Join us for a day-long symposium co-sponsored by Community MusicWorks and the Brown University Arts Initiative that features performances and discussions about the role of art in addressing social issues of the day. The symposium coincides with the February launch of Sebastian Ruth’s Coursera class Music and Social Action.

Friday, February 26, 2016
9am to 6pm
Brown University’s Granoff Center

Admission is free with registration
Register here

Schedule is subject to change

9:30am  Introduction to Coursera Music and Social Action
Sebastian Ruth, Community MusicWorks, Founder & Artistic Director
Michael Steinberg, Brown University, Vice Provost for the Arts
Adam Horowitz, US Dept. of Arts and Culture
Michael Yaffe, Yale School of Music

Click below to watch the trailer for Sebastian’s course, Music and Social Action, now available on Coursera.

10:45 am- 12:15 pm  Session I
Aesthetic Experience and Social Imagination: The Legacy of Maxine Greene
Guest Speakers:
Heidi Upton, St. John’s University and Maxine Greene Center
Paul Guyer, Brown University, Jonathan Nelson Professor of Humanities and Philosophy
Karen Zorn, Longy School of Music, President

12:15 pm -1:30 pm  Lunch at Alumnae Hall Brown University

1:30 pm- 3:00 pm   Session II

Jazz ‘n Class: Race, Identity and Art Making
Guest Speakers:
Robbie McCauley, Performer & Playwright
Brian Meeks, Brown University, Professor and Chair, Africana Studies Department

3:30 pm- 5:00 pm   Session III
Placemaking and Citymaking: Art Meets Street
Guest Speakers:
Nabeel Abboud-Ashkar, Polyphony Foundation, Founder & Director
Chloe Kline, Community MusicWorks, Education Director
Stefano Bloch, Brown University, Presidential Diversity Fellow, Urban Studies
Prentice Onayemi, ArtPlace America, Director of Partnerships and Communications

5:30 pm- 6:00 pm   Performance

Co-Sponsored by Community MusicWorks
 and the Brown University Arts Initiative
with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
and The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund