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272. African American Originals I: Spirituals, Blues and All That Jazz

African American music from early spirituals to bebop and the historical and social context in which the music was created. A balance of lecture, listening and discussion. Considerable use of film.

(Elizabeth Ann Sears)

Connections:
Conx 23007 African Diaspora in New World
Conx 23010 Black Aesthetics

Matthew Allen

Ruby Associate Professor of Music, Coordinator of Asian Studies

Leslie Amper

Visiting Assistant Professor of Music in Performance

Rick Britto

Visiting Instructor of Music in Performance for Saxophone and Jazz Piano, Director of Wheaton Jazz Band, Jazz Theory

Jeffrey Cashen

Instructor of Music in Performance

Seta der Hohannesian

Professor of Music in Performance

Sheila Falls-Keohane

Visiting Instructor of Music, Director of World Music Ensemble

Daniel Hann

Visiting Instructor of Music in Performance

Tim Harbold

Chair, Associate Professor, Choral Director

Zarina Irkaeva

Instructor of Music in Performance

William MacPherson

Assistant Professor of Music

Ahmed Madkour

Assistant Professor of Music

John McNamara

Visiting Assistant Professor of Music in Performance

Joanne Mouradjian

Assistant Professor of Music in Performance, Soprano Soloist

Earl Raney

Assistant Professor of Music in Performance, Music Director and Conductor of the Chamber Orchestra and Wind Symphony, Trumpet Instructor

Ilana Ringwald

Visiting Assistant Professor of Music in Performance

Lisa Romanul

Visiting Assistant Professor of Music in Performance

Julie Searles

Director of World Dance, Visiting Instructor of Music

Ann Sears

Heuser Professor of Music, Director of Music in Performance, Director of Haas Visiting Artists Program

Jorge Soto

Chanber Orchestra Concert Master

Guy Urban

Associate Professor of Music