1968
The "Open Switch" Incident: Yates recounts a specific 1964 performance in New York where Neuhaus's elaborate setup of 14 speakers and electronic equipment failed during a performance of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Zyklus.
It notes Neuhaus's move toward Electronic Music and his interest in "auxiliary sounds," which later evolved into his famous Sound Works (installations that exist permanently in specific architectural or public spaces).
Yates positions Neuhaus alongside other experimentalists of the era, such as John Cage and Morton Feldman, who were redefining the boundaries between musical performance and environmental sound.