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Keister, Jay

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Research

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  • Jay Keister's research concerns individual agency in music, embodiment of music traditions, aesthetics of music, history of popular music and traditional social structures in contemporary musical practice.

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  • ethnomusicology, Japanese music and dance, Asian music, popular music

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Teaching

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  • EMUS 1467 - World Music Ensemble
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2024
    Study and performance of musics of diverse cultures in the United States, including Native American, Latin American, African American and Asian American, as well as music from the mother cultures of these groups. Same as EMUS 3467 and EMUS 5467.
  • EMUS 3467 - World Music Ensemble
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2024
    Study and performance of musics of diverse cultures in the United States, including Native American, Latin American, African American and Asian American, as well as music from the mother cultures of these groups. Same as EMUS 1467 and EMUS 5467.
  • EMUS 5467 - World Music Ensemble
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2024
    Study and performance of musics of diverse cultures in the United States, including Native American, Latin American, African American and Asian American, as well as music from the mother cultures of these groups. Same as EMUS 1467 and EMUS 3467.
  • IMUS 5093 - Contemporary Topics in Music Education
    Primary Instructor - Summer 2018 / Summer 2020 / Summer 2022 / Summer 2024
  • MUEL 1832 - Appreciation of Music
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Summer 2018 / Fall 2018 / Summer 2019 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022
    Introduces music, including the fundamental elements of music, the history of the Western tradition and its composers, the development of American popular music and aspects of World Music.
  • MUEL 3892 - Music and Space
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Spring 2019 / Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Summer 2020 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Summer 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Summer 2022 / Fall 2022 / Summer 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Summer 2024 / Fall 2024
    Explores the ways that outer space inspires and is portrayed in musical sound. Introduces literature and media from historical musicology, ethnomusicology, music theory, anthropology, physics, geography and planetary science, with case studies ranging from Ancient Greece, to classic and modern Western art music, to contemporary popular music.
  • MUSC 4202 - Special Topic in Musicology: Current and Critical Issues
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Spring 2024
    Examination of a specific topic of current or critical interest within areas of music history, ethnomusicology, critical theoryand practice across the spectrum of Western, Popular and World Music traditions. Designed as a capstone course for music majors who have completed a full complement of musicology courses. Topics vary from term to term. Instructor consent is required for non-music majors.
  • MUSC 5112 - Proseminar in Ethnomusicology
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2019
    Examines the definition, scope, and methods of ethnomusicology, the discipline that focuses on approaches to the study of music theory, history, and performance practices of world cultures.
  • MUSC 5802 - Studies in 20th Century Music
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2020
    Offers intensified work in history of music in the 20th century. Topics vary from year to year. Same as MUSC 4802.
  • MUSC 6822 - Advanced Studies in Musicology
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Fall 2024
    Intensive study of a specialized topic in musicology. Students will be guided in critical reading, historical or ethnographic issues, analysis, oral presentations, and independent research. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
  • MUSC 7822 - Seminar in Musicology
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2020 / Fall 2023
    Required of all musicology majors before completion of comprehensive examinations. A different research area is designated each semester. Offered fall only.

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