Event overview
Postgrad student Raymond Sookram presents this evening's lecture.
"From Parody to Brexit to President Trump: (Re)Examining Politicised Speech as Popular Music"
20th and early 21st century protest songs are often regarded as primary examples of political expression in music. Yet this approach, especially when considering the role of human voices in expressing individual and collective identities, is ultimately isolationist in its ignoring of the musical and semiotic qualities of mass speech.
In this talk, Raymond Sookram will deliberately shift the focus of political expression in popular music away from the protest song and towards two forms of musical activity: protest chanting and the postmodernist editing of recorded political speeches in parody mashup videos.
By considering these musical actions with regards to the UK EU referendum campaign and the aftermath of Donald J. Trump’s election as US President, Raymond will examine the role of the voice in expressing personal and national identity on an individual and collective basis.
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Raymond Sookram is a composer, pianist, writer and current student in the MA in Music (Popular Music Research) degree programme at Goldsmiths University London. Amongst writing about political expression in music, he is currently researching the consequences of video game music and character representation upon players.
https://raymondsookram.wordpress.com
The Music Research Series is designed to help postgraduate students advance their research and careers. The events stimulate exchange, hones skills, facilitates the creation of professional networks and helps to consolidate the department’s postgraduate community, all over a glass of wine! Attendance is strongly recommended for all postgraduate students (MA, MMus and PGR) in Music but of course undergraduates, music researchers, and visitors from across the college and the community are also most welcome to these public lectures.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 2 May 2017 | 5:00pm - 6:30pm |
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