Monday, September 9, 2019

STUDENT PRESENTATION SCHEDULE
FALL 2019


WEEK 2  - Sept. 12

  • Cecelia - Sami music (northern Sweden) - Sept. 12
  • Leah Kwak - EDM 
  • Garrett Waschuk - Motown and Its Connections to Broader Society



WEEK 3  - Sept. 19
  • Abby Stuber - Hans Zimmer 
  • Declan Rolph - Ennio Morricone
  • Fiona Alvarez - Storytelling in the Film Music of John Williams
  • Dominique LeBlanc - Acadian and Cajun Folk Music

WEEK 4 - September 26

  • Avery Worrall - Horror Film music
  • Mathias Ball - Vocaloid Music
  • Rachel Wallace - TBA
  • Annemiek Mallory - postponed

WEEK 5 - October 3
  • Darren Summersby - Film Musicals of the 30s
  • Rosie Daniels - Traditional English Folk Music
  • Zoe O’connor - Ghanese Drumming > Island Music\

WEEK 6 - October 10

  • Jade McKenna -Irish folk music
  • Griffin West - Autotune and Musical Meaning
  • Julianna Corso - Social Change and the Music of Beyonce

WEEK 7 - October 17

  • Lexy Troth - MUSICAL STORYTELLING - L'Esprit de Paris. 
  • Michael Theriault - Hawaiian Folk Music

READING WEEK




WEEK 8  - November 1

  • Alex Li - European Power metal in 80s-2000
  • Christina Zhang - Beijing Opera


WEEK 9 - November 8

  • Stella Lee - Musical Storytelling - "Like Strange"
  • Cassandra Bomberry - Indigenous (Hawdenosaunee)

WEEK 10 - - November 15
  • Zhongqi Liu - Reggae
  • Arden Taylor - Metis Music
  • Soo Son - Music Storytelling: Cars "Turbo Transmission"


WEEK 11 - November 21
  • Raman Sajan - Punjabi Folk/Bhangra
  • Sarah Tanner - Acid Jazz
  • Laura Flynn - 
WEEK 12 - November 28
  • Micheal Hiebert - Punk as Civil Unrest
  • Kane Johnston- RPG Video Game Music
  • Scott Morris - Musical Storytelling - music TBA
WEEK 13 - December 5
  • Joseph Langballe - Thrash Metal of 80s-90s
  • Blake Keen - Kendrick Lamar (Hiphop)
  • Kyungho Park - Musical Story-Telling
WEEK 14 - December 12
  • Cora Li - Noh Drama
  • Austin Middleton - Elvis Presley - Early Rock and Roll
  • Dean Holbrough  - TBA
  • Maggie Hawman - German Folk Music 

Thursday, September 6, 2018

CULT 14717 - STUDENT PRESENTATIONS -- FALL 2018


WEEK 2  - Sept. 13

  • - Anna Petrovska -  MUSICAL NATIONALISM: one of the Russian Mighty Five (Mill Balkirev)
  • - Henry Daemen - TRADITIONAL MUSIC: Rock & Roll
  • - Shibangi Patel - MUSICAL STORY TELLING - "Two Steps from Hell"




WEEK 3  - Sept. 20

  • Carol Cheung - TRADITIONAL MUSIC : Taize
  • Eden Sanders -  TRADITIONAL MUSIC: West African drumming



WEEK 4 - September 27

  • Alycia Macina - MUSICAL STORYTELLING, music TBA
  • Bernice Chu - TRADITIONAL MUSIC: Canada's Indigenous Music
  • Melissa Ierullo - TRADITIONAL MUSIC:  Japanese Koto Music


WEEK 5 - October 4


    • - Cheng Peng - TBA
    • - Cynthia Yang - WORLD TRADITIONAL MUSIC: Chinese Opera
    • Blake Newbold - MUSICAL STORY-TELLING: In the Work of Hans Zimmer


