Doug Shadle
dougshadle.bsky.social
Doug Shadle
@dougshadle.bsky.social
Musicologist
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Did you know that Vanderbilt University now offers an undergraduate minor in Sports & Society? Our student newspaper, The Vanderbilt Hustler, had the scoop: vanderbilthustler.com/2024/10/13/c...
College of Arts and Science announces new sports and society minor
This interdisciplinary minor that covers the relationship between athletics and society is now being offered to students this academic year.
vanderbilthustler.com
November 11, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Hello, new followers! If you've come for wholesome, quirky, or otherwise outside-the-box classical music content, you've found the right place! How about this incredible NYT feature on Nora Holt written by one of my favorite scholar-musicians, Samantha Ege?? www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/a...
The Curious Case of Nora Holt, a Pioneer of Black Classical Music and Jazz
Nora Holt was a pioneer of Chicago’s Black classical music scene. A friend of Josephine Baker, she later became a blues singer in Parisian nightclubs.
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2024 at 6:17 PM
I'm glad I chose to put my cat on my profile from the beginning so that everyone just now joining BlueSky will know I was an early adopter.
February 6, 2024 at 11:59 PM
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A recent assignment provided by Nate Chinen and Zev Kane at WRTI, for which I had delightful conversations with composer Kile Smith and musicologist Laura Moore Pruett, and happily revisited favorite books by Douglas Shadle and Joseph Horowitz. Season's greetings! www.wrti.org/wrti-spotlig...
The 'Santa Claus Symphony,' born in Philly, that split American classical music into factions
William Henry Fry, an influential critic, composer and Philadelphian, had a point to make with 'Santa Claus: A Christmas Symphony,' which premiered in 1853. Concert audiences loved it; others, not so ...
www.wrti.org
December 22, 2023 at 4:47 PM
Definitely the best concert in Nashville tonight.
October 12, 2023 at 8:51 PM
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October 10, 2023 at 11:50 PM
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Okay, but have I asked you to submit an SMT-V proposal on this platform yet?
July 25, 2023 at 5:24 PM
Thrilled to make an appearance on the "Sound Expertise" podcast with Will Robin! We talked about how broadening my view of who might want to engage with musicological work has taken my career on some surprising journeys. https://soundexpertise.org/
July 25, 2023 at 2:50 PM