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"The Wider View": Engaging a New Generation of Singers through African-American Art Song

Through studying the poetry and its context, the lives of the poets and composers, and the musical choices which emerged from these combined influences, students of the "Millennial" generation may experience a deeper connection to art song and its role in defining and reflecting national character. Not yet a part of the traditional canon of American art song, the songs of African-American composers are of particular value in this regard, offering teachers, students, and recitalists less frequently-performed repertoire to explore. Representing a broad spectrum of literary and cultural influences, these songs are just as diverse, multi-faceted, and full of variety as any other body of art song repertoire and richly contribute to the past and present life of the genre. Going beyond the music and the words can only reinforce the study of technique and enrich the studio experience, while at the same time providing a multicultural learning environment which more accurately reflects the America in which these same students will become the singers and voice teachers of tomorrow.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc31528
Date08 1900
CreatorsCiobanu, Jennifer Odom
ContributorsEustis, Lynn, Homer, Paula, Snider, Jeffrey
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatv, 43 p. : ill.,, Text
RightsPublic, Copyright, Ciobanu, Jennifer Odom, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.
RelationLecture recital: May 17, 2010, ark:/67531/metadc89376

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