Enter the Diva: American Women in Music

Catalog description

The goal of this course is to introduce students to selected music composed and/or performed by women, and to explore a range of issues concerning women’s participation in music in a variety of roles, genres, traditions and historical periods. In addition to covering specific musicians and/or genres in North American music since the 1930s, this course will also address the correlation that exists between race, ethnic, and gender identity and genre distinction, and the frameworks of femininity and masculinity that surround music-making. IC, IIA, IIB. PA-3B, PA-4B.