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VORTEX Program

January 25th, 2012

PROGRAM Speech Suite for Toy Piano Fads & Fancies in the Academy (A Gentle Satire on Progressive Education) (Choreography by Marsha Barsky and Erin Law, informed by original 1940 choreography and notes of Marian Van Tuyl) Inlets Water Walk Passing Through Homage to John Cage, for marimba, electronic sounds, and spoken word, collaboratively created with More…

Michael Holland

January 25th, 2012

Biography Michael Holland straddles the ephemeral boundaries between percussion, theater, and movement. He serves on the music faculty of Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music where he is Artistic Director of Blair Percussion VORTEX, a group he describes as “a playground of invention, a virtual sandbox inviting actors, dancers, musicians, engineers—artists of all stripes—to ‘play’ More…

“Conversation: Why Do Americans Protest Art?” Interview with Steven Tepper about Not Here, Not Now, Not That!, Art Beat, PBS Newshour

December 12th, 2011

Jeffrey Brown interviews Steven Tepper about his new book on Art Beat, PBS Newshour. Art can soothe, it can inspire, but it also stirs heated passions and outright protest. Why does that happen, and why in some cases but not others? That’s the subject of the new book, “Not Here, Not Now, Not That! Protest More…

Podcast: Robert Levine, The Price of Free, Curb Leadership Lecture, Nov. 4, 2011

November 10th, 2011

Robert Levine, the Price of Free by curbcreativecampus

Steven Tepper quoted on SNAAP findings, Huffington Post Arts

September 29th, 2011

John M. Eger discusses the findings of the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP), arguing that arts training needs to incorporate more entrepreneurial and business skills. Art leaders, educators and policymakers need to better understand that the status quo for arts education is missing a few things; specifically, the importance of business savvy and the increasing More…

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