ACTOR Speaker Series:
Afrological Perpectives on Timbre & Orchestration
Dr. Stephanie Shonekan
Dark: The Sight and Sound of Black Lives
The Sub-Saharan Africa/Diaspora Subgroup of the Analysis, Creation and Teaching of Orchestration (ACTOR) project and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT) invite all for the second talk of the Speaker Series: Afrological Perspectives on Timbre and Orchestration. Presented by Dr. Stephanie Shonekan (University of Maryland) on Friday 18 November 2022 from 2:00-3:15pm (EST), the talk is entitled "Dark: The Sight and Sound of Black Lives."
Dr. Stephanie Shonekan is an ethnomusicologist specializing in popular music of both Africa and the African diaspora, race and identity in music, and protest music. She is the newly appointed Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Maryland after having served as the Senior Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Missouri. Dr. Shonekan is the recipient of various awards, including the Black Girls Rock award, Marian O’Fallon Oldham Distinguished Educator award, and the Commitment to Diversity Faculty award. She has authored and edited books including Black Resistance in the Americas (2018), Black Lives Matter & Music (2018), Soul, Country, and the USA: Race and Identity in American Music Culture (2015), and The Life of Camilla Williams, African American Classical Singer and Opera Diva (2011). She recently delivered the keynote lecture at the Society for Ethnomusicology’s African and African Diasporic Music Section. Dr. Shonekan presentation for this series is titled “Dark: The Sight and Sound of Black Lives.”
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Série de conférences d'ACTOR :
Perpectives aérologiques sur le timbre et l'orchestration
Dre. Stephanie Shonekan
Dark : The Sight and Sound of Black Lives
Le sous-groupe. Afrique sub-saharienne/Diaspora du projet ACTOR (Analysis, Creation and Teaching of Orchestration) et le CIRMMT (Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology) vous invitent à la deuxième présentation de la série de conférences : Perspectives afrologiques sur le timbre et l'orchestration. Présentée par la Dre. Stephanie Shonekan (Université du Maryland) le vendredi 18 novembre 2022 de 14h00 à 15h15 (EST), la conférence est intitulée « Dark : The Sight and Sound of Black Lives. »