Access, Advocacy, Inclusivity: Campus Roles in Building Musical Communities
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Access, Advocacy, Inclusivity: Campus Roles in Musical Communities Dr Christopher J Smith Vernacular Music Center, Texas Tech University School of Music 1
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Dr Christopher J Smith (associate professor & Chair of Musicology and director of the Vernacular Music Center at Texas Tech University); keynote address Jan 27 2011 at Texas Association of Music Schools Annual Convention
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Access, Advocacy, Inclusivity: Campus Roles in Musical Communities
Dr Christopher J Smith
Vernacular Music Center, Texas Tech University School of Music
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periods of crisis present moments of opportunity
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inclusivity, access, and advocacy
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inclusivity, access, and advocacy
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inclusivity, access, and advocacy
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inclusivity, access, and advocacy
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Access: maximizing opportunity for communities
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Access: maximizing opportunity for communities
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Inclusivity: wider & more diverse communities
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Inclusivity: wider & more diverse communities
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Advocacy: being responsive & reaching out
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Advocacy: being responsive & reaching out
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James Bau Graves
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“you can’t push spaghetti”
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Lascaux, Namibia, Kakadu, Sierra da Capivara, Kalimantan, Padah-Lin
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Lascaux, Namibia, Kakadu, Sierra da Capivara, Kalimantan, Padah-Lin
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Lascaux, Namibia, Kakadu, Sierra da Capivara, Kalimantan, Padah-Lin
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Lascaux, Namibia, Kakadu, Sierra da Capivara, Kalimantan, Padah-Lin
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Lascaux, Namibia, Kakadu, Sierra da Capivara, Kalimantan, Padah-Lin
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Lascaux, Namibia, Kakadu, Sierra da Capivara, Kalimantan, Padah-Lin
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“Reclaiming the Commons One Tune at a Time”Christopher J Smith, New Hibernia Review 10/4 (Winter 2006).
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aw, heck, darlin’…up here, we learn to make our own fun.
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research, teaching, and advocacy in the world’s folk and traditional musics
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http://ttuvmc.org
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1. ver·nac·u·lar adj \və(r)-ˈna-kyə-lər\
Definition of VERNACULAR
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1. ver·nac·u·lar adj \və(r)-ˈna-kyə-lər\
Definition of VERNACULAR
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a : using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language
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access, inclusivity, and advocacy
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Concert series
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Ensembles
Tzumba! World Music Ensemble
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Ensembles
Celtic Ensemble
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Ensembles
Early Music Ensemble
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Ensembles
Ragtime Ensemble
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Ensembles
Tech Set-Dancers
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Ensembles
Caprock Border Morris
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VMC Outreach Scholars
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Overseas
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Run-outs
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forty-thousand years
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Periods of crisis provide moments of opportunity