    WEEK 6 - October 11

    • - Sora Yi - TRADITIONAL MUSIC: tba
    • - Michelle Lepine: MUSICAL STORY-TELLING - "He's Got the Bird"


    WEEK 7 - October 18

    • Dylan Pawluk - MUSICAL STORY-TELLING: 
    • Blake Russel -MUSICAL STORY-TELLING in the Work of John Williams
    • Zhangkun Niu (Dawn) - TRADITIONAL MUSIC: Anime Jazz


    READING WEEK




    WEEK 8  - November 2

    • Tryston Hoyes - TRADITIONAL MUSIC: Jamaican Dance Hall Music
    • Taerim Lee: MUSICAL STORYTELLING: Tank!' by Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Bebop)
    • Lauren Neeson - MUSICAL STORY TELLING TBA

    WEEK 9 - November 9

    • Alex Chung: MUSICAL STORYTELLING: tba
    • Eduardo Brasil: WORLD TRADITIONAL MUSIC: Bossa Nova
    • Noah Cecol: MUSICAL STORYTELLING: tba


    WEEK 10 - - November 16

    • Mathew Quinn - MUSICAL STORY-TELLING: Light Graffiti
    • Christopher Borecky - MUSICAL STORY-TELLING: Moonlight Sonata
    • Katja de Bourbon: MUSICAL STORY-TELLING: tba



    WEEK 11 - November 22
    • Yun Bao - MUSICAL STORY-TELLING: 
    • Christopher Shewchuk: MUSICAL NATIONALISM
    • James Ramlal: TBA
    • Sarah Goodfellow: TBA

    WEEK 12 - November 29

    • Jake Aiton: TRADITIONAL MUSIC: 
    • Alexander Ball: Musical Story-Telling: Coldplay song
    • Mathew Collu:
    • Gylan Deloughery

    WEEK 13 - December 6

    • Beau Green - MUSICAL STORY-TELLING: tba
    • Dave Woodcock: tba
    • Alyn Woolsey - TRADITIONAL MUSIC - SKA
    • Sarah Gonyea

    WEEK 14 - December 13
    • Steven Popik
    • Zachary Roth - MUSICAL STORY-TELLING
    • Tae Rim - MUSICAL STORY-TELLING - Tank - Kano Yoko

    Monday, November 20, 2017

    POST-STRIKE PRESENTATION SCHEDULE - THURSDAY MORNING CLASS, 2017
      Week 7 - November 23 - no student presentations


      Week 8 - November 30
        1.  Simone Heath
        2.  Yi Peng- WORLD TRADITIONAL MUSIC: Polynesian Music
        3.  Kayla Jackson - EUROPEAN MUSICAL NATIONALISM: Ralph Vaughan Williams (England)

      Week 9 - December 7
        1.  Christopher Borges - 
        2. Anastasia Kozachinskaya - EUROPEAN NATIONALISM: Russian and the "Mighty Handful"
        3. Tom Mackintosh - MUSICAL STORYTELLING - Penny Dreadful - Abel Korzeniowski - In Peace
      Week 10 - December 14
        1.  Tiya Zhong - MUSICAL STORY-TELLING - haircut story
        2. Isabella Fassler - Musical Story-Telling - Astor Piazzola - primavera porteno
        3. Joey Ng - 
        4.  
      Week 11 - December 21
        1.   Clair Fang
        2.  Megan Ponte
        3. Juliana Freita
      Week 12 - January 4
        1. Mika Tabucchi - Japanese Theatre Music
        2. Jennifer Wladczak - 
        3. Steven Wu - possible essay or presentation
      Week 13 - January 11
        1.  Giovanni Hall - possible WORLD MUSIC: Jamaica (Reggae); or STORYTELLING
        2. Ayal Jones - MUSICAL STORYTELLING: studio ghibli's Joe Hisashi
        3. Jade Aprile
      Week 14 - January 11 (submitted as essay or presentation)
        1.  Sophie Stabb
        2. Erin Satterley
        3. Kirsten Bakajsza - EUROPEAN NATIONALISM: Edvard Grieg (Norway) 
      Week 14 - January 11(submitted as essay or presentation)
        1. Holly Greenly - Australian Indigenous Music
        2. Emily Wright
        3. Rebecca Vey
        4. Rim Chanhyeok


