Stay ConnectedWhat does it mean to be a music researcher? How does a musician use music as a medium to foster community? Featuring interviews with other musicians, scholars and artists, host Lydia Bangura seeks to ask interesting questions about music and execute important and relevant music research. Join Lydia as she reads, writes and chats her way through a music PhD program.
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Lydia pops in to give a special announcement about her new podcast, Her Music Academia! This is the pilot episode during which she reflects on her first year at the University of Michigan. Get in touch with Lydia at on her website, hermusicacademia.com, or send her an email at hermusicacademia@gmail.com.
In this happy hour episode, we discuss our plans for the fall semester, Lydia's artist residency with Dr. Philip Ewell, and Emily's women's history course (and newfound obsession with Harry Potter). We also provide an update on the future of the podcast.
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In the last episode of season four, Lydia chats with Dr. Jenny Snodgrass (Lipscomb University) about her experiences as an opera singer (and with computer programming), her upcoming career change, the music theory pedagogy conference coming up next month, and her 2020 book Teaching Music Theory: New Voices and Approaches.
Music Theory Pedagogy Conference (June 2-4)
Bridging The Music Theory Gap Blog
Timestamps:
Jenny's background: 2:42
Jenny's experience teaching during the pandemic: 18:37
Discussing Jenny's book: 22:52
Jenny's career change: 34:39
The upcoming music theory pedagogy conference: 44:49
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In episode seven of season four, we chat with Dan Inglis about his choose your own adventure music education, his career as a voice and piano teacher, and his music theory YouTube channel centered around developing aural skills for singers.
Dan's website (he's available for Zoom lessons!)
Timestamps:
Dan's background: 4:11
Dan's Solfège Trainer: 44:31
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In episode six of season four, Lydia talks to Amelia Wellers about her experiences in music performance and music production, having a career outside of music, her rock album Wallflower (produced with Kyle Joseph), and how she uses music theory as a singer-songwriter and producer.
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In episode five of season four, Lydia chats with Dr. Marc Hannaford (University of Michigan) about his experiences as a jazz pianist, pursuing careers in both music performance and music academia, and his forthcoming article "Fugitive Music Theory and George Russell's Theory of Tonal Gravity."
https://marchannaford.bandcamp.com/
Timestamps:
Marc's background: 4:12
Balancing a career in both academia and performance: 13:02
Marc's experiences teaching during the pandemic: 22:23
Discussing Russell's "Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization" and Marc's article: 29:17
A special bonus episode that Lydia recorded for her Everyday Musicology class! Lydia names her favorite Beyoncé songs, describes Beyoncé's particular expression of Black womanhood, and explores her complicated relationship to feminism, Black capitalism and Black excellence. Shoutout to her brilliant professor Dr. Castro and all of her amazing classmates!
Sarah Olutola's "I Ain’t Sorry: Beyoncé, Serena, and Hegemonic Hierarchies in Lemonade"
Kenya Hunt's Girl Gurl Grrrl: On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic
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In episode three of season four, we listen to and discuss American composer Edgar Meyer's violin concerto featuring soloist Hilary Hahn.
Episode two of season four, during which we listen to and discuss Beethoven's Egmont Overture, reflect on the implications of performing the piece, and discuss music as a mood regulator.
Timestamps:
Our experiences playing the piece: 7:18
Listening to and discussing the piece: 23:16
What do you use music for? 35:57
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In this bonus episode, we listen to Vitali's Chaconne for violin and piano, and Lydia geeks out about all of the interesting music related things she's been reading in class.
Susan McClary's chapter in Ritual, Routine, and Regime: Repetition in Early Modern British and European Cultures (ed. by Lorna Clymer)
Suzanne Cusick's Feminist Theory, Music Theory, and the Mind/Body Problem
Joseph Straus' book Extraordinary Measures: Disability In Music
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