A planning document for students to map out 3D layers, material compatibility, and conceptual intent for mixed media works.
A student worksheet for analyzing song structure and hook density in top-charting streaming tracks to understand algorithmic influence.
A facilitation guide for the "Algorithmic Echoes" lesson, focusing on the sociology of streaming, metadata, and the predictive future of music.
A slide deck for graduate students analyzing the impact of streaming algorithms and metadata on modern song structure and musical sociology.
A graduate-level rubric for the final research presentation of the Diaspora Ethnography project, focusing on theoretical synthesis and ethnographic depth.
A structured field notes template for graduate students to use during their ethnographic fieldwork or archival research.
A comprehensive guide for graduate students to design and conduct a mini-ethnography of a diasporic musical community.
A student worksheet for deconstructing studio production techniques and the ontological shift from score to recording.
A facilitation guide for the "Magnetic Architecture" lesson, detailing production techniques and providing a case study of mid-century studio experiments.
A technical analysis worksheet for the Tropicalia movement's manifesto and its application to 1960s Brazilian music.
A graduate-level handout for applying post-colonial theoretical frameworks to global pop music movements and textures.
A slide deck for graduate students exploring the recording studio as a primary compositional tool, moving from Musique Concrète to multi-track recording and the ontological shift from score to recording.
A theory-heavy presentation exploring post-colonial concepts like hybridity and cultural cannibalism in global pop music movements like Tropicalia and Afrobeat.
A student worksheet for identifying frequency response limitations and performative adaptations in early 20th-century recordings.
A graduate-level reflection journal for analyzing the psychological and creative impact of political displacement on musical style.
A graduate-level analysis packet containing primary source letters and musical excerpts exploring the creative impact of exile on 20th-century composers.
A facilitation guide for the "Captured Echoes" lesson, focusing on the transition from acoustic to electrical recording and the ontology of the "definitive performance."
A graduate-level presentation investigating the creative impact of political exile on 20th-century composers, focusing on Schoenberg and Kurt Weill.
A slide deck for graduate students exploring R. Murray Schafer's concept of schizophonia and the impact of early recording technology on musical performance.
A seminar facilitator's brief for Lesson 2, outlining key theoretical frameworks, listening case studies, and discussion prompts for Atlantic syncretism.
A student worksheet for tracking technical innovations in 19th-century instruments and their impact on musical aesthetics.