      REVISED LECTURE TOPIC SCHEDULE: 

      Nov. 23 - Instruments of the Orchestra
                    - Opera & Music Dram from Ancient Greece to Hollywood (part 1)

      Nov. 30 - Opera & Music Dram from Ancient Greece to Hollywood (part 2)

      Dec. 7 - The Great Cartoon Composers - Carl Stalling & Scott Bradley

      Dec. 14 - Electronic and Computer Instruments (part 1) 

      Dec. 21 - Electronic and Computer Instruments (part 2 )

      January 4 - Jazz and American Popular Music

      January 11 - FINAL EXAM



      POST-STRIKE PRESENTATION SCHEDULE - THURSDAY AFTERNOON CLASS, 2017


      Week 7 - November 23 - No student presentations


      Week 8 - November  30
        1.  Dani Elizondo- MUSICAL STORY-TELLING: Chopin, Etude in E-maj.
        2.  Yiling Chen - WORLD MUSIC: Chinese Ancient Music
        3.  Laura Yuqin Yang - MUSICAL NATIONALISM: R.Vaughan-Williams (England)


      Week 9 - December 7
        1. Emily Sadler - MUSICAL STORY-TELLING: "The Portrait Gallery”  (John Williams)
        2. Monika Krupicka - WORLD MUSIC - Egyptian Arabic music. 
        3. Zhenni Dong- Musical storytelling in games

      Week 10 - December 14
        1. Sam Gore - Origin and Evolution of Punk Rock
        2. Shaela McCracken - Elvis - Background and Influence
        3. Daniel Saulnier - WORLD MUSIC: Maori Haka


      Week 11 - December 21
        1.  Michael Szdlay
        2. Laura Onderwater- MUSICAL STORY TELLING - Angry Birds
        3. Sang Lee - WORLD MUSIC: Japanese Gagaku


      CHRISTMAS BREAK


      Week 12 - January 4
        1.  Songi Lee - Brahms Hungarian Dance No.5 (Musical Story-Telling or Nationalism)
        2. Jaehee Hur - MUSICAL STORY-TELLING - Saint-Saens - Danse Macabre
        3. Vince Garasolo - European Nationalism - Johann Strauss


      Week 13 - January 11
        1. Dayeun(Jenny) Kim - World Traditional Music - Korean folk music (Pungmul)
        2. Jade Aprile - MUSICAL NATIONALISM - Borodin (Russia) 
        3. Nicholas Grimshaw - MUSICAL NATIONALISM - Stravinsky (Russia) 

      Week 13 - January 11 (submitted as essay or presentation)
        1. Rena Lirong Xu
        2. Mark Edwards - WORLD TRADITIONAL MUSIC: Bossa Nova
        3. Emma Baldi

      Week 13 - January 11 (submitted as essay or presentation)
        1. Cherry Huang
        2. Rin Marshall
        3. Claudia Zhang
        4. Aldi Abujan - EUROPEAN MUSICAL NATIONALISM: R.Wagner (Germany) 



      REVISED LECTURE TOPIC SCHEDULE: 

      Nov. 23 - Instruments of the Orchestra
                    - Opera & Music Drama from Ancient Greece to Hollywood (part 1)

      Nov. 30 - Opera & Music Drama from Ancient Greece to Hollywood (part 2)

      Dec. 7 - The Great Cartoon Composers - Carl Stalling & Scott Bradley

      Dec. 14 - Electronic and Computer Instruments (part 1) 

