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SUMMARY:Theme and Variations: Listening for Classical Music in Haiti - Lau
 ren Eldridge Stewart (Assistant Professor in Music\, Washington University
  in St. Louis)
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CONTACT:Lindsay Friday
DESCRIPTION:Each summer\, scores of students\, teachers\, and foreign volu
 nteers gather across Haiti to participate in the ritual of summer music ca
 mp. Regardless of the genre each individual student hopes to learn or impr
 ove\, all students undergo rigorous training using classical music as the 
 primary pedagogical tool. This presentation is a close examination of that
  use. Although the aesthetic attributes of classical music have been consi
 dered extensively\, the genre’s practical use value is undertheorized. C
 lassical music is used to teach technical skills\, to articulate personal 
 identity\, and to create relationships throughout local and global communi
 ties. By focusing on the presence and power of classical music as heard wi
 thin the summer camp system\, I invite us to consider what this learning e
 nvironment teaches us about the ways that amateur classical music study an
 d performance function in contemporary society\, both in Haiti and beyond.
LOCATION:Lecture Room 2\, Faculty of Music\, West Road
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