Teresa Carreno

-played insane piano, composed 75 pieces

-women should take care of the house, don’t be prideful
-she was making money on her own, performing in large settings, and being independent
-when I was a leader as a junior for marching band, I beat out the senior and I got bullied for it.
Florence Price
-She used European counterpoint and would use rhythms and melodies from African tradition
-she was raised in the middle of the Harlem renaissance
-they all started using African music with European ideas to impress the world with black
achievement
Margaret Bonds
-Florence price was her teacher
-they worked together to further the popularity of
- Langston Hughes was a friend and also wrote
Maria Grever
-won a grammy, huge artists sang her spanish music
-there was anti-Mexican sentiments
-The covers of her songs became famous
Undine Smith Moore
-she wanted more people to remember their past
-art songs, symphonies, both from African American idioms or European
-folk songs are from oral tradition, performed by anyone, no strict rules, art songs are performed
by trained singers, and follow European counterpoint
Pauline Oliveros
-She wrote very different styles, more “soundscape” and she didn’t follow classical counterpoint
-hearing is unintentional, listening is giving your attention and understanding
-Music is anything intended to be listened to. If someone wants it to be music, than it is.
Toshiko Akiyoshi
-she would only play piano for occupation
-14 grammy nominations, she revolutionized jazz
- a style of jazz with more improvisation during WWII
Tania Leon
-it was important to her that everyone was a global citizen, and her international outlook
reflected that
-He was a dancer who performed black artist’s songs. She served as music director for dance
theatre of Harlem
-music reflected her culture and life experiences
Valerie Capers
-created to teach students jazz for students who learned classical music
-she put the cultural idioms into her music, and jazz played a big role in that
-you don’t need to memorize as much because most of it is improvised.
Marcela Rodriguez
-Cuba&Londen
-Classical European forms with Latin American idiom Ex: Concerto for piano and orchestra
Chen Yi
-Her father played classical music to her when a little girl while living through chinese cultural
revolution
-Because she lived through the cultural revolution and folk music was no longer legal
-she encourages women to compose music because of gender equality
Pamela Z
-soundscapes: sounds that resemble your surroundings, like music in art museums. Extended
Techniques: Things you can do that are outside of normal playing, like flutter tounging and
glissandos. Commission: being paid to compose a certain piece. Sound artist: using sounds to
make music, maybe different than normal.
-she extended Oliveros’s works by bringing m=new, extended techniques and using noise to
make music. Or sound art
Garbiela Ortiz
-complex rhythms, syncopation, repetition, percussive sounds. Afro-cuban and mexican
elements
-story told through song
- with rhythms and certain traditional sounds
Nkeiru Okoye
-highlights current events and tells stories of women of color.
- the costumes, and styles. As well as rhythms
-It was honestly not my favorite, I thought it was hard to understand, and its not the kind of
music I like to listen to, but it was also impressive and it was very well made. Although I didn’t
love it, it was still really great to watch.
Hasu Patel
-provides religious belief and classic raga layouts
-traditional indian string instrument
- basically like scales, but more complex
Gabriela Lena Frank
-person of mixed ancestry
-learned from her teachers about racial mixing and included it in her music
-she played the piano by feeling the vibrations, she used physical sensations to compose
Kamala Sankaram
-experimental, different, Indian influence
-topics about technology, privacy, and horror