      Dec. 21 - Electronic and Computer Instruments (part 2 )

      January 4 - Jazz and American Popular Music

      January 11 - FINAL EXAM










      Friday, September 8, 2017

      PRESENTATION SCHEDULE - THURSDAY AFTERNOON CLASS, 2017

      1. Week 1 - September 7 - Lecture - Introduction & Musical Nationalism
        1. (no student presentations)
      2. Week 2 - Sept. 14 - Lecture  - Musical Storytelling 
        1. Tyer Pacana - EUROPEAN MUSICAL NATIONALISM: Sibelius (Finland)
        2. Aldi Abujan - EUROPEAN MUSICAL NATIONALISM: R.Wagner (Germany) 
        3. Genevieve Pitre- EUROPEAN MUSICAL NATIONALISM: M.Mussorgsky (Russia)
      3. Week 3 - Sept. 21 Lecture - World Traditional Music
        1.  Jessie Xiang - EUROPEAN MUSICAL NATIONALISM: Bedrich Smetana ( Czechoslovakia)
        2.  Emily Xintong Jiang - EUROPEAN MUSICAL NATIONALISM: Claude Debussy (France).
        3.  Kristina Stanarevic - WORLD MUSIC: Chiptune & 8-bit Music
      4. Week 4 - September 28
        1. Zhang Xun - MUSICAL STORY-TELLING - Ride of the Witches
        2. Sharon Gabriella - WORLD TRADITIONAL MUSIC: Music of Java
        3. Andre Budianto - WORLD TRADITIONAL MUSIC: Japanese Noh
      5. Week 5 - October 5
        1. Corinne Roy
        2. Effie Aihuin Wu: EUROPEAN MUSICAL NATIONALISM- Edvard Grieg (Norway)
        3. Yuzhu Lu: WORLD MUSIC: Chinese Traditional Music-BeiJing Opera
      6. Week 6 - October 12
        1. Justin Leal
        2. Richard Ferguson -EUROPEAN MUSICAL NATIONALISM - ENRIQUE GRANADOS (Spain), 
        3. Megan Tost
      7. Week 7 - October 19
        1.  Dani Elizondo- MUSICAL STORY-TELLING: Chopin, Etude in E-maj.
        2.  Yiling Chen - WORLD MUSIC: Chinese Ancient Music
        3.  Laura Yuqin Yang - MUSICAL NATIONALISM: R.Vaughan-Williams (England)

      8. (---- READING WEEK -----)

      9. Week 8 - November 3
        1. Emily Sadler
        2. Monika Krupicka
        3. Zhenni Dong
      10. Week 9 - Nov. 10
        1. Sam Gore
        2. Shall McCracken
        3. Daniel Saulnier - WORLD MUSIC: Maori Haka
      11. Week 10 - Nov. 17
        1.  Michael Szdlay
        2. Laura Onderwater
        3. Sang Lee - WORLD MUSIC: Japanese Gagaku
      12. Week 11 - Nov. 24
        1.  Songi Lee
        2. Jaehee Hur - EUROPEAN MUSICAL NATIONALISM: A.Dvorak (Czechoslovakia)
        3. Vince Garasolo
      13. Week 12 - December 1
        1. Dayeun(Jenny) Kim 
        2. Jade Aprile - MUSICAL NATIONALISM - Borodin (Russia) 
        3. Nicholas Grimshaw - MUSICAL NATIONALISM - Stravinsky (Russia) 
      14. Week 13 - Dec. 8
        1. Rena Lirong Xu
        2. Mark Edwards - WORLD TRADITIONAL MUSIC: Bossa Nova
        3. Emma Baldi
      15. Week 14 - Dec. 15
        1. Cherry Huang
        2. Rin Marshall
        3. Claudia Zhang

