Scribner Seminar
The Music between Us: Tentative Schedule
Fall 2010
The following is a tentative outline and subject to change. Updated 23 November, 2010
Wk1 Introduction to the Course
6 Spt Orientation
8 Spt 8:40-10:00 AM. Discussion of semester and choice of presentation groups
9 Spt 5:30-6:30 PM. Reception at Scribner House with President Glotzbach
10 Spt 8:40-10:00 AM. Yvette Cortes, Scribner Library. Information resource management
11 Spt 5:00 PM. First draft. Compose a letter to yourself that you will receive in 2014. Describe who you are, what is important in your life, and what you hope to have achieved by the time you are a senior. When you have edited this into its final version, we will record you reading the letter. The letter should be around 500 words and should neither exceed 550 words, nor be shorter than 450 words.

Wk2  
13 Spt 9:05-10:00 AM. Beatlemore Skidmania: The Project. Discussion of goals and assignment of team duties. Guests: David Howson and Amanda Boehmer.
15 Spt 8:40-10:00 AM. Introduction to the cultural context of British pop (Thompson chapter 1)
17 Spt 8:40-10:00 AM. The Velvet Glove (Thompson chapter 2).
Group One: Intro, George Martin, and Norman Smith
Group Two: Joe Meek and Mickie Most
Group Three: Shel Talmy and Andrew Oldham
Group Four: Respondents

Wk3  
20 Spt 9:05-10:00 AM. Skidmania Review: Team progress reports [Note: We will also use these sessions for discussions of pedagogical issues and selected relevant current events.]
22 Spt 8:40-10:00 AM. A Question of Balance (Thompson chapter 3).
Group One: Geoff Emerick
Group Two: Intro and Malcolm Addey
Group Three: Respondents
Group Four: Norman Smith
24 Spt 8:40-10:00 AM. Mediating Change (Thompson chapter 4)
Group One: John Paul Jones
Group Two: Respondents
Group Three: Intro and Arthur Greenslade
Group Four: Les Reed
25 Spt Essay 1. Any topic discussed in class and related to the readings. The essay should be around 500 words and should neither exceed 550 words, nor be shorter than 450 words.

Wk4 Scenes
27 Spt 9:05-10:00 AM. Skidmania Review: Team progress reports
29 Spt 8:40-10:00 AM. The Write Stuff (Thompson chapter 5)
Group One: Respondents
Group Two: Intro, Geoff Stephens, and Mitch Murray
Group Three: John Carter & Ken Lewis, John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Group Four: Ray Davies and Pete Townshend
1 Oct 8:40-10:00 AM. Red-light Fever (Thompson chapter 6)
Group One: Intro and Becoming a Musician
Group Two: First Gigs and Being a Musician
Group Three: Session Life, In the Course of Performance, and It's Not Unusual
Group Four: Respondents

Wk5
4 Oct 9:05-10:00 AM. Skidmania Review: Team progress reports
6 Oct 8:40-10:00 AM.
Group One: Bennett and Peterson (2004). "Introducing Music Scenes" (1-15).
Group Two: Respondents to Team One
Group Three: Becker, "Jazz Places" (17-27)
Group Four: Respondents to Team Three
8 Oct 8:40-10:00 AM.
9 Oct 5:00 PM. Essay 2 (Instructions as per Essay 1)

Wk6  
11 Oct 9:05-10:00 AM. Skidmania Review: Team progress reports
13 Oct 8:40-10:00 AM.
Team One: Respondents to Team Two
Team Two: Grazian, "The Symbolic Economy of Authenticity in the Chicago Blues Scene" (31-47)
Team Three: Respondents to Team Four
Team Four: Lowe, "'Tween' Scene: Resistance within the Mainstream" (80-95)
15 Oct 8:40-10:00 AM.
Team One: Dowd, Liddle, and Nelson, "Music Festivals as Scenes: Examples from Serious Music, Womyn's Music, and SkatePunk" (149-167)
Team Two: Responds to Team Three
Team Three: Gosling. "'Not for Sale': The Undergound Network of Anarcho-Punk" (168-183)
Team Four: Responds to Team One

Wk7  
18 Oct 9:05-10:00 AM. Skidmania Review: Team progress reports
20 Oct 8:40-10:00 AM.
Team One: Respondents to Team Four
Team Two: Spring. "Behind the Rave: Structure and Agency in a Rave Scene" (48-63)
Team Three: Respondents to Team Two
Team Four: Drew. "'Scenes' Dimensions of Karaoke in the United States" (64-79)
22 Oct

Study Day (no class)

23 Oct 5:00 PM. Essay 3

Wk8  
25 Oct 9:05-10:00 AM. Skidmania Review: Team progress reports
27 Oct 8:40-10:00 AM.
Team One: Bennett. "New Tales from Canterbury: The Making of a Virtual Scene" (205-220)
Team Two: Respondents to Team One
Team Three: Schilt. "'Riot Grrrl Is...,' Contestation over Meaning in a Music Scene" (115-130)
Team Four: Respondents to Team Three
29 Oct 8:40-10:00 AM. TBA

Wk9  
1 Nov 9:05-10:00 AM. Skidmania Review: Team progress reports
3 Nov 8:40-10:00 AM. Individual student meetings, part one (discussion of research project, sources, and approach)
5 Nov 8:40-10:00 AM. Individual student meetings, part two
6 Nov 5:00 PM. Essay 4

Wk10 [GT in LA]
8 Nov 9:05-10:00 AM.
10 Nov 8:40-10:00 AM.
12 Nov 8:40-10:00 AM.

Wk11 Discussions
15 Nov 9:05-10:00. Skidmania Review: Team progress reports
17 Nov 8:40-10:00 AM. Paper Introductions (Groups 1 and 2): students will prepare a short presentation (5-8 minutes) introducing their topic to the rest of the seminar. [8 students]
19 Nov 8:40-10:00 AM. Paper Introductions (Groups 3 and 4)
20 Nov Essay Draft: An eight-page version of the paper you will be reading
21 Nov Beatlemore Skidmania 2010

Wk12
22 Nov Initial internal debriefing on Beatlemore Skidmania
  Thanksgiving Break

Wk13 Paper Presentations
29 Nov 9:05-10:00 AM. Presentations: Cody DeFalco and Steve Karman
1 Dec 9:05-10:00 AM. Presentations: Sean Berry, Matt Gaydar, Alec Cakebreak
3 Dec 9:05-10:00 AM. Presentations: Sam Jo, Zaddy Benham, John Crisan
4 Dec Rewrite deadline: All rewrites on semester essays must be submitted on or before this date.

Wk14  
6 Dec 9:05-10:00 AM. Presentations: Christina Gomes and David Florence
8 Dec 9:05-10:00 AM. Presentations: Anna Egner, Suna Izgi, and Max Sagan
10 Dec 9:05-10:00 AM. Presentation: Meredith Nichols, Hannah Hamberg, & Carol Wu (video presentation)
Semester Evaluations

15 Dec Final Essay: An eight to ten page version of your paper, plus the bibliography and any other supporting materials. Materials due at 1:30 PM.

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