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 Music, identity, and authenticity
Music, identity, and authenticity
reflecting the narratives of black queer men through piano-based music improvisation
Fred Perkins
This thesis is the dissemination of the findings of a research study exploring piano-based music improvisation and the lived experience of Black queer men. The overall aim was to explore how five Black queer men experience the intersections of their racial identity a...
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This thesis is the dissemination of the findings of a research study exploring piano-based music improvisation and the lived experience of Black queer men. The overall aim was to explore how five Black queer men experience the intersections of their racial identity and sexuality in various social environments through piano-based music improvisation. This study grew out of my own experiences as a Black queer man and my ability or lack thereof to authentically express my racial identity and sexuality in specific social environments. Participants were chosen through convenience sampling and were prompted to engage in a series of piano improvisations, where they were asked to musically communicate how they experience their racial identity and sexuality within their biological family, friend group, and society. Data was collected through video recordings of the improvisations, written reflections to questions about the experience, and through transcriptions of the member checking discussions. Following each improvisation, participants were asked to reflect upon two questions regarding their process and experience during the improvisation. The recorded improvisations were then analyzed using Dr. Kenneth Bruscia’s Improvisation Assessment Profiles (IAPs) and interpretations about the participants’ experiences were made. Member checking was utilized to ensure an accurate representation of the participants’ experiences. Themes of 1) prejudice, 2) sense of identity, 3) impacts of relationships, and 4) responses to trauma that emerged in the verbal data were discussed in the context of the individual and collective experiences of the participants with implications for the practice of music therapy.
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2021
2021 Symposium for Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
2021 Symposium for Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
The Symposium for Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity is traditionally a single-day event that is designed to showcase undergraduate and graduate student work. Previously known as the Symposium for Research and Scholarship, the Symposium was establis...
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The Symposium for Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity is traditionally a single-day event that is designed to showcase undergraduate and graduate student work. Previously known as the Symposium for Research and Scholarship, the Symposium was established in 2001 by Dr. Patrick Burkhart.
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2023-3-28- Symphonic Wind Ensemble
2023-3-28- Symphonic Wind Ensemble
2023-5-2-Symphonic Wind Ensemble
2023-5-2-Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Ableism and Colonialism in International Music Therapy Service-learning Settings
Ableism and Colonialism in International Music Therapy Service-learning Settings
Vee Gilman
Music therapy settings are often marked by multiple power hierarchies, in which music therapists hold privileged identities in areas such as race, disability, language, and class in relation to clients who may carry multiple oppressed identities. In international ser...
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Music therapy settings are often marked by multiple power hierarchies, in which music therapists hold privileged identities in areas such as race, disability, language, and class in relation to clients who may carry multiple oppressed identities. In international service-learning settings, these dualities can be even more pronounced. As international service-learning projects market themselves to young music therapists and students, they emphasize these projects’ ability to accelerate music therapists’ advancement in the profession. However, analysis of visual and written discourse can reveal subtler and more insidious consequences of such projects, particularly in the ways they uphold colonial and ableist paradigms. In this paper, I will outline some foundational understandings regarding Indigenous studies, Disability studies, “voluntourism,” and the relevance of representation. I will then analyze publicly available photos and text from four international music therapy service-learning projects, using Actor-Network Theory to identify colonial and ableist themes. The analyses will demonstrate that these experiences align and prepare young music therapists for broader music therapy practice mainly by reinforcing music therapy’s deeply colonial and ableist foundations. Music therapy identity in these images is white, settler, nondisabled, and aligned with Western music and culture; client identity is Indigenous, colonized, Disabled, and represented without markers of local cultural resources. Beyond identity, these images reveal relational patterns that align with colonial and ableist tropes. As represented in these images and texts, music therapists purportedly give, help, act, distribute, teach, and transform, whereas clients receive, wait, accept, assimilate, and “overcome.” The representations are not merely neutral agents that reveal existing dynamics; they also perpetuate problematic notions of music therapy as an assimilative and charitable agent, enacted by active “helpers” upon passive “sufferers.” They both accentuate and perpetuate assumptions of Black and colonized people as needy or deficient, positioning Western music therapists conversely as helpful and sufficient. In analyzing and interpreting these representations, I will approach the following questions: How much does music therapist identity depend on the construction of a needy other? In representing ourselves as helpers, how do music therapists unwittingly create or emphasize deficits in clients?
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2021
Acme Vocals Publicity Photograph
Acme Vocals Publicity Photograph
Xtremes Publicity Photograph Collection
Digitized copy of the Acme Vocals Publicity Photo
1990
Aebersold, Robert Interview Audio
Aebersold, Robert Interview Audio
Slippery Rock University in the Sixties Oral History Collection
Audio recording of the interview of Robert Aebersold on May 28, 1991.
1991
Aebersold, Robert Interview Audio
Aebersold, Robert Interview Audio
ROCKvoices Oral History Project
Audio recording of the interview of Robert Aebersold conducted on October 21, 2008.
2008
Aebersold, Robert Interview Transcript
Aebersold, Robert Interview Transcript
Slippery Rock University in the Sixties Oral History Collection
Transcript of the interview of Robert Aebersold on May 28, 1991.
1991
Aebersold, Robert Interview Transcript
Aebersold, Robert Interview Transcript
ROCKvoices Oral History Project
Transcript of the interview of Robert Aebersold conducted on October 21, 2008.
2008
Aebersold, Robert Interview Video Clip
Aebersold, Robert Interview Video Clip
ROCKvoices Oral History Project
Video clip from the the interview of Robert Aebersold conducted on October 21, 2008.
2008
Aerial Views
Aerial Views
AJ Jamal Publicity Photograph
AJ Jamal Publicity Photograph
Xtremes Publicity Photograph Collection
Digitized copy of the A.J. Jamal Publicity Photograph
1995
Ambrosio, Nora Interview Audio
Ambrosio, Nora Interview Audio
ROCKvoices Oral History Project
Audio recording of the interview of Nora Ambrosio conducted on March 31, 2023.
2023
Ambrosio, Nora Interview Transcript
Ambrosio, Nora Interview Transcript
ROCKvoices Oral History Project
Transcript of the interview of Nora Ambrosio conducted on March 31, 2023.
2023
Ambrosio, Nora Interview Video Clip
Ambrosio, Nora Interview Video Clip
ROCKvoices Oral History Project
Video clip from the interview of Nora Ambrosio conducted on March 31, 2023.
2023
Archives
Archives
Digital collections from the Slippery Rock University Archives.
Armstrong, Hazel Interview Audio
Armstrong, Hazel Interview Audio
Slippery Rock University Centennial Oral History Collection
Audio recording of the interview of Hazel Armstrong on August 3, 1988.
1988
Art Building
Art Building
The Hut
Bailey Library
Bailey Library
Baker, Eliott Interview Audio
Baker, Eliott Interview Audio
ROCKvoices Oral History Project
Audio recording of the interview of Eliott Baker conducted on November 20, 2008.
2008
Baker, Eliott Interview Transcript
Baker, Eliott Interview Transcript
ROCKvoices Oral History Project
Transcript of the interview of Eliott Baker conducted on November 20, 2008.
2008
Baker, Eliott Interview Video Clip
Baker, Eliott Interview Video Clip
ROCKvoices Oral History Project
Video clip from the interview of Eliott Baker conducted on November 20, 2008.
2008
Barbara Bailey Hutchison Publicity Photograph
Barbara Bailey Hutchison Publicity Photograph
Xtremes Publicity Photograph Collection
Digitized copy of the Barbara Bailey Hutchison publicity photograph
1992