The Austin Chronicle has a feature article on Michelle Schumann and her fascination with John Cage. The birthday concert is tonight at 8pm!

Schumann's encounters with Cage have drawn her attention to the tonal decay after the hammer strikes the string – that point when the pianist must pass control of the sound to the resonating properties of the instrument and of the room. She says that "when people are listening to music, they are listening to the music at that moment but not to how the music resonates after that moment; it is those moments that take you into a different world. Even at the end of a standard symphony, on that last note people are up and clapping without listening to that halo of sound, and they may miss that glorious sound if they are not reminded of what is there."

The Austin Chronicle: Arts: Attention to Sound
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