Mini Course: All Your Favorite Music Is (Probably) Black

When: July 22, 2019 - 1:30pm to 4:00pm

 

All Your Favorite Music is (Probably) Black is a humorous, highly immersive, and historically accurate hour that uncovers the African-American roots of popular music genres that appear to be free of African-Americans. Utilizing a rich audiovisual presentation, Mark Montgomery French reveals the sonic secrets behind African-Americans’ cultural invisibility within the musical categories they helped define.

 

 

Past Reviews:

“Funny and unique presentation.”

“The Thoroughly researched history was amazing.”

“Mark French is awesome.”

“A walking encyclopedia of music.”

“Great talk.”

“Excellent!”

$35 per person. This class is open to non-members.

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San Francisco-native Mark Montgomery French is an award-winning film composer with the group Spiky Blimp, an award-winning Creative Director with 20+ years of presentation experience, and a music culture writer noted for Uppity Music—Your Guide to Unsung Black Departure Albums and the series 28 Days, 28 Black Music Documentaries. He was formerly the co-leader of the ’90s progressive funk band Endangered Species.

 

Location: 
SF State's Downtown Campus, 835 Market St., Room 626
E-mail: 
olli@sfsu.edu