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Senior Recital: November 8, 2024, Nick Sisson, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

November 8, 2024

Friday Evening

6:00 p.m.

Resistance, Race, And Myth: A Critical Survey Of American Popular Music Culture In The 20th Century, Scott Haden Church

Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy

The topic of popular music in the United States has garnered much analysis from scholars, particularly how popular music has created or reflected American myths, collective memory, and racial politics. This essay is a review of select research on the interface between 20th century American popular music, culture, and power. The essay reveals that pop music scholarship is rooted in paradox. Hence, it focuses on three chiastic or antithetical themes permeating scholarship on the topic: Popular music as either cultural hegemony or resistance to that cultural hegemony; Popular music as fundamental to the American myth, or the American myth as …

“Every Time I Write A Rhyme / These People Think It’S A Crime”: Persona Problems In Catullus And Eminem, Jesse Weiner

Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy

This essay interprets Eminem’s song, “Criminal” (2000, The Marshall Mathers LP, Track 18), as a Catullan project in establishing distance between the poet and poetic persona, accomplished through Catullan invective. Drawing upon pedagogical experience, I argue that Catullus (a Roman poet of the 1st Century BCE) and Eminem use analogous rhetorical tactics and structures to challenge accusations (real or imagined) of poor character stemming from their poetry. Catullus and Eminem vociferously articulate a separation of art from artist, using common transgressive poetics. Each poet disavows his own self-constructed stance of authenticity with similar threats of violence and postures of …

Constraining The (Im)Possible: Improvisation And Violence In Rafi Zabor’S The Bear Comes Home, Hannah Ianniello

Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy

This paper will explore the role of jazz improvisation in the characterization of the protagonist in Rafi Zabor’s 1998 jazz novel, The Bear Comes Home. I suggest that Zabor represents the process of improvisation to not only enhance the enigma of The Bear’s ability as a jazz musician, but also to enhance his capacity towards violence.

Through the exploration of the actual process of improvisation in the research of Paul Berliner, Ingrid Monson and Alyn Shipton, Improvisation in a real jazz context is collaborative and exploratory. However, Zabor, like many other authors (such as Michael Ondaatje, James Baldwin and …

Andrews University Symphony Orchestra - Fall Concert, Andrews University

Concerts and Event Programs 2024-2025

The Andrews University Symphony Orchestra presents Festive Memories, a Fall concert under the direction of Dr. Marc Elysee. Feature artists Earlon Cornwell and Aiko Ayala Rios, conductor and pianist, respectively.

The Abc's Of Gratitude: The Power Of Focusing On The Good, Sharon K. Ferrett

Trade & Scholarly Monographs

Even while struggling with the realities of daily life, you may have a glimpse of wonder that opens your heart and changes everything. Instead of being irritated by small annoyances or wallowing in misery, focus on the good, and your life will be transformed. It sounds too simple, but I have experienced the power of gratitude. Once you make looking for the good a daily habit, your life will be a continual source of thanksgiving. I offer this modest book as a primer to help you find countless opportunities to look for the good and practice gratitude.

Levi Temple, Trombone, With Prof. Sean Botkin, Piano And The 2014-15 Chicago Bulls, November 7th, 2024 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recital given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

"Tapas" A Portrait Concert In Honor Of Augusta Read Thomas: November 7, 2024, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

November 7, 2024

Thursday Evening

7:30 p.m.

Convocation Recital: November 7, 2024, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts

November 7, 2024

Thursday Morning

11:00 a.m.

Illinois State University Jazz Combos: November 6, 2024, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

November 6, 2024

Wednesday Evening

7:30 p.m.

New Music Ensemble // Laptop Ensemble Concert, November 6, 2024 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recital given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

Musicology Colloquium: Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay Canta Y No Compones: Mariachi Performance And Composition, Latin American And Iberian Institute, Dr. Russell C. Rodríguez

LAII Events

Wednesday, November 06, 2024 | 02:00 pm

Latin American and Iberian Institute (801 Yale Blvd NE)

801 Yale Blvd NE (campus building #165)

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Focusing on the impact of technology on mariachi music, this presentation examines the transition of the ensemble and its repertoire at the beginning of the 20th century. Rodríguez ultimately argues that the global reach of the mariachi, facilitated by the modern capitalist marketplace, garnered musical developments from cosmopolites contributing to the form’s vibrancy.

