Saturday March 2, 2013 Talbot College 141, Western University
9 a.m. Opening Remarks
9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Session 1
Nicole Askin (Western University)
“When I Get Political: K’naan’s ‘Wavin’ Flag’”
Dawn Stevenson (Wilfrid Laurier University)
“Art Has Nothing to Do with Politics: Examining Inferred Ideology in Enrique Granados’ Goyescas”
10:30 - 11 a.m. Break
11 - 12 Session 2
Lucas Oickle (Acadia University)
“Rzewski: Allegorical Improvisation, Politics, Numerology and the New Programmatic Music”
Ryan Persadie (Western University)
“The Might of the Calypsonian: The Political Role and Impact of the ‘West Indian Hermes’ of Caribbean Music”
Noon to 1 p.m. Lunch catered by Willie’s Café, London
1 – 2 p.m. Key Note Address
Dr. Norma Coates – “ 'It's What's Happening, Baby!’: Television Music and the Politics of the War on Poverty”
2 - 2:30 p.m. Break
2:30 – 4 p.m. Session 3
Sophia Werden Abrams (University of Waterloo)
“The Mix-Mash: How Community is Formed Among Participants of the Mashup Universe.”
Erin Fulton (University of Kansas)
“Herzlian Zionism and the Chamber Music of the New Jewish School”
Patrick Farrugia (Western University)
“Arson, Murder, and Hate: Varg Vikernes, The Black Circle, and the Norwegian Black Metal Movement”
4 p.m. Closing Remarks
