The Jazz and Popular Music Study Group offers a regular opportunity to discuss a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary array of topics.
The series draws upon contributions from across the Reid School of Music, ECA, and beyond. It welcomes participation from students and academic colleagues alike. From time to time the group will host guest speakers and musical performances. Bring your lunch and come listen, discuss, share, and hear new things.
For more information or to suggest a topic, please contact Dr. Marian Jago, Lecturer in Popular Music: m.s.jago@ed.ac.uk
Previous series
2019/20
18 Sep 2019 | Welcome session and discussion | Alison House, The Atrium (G10) | 1.10pm - 2.30pm
25 Sep 2019 | Ludomusicology, Online places, and Virtual Spaces | Dr James Cook | Alison House, The Atrium (G10) | 1.10pm - 2.30pm
2 Oct 2019 | Genre, Digital Pressure, and Ethics of Identity | Dr Marian Jago | Alison House, The Atrium (G10) | 1.10pm - 2.30pm
9 Oct 2019 | Afrofuturism | Jay Millard | Alison House, The Atrium (G10) | 1.10pm - 2.30pm
16 Oct 2019 | Short Films & Discussion with Morven Masterton of the Doc’n Roll Film Festival | Alison House, The Atrium (G10) | 1.10pm - 2.30pm
23 Oct 2019 | Western Swing | Kevin Coffey | Alison House, The Atrium (G10) | 1.10pm - 2.30pm
30 Oct 2019 | Improvisation | Professor Raymond MacDonald | Alison House, The Atrium (G10) | 1.10pm - 2.30pm
6 Nov 2019 | Title to be confirmed | Dr J Mark Percival | Alison House, The Atrium (G10) | 1.10pm - 2.30pm
13 Nov 2019 | Open Session | Alison House, The Atrium (G10) | 1.10pm - 2.30pm
20 Nov 2019 | Musical Show & Tell | Dr Marian Jago | Alison House, The Atrium (G10) | 1.10pm - 2.30pm
27 Nov 2019 | Session cancelled - to be rescheduled for next semester | Tunes & Thoughts about Radio | DJ Colvin Cruikshank | Alison House, The Atrium (G10) | 1.10pm - 2.30pm
15 Jan 2020 | Canon: Alternate Approaches for Jazz & Popular Music Studies | Dr Marian Jago | Alison House, The Atrium (G10) | 1.10pm - 2.30pm
22 Jan 2020 | Post Punk Edinburgh 1979-83 | Norman Rogers | Alison House, The Atrium (G10) | 1.10pm - 2.30pm
29 Jan 2020 | Ludomusicology, online places and virtual spaces II | Dr James Cook | Alison House, The Atrium (G10) | 1.10pm - 2.30pm
5 Feb 2020 | Hauntology & Musical Nostalgia | Alison House, The Atrium (G10) | 1.10pm - 2.30pm
12 Feb 2020 | Auteurship, Technology, and Gender: A Case Study of Kate Bush | Dr Paul Harkins | Alison House, The Atrium (G10) | 1.10pm - 2.30pm
26 Feb 2020 | Session cancelled Screening and Discussion: Jazz is Our Religion (1972) | Alison House, The Atrium (G10) | 1.10pm - 2.30pm
27 Feb 2020 | Session cancelled Screening: The Library Music Film (2018) | Alison House, The Atrium (G10) | 5.15pm
4 Mar 2020 | Parisian Karaoke? (Re)thinking the 'Popular' in Eighteenth-Century Music Aesthetics | Dr Matthew Pritchard | Alison House, The Atrium (G10) | 1.10pm - 2.30pm
6 Mar 2020 | Haftor Medbøe / Gunnar Halle (jazz/improvisation) | Reid Concert Hall | 12.30pm - 2pm