Black Music - Correspondence, Memorandums, Minutes, and Miscellaneous
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Item Stephen Horenstein Invites Joseph Murphy to Black Music Festival(Bennington College, 1978) Horenstein, StephenItem Ensemble V(Bennington College, 1977-07-28) Murphy, JosephItem Black Music Division Summary Regarding Space and Other Issues (Memo)(Bennington College, 1978-04-07) Murphy, JosephItem Correspondence Between Stephen Haynes and Joe Murphy Regarding Space for the Black Music Division(Bennington College, 1978-04) Murphy, Joseph; Haynes, StephenItem Bill Dixon Questions Bernie Iser about Commons Renovations (Memo)(Bennington College, 1978-05-30) Dixon, BillItem Black Music Division and Space Use(Bennington College, 1977-03-04) Murphy, JosephItem Black Music Students and Use of Equipment(Bennington College, 1977-04-04) Murphy, JosephItem Documents Relating to Adding More Space for the Black Music Division(Bennington College, 1977-10-26) Dixon, Bill; Black Music StudentsWe never did get in writing from your office, as promised, the college's commitment to the Division about the use of the space that we now have; in other words it appears that our use of the current space hinges upon a verbal 'agreement' and we know how those things workItem Hadley Fellow, George Barrows, Has No Studio(Bennington College, 1978-04-11) Murphy, JosephItem Rehab of Black Music Space in Commons(Bennington College, 1978-07-13) Murphy, JosephItem Videotaping Seven Evenings of Black Music Concerts(Bennington College, 1978-05-05) Murphy, JosephItem Documents Relating to the Black Music Division(Bennington College, 1981-09) Williams II, John H.; Atkins, Carl J.; Dixon, BillIn short, instead of being accepted and esteemed for its contribution to the arts and its message for society, the Bennington College Community has in part isolated Black Music. Camille Paglia of the Literature Division, and one of the few champions of Black Music, explained this phenomenon at the dedication of VAPA in 1976 in a speech of tribute to Bill Dixon: "There is no consolation here: those who seek assurance of the principle of benevolence pervading the universe will not find it in Bill Dixon's music. For the tradition of black music of which he is an advanced exponent, the reality of experience is suffering, pain, sacrifice, bitterness, anger. In the urgency of this black music at its most intense we find untamed energy, a violence of emotion and expression...the Black music that is practiced at Bennington is still unabsorbed by the bourgeoisie, for it is too raw, savage, unnerving; it possesses too much enriching estrangement, too much 'metaphysical uneasiness'"Item Black Music Division Record Library(1982) Dixon, BillThis is a list of records (LPs) in the Black Music Library collections. The records were on reserve in Crossett Library. Students submitted a list of requested records (up to 5) and reserved a time in the listening room (Jennings 214). The records were delivered to the room for the allotted listening time in 90 minutes blocks. The Listening Room was open 1:00 pm-3:00 pm and 7:00 pm-10:00 pm Mon-Fri, 1:00-4:00 pm Sat & Sun. A "Listening Room Monitor" was available during these hours.Item Bennington College Weekend Shows Off New Sounds of Jazz(Bennington Banner, 1964-04) Tate, LisaItem Jazz Weekend Participant & Guest Participant lists(Bennington College, 1964-04)Item Quadrille, Vol 7, No 3/4(Bennington College, 1973) Fortney, Alan Jon; Johnson, Stephanie Louise; Cumpston, CatherineArticles: Gail Thain Parker Inaugurated at 1973 Commencement / Emminent Anthropologists Honor Ruth L. Bunzel / Ronald L. Cohen Named New Dean of Studies / Thomas Jeremiah Carroll Drowns at The Tubs / Poetry and Prose Read at Bennington / Green Mountain Poets at Skidmore College / A Blending of Graphics and Poetry / Bennington College Goes Beyond its Gates / Is the American City In a State of Siege? ("Participating were 15 noted architects, city planners, and government officials who are currently involved with various aspects of urban life and city planning") / The Arts Building: Groundbreaking and Beyond / Art Film Series Shown at College and in town / "Journey to a Clear Place" - and other Dances / New York Shows for Four Bennington Artists (Thelma Appel Witkin, Isaac Witkin, Dick Haas, Brower Hatcher) / Prison Photography: Behind the Walls at Comstock (Neil Rappaport) / Feminist Film Festival Tops Film Schedule (A five-day Women 's Film Festival , organized by Camille Paglia, Gail Parker and Sarah Rodman) / Four Plays Presented by Drama Division (Nova Funk, The Hostage, Recipe, and on original play by Larry Atlas) / Nova Funk: Off to Greener Planets / The Hostage: Talent and Feeling for the Play / Funds Raised for Saigon's ToAm (Warm Nest) Nursery / (photo: This May the Pinewoods Morris Men and Women toured Bennington's campus) / Bill Dixon Directs "Sequences and Events in Music" / Vivian Fine's 'Inventive and Elegant Works" / Concerts at and Around Bennington College / Unfair to Chief Boohoo / Calabro Founds Sage City Symphony, Conducts at Armory / Student Council Founds Annual Student Scholarship / Parkers: Presidential Duties Plus / College Expresses Thanks As N.Y. Office Moves / Leonard Rowe Book Fund Established / Alumni Council Holds Annual Meeting on Campus / Governance Plan Voted Down (Almost) / New Publications Schedule / Summer Activities at Bennington /Item Quadrille, Vol 9, No 2(Bennington College, 1975) Fortney, Alan John; Cumpston, CappyArticles: Bennington Senior Elected To Vermont House / Letter Grades Abolished Comments Only / The Hankses Find Thailand More Crowded / Woman Lawyer is Woodrow Wilson Fellow (Gene Dahmen) / Lectures in Genetics, Ecology (Dr. Susumu Ohno) / Dennis Aebersold Wins NSF Grant / Tom Brockway: Toymaker / Ben Belitt Introduces Hyman Lectures / A Troika of Novels by Lit Teachers / Jay Wright, Grace Paley Among Lit Speakers / Four Concerts, plus For Black Music / The Dance Company, And Others, Make Dances / Mr. Capra Goes to Bennington / Berlin, Brecht and Threepenny Opera / Commissioned Works Mark Sage City Symphony's Third Season / What Are the College's Options? by Gail Parker and Tom Parker / Challenge Grant Inspires New Giving / A New Look in Telethons / The Arts Center Is Almost Ours / Alumni Attend Campus Meetings / Alumni Show Art in New York / First Alumni Trip: Success Second Planned for Spring / Theater Benefit a Financial Success / Art Salon Postponed / Women's Group Solidifies Organization / Wanted: Patrons for SILO / Children's Paintings Lithographs & Cartoons / Nearly a Decade of Ceramics and Sculpture / From Breve to Semiquaver (and Beyond) / Finckel, and the Element of the Curve / A Child's Christmas in North Bennington / Five Women Artists at McCullough /Item Memo to Bill Dixon from Bob Agard Regarding Black Music Collection(Bennington College, 1973-10-17) Agard, Bob"The Committee received a proposal that books bought for the Black Music Program be cataloged and kept in a separate collection in Jennings Hall...."Item Black Musical Happening (Article)(Christian Science Monitor, 1973-05-23)Item Black Music Workshop on on Ear Training and Improvisation(1980-05-19)"John LaPorta, musician, composer, author and teacher will present a Workshop on Ear Training and Improvisation at the Black Music Division's weekly forum on Tuesday, May 20, 1980."