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SUMMARY:“Duke Ellington’s Symphonic Poems as a Vehicle for Social Change in the
Harlem Renaissance,” Maestro Chelsea Tipton, II
DESCRIPTION:\n&ldquo\;Duke Ellington&rsquo\;s Symphonic Poems as a Vehic
le for Social Change in the Harlem Renaissance&rdquo\; \n\nMaestro Chels
ea Tipton\, II\n\nHarlem and Black\, Brown\, and Beige are symphonic poe
ms written by Duke Ellington\, a cross-over entertainer who enjoyed wide
popularity during and after the Harlem Renaissance. These works play wi
th the types of sounds and the types of music that one would hear while
walking through Harlem. In a rhetorically savvy move\, Ellington connect
ed the jazz world and the classical European orchestra world. Paying hom
age to mainstream musical genres while also challenging the boundaries o
f those genres allowed Ellington to inspire empathy at a time when audie
nces were mostly segregated. Along with colleagues like Louis Armstrong
and many others\, Ellington took a strong stand against segregation. Eve
n through the Little Rock crisis\, Ellington and his contemporaries demo
nstrated ways that art can be a rhetorical tool that moves people to wan
t to create a better society.\n\nSponsored by the Department of English\
; College of the Liberal Arts\; Humanities Institute\; Department of His
tory\; and the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences.\n\nFor mor
e details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/chelsea-tipton_100423/
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Ellington’s Symphonic Poems as a Vehicle for Social Change in the
Harlem Renaissance”
Maestro Chelsea Tipton, II
Harlem and Black, Brown, and Beige are symphonic poem
s written by Duke Ellington, a cross-over entertainer who enjoyed wide p
opularity during and after the Harlem Renaissance. These works play with
the types of sounds and the types of music that one would hear while wa
lking through Harlem. In a rhetorically savvy move, Ellington connected
the jazz world and the classical European orchestra world. Paying homage
to mainstream musical genres while also challenging the boundaries of t
hose genres allowed Ellington to inspire empathy at a time when audience
s were mostly segregated. Along with colleagues like Louis Armstrong and
many others, Ellington took a strong stand against segregation. Even th
rough the Little Rock crisis, Ellington and his contemporaries demonstra
ted ways that art can be a rhetorical tool that moves people to want to
create a better society.
Sponsored by the Department of English
; College of the Liberal Arts; Humanities Institute; Department of Histo
ry; and the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences.
For
more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/chelsea-tipton_100423/
LOCATION:102 J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation Building
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