      Thursday, September 7, 2017

      STUDENT PRESENTATION SCHEDULE - THURSDAY MORNING 2017

      1. Week 1 - September 7 - Lecture - Introduction & Musical Nationalism
        1. (no student presentations)
      2. Week 2 - Sept. 14 - Lecture  - Musical Storytelling 
        1. Kat Looby - EUROPEAN NATIONALISM: Tchaikovsky (Russia) 
        2. Alexandra (Ali) Carrol - EUROPEAN NATIONALISM : Ole Bull (Norway)
        3.  Doyen (Alisa) Kim- WORLD MUSIC: South Korea
      3. Week 3 - Sept. 21 Lecture - World Traditional Music
        1.  James Franklin: MUSICAL STORY-TELLING: tba
        2.  Jessie Liu - WORLD MUSIC: A Bug's Life 
        3.  Seongkyoung Cho
      4. Week 4 - September 28
        1.  Jennifer Stienstra - EUROPEAN NATIONALISM Verdi - Italy
        2. Shaolin Zhang - WORLD MUSIC: Mongolian Folk Music
        3. Yeqzao Zhang - MUSICAL STORYTELLING:  Morricone  Film Cue
      5. Week 5 - October 5
        1. Chien Ying Yu- WORLD MUSIC: Great Highland Bagpipes
        2. Micky You - WORLD MUSIC:Dong Fang (Girl Band on traditional instruments.)
        3. Ashley Asha Arjune - WORLD MUSIC: Yoko Shimomura
      6. Week 6 - October 12
        1. Neil Smith - WORLD TRADITIONAL MUSIC: France
        2. Demi (Bique Hu) - WORLD MUSIC: Javanese Classical 
        3. Emily Hammersley-Ambroise: EUROPEAN NATIONALISM: Gideon Klein (Czech)
      7. Week 7 - October 19
        1.  Simone Heath
        2.  Yi Peng- WORLD TRADITIONAL MUSIC: Polynesian Music
        3.  Kayla Jackson - EUROPEAN MUSICAL NATIONALISM: Ralph Vaughan Williams (England)
      8. (---- READING WEEK -----)

      9. Week 8 - November 3
        1.  Christopher Borges
        2. Anastasia Kozachinskaya - EUROPEAN NATIONALISM: Mussorgsky's Opera Khovanshina
        3. Tom Mackintosh - MUSICAL STORYTELLING - Penny Dreadful - Abel Korzeniowski - In Peace
      10. Week 9 - Nov. 10
        1.  Tiny Zhong
        2. Isabella Fassler
        3. Joey Ng
        4. Rim Chan - 
      11. Week 10 - Nov. 17
        1.   Clair Fang
        2.  Megan Ponte
        3. Juliana Freita
      12. Week 11 - Nov. 24
        1. Mika Tabuchi 
        2. Jennifer Wladczak
        3. Steven Wu
      13. Week 12 - December 1
        1.  Giovanni Hall
        2. Ayal Jones - MUSICAL STORYTELLING: studio ghibli's Joe Hisashi
        3. Jade Aprile
      14. Week 13 - Dec. 8
        1.  Sophie Stabb
        2. Erin Satterley
        3. Kirsten Bakajsza - EUROPEAN NATIONALISM: Edvard Grieg (Norway) 
      15. Week 14 - Dec. 15
        1. Holly Greenly
        2. Emily Wright
        3. Rebecca Vey

      Thursday, September 29, 2016

      The Adventures of Prince Akhmed with live Theremin performance

      On Monday October 3, there will be a presentation of the classic stop motion animated feature film, "The Adventures of Prince Akhmed" by German animator Lotte Reiniger,  with music arranged and performed by Theremin virtuoso Pamela Sticky and pianist Marie-Theres Rauba

      The performance takes place at Gallery 345, Sorauren Ave., in Toronto's west end. The film begins at 7:30 and will be preceded at 5 pm by a demonstration of the Theremin electronic instrument by Ms. Stickney.


      More Information: http://www.gallery345.com/performances.php#oct3