MUSI370

Music scenes are collectives of musicians, audiences, and often industry and media professionals dedicated to a common interest, whether the music or its social setting and significance. Coined by journalists to describe the social environments of jazz clubs, the concept of a “music scene” developed in the 1990’s into a focus for academic studies at the intersection of musicology, cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, communications, and social psychology. In this course, students will research a music scene of their choice, learning to use ethnographic and bibliographic research methods. Students will also learn about a wide-range of music scenes and the academic literature about them, including the related concepts of community, subculture, and network. Students will research live music in New Jersey and New York, including music on campus. Writing will be integrated into the life of this course. This course satisfies CA-School Core.