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Engaged Scholarship: Taking Activism and Social Justice Seriously in Our Work
May 29 2008 at 1:00 PM
Bernath Auditorium
Wayne State's Summer Doctoral Seminar presents "Engaged Scholarship: Taking Activism and Social Justice Seriously in Our Work," a public lecture and open discussion, May 29, 1:00 PM, Bernath Auditorium, WSU Undergraduate Library. Each summer Wayne State's Department of Communication hosts a seminar for doctoral students from around the country and abroad, focusing on the work of a guest scholar. This year we are pleased to be joined by Dr. Larry Frey from the University of Colorado at Boulder. The focus of the week-long seminar is Engaged Communication Scholarship. We have selected an impressive group of about a dozen doctoral students for participation and they bring a wide-ranging set of interests in combining activism and scholarly research.

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Attention Music Teachers!

Register now for Spring / Summer Music Education Courses

The Department of Music is offering four Music Education classes this semester.  Click here for detailed class descriptions and dates.  Contact Prof. Abby Butler at ag7752@wayne.edu with questions.  Click here to register online. 

Jazz Week 2008 • July 21-28

A one-week workshop that provides forty high school students with an intensive and rewarding jazz education. All participants, selected from surrounding high schools, are awarded full scholarships to attend the program and are eligible to perform onstage at the 2008 Detroit  International Jazz Festival.  Students work in master class settings, jam sessions, and small and large ensemble rehearsals with WSU Jazz Faculty Christopher Collins (Director, Jazz Studies Program), Russell Miller, and Rob Pipho.   Click here for more information.

The Department of Music

Founded in 1918, Wayne State University's Department of Music has earned a reputation for excellence in the US and abroad. Many members of the music faculty, including musicians from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and some of the area's finest jazz and vocal artists, have toured throughout the world as performers, clinicians, conductors and composers. Likewise, students in the department's ensembles have won international competitions, toured Europe and Asia, and enjoyed repeated invitations to perform at major festivals and conferences. The department also is known for its preparation of music educators.

The Department of Music collaborates with Michigan's finest professional musical institutions, including the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Michigan Opera Theatre and the Chamber Music Society of Detroit. As a result of these partnerships, students perform with professionals, take workshops from internationally acclaimed musicians and enjoy programs of the highest quality. Given the opportunities offered by the Department of Music, it is not surprising that alumni have gone on to achieve prominence as performers, recording artists, composers and educators.

Department of Music
Wayne State University
4841 Cass Ave., Rm. 1321 Old Main
Detroit, Michigan 48202
Phone: (313) 577-1795 Fax: (313) 577-5420
music@wayne.edu