APST 746 - Brazilian Ensemble

Next Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters

Semester Offered: First & Second Semester
HC
Credits: 2 Credits
Attribute: CNDP

This course focuses on folk and popular music of Latin America, with emphasis on theories of cosmopolitanism, appropriation, circulation, and reception. In this class students explore musical styles as they change in response to global and technological forces. Additionally, students explore the ways that Latin American musicians adapt to and challenge the dynamism of globalization, finding outlets in diasporic communities as inequitable political systems affect cultural creativity.

Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: K. Metz

Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: Permission of the instructor.