Music Scholar Series: Dr. Megan Lavengood
Topic: I Want It That Way: Good Practices for Pop Music Pedagogy
This talk gives an overview of some prominent scholarly methods for analyzing popular music, and discusses issues surrounding the inclusion of pop music in music curricula. I discuss two common forms of pop music inclusion—through token examples that fit neatly into a classical-music-based curriculum, and through upper-level electives—and show how these approaches undercut popular music’s potential to be inclusive. I advocate instead for pop music to be included early in the curriculum as its own distinct repertoire, and present my own syllabus for a pop music theory course as a model. As time allows, I will elaborate on the analytical and compositional approaches students learn in that course, with the goal of giving audience members an idea of the tools they might use in their own future work with popular music, whether that be analyzing, composing, or teaching to young musicians.
When
Friday, April 05, 2024 | 5:00 pm - 6:00 pmWhere
Family Life BuildingRoom: Caine Room
Event Type
Department
Music
Target Audience
Students,Alumni,Faculty,Staff,General Public
View By
Event Types
- All Types
- Arts/Entertainment (282)
- Exhibition (129)
- Academic Calendar (83)
- Special Event (57)
- Workshop/Training (48)
- Lecture/Readings (32)
- Conference/Seminar (27)
- Ceremony/Awards/Celebration (26)
- Panel Discussion/Presentation (24)
- Meeting (21)
- Student Activities (21)
- Recreation (17)
- Social/Networking (17)
- Cultural (16)
- Breakfast/Luncheon/Dinner (14)
- Sports (13)
- Information/Orientation (11)
- Fair/Festival (10)
- Fundraiser (7)
- Date/Deadline (0)
- Reception/Reunion (0)
- More Types
Target Audiences
- All Audiences
- Students (8)
- General Public (6)
- Faculty (6)
- Alumni (5)
- Staff (5)
- Parents (4)
- Prospective Students (4)
Departments
- All Departments
- Caine College of the Arts (2)
- College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences (2)
- Agricultural Experiment Station (0)
- Animal, Dairy & Veterinary Sciences (0)
- Applied Economics (0)
- Center for Integrated BioSystems (0)
- Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning (0)
- Aggie Ice Cream (0)
- Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Sciences (0)
- Laboratory Animal Research Center (0)
- Poisonous Plant Lab (0)
- School of Applied Sciences, Technology & Education (0)
- Plants, Soils & Climate (0)
- School of Veterinary Medicine (0)
- More Departments
- Provost & Executive Vice President (1)
- Empowering Teaching Excellence (0)
- Career Design Center (0)
- Center for Innovative Design and Instruction (CIDI) (0)
- Aggie First Scholars (0)
- Office of Global Engagement (1)
- Honors (0)
- Admissions (0)
- Faculty Senate (0)
- Financial Aid (0)
- University Advising (0)
- Registrar's Office (0)
- School of Graduate Studies (0)
- Student Achievement Collaborative (0)
- Study Abroad (0)
- Tenure Academy (0)
- Student Orientation and Transition Services (0)
- More Departments
- Advancement (0)
- Athletics (0)
- Men’s Tennis (0)
- Football (0)
- Men’s Golf (0)
- Men’s Basketball (0)
- Track and Field (0)
- Cross Country (0)
- Volleyball (0)
- Softball (0)
- Women’s Soccer (0)
- Women’s Basketball (0)
- Women’s Gymnastics (0)
- Women’s Tennis (0)
- More Departments
- Finance and Administrative Services (0)
- Facilities (0)
- Dining Services (0)
- Human Resources (0)
- Housing (0)
- Conference Center (0)
- Campus Store (0)
- Controller's Office (0)
- Publication Design and Production (0)
- Parking and Transportation Services (0)
- Public safety (0)
- Staff Employee Association (0)
- Taggart Student Center (0)
- University Inn (0)
- Purchasing and Contract Services (0)
- Wellness Program (0)
- More Departments
- College of Engineering (0)
- Electrical and Computer Engineering (0)
- Biological Engineering (0)
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (0)
- Society of Women Engineers (SWE) (0)
- Civil and Environmental Engineering (0)
- Engineering Education (0)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (0)
- Space Dynamics Laboratory (0)
- More Departments
- College of Humanities & Social Sciences (0)
- Communication Studies and Philosophy (0)
- Community and Natural Resources Institute (0)
- CHaSS Research (0)
- Center for Intersectional Gender Studies and Research (0)
- English (0)
- Center for Anticipatory Intelligence (0)
- Heravi Peace Institute (0)
- Aerospace Studies (Air Force ROTC) (0)
- World Languages and Cultures (0)
- Political Science (0)
- Social Work (0)
- Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice (0)
- Utah Public Radio (KUSU) (0)
