Admirable work in getting these panels up, I wish I could be there! Best wishes for the conference.
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 9:23 AM, Daniel Bean <[email protected]> wrote: > All the best for this, it looks great. I wish I could join you. > > > > *From:* Denise Dalphond [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 21 May 2014 00:10 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Detroit Music Conference on Friday!! > > > > Detroit Sound Conservancy Conference will be happening at the downtown > branch of the Detroit Public Library this Friday from 10-6. Here is the > link: > > > > http://detroitsoundconservancy.org/conference/ > > > > Here is the facebook event: > https://www.facebook.com/events/589866551096972/ > > > > > > > > Here is a description: > > > > Please join the Detroit Sound Conservancy for their first conference on > Detroit music entitled “Conserving Sounds, Telling Stories.” The conference > will feature local, national, and international journalists, scholars, > archivists, and sound activists presenting papers on the history and > culture of Detroit music. Topics will include the history and practice of > Detroit music journalism, historical designation efforts related to Detroit > music history, Wikiing about Detroit music, Detroit’s historic ballrooms, > the history of Detroit radio mix shows, and the compelling need to attend > to Detroit’s diverse musical legacies. Presenters will also discuss music > genres such as jazz, rhythm & blues, Latin, house, techno, rock, punk, and > more. > > The conference will take place in the Music, Arts, and Literature > Department and the E. Azalia Hackley Reading Room at the Main Branch of the > Detroit Public Library. > > The deadline for presentation/workshop proposals was Friday, February 28, > 2014. Single presentations will be 15-20 minutes long and panels will be > 60-75 minutes plus Q&A. Sponsorship opportunities are still available. > > Schedule > > Times and speakers subject to change. > > All Day > > Special Black History 101 Mobile Museum display on Detroit music > > Detroit Music Book Display by Cully Sommers of the Music, Arts, and > Literature Department > > 10:15 – 10:30: Introductions > > Welcome by Carleton S. Gholz > Opening Remarks by Denise Dalphond > > 10:30 – 11:45: Panel 1 > > Michelle McKinney, “Planning for a Detroit Sound Legacy” > Rebecca Binno Savage, “A United Sound Systems Designation Update” > Madelynn Shackelford Washington, “The Detroit Techno Ontology: A Tool for > Describing the Digital Diaspora” > Edward Vielmetti, “Wiking for Detroit Sound: Problems and Possibilities” > > 12:00 – 1:15 > > Panel 2 > > Veronica Grandison & Richard Marcil, “The Graystone Ballroom Legacy” > Leo Early, “Space is the place: From the Village to the Michigan Palace” > Consuela Lopez and Osvaldo “Ozzie” Rivera, “The Impact of Latin Artists > and Music in Detroit” > > Panel 3 > > Mike Rubin, “Life After Death: Towards An Understanding of Detroit’s Punk > Diaspora” > John Williams, “All My Friends are Legends” > Cliff Helm, “Recapturing Lost Sounds” > Mark Slobin, “Subcultures Meet the Superculture in High School, 1940s-60s” > > 2:00 – 3:15 > > Panel 4 > > Detroit Music Journalism Past, Present, Future > Moderated by Walter Wasacz > Panelists will include: W. Kim Heron, Keith Owens, Veronica Grandison, and > Susan Whitall > > 3:30 – 4:45 > > Panel 5 > > Brendan Gillen, “Chicago Underground: The True Story of House Music” > Marlon Bailey, “Black Queer Ballroom” > Bernardo Attias, “Sounds of the City in Distress: Sonic Appropriation and > Cultural Hybridity in Detroit Techno” > Denise Dalphond, “Detroit Players: Wax, Trax, and Soul in Electronic > Music.” > > Panel 6 > > Khary Turner, “What is Hip Hop Journalism?” > Carleton Gholz, “The Rise and Fall of the Detroit Radio Mix Show” > Alex Blue V, “Illuminating Detroit’s Place in the Hip-Hop Narrative” > Matthew Chicoine, “The Detroit Way: Creative Exchange in Music Production, > 1950-2000” > > 5 – 5:45 > > Edgar Arceneaux, “A Time to Break Silence, MLK, UR & 2001 A Space Odyssey” > > 5:45 – 6 pm > > Lauren Murtagh, “The Dan Sicko Papers” > > In addition, on Saturday, May 24th, DSC Founder Carleton Gholz will be > helping guide a tour of Detroit beyond Hart Plaza for music lovers in town > for Movement Electronic Music Festival. Limited tickets are now available > here. > > Please send inquiries to detroitsoundconservancyATgmail.com or leave > questions at 313-444-8242 > > Please tweet to #detsound > > Updated 9 May 2014 > > > > -- > > Denise Dalphond, PhD > > Ethnomusicologist > www.schoolcraftwax.com > > > > ---------------------------- > > http://www.bbc.co.uk > This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal > views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. > If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. > Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in > reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. > Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. > Further communication will signify your consent to this. > > --------------------- >
