Everything We Do Is Music

Description

Cross-Curricular Experiments in Sound Based on the Music of John Cage Explore the music, ideas and ideals of John Cage, composer of 4'33'' and one of the twentieth century's most original and inventive artists."Everything we do is music" contains more than 50 fun, hands-on and thought-provoking activities, each taking a work by John Cage as a starting point and exploring the links between music, dance, visual art, poetry and nature.Most projects require no prior knowledge of reading music or playing an instrument and can be worked through with little preparation -- each activity encourages creative thinking and experimentation, exploring the world around us and blurring the boundaries separating life and art.