Our Class Schedule


Lingering Question -- When is our midterm?
What we do know is that it will be based on Chapters 1-9, and 12 & 13 in the required textbook.

Date
What's Happening
What's Due
2/4 African Heritage
Speaker: Kwaku Daddy, the worldclass drummer
Performers: Kwaku Daddy/Vukani Mawethu Choir
 Registration/Add slips.
2/11 Minstrelsy/Ragtime/Black Theater
Speaker: George Lipsitz from San Diego
Performers: Upsurge with Raymond Nat Turner		  
2/18 PRESIDENT's DAY - No Class  
2/25 ASHKENAZ CLOSED - No Class  
3/4 Urban Blues/California Rhythm & Blues
Speaker: Tom Mazzolini
Video: Barrelhouse Tape
Performers: Sugar Pie De Santos! & the Johnny Otis Band		 Final Decision Due: Are you taking this class for a grade? If not, you better tell them by now!
3/11

Gospel
Speaker: Opal Nations
Video: Mississippi - River of Song/Mississippi Mass Choir

  
3/18 Zydeco - Cajun/Louisianna/Mardi Gras  
3/25 SPRING BREAK - No class  
4/1 Soul Music - The Memphis Sound - Motown - Funk 1 Page Paper Due on the Live Music you see of your choice.
4/8 Afro-Latin/Afro-Caribbean Woops! Change in Rules! Paper Due TODAY. (Click here to see details of what it needs to include.)

Mid Term will be handed out TODAY. (It is a take home/open book test. Don't freak out.)
4/15 Jazz Singers/Piano Players Mid Term DUE.
4/22 Horn Palyers - Jazz/Bebop, East Coast Scene  
4/29 Swing/Big Bands/Duke Ellington Last day to withdraw from class.
5/6

Contemporary Black Music
Speaker: Davey D. - Hip Hop culture activist
Performers:Lucky Otis & Friends
www.daveyd.com

Final passed out.
5/13

"Red Beans & Rice Night"
Folk Music/ Rock & Roll Singers/ Guitar Players
Speaker: Fat Dog, Ray Frank
Performers: Clarence Van Hook, Elmer Lee Thomas

 Final Due.
5/20 Final Exam - End of Semester Student Presentations

 

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