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"Music and Its Publics"8th Annual Conference--The
University of Texas at Austin--
Saturday, April 12, 2008 GAMMA-UT, the Graduate Association of Music
and Musicians at UT, announces its eighth annual conference, “Music and Its
Publics," to be held on Saturday, April 12, 2008 at The University of
Texas at Austin (Doty Fine Arts Building DFA 2.204). Graduate students from
the areas of music theory, composition, musicology, and ethnomusicology will
meet to share their research. This year's keynote speaker is Philip Tagg,
professor of musicology at the University of Montreal. Pre-Conference Reception—April 11, 2008, 7:00 pm, 2913 Beanna St. (Map)
Elisa Ferrari and Ian
Dicke have graciously opened their home for us to casually meet before the
big conference day. Conveniently
located 2 blocks from the Butler School of Music! Please join us for some light refreshments and
drinks! If you’d like beer or
wine, please BYOB.
Conference Schedule—April 12, 2008 (DFA 2.204)
8:30:
Registration begins (FREE continental breakfast)
9:00-10:30:
Identity, Ideology and Music in American Subcultures
Kimberly Schafer, “Nostalgia and the Bells of American
Universities”
Benjamin Haas, “Singing Songs of Social Significance:
Aaron Copland’s Second Hurricane and Leftist Pedagogy”
Kimberly Kattari, “‘Mutant Rockabilly’: Hybridizing Style
in the Psychobilly Subculture”
10:45-12:15:
Blurred Boundaries: Music in Global Contexts
Sonia Archer-Capuzzo, “An Image of Coexistence through
Aural and Visual Cues in Shesh Besh/The Arab-Jewish Ensemble”
Ryan McCormack, “Cosmopolitanism, Self, and ‘Jazz’ in Ivo
Papasov’s Performance on ‘Night Music’”
Elisa Ferrari, “Na Luz de Olinda: Updating Pernambuco’s
Roots Music”
2:00-3:30:
Philip Tagg, “Music, Popular
Music and the Public: A Question of Democracy and General Education”
3:45-5:15:
Authenticity in American Popular Music
Richard Daniel Blim, “‘Hear Me, Know Me’ (No Me?): Weezer
and the Aesthetics of Negation”
Sean Taylor, “Talking Smack about a Pretty Band:
(in)Authenticity in Recent Albums by Modest Mouse”
Joel Mott, “‘Keeping it Real’: The Role of Authenticity
in Creating and Advocating Identity in Outkast’s Red Velvet”
8:00 Concert
(MRH 2.608): Canceled
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This website is published by GAMMA-UT, a
registered student organization. This publication is not an official
publication of The University of Texas at Austin and does not represent the
views of the University or its officers. This website was last updated 04/11/2008 by
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