Morrison, Matthew D.

Matthew D. Morrison

Matthew D. Morrison is an Assistant Professor in the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. His research focuses on the relationship between (racial) identity, performance, property, copyright law, and inequities within the history of American popular music and beyond. His current book project is titled, Blacksound: Making Race and Identity in American Popular Music. Morrison will talk about his notion of “Blacksound” and its relationship with timbre and orchestration.