Motown

Course Number
PSPR-361
Description
A performance-based study of the musical style originated by Motown Records, which, under the leadership of founder/president Berry Gordy, musically bridged racial lines during the highly sensitive period of the Civil Rights Movement. Analysis and performance of music by such artists as Stevie Wonder, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and the Supremes, the Temptations, and Gladys Knight and the Pips. An end-of-semester public performance is normally scheduled.
Credits
2
Prerequisites
Overall ensemble rating 3
Required Of
None
Electable By
All
Semesters Offered
Fall, Spring
Location
Boston
Department
ENS
Course Chair
Sean Skeete
Taught By
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