AROUND THE WORLDS OF MUSIC

Danette Littleton

DESCRIPTION: In a style that’s conversational, and a format that invites interaction, this series will transport participants to music, old and new, exotic and familiar. The musical tour will include North and South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. We will explore each musical selection by how it sounds: musical instruments and dance, voices and languages. We will explore each selection by what it means: rites and rituals, celebrations and communication, cultural origins, and geographical locations. The presence of folk music in each culture and its local and global influences will be examined. Composers of the 19th and 20th-Centuries found inspiration, musical motifs and content in the folk music of their own and other cultures.

FOUR LECTURES:

1. Passport to Music of the World: The Americas
   
2. Passport to Music of the World: Europe
   
3. Passport to Music of the World: Africa
   
4. Passport to Music of the World: Asia
   

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Dr. Danette Littleton earned the Ph.D. at the University of Texas, and M.M.Ed. and B.M.Ed. at Florida State University. She held Professorships at University of Tennessee and University of Regina, Canada. She designed music education programs for The National Endowment for the Arts, Getty Foundation, Leonard Bernstein Center, Wolf Trap, Sesame Street Workshop and other public and private arts organizations. As an invited researcher, she presented her work on children’s musical development at conferences and universities in the USA, Canada, England, Japan, Korea, Sweden, and South Africa. Currently, she lectures and writes about musicality across the lifespan.