New Media Musicianship Lecture
10/11/2012, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Lecture by Alex Ruthmann, Assistant Professor of Music Education at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.Social media musicianship: Practices and implications for music education. In this talk, Alex Ruthmann will touch on 3 main themes: social media musicianship, harnessing DIY/Maker cultures and tangible media, and embracing 20th and 21st Century musical roles, such as audio engineer and producer. He'll show exemplars of inspiring practices and put forward a framework for a "relational pedagogy" where students, teachers, creativity, expression and engagement are at the center, mediated by technology.
Free. No registration required.
Location
Varner Hall Room 231
2200 North Squirrel Road
Rochester MI, 48309
Contact Information
(248) 370-2030