- Intensive English Language Institute (0)
- History (0)
- Mountain West Center for Regional Studies (0)
- Museum of Anthropology (0)
- Interfaith Initiative (0)
- Journalism and Communication (0)
- Military Science (Army ROTC) (0)
- More Departments
- Quinney College of Natural Resources (0)
- Wildland Resources (0)
- Watershed Sciences (0)
- Institute for Outdoor Recreation and Tourism (0)
- Environment and Society (0)
- Berryman Institute for Wildlife Damage Management (0)
- More Departments
- College of Veterinary Medicine (0)
- College of Science (0)
- Intermountain Herbarium (0)
- Center for Atmospheric and Space Studies (0)
- Geosciences (0)
- Chemistry and Biochemistry (0)
- Physics (0)
- Mathematics and Statistics (0)
- Computer Science (0)
- Biology (0)
- More Departments
- Emma Eccles Jones College of Education & Human Services (0)
- Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences (0)
- Human Development and Family Studies (0)
- Emma Eccles Jones Early Childhood Center (0)
- Kinesiology and Health Science (0)
- Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education (0)
- Institute for Disability Research, Policy & Practice (0)
- Edith Bowen Laboratory School (0)
- School of Teacher Education and Leadership (0)
- Sorenson Center for Clinical Excellence (0)
- Nursing and Health Professions (0)
- Psychology (0)
- Special Education and Rehabilitation (0)
- More Departments
- Extension (0)
- Swaner Preserve EcoCenter (0)
- Thanksgiving Point (0)
- Tooele County (0)
- Uintah County (0)
- Cache County (0)
- USU Botanical Center (0)
- Carbon County (0)
- Utah County (0)
- Wasatch County (0)
- Wasatch Front (0)
- Washington County (0)
- Wayne County (0)
- Weber County (0)
- Davis County (0)
- Duchesne County (0)
- Salt Lake County (0)
- San Juan County (0)
- Sanpete County (0)
- Beaver County (0)
- Sevier County (0)
- Box Elder County (0)
- Summit County (0)
- Morgan County (0)
- Ogden Botanical Center (0)
- Piute County (0)
- 4-H (0)
- Rich County (0)
- Grand County (0)
- Iron County (0)
- Emery County (0)
- Garfield County (0)
- Logan Campus Extension (0)
- Millard County (0)
- Juab County (0)
- Kane County (0)
- More Departments
- Government & External Affairs (0)
- Information Technology (0)
- Jon M. Huntsman School of Business (0)
- Business Council (0)
- Association for Information Systems (AIS) (0)
- Beta Alpha Psi (BAP) (0)
- BI Group (0)
- Economics and Finance Department (0)
- Analytics Solutions Center (0)
- Covey Leadership Center (0)
- Master of Accounting (MAcc) (0)
- Master of Business Administration (MBA) (0)
- Master of Management Information Systems (MMIS) (0)
- Master of Science in Economics (MSE) (0)
- Master of Financial Economics (MFE) (0)
- International Business Association (0)
- Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) (0)
- Management Department (0)
- Pro-Sales (0)
- Data Analytics & Information Systems Department (0)
- Real Estate Association (0)
- Marketing and Strategy Department (0)
- Sales Club (0)
- Master in Human Resources (MHR) (0)
- School of Accountancy (0)
- Huntsman Scholars (0)
- She's Daring Mighty Things (0)
- Shingo Institute Student Chapter (0)
- Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) (0)
- Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) (0)
- Investment Banking Club (0)
- USU Distributive Education Clubs of America Chapter (DECA) (0)
- USU Pre-Law Society (0)
- Utah Women & Leadership Project (0)
- Women in Business Association (0)
- Finance and Economics Club (0)
- Financial Planning Association (FPA) (0)
- Entrepreneurship Center (0)
- Entrepreneurship Club (0)
- Healthcare Administration Club (HAC) (0)
- Huntsman Marketing Association (0)
- FJ Management Center for Student Success (0)
- Global Learning Experience (0)
- More Departments
- Merrill-Cazier Library (0)
- Multiple Sponsors (0)
- Office of Research (0)
- President's Office (0)
- Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art (0)
- Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water, and Air (0)
- Office of Equity (0)
- Board of Trustees (0)
- More Departments
- Statewide Campuses (0)
- Student Affairs (0)
- Christensen Office of Social Action and Sustainability (0)
- Campus Recreation (0)
- Center for Community Engagement (0)
- Aggie Blue Bikes (0)
- Counseling and Prevention Services (0)
- Student Involvement & Leadership Center/USUSA (0)
- The HURD (0)
- Veterans Resource Office (0)
- Student Club/Organization (0)
- Latinx Cultural Center (0)
- SAAVi Office (0)
- Native American Cultural Center (0)
- More Departments
- University Marketing and Communications (0)
- Utah State University (0)
- USU Eastern (0)
- Other (0)
- More Departments