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- In part two of "Music History: Dramatizing the African American Experience", a panel discussion featuring Michigan State University faculty members follows a dramatic reading of scenes from Sandra Seaton's play "Music History". Exploring themes from Seaton's play, the panel demonstrates the ways new technology is being used to explore the meaning of the civil rights movement and the African American experience via the innovative use of the MSU Alumni Association's Knowledge Network media platform. MSUAA representative Brian Collins moderates the discussion and assists with the use of the technology by panel members. Featured presentations include, "A History of Music in 'Music History'", by Professor Ken Prouty, "Reflections on Sandra Seaton's 'Music History': An Imaginative Understanding of the Civil Right Movement" by Professor Pero Dagbovie, and "Coming of Age In 'Music History'" by Professor Tama Hamilton-Wray. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-03-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Gabriel Dotto, Director of the Michigan State University Press, moderates a roundtable discussion which concludes a symposium entitled, Dramatization and Context: a Symposium and Roundtable held at the MSU Museum in conjunction with the premiere staging of the play Music history written by MSU College of Law Writer in Residence Sandra Seaton. Panelists are: Director John Lepard (Executive Director of the William Theatre); Aaron Todd Douglas (actor, director and part-time faculty at Loyola University Chicago); Rita Kiki Edozie (Associate Professor and Director of African American and African Studies at MSU); Rob Roznowski (MSU Department of Theatre); John Woodford (writer and executive editor of ‘Michigan Today’ retired); playwright Sandra Seaton. Speakers comment on the many challenges found in interpreting, directing and staging the play and how the work makes the black experience accessible and understandable to the audience. Questions and answers are interspersed throughout the discussion.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-11-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Sandra Seaton, playwright and professor of English at Central Michigan University, talks about her play "The Bridge Party" which dramatizes African-American middle class life in the South before the modern civil rights movement. She also talks about the song cycle for voice and piano from her play, "From the diary of Sally Hemings," on which she collaborated with composer William Bolcom. Seaton is interviewed by Michigan State University Library Assistant Stephanie Mathson
- Date Issued:
- 2002-04-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Pero Dagbovie, Associate Professor of History at Michigan State University, moderates the third in a series of three presentations at a symposium entitled, Dramatization and Context: a Symposium and Roundtable held at the MSU Museum in conjunction with the premiere staging of the play Music History, written by MSU College of Law Writer in Residence Sandra Seaton. Featured presenters are: Aaron Todd Douglas, a professor at Loyola University, and John Woodford, executive editor of Michigan Today. Douglas talks about personal and artistic liberty, equity, responsibility, and legacy in relation to Seaton’s play while Woodford reflects on the work in relation to his own coming of age experiences in the civil rights and peace movements. A question and answer segment concludes the session.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-11-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In part three of the Michigan Writers Series event "Music History: Dramatizing the African American Experience", playwright Sandra Seaton joins cast members and Michigan State University faculty members for a question and answer session following a dramatic reading of scenes from her play "Music History" and a panel discussion of themes presented in her work. Participants discuss the historical context of the play, music and culture, the civil rights movement and the creative process. Brian Collins from the MSU Alumni Association also explains how new technology can augment classroom instruction. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-03-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Gabriel Dotto, Director of the Michigan State University Press, moderates a roundtable discussion which concludes a symposium entitled, Dramatization and Context: a Symposium and Roundtable held at the MSU Museum in conjunction with the premiere staging of the play Music history written by MSU College of Law Writer in Residence Sandra Seaton. Panelists are: Director John Lepard (Executive Director of the William Theatre); Aaron Todd Douglas (actor, director and part-time faculty at Loyola University Chicago); Rita Kiki Edozie (Associate Professor and Director of African American and African Studies at MSU); Rob Roznowski (MSU Department of Theatre); John Woodford (writer and executive editor of ‘Michigan Today’ retired); playwright Sandra Seaton. Speakers comment on the many challenges found in interpreting, directing and staging the play and how the work makes the black experience accessible and understandable to the audience. Questions and answers are interspersed throughout the discussion.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-11-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Pero Dagbovie, Associate Professor of History at Michigan State University, moderates the third in a series of three presentations at a symposium entitled, Dramatization and Context: a Symposium and Roundtable held at the MSU Museum in conjunction with the premiere staging of the play Music History, written by MSU College of Law Writer in Residence Sandra Seaton. Featured presenters are: Aaron Todd Douglas, a professor at Loyola University, and John Woodford, executive editor of Michigan Today. Douglas talks about personal and artistic liberty, equity, responsibility, and legacy in relation to Seaton’s play while Woodford reflects on the work in relation to his own coming of age experiences in the civil rights and peace movements. A question and answer segment concludes the session.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-11-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In part two of "Music History: Dramatizing the African American Experience", a panel discussion featuring Michigan State University faculty members follows a dramatic reading of scenes from Sandra Seaton's play "Music History". Exploring themes from Seaton's play, the panel demonstrates the ways new technology is being used to explore the meaning of the civil rights movement and the African American experience via the innovative use of the MSU Alumni Association's Knowledge Network media platform. MSUAA representative Brian Collins moderates the discussion and assists with the use of the technology by panel members. Featured presentations include, "A History of Music in 'Music History'", by Professor Ken Prouty, "Reflections on Sandra Seaton's 'Music History': An Imaginative Understanding of the Civil Right Movement" by Professor Pero Dagbovie, and "Coming of Age In 'Music History'" by Professor Tama Hamilton-Wray. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-03-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In part three of the Michigan Writers Series event "Music History: Dramatizing the African American Experience", playwright Sandra Seaton joins cast members and Michigan State University faculty members for a question and answer session following a dramatic reading of scenes from her play "Music History" and a panel discussion of themes presented in her work. Participants discuss the historical context of the play, music and culture, the civil rights movement and the creative process. Brian Collins from the MSU Alumni Association also explains how new technology can augment classroom instruction. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-03-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Sandra Seaton, playwright and professor of English at Central Michigan University, talks about her play "The Bridge Party" which dramatizes African-American middle class life in the South before the modern civil rights movement. She also talks about the song cycle for voice and piano from her play, "From the diary of Sally Hemings," on which she collaborated with composer William Bolcom. Seaton is interviewed by Michigan State University Library Assistant Stephanie Mathson
- Date Issued:
- 2002-04-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection