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History of Rock: 1986 – 2000

ASI Admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 20:35:19 +0000

Music is shaped by culture. It reflects the changing times, movements, and major events of the day. The 1980s saw the reveal of MTV, which revolutionized how upcoming artists debuted to the world. This era of music also evolved to become more controversial. Learn about the evolution of rock from …

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History of Rock: 1966 – 1985

ASI Admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 20:34:51 +0000

Music is shaped by culture. It reflects the changing times, movements, and major events of the day. The 1960s were the age of the hippies, the Vietnam War, and a changing outlook that permanently changed the face of rock. The world was introduced to psychedelic, metal, and goth rock. Learn …

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History of Rock: 2000 – 2010

ASI Admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 20:33:40 +0000

Music is shaped by culture. It reflects the changing times, movements, and major events of the day. The early 2000s witnessed the rise of the digital Golden Age of Piracy where websites like Napster and Limewire robbed artists of their CD sales. However, MySpace allowed people to customize their profiles …

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History of Rock: 2010 – Now

ASI Admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 20:33:30 +0000

Music is shaped by culture. It reflects the changing times, movements, and major events of the day. The 2010s was the resurgence and resurrection of rock genres from the past. Indie rock harked back to the style of psychedlic rock from the ’60s and while pop punk began to come …

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History of Rock: Early 20th Century – 1965

ASI Admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 20:07:58 +0000

Music is shaped by culture. It reflects the changing times, movements, and major events of the day. To understand how we got modern metal, indie rock, and pop punk, let’s go all the way back! Learn about the origins of rock, starting from the early 20th century. To learn more about …

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Undine Smith Moore: The Dean of Black Woman Composers

ASI Admin — Mon, 17 May 2021 19:26:10 +0000

Undine Smith Moore was known as the “Dean of Black Woman Composers,” and she was a talented composer and music educator. Undine was born in 1904 in Jarratt, Virginia to James William Smith and Hardie Turnbull Smith. Undine grew up in a musical household. She started learning piano from Lillian Allen Darden when she was …

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William Grant Still: The Dean of African-American Classical Composers

ASI Admin — Mon, 17 May 2021 18:59:10 +0000

William Grant Still by: Carl Van Vechten | Public Domain William Grant Still was known as the “Dean of African-American Classical Composers.” He had a renowned career as a composer who broke many racial barriers in classical music. Still was born on May 11, 1895, in Woodville, Mississippi. He was raised in Little …

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William Dawson: Choral Composer

ASI Admin — Mon, 10 May 2021 21:11:38 +0000

William Levi Dawson was born on September 26, 1899, in Anniston, Alabama. At age 13, he ran away from home and studied music at the historically Black school, the Tuskegee Institute under Booker T. Washington. He was part of the school’s band and orchestra, and he composed music for the Tuskegee Singers. William worked as …

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Hazel Scott: Piano Prodigy and Civil Rights Activist

ASI Admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 21:49:48 +0000

Hazel Scott was a child prodigy classically trained on the piano. She was known as the “Darling of Café Society,” which was an integrated nightclub in Greenwich Village, New York. Hazel was born on June 11, 1920 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Her father, R. Thomas Scott, was a West African Scholar and her mother, Alma Long …

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Introduction to Margaret Bonds

ASI Admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 20:05:14 +0000

Margaret Bonds was born on March 3, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois. Her father was a physician, and her mother was a piano teacher and church choral director. Margaret’s mother started teaching her piano at a very young age. When Margaret was 8 years old, she started studying at the Coleridge-Taylor Music School. (Remember Samuel …

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