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Mutability and the Everyday
Jan. 10, 2013—by Rebecca Bernard I have lately taken to modeling small animals out of clay. They form a menagerie on my windowsill. I dream children’s stories. A family of ink who live in a pool in a printing press and one day the youngest son becomes a letter ‘e’ on the 30th page of a copy of...
Studio CRB’s First Release to iTunes
Dec. 28, 2012—Darker Days (iTunes) Written and Performed by Emma Grager Produced, Mixed and Recorded by Scott Marquart & Branden Sanders at Studio CRB The first of many to come.
Join the Party for Cage this Week
Mar. 26, 2012—Join the party for American composer John Cage as Vanderbilt University and VORTEX continue with a series of Cage-inspired “HAPPENINGS” at the Sarratt Student Center. From noon to 1:00 it will be a collage of turntables, drumming, and dance (and maybe a little spoken word, to boot!). Later in the week: a panel discussion on...
Singing Fingers
Mar. 19, 2012—Amelia Winger-Bearskin, Assistant Professor of Studio Art at Vanderbilt University in the area of Video and Performance Art, received an innovation grant for her course project, Singing Fingers. Singing Fingers will create an interactive sound art instrument using iPads, played with the help of campus participants and using sound samples of the campus environment. This...
Imagine…
Mar. 19, 2012—Imagine a concert created out of fire, sea shells, water, and air. CELEBRATE JOHN CAGE: Sunday, April 1st and throughout the preceding two weeks at Vanderbilt University. Blair School of Music/Ingram Hall 7pm MusiCircus 8pm VORTEX concert. Information: 615-322-7651 Campus
A Thought from John Cage
Mar. 19, 2012—All around the world, centennial celebrations are taking place to honor renegade composer John Cage. At Vanderbilt, students will be able to take part in Happenings, dance classes, a panel discussion on music and modern dance, attend a Cage symposium, attend a musicircus (“You won’t hear a thing. You’ll hear everything!”) Go to the Curb...
Quote of the Day
Mar. 19, 2012—Celebrating JOHN CAGE on his 100th birthday! Here’s a Cage quote for the day: “Percussion music is revolution!” Campus
Happenings Begin This Week!
Mar. 19, 2012—With the big centennial birthday bash coming up for John Cage on April 1, the Vanderbilt campus will see more and more of Blair Percussion VORTEX and their musical friends. Happenings—think of them as cousins to flashmobs—will be occurring in many places including the Baker building, the Commons, Sarratt Student Center, and at a variety...
VORTEX Program
Jan. 25, 2012—PROGRAM A historic photomontage assembled by cinematographer David Perry, featuring John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and the artists with whom they worked, precedes the program. Thanks to the Merce Cunningham Trust, the John Cage Trust, the Other Minds Archive, and RadiOM for their generosity in making this program possible. Speech Radio (1955) Audio clip: KPFA Radio,...