John Cage Day was the name given to several events held during 2012, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the composer
John Cage.
These events included John Cage Day at the
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...
, New York, held on August 9, 2012, John Cage Day at
The Proms
The BBC Proms or Proms, formally named the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hal ...
in the
Royal Albert Hall, London, on August 17, 2012, and John Cage Day at
Elder Hall,
University of Adelaide
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, Australia, coinciding with Cage's birthday on September 5, 2012.
The organizer of the latter event, composer and performer
Stephen Whittington, has proposed that September 5 annually celebrated globally as John Cage Day.
References
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External links
John Cage Day. J.M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice.Stephen Whittington: Musical Renewal. RealTime 110.
Selected anniversaries (August 2012)
Centennial anniversaries