Winter 2021 Residency

Join Rhiannon and students in the SCU Music course, Introduction to Listening: Jazz,  for an in-depth discussion of early 20^th-century female Blues singers such as Ethel Waters and Alberta Hunter. Rhiannon will discuss the lives of these artists and perform some of their songs, both iconic and lesser-known.

This roundtable address histories of exclusion and white privilege within music education here in the United States and in a global context. How can music scholars, educators, professionals, and musicians identify, understand, and evaluate anti-colonial or decolonizing practices even as they are often entrenched in Western models of music making and colonial logics? Rhiannon and Francesco, along with guest panelists Charles Mc Neal (Director of Diversity, Equity, and Community, San Francisco Opera) and Loren Kajikawa (Associate Professor of Music, George Washington University), bring their own unique experiences as lifelong music learners and their expertise in an array of musical genres, canons, and institutions--including jazz, hip hop, and African American folk music, opera, Baroque music, Italian and Irish folk traditions, Arabic music, and more. Moderated by Christina Zanfagna.

In this live discussion and performance, Rhiannon and Francesco will introduce viewers to the lives and sounds of a wide variety of musical instruments. Join them to learn more about frame drums, accordions, banjos, and more, as they use their instruments to delve into the historical and cultural routes of music across borders. Q & A to follow.