The Musicking
Project
The Website
The Musicking Project Website was a continuation of my previous Honors Experience, (The musicking Podcast) and the goal was to expand upon the content discussed in the podcast episodes, and to provide an educational resource for individuals to better understand different music styles from around the world. This experience was very beneficial, and it allowed me to develop many skills when it came to writing, designing graphics, and creating mini-curriculums on musical topics. Ultimately, I was unable to maintain this platform due to the intense time and financial burden that was required to consistantly publish on and host a website. I cancelled my subscription, and per the website host's policy, my website was deleted including all of its published content. In place of a link, here are a few videos and photos of the transcriptions, graphics, and descriptions that I created for an episode on North Indian Classical Tabla.
Using the skills I developed in building a website and hosting a podcast, I landed a position as the intern of Cincinnati Public Radio's WGUC (classical station) intern, allowing me to continue this work in a professional setting. In addition to this website and my Internship, I continued recording, researching, editing, and publishing episode to the Musicking Podcast, and my new episodes included Himalyan Dhol drumming, Persian classical music, and music from Brazil (to be released in the future,) and for my next episode, I plan on covering the Chinese Guzheng. Here is a player with all of my episodes, which will update as I continue to publish.
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For my future Honors Experience, I plan on doing another self-designed experience where I create youtube videos exploring the history of Western Classical music as it exists around the world. In conservatory education, we learn about how Classical music began in Europe, but the branches of Classical music that began to spread around the mid 1800s is never explored, and the unique styles of classical music that were created accross different cultures aren't taught nor acknowledged. I plan on beginning with Classical music in Japan, as this is the topic I explored for a the student research showcase, and I will explore different cases accross other nations from there. ​
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