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In addition to coursework, an essential component of a student's experience at the Clive Davis Institute consists of a robust offering of special events. Through workshops, interviews, panels, performances, demonstrations, and more, faculty and invited guests delve into topics that enhance the knowledge and information presented in our classrooms and studios.
In addition to coursework, an essential component of a student's experience at the Clive Davis Institute consists of a robust offering of special events. Through workshops, interviews, panels, performances, demonstrations, and more, faculty and invited guests delve into topics that enhance the knowledge and information presented in our classrooms and studios.
The groundbreaking pop duo will kick off their residency with a moderated Q&A event on October 23rd at 4:00 p.m. ET (open to the public). 100 gecs will kick off their residency with a 90 minute, in-depth Q&A conversation moderated by Clive Davis alumnus and Pitchfork staff writer Noah Yoo. Note: This event may run longer
Join us for a special online launch event celebrating Devonté Hynes’s Spring 2021 Artist residency at New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music. Hynes will talk with Institute Chair Jason King and take questions from Recorded Music students in a freewheeling conversation and Q&A about his artistry, vision and music-making philosophies.
Antonia Randolph, That’s My Heart: Queering Intimacy in Hip-Hop Culture (book in progress); Robert Patterson, Destructive Desires: Rhythm and Blues Culture and the Politics of Racial Equality (Rutgers University Press, 2019), in conversation with Elliott Powell
This talk examines what I refer to as ‘Quarantine Soul,’ music produced of a group artists – Dinner Party, Tobe Nwigwe, Moses Sumney, Lianne La Havas, Jay Electronica, Ego Ella May, and Samora Pinderhughes among others – that both anticipates and responds to the crisis of isolation, precarity and vulnerability imposed by White Supremacy in the midst of a Global Pandemic.” Mark Anthony Neal is James B. Duke Professor of African & African-American Studies and Professor of English, and Chair of the Department of African and African American Studies at Duke University.
FANDANGO AT THE WALL follows Arturo O’Farrill, maestro Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra founder, and Kabir Sehgal, bestselling author and Grammy-winning music producer, as they prepare to record a live album at the U.S.-Mexico border wall. Their project is inspired by the annual music festival called Fandango Fronterizo, which unites people in son jarocho's song and dance on both sides of the Tijuana-San Diego border. Before recording, Fandango Fronterizo organizer, Jorge Francisco Castillo, takes O’Farrill and Sehgal on an inspiring journey of Veracruz, Mexico, where son jarocho, the 300-hundred-year-old folk music combining indigenous, Spanish, and African traditions originated.
A searing look at the intersectionality of the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements, ON THE RECORD presents the powerful and haunting story of music executive Drew Dixon as she grapples with her decision to become one of the first women of color, in the wake of #MeToo, to publicly accuse a music industry mogul of sexual misconduct. A deep-dive exploration of racial injustice and how profoundly the crimes of assault uniquely afflict women of color, the documentary premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews.
Daudi Abe, Emerald Street: A History of Hip Hop in Seattle (University of Washington Press); Amy Coddington, How Hip Hop Became Hit Pop: Rap, Commercial Radio and American Racial Identity, University of California Press (in progress); Eric Harvey, Who Got the Camera: A History of Rap and Reality (University of Texas Press, in progress), in conversation with Langston Collin Wilkins.
Anthony Reed, Soundworks: Race, Sound, and Poetry in Production in conversation with Vijay Iyer
Rob Kenner, The Marathon Don’t Stop: The Life & Times of Nipsey Hussle, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, and the Heyday of Fleetwood Mac, Aidan Levy, Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins
Hanif Abdurraqib, A Little Devil in America
Chris Molanphy, Singles book series: “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X
Regina N. Bradley, Chronicling Stankonia: The Rise of the Hip-hop South (University of North Carolina Press), in conversation with Imani Perry.
Philip Auslander, In Concert: Performing Musical Persona in conversation with Stan Hawkins
Pop Conference 2021 Brings Together World’s Leading Pop Music Writers, Scholars, and Musicians for Three Days of Virtual Programming, April 22-25
Pop Conference 2021 Brings Together World’s Leading Pop Music Writers, Scholars, and Musicians for Three Days of Virtual Programming, April 22-25
Pop Conference 2021 Brings Together World’s Leading Pop Music Writers, Scholars, and Musicians for Three Days of Virtual Programming, April 22-25
Pop Conference 2021 Brings Together World’s Leading Pop Music Writers, Scholars, and Musicians for Three Days of Virtual Programming, April 22-25
Helen Reddington, She’s at the Controls: Sound Engineering, Production, and Gender Ventriloquism in the 21st Century
Compelling LIve Performance 2 performers will present a self-produced virtual event, titled "Season Finale". The show includes 2 songs from each performer, transitional skits, and a fun thematic concept.
Twelve students from CDI’s Introduction to Stagecraft class will present a collection of original songs in a wide array of styles. This will be a livestream performance direct from Arlene’s Grocery in downtown Manhattan with a powerband directed by Musical Director Jeff Peretz!
David Suisman, War Notes: Music, Sound, and the Making of American Soldiers in conversation with Lisa Gilman