Parallel Universes: Producing Live Performances of Style Period Musics in the Music Industry Studies Curriculum

  • Laurie Ruth Semmes Appalachian State University
Keywords: team productions, performance, community

Abstract

Undergraduate-level Music Industry Studies (MIS) programs that include single-semester courses in western music history can effectively reinforce course content through the production of live performances of period music. Teams comprised of a manager, a publicist, and a recording engineer are responsible for finding musicians, booking venues, advertising, and recording final performances. By performing these tasks, students’ comprehension is enhanced of the socio-historical contexts in which the music representing each style period was performed.

Author Biography

Laurie Ruth Semmes, Appalachian State University
Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology
Published
2018-05-10
Section
Articles