Voicing Across Distance Masi Asare

A brief reading from "The Great Woman Singer: Gender and Voice in Puerto Rican Music" by Licia Fiol-Matta; a conversation with Brian Herrera (Princeton) on the tensions of authenticity and form, West Side Story, and Latinx vocal performance in musicals; plus an invitation to embody voice in new and gender-affirming ways with Diane Robinson (Chicago Voice Center). CUE TIMES (start of each section): 2:38 [reflection] // 7:42 [reading] // 15:04 [scholarly conversation] // 51:48 [vocal exercise]

A brief reading from "Infectious Rhythm: Metaphors of Contagion and the Spread of African Culture" by Barbara Browning; a conversation with Katelyn Hale Wood (University of Virginia) on voice, race, and comedy, and sonic intimacy as queer time travel; plus a vocal exercise from host Masi Asare (Northwestern). CUE TIMES (start of each section): 3:52 [reading] // 15:30 [scholarly conversation] // 53:22 [vocal exercise]

A brief reading from The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois; a conversation with Anne Harper Charity-Hudley (University of California, Santa Barbara) on linguistic gatekeeping and a sociolinguistic perspective for the study of theatre and performance; plus an exercise and thoughts on Covid-era vocal practice from Linda Gates (Northwestern). CUE TIMES (start of each section): 1:20 [reading] // 8:10 [scholarly conversation] // 44:21 [practical conversation]

A brief reading from "Tropical Renditions: Making Musical Scenes in Filipino America" by Christine Bacareza Balance; a conversation with Donatella Galella (University of California, Riverside) on musicals, racial representation, and vocal yellowface in contemporary productions; and thoughts from Andy Evan Cohen (CUNY, Roly Poly Productions) about voice practice on Zoom. CUE TIMES (start of each section): 1:33 [reading] // 7:45 [scholarly conversation] // 44:57 [practical conversation]

A brief reflection on honoring voices of these lands; a conversation with Dylan Robinson (Queen’s University) on Indigenous song-life and listening for what writing performs, plus a reading from his new book “Hungry Listening: Resonant Theory for Indigenous Sound Studies”; and vocal guidance for meeting one’s voice from Jonathan Hart Makwaia (New York University, Roy Hart Centre). CUE TIMES (start of each section): 1:31 [reflection] // 5:05 [scholarly conversation] // 35:47 [reading] // 42:11 [voice practice]

A brief reading from Joshua Chambers-Letson’s "After the Party: A Manifesto for Queer of Color Life"; listening with Elena Elías Krell (Vassar College, Hen in the Foxhouse) for inner voices that sound the vulnerability of queer of color critique; and a vocal exercise through grief and giggles from Abigail Bengson (The Bengsons). CUE TIMES (start of each section): 2:00 [reading] // 7:28 [scholarly conversation] // 42.50 [exercise]