do we have the creative capacity to respond to these crises in ways that advance social wellbeing, justice, More…

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