Category Archives: John Cage

The Makerspace as 21st Century Bauhaus: A Black Mountain College in Every University

Posted on September 3, 2018 by amateurmusicology

At the 10th Annual Black Mountain College ReVIEWING conference (September 2018), I moderated a panel with three innovative makerspace leaders — Adam Rogers (NCSU), David Romito (UNC), and Lauren Di Monte (U of Rochester).  We talked about how the modern … Continue reading →

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Silence, Chance, Cage, Code

Posted on March 20, 2017 by amateurmusicology

“Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard.”  ~ Stéphane Mallarmé, 1897 John Cage is well known as the composer who formalized the use of silence as a compositional element on par with any other note or sound.  He was … Continue reading →

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