Last updated on October 2nd, 2023 at 03:24 pm

For this MUS327 “local” music practice, artist, or performer assignment, you will be submitting a 5-page (1,200-word) research paper on a “local” music practice, artist, or performer from within your community (see text pp. 365-366). You will choose the subject. Given the realities of COVID-19, “local” and “community” is defined to include not only your physical surroundings, but also your family traditions, relatives, cultural background, friends, neighbors, or the broader world of online performances and playlists (i.e., youtube).

Your paper should be written in complete sentences and should describe your subject’s musical style, history, influence, plans, repertoire and your personal comments. A recording, photograph or other non-verbal documentation is required.

• Project Definition
• Definition of scope (performer(s), genre, performance, scene)
• Your relationship with subject/topic
• Cultural association/identity of music, genre, or scene
• Region or other community of practice
• Inclusion of cited sources for above information
• Research/History
• History of genre or practice
• Analysis of importance of genre or practice to its associated community
• Inclusion of cited sources for above information
• Your analysis or interpretation of the practice in general
• Reflections of importance of genre or practice to YOU, personally
• Biography/History of chosen performer, performance, event, album, or other specific practice
• Background/history/training/context
• Specific information about the performance, event, or performer in question (date of performance, length, participants/contents)
• Backstory/context for event or release about it
• Inclusion of cited sources for above information
• Media, websites, or other context-setting materials surrounding the performance or event
• Your personal interaction with or discovery of event or performance
• Your reflections on the context surrounding the performance or your interaction with it
• Performance/Event
• Songs played
• Audience response (youtube comments are fine)
• Embedded samples of videos or recordings
• Other people’s responses or reactions
• Your reflections on performance/event
• Tie to class material
• Connect the performance/genre to at least three practices learned about in class (.66 each)
• Describe the specific connection to each practice

Textbook

Locke, J.T.T.T.J.C. D. (2010). Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World’s Peoples (Shorter Version).

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