9-11 June 2017 at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA
Registration
Register online via Eventbrite
Streaming
This year the entire conference will be live-streamed. During and after the conference, you may click here to view the stream.
Abstracts, Presenter Biographies, Conference Materials
- Paper abstracts
- Presenter biographies
- Conference Materials (Google Drive) – slides, outlines, handouts, etc.
Schedule
**All sessions take place in 1140 Boylston Avenue**
(papers and meetings in room 1A; breaks in the Steve Heck room, adjacent to 1A)
Thursday |
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| 5:00 – 8:00 | Check-In (in the lobby of 1140 Boylston) |
Friday |
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| 8:00 – 9:00 | Coffee and Check-In |
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Panel: What About the Facts? Old and New Approaches to Content Acquisition in the Music History Classroom
Chair: Robin Wallace
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| 10:30 – 10:45 | Break |
| 10:45 – 12:15 | Empathy in the Music History Classroom and Beyond
Chair: Emily Pollock “Integrating Well-Being and Resilience Throughout the Undergraduate Musicology Curriculum”
“Cura Personalis: Caring for Ourselves?”
“Empathy in Opera”
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| 12:15 – 1:30 | Lunch (on your own: please see the list of local food options) |
| 1:30 – 2:30 | Diversity in the Music History Classroom
Chair: Allen Scott “It All Sounds Like Chinese Music to Me: Engaging International Students from China in the Music Classroom”
“‘Thoroughly Masculine in Effect’: Confronting Western Music’s Biases”
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| 2:30 – 3:00 | Informal Business Discussion Meeting #1 |
| 3:00 – 3:30 | Break (Introductions led by John Spilker) |
| 3:30 – 5:00 | Panel: Teaching the Music History Survey: Writing, Research, and New Approaches
Chair: Kate Galloway
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| 5:30 – 7:00 | Opening Reception at LIR (903 Boylston)
**light hors d’oeuvres + cash bar** |
Saturday |
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| 8:00 – 9:00 | Coffee and Check-In
Committee and Interest Group Meetings (locations TBA) |
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Advocacy for Adjunct Instructors of Music History
Chair: Reba Wissner “Adjuncts, Advocacy, and Pedagogy”
Roundtable: Adjunct Pedagogy Issues: A Broad Examination “Adjuncts and Accessibility: A Perspective from Music and Disability Studies”
“What’s in Your Backpack? A Guide to Lightening the Load as an Adjunct”
“The Benefits of Grading Online: A Workflow for Adjuncts”
“The Challenges of Adjunct Teaching as the Sole Music Historian in a Department”
“One Course, Three Ways: Teaching Music History as an Adjunct in Multiple Institutions”
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| 10:30 – 10:45 | Break |
| 10:45 – 11:45 | New Approaches in the Music History Classroom
Chair: K. Dawn Grapes “Localizing a Euro-Centric Music Canon: Breathing Life Back into the Dusty Archives of our Institutions”
“Open Access Musicology”
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| 11:45 – 1:00 | Lunch (on your own: please see the list of local food options) |
| 1:00 – 2:00 | “We’re All In This Thing Together”: Music Pedagogy from Kindergarten through Graduate School
Chair: Louis Epstein “Authenticity in K-12 World Music”
“Student Engagement Through Research Literacy in Music Appreciation”
“Three Papers/One Topic: A Scaffolded Approach to Really, Really Awesome Music History Papers”
“‘I Say Symphony Rather Than Cacophony’: In the Music History Classroom When Your Students Would Rather Be Protesting, Organizing, and Advocating”
“Challenges and Rewards in Applying Problem-Based Learning Pedagogy to the Graduate History Seminar”
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| 2:00 – 2:30 | Break |
| 2:30 – 3:30 | Pedagogy Tools in the Classroom
Chair: Kirsten Speyer Carithers “Use of Technology in the Flipped Music Classroom”
“Performance in the Early Music Classroom”
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| 3:30 – 4:00 | Informal Business Discussion Meeting #2 |
| 4:00 – 5:00 | The Unconference
Chair: John Spilker |
Sunday |
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| 8:30 – 9:00 | Coffee |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Paper Session
Chair: Paula Bishop “Teaching Music History in a Post-Postmodern Era”
“Sound the Trump-et: Music History and Public Education since Election Day”
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| 10:15 – 11:45 | Panel: Campaign Music 101 in the Music History Classroom
Chair: Sara Haefeli
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| 11:45 – 12:00 | Closing Remarks |
Local Arrangements
The 2017 edition of the Teaching Music History Conference will take place on 9-11 June (Friday-Sunday) at the Berklee College of Music, located in the heart of downtown Boston, Massachusetts. The conference may be extended to include 11 June, depending on participant interest and availability. All conference-related activities, including all sessions and breaks, will take place in 1140 Boylston Ave., while the on-campus housing can be found in 150 Mass. Ave.
NOTE: For questions, please contact Alex Ludwig at aludwig@berklee.edu.
Lodging
Participants can get a single or double room in the Berklee Residence Halls, located at 150 Massachusetts Avenue. All rooms are equipped with a private bathroom. Attendees should be aware that alcohol, drugs, or tobacco may not be consumed on the premises. The rate is for Thursday-Sunday, and it is $225 for a double-occupancy room and $264 for a single-occupancy room. A Sunday night stay may be possible for an additional charge. Check-in begins at 5pm on Thursday. Check-out is one hour after the conclusion of the conference program on Sunday.
Off-Campus Housing: There are several other housing options in the immediate vicinity of the conference location. The Oasis Guest House is likely the most affordable option: located at 22 Edgerly Road, in Boston, the Guest House is mere steps from the conference. The Sheraton Boston and Hilton Boston Back Bay, located at 39 and 40 Dalton St., respectively, are one block from the conference. In addition, the closest “Green” Line “T” stop is merely two blocks, at 100 Massachusetts Avenue. This branch of the train will connect you to more housing options throughout the city.
Wireless Access
Wireless access is available in the 150 Mass. Ave. building via the “Berklee-Guest” network option.
Dining
You are invited to attend a welcome reception at “LIR” on Friday evening. Located at 903 Boylston Ave., our reception will feature light hors d’oeuvres, etc.
A variety of dining options can be found in the immediate vicinity of the conference. You can find a list here.
Transportation
By Plane: All major airlines serve the Boston metropolitan area at the Boston Logan International Airport (BOS).
By Bus or Train: Boston’s South Station is the largest transportation hub in the city. It serves the rapid transit and commuter rail lines, local and regional bus lines, and national Amtrak and Acela train lines.
The “MBTA”: Known colloquially as “the T”, Boston’s rapid transit serves the greater Boston area via a series of branch lines: the Blue, Orange, Red, Silver and Green, the last of which stops closest to Berklee (at the “Hynes” stop, 100 Massachusetts Ave. and 360 Newbury Street. Each ride on the “T” costs $2.75, no matter the direction or length of your journey (**hint: if you buy a CharlieCard, the price is discounted .50 cents**).
Parking: It is extremely expensive to park for any length near campus. If you must park, the Christian Science Plaza Garage (at 235 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115) is the most “reasonable”: its weekend rate is $20 as is its early-bird rate, if you enter before 9am and exit between 2-7pm.
Conference Organizers
- Co-Organizers:
- John Spilker
- Alex Ludwig
- Local Arrangements:
- Simone Pilon
- Alex Ludwig
- Program Committee:
- Trudi Wight, Regis University, Chair
- Elizabeth Clendinning, Wake Forest University
- Claire Fedoruk, Azusa Pacific University
- Christopher Macklin, University of Illinois
- Colleen Renihan, Queen’s University