Hi all,

Thanks to Walt and Brad for getting the conversation started.

1.I think in a course on African American music, it is important to include the voices of Black scholars. Here are a few, keeping analysis in mind:

Shelley, Braxton D. 2019. “Analyzing Gospel.” Journal of the American Musicological Society 72 (1): 181–243. https://doi.org/10.1…[Read more]

Thank you Marc and Keith for the excellent concrete ideas. I’ll think on these a bit more and I’m certain I’ll use one of them in this exam.

To respond to some more of your side discussion Keith—I’ve done this discussion with the associate director, the grad director, and the jazz studies director. My understanding is that we have standard r…[Read more]

Hi Keith, it’s meant to test their ability to think on their feet, analytically. I want to see them closely analyze a piece of music in some way that is well-informed and intelligent. The point is that they can’t do a lot of background research first, but what can they come up with anyway, just based on their experience as an educated musician?…[Read more]