UNC Asheville hosts “Bluegrass in Japan” talk on Sept. 27 as part of music lecture series

PRESS RELEASE FROM UNCA:

UNC Asheville’s music faculty members are launching a new lecture series to share insights into the music they perform, study and love. Musical excerpts will be used as illustrations, and the lecturers will welcome audience questions and discussion at the end.

The lectures are free and open to everyone at 7 p.m. in UNC Asheville’s Lipinsky Auditorium.

• Sept. 27 – “Bluegrass in Japan” with Jonathan T. King, assistant professor of music – What does this rootsy, deeply American genre offer contemporary Japanese musicians and audiences, and why does it persist so assiduously? King will offer his thoughts on these questions based on his experiences this summer in Matsuyama, Japan.

King holds a B.A. from Amherst College, an M.S. in geology from the University of Montana-Missoula, and M.A., M. Phil., and Ph.D. degrees in music from Columbia University. He wrote his dissertation on improvisatory bluegrass music performance. Other areas of interest include American vernacular musics; North American popular music; East and West African musical traditions, music and language; critical genre studies, and creative improvisatory practice. At UNC Asheville and formerly at Sarah Lawrence College, he has taught classes examining the relationship of music with language, social identity, modernism, cosmopolitanism, orientalism, and political power.

• Oct. 25 – “The Beatles in 3: A Guided Listening Session” with Brian Felix, assistant professor of music.

• Nov. 22 – “Gendered Power Relationships in Mashups” with Christine Boone, assistant professor of music.

For more information, visit music.unca.edu/upcoming-events.

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Alli Marshall has lived in Asheville for more than 20 years and loves live music, visual art, fiction and friendly dogs. She is the winner of the 2016 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize and the author of the novel "How to Talk to Rockstars," published by Logosophia Books. Follow me @alli_marshall

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