Event

Jazz Forum presents: Dr. Tammy Kernodle

Friday, October 30, 2020 13:00to15:00
Jazz Forum: Black History Lectures and Discussions

Guest: Dr. Tammy Kernodle
Topic: Melba Liston/Alice Coltrane/Mary Lou Williams Part 2

 

Please note: These workshops are available to staff and students at the Schulich School of Music. Zoom links will be sent by email from publicity.music to the Schulich community weekly.


 

Tammy L. Kernodle is an internationally-recognized scholar and musician that teaches and researches in the areas of African American music and gender and music. She has worked closely with a number of educational programs including The American Jazz Museum, National Museum of African American History and Culture, National Public Radio (NPR), the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF), Canadian Public Radio and the BBC.  Her work has appeared in numerous journals, anthologies, and online platforms including NPR's 2019 Turning the Table Series and “Creative Black Music at the Walker Art Center,” a digital exhibit at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Kernodle is the author of  biography  Soul on Soul: The Life and Music of Mary Lou Williams, served as Associate Editor of the three-volume Encyclopedia of African American Music and the Editorial team for the revision of the Grove Dictionary of American Music. She has appeared in a number of award-winning documentaries including Girls in the Band, The Lady Who Swings the Band  and Miles Davis: The Birth of Cool.  Dr. Kernodle currently serves as the President of the Society for American Music and is Professor of Musicology at Miami University. 

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