Russell C. Rodríguez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Music at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). He received his …

A Framework For Using Popular Music Videos To Teach Media Literacy, Jordan M. Mcclain

Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy

This article discusses the use of popular music videos as a tool for teaching media literacy. First, the article addresses the importance of music videos as popular culture, what other music video research has examined, and what features make music videos a good fit for in-class work investigating media and popular culture. Then the article details a single-class activity for introducing and teaching media literacy through the use of music videos. To achieve this objective, the article also proposes a set of original music video-specific discussion questions. Finally, a particular music video is considered to illustrate possible results of this …

Lady Gaga Meets Ritzer: Using Music To Teach Sociological Theory, Kenneth Culton, José A. Muñoz

Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy

This paper presents methods for instructors to deal with student anxiety over theory courses. The method is an interactive class exercise that provides instructors with direction as to using popular music. The paper accomplishes this through the use of several cases for including music in order to spark discussion and suggestions for helping students to interpret the theory presented. Additionally, suggestions for incorporating writing assignments with the exercise are provided here. A table linking music to a theorist is also provided.

Instrumental Concerto Competition Finals, November 5, 2024 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recital given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

Illinois State University Faculty Brass Quintet: November 5, 2024, Dr. Anne Mcnamara, Madison Mueller-Howell, Dr. Rachel Hockenberry, Dr. Mark Babbitt, Dr. Andy Rummel

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

November 5, 2024

Tuesday Evening

7:30 p.m.

Music Review: “Indy Classical Innovation: Ymusic” At Usc’S Southern Exposure New Music Series, March 21, 2014, Peter B. Kay

Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy

Review of “Indy Classical Innovation: yMusic” at the University of South Carolina’s Southern Exposure New Music Series, March 21, 2014.

Incorporating Ai Literacy Into Music Library Instruction: An Interactive Discussion, Taylor J. Greene

Library Presentations, Posters, and Audiovisual Materials

Taylor Greene gave a presentation connecting AI Literacy to his work not only as the liaison to the Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music but also more broadly in his role as Chair of Research and Instructional Services. He began by providing an overview of Chapman University’s cautious approach to embracing generative AI and highlighted the library’s role in supporting faculty, staff, librarians, and students in better understanding these technologies and their potential impact on higher education. He summarized the work of the AI Task Force and offered a general overview of the AI Literacy lectures that he and Dr. Doug Dechow …

University Of Northern Iowa Panther Marching Band, November 4, 2024 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recital given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

Graduate Recital: November 4, 2024, Zhiyuan Gao, Isabella Mitcheff, Rosalie Truback, Ulzhan Ydyryssova

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

November 4, 2024

Monday Evening

8:30 p.m.

Senior Recital: November 4, 2024, Grant Cermak

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

November 4, 2024

Monday Evening

7:00 p.m.

Condemned To Affliction, Cameron Hachigian

Honors Theses

Hello, all. I'd like to thank you all for coming. Your attendance means a lot to me. First, I would like to thank my family and friends for their constant support. And I would like to give a huge thank you to all of my teachers and mentors. For without you, my musical journey never would have flourished.

This concert that you are about to witness is my senior recital. It is a culmination of my best works. I have toiled hard for many years to create music that I deem suitable for public consumption and it has finally come …

Isu Percussion Ensemble: November 3, 2024, David Collier, Ben Stiers, Sara Eckert

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

November 3, 2024

Sunday Evening

7:00 p.m.

Andrews University Singers And Chorale - Fall Concert, Andrews University

Concerts and Event Programs 2024-2025

The Andrews University Singers and Chorale present A Vision Unfolding, a Fall concert under the direction of Professor Stephen Zork.

Senior Recital: November 2, 2024, Jackson Stawick, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

November 2, 2024

Saturday Afternoon

4:30 p.m.

Senior Recital: November 2, 2024, Chloe Horn, Grace Eom, Joseph Johnson

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

November 2, 2024

Saturday

Noon

Andrews University Singers And Chorale - Fall Concert, Andrews University

Concerts and Event Programs 2024-2025

The Andrews University Singers and Chorale present A Vision Unfolding, a Fall concert under the direction of Professor Stephen Zork.

Senior Recital: November 2, 2024, Alexandra Rocha, Ethan Uyeda

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

November 2, 2024

Saturday Evening

7:00 p.m.

Junior Recital: November 2, 2024, Zeph Mussman

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

November 2, 2024

Saturday Afternoon

6:00 p.m.

Woodwind/Percussion Seminar, November 1, 2024 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recital given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.