A Jazz History Course for the Information Era
Presented
by
DR. WILLIAM K. BARES
WEBINAR OVERVIEW
A presentation from the
Jazz Education Research and Practice Journal,
a publication of the Jazz Education Network.
Join Dr. William K. Bares as he presents a rationale for rethinking jazz history curricula in light of recent world events and social movements. It describes a theme-oriented jazz history course offered at the University of North Carolina, Asheville that circumvents some of the pitfalls associated with teaching jazz history chronologically or stylistically. It also describes a jazz history card game developed in conjunction with the course, and the midterm and final projects that integrate the thematic focus of the course with the card game. It concludes with summary remarks about the relationship of today’s jazz history courses to jazz legitimation strategies within the academy.
DOWNLOADS & LINKS
- Also located at:
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/
10.2979/jazzeducrese.1.1.15
ABOUT DR. WILLIAM K. BARES
Pianist/Composer/Scholar William Bares received his Ph.D in ethnomusicology (Harvard University) in 2009. He research interests include transatlantic jazz and environmental music. He spent most of the years 2006-2008 in Europe researching European jazz scenes and playing professionally. He taught at Harvard, Brown, Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory before taking a job as professor of music and co-director of jazz studies at UNC Asheville in 2011. Bares is an active member of Asheville’s musical community. He was the solo pianist in the Blue Ridge Orchestra’s debut of “Rhapsody in Blue,” coordinated the Sunday “Jazz Showcase” at Asheville’s famed Isis Music Hall, and directed “Ecomusicologies 2014: Dialogues”—a conference/festival in Asheville in October 2014. His book, “Jazz and the European Dream” is forthcoming.
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