Event Postponed Due to Weather!

"Mizzou Students, Mizzou Values, Mizzou Music"
Stephanie Shonekan, Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and Chair of the Department of Black Studies
Talking Drum, MU Student Group

Talking Drum provides an innovative way of thinking, writing, and talking about the diversity of American identity and culture through a focus on American popular music. Because of its inclusive rather than exclusive nature, popular music provides a platform for the study of the various sub-cultures that comprise the complexity of American identity.

Talking Drum focuses on the rich and recent history of American popular music, extracts a spectrum of music across genres, rearranges and covers them using new performance aesthetics, composes narratives that frame the music, and creates a unique series of programs that provoke discussion about what this contemporary music tells us about American identity. These programs are designed to inspire interactive engagement with various audiences.

Free and open to the public.

Click to see other events in the series: coas.missouri.edu/news/beyond-campus-kc-2018