This score was performed for the duration of one minute after listening to John Cage’s 4″33 and Get Lit’s “Somewhere in America.” Composers were Sadia, Herminda, Kayla, Gabriel, Anton, Basant, and Orane. The Professor was Conductor. Here is the score, to be performed in overlapping or random order:

Sniffling

“It’s really quiet”

Loud motorcycle

Horn of a car

Pen tappings

“I’m tired”

Chatter of a girl outside the doorway

Desks moving

 “Hmm” [high pitched]

AC blowing air

Pens clicking

 “Boom”

 “Wooooo”

Pen dropping

Paper crinkling

 “I wish I didn’t have to work”

Cop-car beeps

People talking outside

–

Sniffling

Binder snap

clearing of throat

Knuckle cracking

Annoying car noise

“Why are you shaking your foot so hard??”

Pens moving against the paper

Loud

Sniffling

Binder snap

, clearing of throat

Knuckle cracking

Annoying car noise

“Why are you shaking your foot so hard??”

Pens moving against the paper

Loud

[FINIS]

…a musical composition to be performed by a class of students.

Duration: 2min to 3min, 7 sec.

Performers: Class and Air Vent.

Conducted for the first time on October 6, 2016. Conductors included: Sarah, Kedania, Chris, and a reprise by Kedania. Score below.

Instructions to Conductor: Duration and overlap of the sounds executed are at the discretion of the Conductor.

Composers: Don’Asia, Val, Chris, Jasson, Ely

(Note: what you will hear are actual sounds that occurred in class while listening to John Cage’s 4″33 the previous day.

The piece, “Midway 307” — The random sounds of Ambient Classroom Silence is performed with all or any of the following (listed below).

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE PRESENT: “MIDWAY 307”

(order random)

Zipper on bookbags single, Plural – many zippers

Sighing [softly, 5 people, at irregular intervals, for 2-3 seconds each]

A C Grunting [vent, 10 seconds]      Paper fussing [2-3 seconds, may overlap]      Paper crumpling [2-3 seconds, may overlap]

Clicks of Keyboard           Yawning                                               Giggling

Whispering [loud, soft, sinister; 5-10 seconds, may overlap]

Spoken softly: “What did she say?”  DUET

Spoken loudly: “Is that so?” SPOKEN IN UNISON “IS THAT SO?”

Clicking of pens [clinkingingingitingtk]                     Coughing (generic)

Sniffing

Pencil drop

Vent

Sighing [louder]  Sighing in Unison

Pencil dropping

Iphone Timer (the annoying kind)

[FINIS]

I got this from artist McNair Evans’ blog.

Here is a link to Cage’s famous silent composition, 4″33.

This link is to an article that is a little bit critical of him, and embedded within it are some amazing performance links (including “Water Walk.”).

Here is Wikipedia’s entry on him.

Here is some info on William Anastasi, who creates Sound Objects (among many other things, as you will see).

One: your teacher, with whom you can discuss your issues, ask for referrals, extensions, guidance. Find her during her office hour (Fridays 1 to 2PM on the 4th FL Atrium Bldg in the recreation room). If you can’t go, reach out to her via email.

Two: remember what Brian, the visitor to our class from Student Services told us. You can go to AG-237 if you feel you have ANY kind of special need. If your need is really overarching and feels overwhelming (stress, personal issues, anything), you can go to get counseling on the first floor of Namm, room 108. And finally, if your issue is simply that you need help completing your papers or other assignments: you can go to get English Tutoring Services in AG-31.

Three: let’s elaborate on that last resource — English Tutoring. I will copy below info sent to us about tutoring as well as SEEK info.

Don’t be shy. Please speak up!

+++++++++++INFO HERE+++++++++++++++++

“Writing tutors are available to meet with ALL 1101 Students at the City Tech Learning Center  (Atrium Building Ground Floor AG18, AG27 and AG31) from 10:00am-7:30pm Monday through Thursday, and from 10:00am-5:00pm on Fridays. Students are encouraged to bring a printed copy of the  piece of writing that will be discussed at the tutoring session, a copy of the writing assignment they are writing in response to AND a copy of the course syllabus.”

“SEEK Students: If you have SEEK students enrolled in your class, please encourage them to meet with SEEK Tutors (M402; M-Th 10am – 4pm) on a weekly or twice weekly basis.  All other students can be referred to the Learning Center Writing Tutors (AG27; M-Fri 10am – 5pm). For students who are part of the City Tech SEEK Program, additional writing tutoring is available Mondays – Thursdays 10am – 4pm in Midway 402.”

A couple of our students had a chat with me after class about things — including our in-progress website(s). One was Moesha — and I gave her her own page, called “Moesha’s World,” to do with as she pleases. Check it out, above, on the menu bar. : )

And good luck with your papers.

For both section LC 20 and C376.

On Nov. 7, we will not meet in the classroom. We will meet outside the Library, 4th Floor Atrium Bldg., instead.

LC20: 10:00AM

C376: 1:00PM

Oct. 6: your first 500-word paper is due. The Movie Review. I will accept between 400-500 words in length. Double-spaced, typed.

Oct 24: your second 500-word paper is due. Topic to be announced soon. Double-spaced, typed.

Nov 9: your third 500-word paper is due. Topic will be announced mid-October. Double-spaced, typed. (Note: this assignment also be converted into an oral presentation — at instructor’s discretion.)

Your next (first, actually) Journal Check is on Sept. 26. What’s in your “Journal”? Anything and everything you have written for, or in, class thus far — Do Nows, descriptions of objects, any vocabulary words/exercises, personal handwritten short essays, personal descriptions, literary “constraint” exercises (no “the” or “a”) plus any handouts you have received. You put them all in one place so that the teacher can see them easily. A binder, and in some cases, a spiral notebook with folders will do.

If you haven’t already done so, please join our Course. You can search under my name (Schmerler) to find it if you are having trouble. Here are some step-by-step instructions on how to join OpenLab copied below. If you have problems please write to me but do try to follow the instructions. Thanks! Here you go:

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/blog/help/signing-up-on-the-openlab/

And here are instruction on how to join a group on OpenLab:

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/blog/help/joining-a-course/