Fulbright Days in Lublin

by stanbreckenridge on December 31, 2012February 15, 2015

Stan Breckenridge is preparing for his lecture titled Call & Response, Rhythm, and Vocalities: Three Staples of African American Music

Malgorzatta Krasowska, Fulbright Director, is speaking about the many activities to date by current American and Polish Fulbrighters

Here Stan Breckenridge is explaining the significance of vocalities in African American music.

Here call & response and rhythm are demonstrated in order to engage the audience.

Fulbrighters are encouraged to participate b clapping various rhythms.

Here Fulbrighters are doing the famous dance by The The Temptations titled, The Temptation Walk, to their hit “My Girl.”

On December 7, 2012 American and Polish Fulbrighters traveled to Lublin and spoke about international academic exchange at various educational and community institutions.

British Centre in Lublin

by stanbreckenridge on December 16, 2012February 15, 2015

On November 30, 2012 Stan Breckenridge gave a lecture titled Call & Response, Rhythm, and Vocalities: Three Staples of African American Music to university and high school students at the British Centre in Lublin.

A PowerPoint presentation that included audience participation.

The audience is being prepared to sing a song in a call & response manner.

Here the audience is asked to synchronize various rhythms with their hands and feet.

Here Breckenridge is demonstrating syncopated rhythms.

This was a fun group of individuals who were eager to learn about music through lecture and participation.

University of Warsaw – Bebop, Cool and Free Form: Musicians’ Music

by stanbreckenridge on October 28, 2012February 15, 2015

A presentation, October 26, 2012, coordinated by my dear friend and colleague Professor Ewa Luczak of the American Literature Department, University of Warsaw. The audience included students (bachelor – doctorate candidates), faculty, and members of the Poland Fulbright office.

I am asking the audience to identify as many types or approaches to jazz in America. So far, they’ve identified four in addition to those seen in the lecture title.

The presentation included a PowerPoint presentation, singing, clapping, and a Q & A section.

Here I am singing the melody to the song “Long John” in demonstrating the omnipresent feature in African American music, namely call & response. The audience, +100, followed each call by enthusiastically singing the response.

Presented the significance of recordings by prominent musicians such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane, and others.

Many students knew most of the discussed musicians of cool jazz such as Miles Davis, Dave Bruebeck, John Coltrane, Chet Baker, and others.

Demonstrating call & response by audience members to memorize two separate “response phrases.” As I present the call, I am requesting they sing the 2nd response.

I believe we all had a wonderful time together sharing one of America’s greatest contributions to music, namely jazz.

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