Rhiannon Hurst, 2024-2025 Fenwick Scholar
Location
Smith Hall, Rehm Library, 310
Start Date
22-4-2025 4:30 PM
End Date
22-4-2025 5:00 PM
First Advisor
Daniel DiCenso
Second Advisor
Carmen Jarrin
Third Advisor
Dominique Eade
Department
College Honors Program and College Scholars/Fenwick
Description
Vanguard for a New Age: Artivism through Jazz by Rhiannon Hurst builds upon New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets By Women Composers curated by Grammy Award Winning Composer and Performer, Terri Lyne Carrington. Rhiannon’s project amplifies and brings into action the book's foundation by exploring Jazz without patriarchy through the lives and works of female composers from New Standards. The project will include conducting interviews with women and non-binary individuals about their lived experiences in Jazz. The research of the female composers from New Standards and the interviews bridge past to present, culminating in a written thesis focusing on Artivism (Art Activism) across Jazz history. Rhiannon will actualize her research through a recorded album of their compositions by a band of all female and non-binary musicians, teaching inclusive music fundamentals to underserved children in the Worcester community, and presenting a final performance that integrates history and musicology through the lens of Artivism.
Rhiannon Hurst, 2024-2025 Fenwick Scholar
Smith Hall, Rehm Library, 310
Vanguard for a New Age: Artivism through Jazz by Rhiannon Hurst builds upon New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets By Women Composers curated by Grammy Award Winning Composer and Performer, Terri Lyne Carrington. Rhiannon’s project amplifies and brings into action the book's foundation by exploring Jazz without patriarchy through the lives and works of female composers from New Standards. The project will include conducting interviews with women and non-binary individuals about their lived experiences in Jazz. The research of the female composers from New Standards and the interviews bridge past to present, culminating in a written thesis focusing on Artivism (Art Activism) across Jazz history. Rhiannon will actualize her research through a recorded album of their compositions by a band of all female and non-binary musicians, teaching inclusive music fundamentals to underserved children in the Worcester community, and presenting a final performance that integrates history and musicology through the lens of Artivism.
Comments
Rhiannon Hurst is a Brooks Scholar Music major with minors in Environmental Studies and Philosophy. She is also a Jazz Voice studio student at the New England Conservatory of Music. Her Project, Vanguard for a New Age: Artivism through Jazz builds upon New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets By Women Composers curated by Grammy Award Winning Composer and Performer, Terri Lyne Carrigton. Rhiannon amplifies and brings into action the book's foundation by exploring Jazz without patriarchy through the lives and works of female composers from New Standards. The Project will include conducting interviews with women and non-binary individuals about their lived experiences in Jazz. The research of the female composers from New Standards and the interviews bridge past to present, culminating in a written thesis focusing on Artivism (Art Activism) across Jazz history. Rhiannon will actualize her research through a recorded album of their compositions by a band of all female and non-binary musicians, teaching inclusive music fundamentals to underserved children in the Worcester community, and presenting a final performance that integrates history and musicology through the lens of Artivism. Her project will be overseen by Daniel DiCenso (Department of Music), Carmen Jarrin (Department of Sociology and Anthropology) and Dominique Eade (New England Conservatory of Music).