MUSIC 159M:
Gay Guerilla: a hands-on experience of the life, music and legacy of Julius Eastman
This hands-on course explores the life and music of Julius Eastman, in which he endeavored to be "Black to the fullest, a musician to the fullest, and a homosexual to the fullest". His music deals with issues of race, gender, sexual orientation, and class, and was stylistically groundbreaking in many ways, preceding some of the earliest examples of minimalism and particularly marking the downtown New York scene of the 70s and 80s. Class meetings will include guest lectures, labs, and the opportunity to participate in and/or contribute to a live presentation of Eastman's music by Stanford Live at Bing Concert Hall. This course must be taken for a minimum of three units and a letter grade to be eligible for WAY-AII credit. For WAY-CE, the course may be taken for fewer than three units (note that if you take a WAY-CE class for only one unit you will need to take another unit of WAY-CE from the same department, as you need at least two units of WAY-CE). Please note that this course also counts towards African and African-American Studies minor/major.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE