Name: Past as Palette: Historically Informed Covers as Pedagogical and Artistic Innovation
Start: 2026-06-05T11:20:00-0400
End: 2026-06-05T12:20:00-0400

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Join us June 4–6 at the Frost School of Music, University of Miami, as we celebrate the rhythms, relationships, and revolutions shaping popular music education.

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Past as Palette: Historically Informed Covers as Pedagogical and Artistic Innovation

Friday June 5, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT

Volpe 203

This session presents a contemporary model for combining creative work and research through historically informed cover albums. Using our Glastonbury retrospective project, we show how reinterpretation can serve as a rigorous scholarly method, deepen student engagement, and bridge academic inquiry with modern music production.

Speakers

Stephen Gleason

Lecturer, University of Miami

Stephen Gleason is a New York born musician and educator with over 25 years of performance, composing, and academic achievements. With heavy roots in both jazz and popular music he’s carved-out a unique career arc that has spanned across 25 years.
Most recently he has contri... Read More →

Raina Murnak

Head of Contemporary Voice and Performance Artistry, University of Miami

Dr. Raina Murnak serves as President of the Association for Popular Music Education and as Assistant Professor and Studio Director of Contemporary Voice and Performance Artistry at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, where she also leads the MA in Popular Music Ped... Read More →

Friday June 5, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT
Volpe 203 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🎈Pop 10! (55), Songwriting/Production

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