Faculty Colloquium Series: Martin Regan (PERF) 3/22/22
"Navigating the Past, Embracing the Present: Cross-Cultural Japanese Compositional Hybridity in Theory and Practice"
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“Navigating the Past, Embracing the Present: Cross-Cultural Japanese Compositional Hybridity in Theory and Practice“
Tuesday, March 22, 2022 | 4-5pm
We welcome your attendance in GLAS 311
Or online via Zoom
Zoom Meeting information:
Meeting ID: 913 8922 0366
Password: Regan
Dr. Martin Regan
Professor, Department Head of Performance Studies, 2021-22 Glasscock Faculty Research Fellow
Abstract:
Throughout its long history, Japan has oscillated back and forth between either embracing foreign cultures or self-imposed cultural isolation. The Meiji Restoration of 1868 ushered a radical chain of events that lead to sweeping political, economic, and social changes in Japan, the impact of which can still be felt nearly 150 years later. Japanese composers since then have found themselves in the position of having to negotiate their compositional identity between the conflicting values and aesthetic priorities of the past and present. This chapter explores how composers such as Miyagi Michio (1894-1956), Teizo Matsumura (1929-2007), Tōru Takemitsu (1930-1986), Minoru Miki (1930-2011) and others adapted to broad changes in Japanese society and how these changes are reflected in the evolution of compositional style through the present day. Case studies of living Japanese composers Somei Satoh (b. 1947), Takashi Yoshimatsu (b. 1953), and Kumiko Takahashi (b. 1965) will explore the connections between historical and contemporary musical practices vis-à-vis musical hybridity and cultural diversity in the 21st-century.
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