Program
MPMLA Chapter Meeting
Online, May 14 & 15, 2020
All times are Central Daylight Time (CDT)
Thursday, May 14th
11:15am
Welcome
Myrna Layton, MPMLA Chapter President
(Moderator: Ellwood Colahan)
11:30am
Stephen Jesse Oslin and the Gospel Music Business in Oklahoma from Territory Days to Early Statehood
David Russell Hamrick, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
12:00pm
Estelle Philleo: A Modern Woman Writing Songs about the American West
Laurie Sampsel, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
12:30pm: Lunch
(Moderator: Christine Edwards)
1:30pm
‘Trials and Tribulations’ in Event Programming and Community Engagement
Laura Jacyna and Marsha Harris, Brandon University, Manitoba, Canada
2:00pm
The Art of “Noise”: Experiential Listening Approaches to the Pedagogy of Difficult Music and The Importance of Pushing Comfort Zones in the Classroom
Erica K. Argyropoulos, Northeastern State University, Talequah, Oklahoma
3:00pm : 15 minute break
(Moderator: Erica Argyropoulos)
3:15pm
MLA Task Force on Strategic Planning: Focus Group
Holling Smith-Borne, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
4:15pm: End of day
Friday, May 15th
(Moderator: Christine Edwards)
11:00am
The Impact of Music Education on Brain Development
Madison Williams, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
11:30am
Dvořák and the Birds of Spillville, Iowa
Anita Breckbill, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
12:00pm
A Case for the Secular Partsongs of Amy Beach: Comparing Beach and Vaughan Williams’ Settings of “Over Hill, Over Dale”
Juliet Levy, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
12:30pm: Lunch
(Moderator: Matt Stock)
1:30pm
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: User Perspectives
Warren Queton, Tribal Liaison Officer and Associate Director, Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, University of Oklahoma (panel moderator)
Sarah Ellis, Professor of Music Theory, University of Oklahoma
Lonnie Easter, Alumni and former professor of an HBCU, current Ph.D. candidate at University of Oklahoma
Mark Billy, Professional opera baritone and member of the Choctaw Tribe
Joey Albin, Social Sciences Librarian, University of Oklahoma
2:30pm: 15 minute break
(Moderator: Erica Argyropoulos)
2:45pm
Bias in the Canon: An Exploration into Whitewashing in America's Classical Music and Its Forgotten African-American Past
Jenny Thompson, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
3:15pm
Underrepresented Collections in the Howard B. Waltz Music Library: Analyzing and Improving Subject Headings for Music Materials
Linda Bagley and Clara Burns, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
3:45pm
MPMLA Chapter Business Meeting
Myrna Layton, MPMLA Chapter President
End of Meeting