MUSC 89: Songs of the Slave: The History of the African American Spiritual Tuesdays/Thursdays at 3:30 pm Dr. LaToya Lain Born out of the oppressions of slavery, the spiritual is a folk song created by Africans forcibly brought to America … Continued

This interview is from Bookmark This, a feature that highlights new books by College of Arts & Sciences faculty and alumni, published on the first Friday of every month during the academic year. Featured book of January: Build! The Power … Continued

ECON 327.003 – Entrepreneurship in the Arts KMB 3029 | Tues/Thurs, 2:00 pm Professor Ken Weiss Want to learn more about how to be a trailblazer in the arts? How to manage your career, start new artistic ventures, and how … Continued

by Crystal Wu and Catherine Zachary Arts Everywhere and the Department of Music were thrilled to collaborate and present First Fridays, a new concert series that began this fall semester. This pop-up music series featured performances by different student chamber … Continued

MUSC 147: Introduction to Music of the Américas Professor Juan Álamo Mon/Wed/Fri, 10:10-11:00 am Latin America is one of the richest, versatile and complex multi-cultural places in the world. Countless musical genres such as Tango, Cumbia, Samba, Mariachi, Merengue, Bolero, … Continued

MUSC 291: Music and Politics Professor Andrea Bohlman Tuesday/Thursday, 11:00-12:15 pm In this course we consider the relationship between two concepts—music and politics—broadly, in search of ways in which they elucidate each other as well as resist pairing. The class … Continued

MUSC 168: Conducting I Professor Evan Feldman Tuesday/Thursday, 11-12:15 pm Have you always dreamed of conducting an ensemble? Learn how in MUSC 168! This class provides an introduction to the fundamental technical, analytical, and artistic skills of conducting. It is … Continued

by Jocelyn Neal The Society for Music Theory’s Lifetime Membership Award is the highest honor bestowed by the organization on a music theorist, given not only for their exceptional scholarly contributions but also their work as teachers and mentors, and … Continued

MUSC 125: Diction for Singers III: German Lecturer Tim Sparks Monday/Wednesday, 10:10 – 11:00 am For the craft of singing, one of the most important aspects, secondary only to consistent vocal technique, is the ability to produce vernacular language sounds. … Continued

by Nicole Gagliardi At the end of the last blog post, I left you and myself with a question that many of us seem to wonder about and don’t exactly know the answer to it: why someone’s singing voice can … Continued