Music Research Symposium

February 2nd, 9am-5pm (break for lunch from 12:20-1:50) in Edge Concert Hall

Keynote speaker: Dr. Marketus Presswood, assistant professor at Spelman College

Keynote address: "Sonicated Blackness in Jazz Age Shanghai: African American Musicians and the Creation of the Soundtrack of Chinese Modernity, 1925-1954"

The keynote address will take place from 2-3pm  

Volunteer Signup: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ttBrAwFTE4UZxiP0MaNgY3B--eXm1h3QhmxBdZQQ01I/edit

Schedule

Welcome and Coffee

9:00 - 9:10 am

Panel 1: Essence and Perception 

9:10 - 10:40 am

Moderated by Dr. Stephen Valdez

“La vie souterraine: Evocations of the Supernatural in Charles Koechlin’s Cinq Chansons de Bilitis”

Arielle P. Crumley

“For the Benefit of Mr. Kite and Father McKenzie”

William Shine

“The Dance of Many Elvises: Reflections and Refractions of an Icon in Deborah Brevoort’s Blue Moon Over Memphis”

Sloan Elle Garner

Panel 2: Communicating Culture

10:50-12:20 pm

Moderated by Dr. Dickie Lee

“Articulations and Percussive Effects in Double Bass in Tango Music”

Iris Marcipar

“Let Us March On: A Journey of Racial Uplift and Social Justice”

Sydney Moore

“Connecting Caroling and Nepalese Bhailo-Deusi”

Hazael Gomes

Lunch

12:20-1:50 pm

Keynote: 

2:00pm- 3:00pm

“Sonicated Blackness in Jazz Age Shanghai: African American Musicians and the Creation of the Soundtrack of Chinese Modernity, 1925-1954”

Dr. Marketus Presswood

Assistant Professor, Spelman College

Break

3:00-3:10 pm

Panel 3: Public Musicology

3:10-4:40

Moderated by Prof. Jennifer Stull

“Exploring the Effects of Early Implementation of Heartbeat Recording Interventions on

Bereavement Outcomes”

Karen Lee

“Rhythm and Flow with the Atlanta Suzuki Institute: Finding Common Ground

Between Arts and Music”

Saya Yim and Paula Reynaldi

“A Jingle for a Jury: A Review of Melodic Exhibits in Recent Music Plagiarism Claims”

Bethany Lambert

Spectrum Winds, a component of the United States Air Force Band of the West, brings the highest standards of musical excellence to its audiences with a passion to honor our past heroes, inspire the present generation, communicate the Air Force story, and recruit future generations of Airmen. Composed of six world-class musicians, Spectrum Winds explores the diverse world of chamber music for winds and percussion, exposing audiences to traditional woodwind quintet literature, Latin, jazz, Celtic and more.

The inherent versatility of Spectrum Winds enables it to draw on a long heritage of chamber music from Mozart and Beethoven moving forward to contemporary jazz and pop music, marches and patriotic favorites. Capitalizing on this flexibility, Spectrum Winds provides entertainment at a multitude of venues to include official military ceremonies and functions, educational outreach at elementary and junior high schools, recruiting concerts at high schools and college campuses, and outreach engagements in our local communities.