It's up!
Remember that forthcoming McGill Reporter article I was telling everyone about. Well it's now available online. I came across it doing a Google search for my name and this puppy has elevated me to the #2 slot (even without selecting the "pages from Canada" option!).
Go have a look :) http://www.mcgill.ca/reporter/39/09/pearlman/
An excerpt from the article:
First off, McLean hands out surveys, asking if the students are - like himself - a little more Bruckner or - like Pearlman - a little more heavy metal, or perhaps even "that rare bird who likes both."
As it turns out, at least one of the students is that rare bird.
Eric Smialek, a 24-year-old musicology student told the Reporter, "Whether I'm at home listening to a Mahler symphony or to Cannibal Corpse, I get the same kind of bodily reaction, walking around the house with my arms in the air." Smialek's master's thesis is on heavy metal but he has performed both in death metal bands and in choirs.
"I've always made parallels (between the two forms of music)," he said. "I'm more comfortable on the metal side, but I also have a huge interest in 19th-century orchestral music, so this is pretty ideal for me." His advisor, Professor David Brackett, chair of the Department of Music Theory, suggested he sign up for McLean and Pearlman's new class. With references to Bruckner, Liszt and Bach interspersed with the renderings of Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and AC/DC, the class bears witness to the growing open-mindedness of scholars, said Smialek.
littlebluenote is in there too!
Some of the students also seem determined to keep an open mind. Andie Sigler, who is pursuing a master's in music theory, admits she knows nothing about heavy metal. "I've never listened to it," said the 23-year-old, "but I took this class because I want to understand how music works. I'm not here to listen to music for enjoyment; I'm here to learn."
Go have a look :) http://www.mcgill.ca/reporter/39/09/pearlman/
An excerpt from the article:
First off, McLean hands out surveys, asking if the students are - like himself - a little more Bruckner or - like Pearlman - a little more heavy metal, or perhaps even "that rare bird who likes both."
As it turns out, at least one of the students is that rare bird.
Eric Smialek, a 24-year-old musicology student told the Reporter, "Whether I'm at home listening to a Mahler symphony or to Cannibal Corpse, I get the same kind of bodily reaction, walking around the house with my arms in the air." Smialek's master's thesis is on heavy metal but he has performed both in death metal bands and in choirs.
"I've always made parallels (between the two forms of music)," he said. "I'm more comfortable on the metal side, but I also have a huge interest in 19th-century orchestral music, so this is pretty ideal for me." His advisor, Professor David Brackett, chair of the Department of Music Theory, suggested he sign up for McLean and Pearlman's new class. With references to Bruckner, Liszt and Bach interspersed with the renderings of Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and AC/DC, the class bears witness to the growing open-mindedness of scholars, said Smialek.
littlebluenote is in there too!
Some of the students also seem determined to keep an open mind. Andie Sigler, who is pursuing a master's in music theory, admits she knows nothing about heavy metal. "I've never listened to it," said the 23-year-old, "but I took this class because I want to understand how music works. I'm not here to listen to music for enjoyment; I'm here to learn."