"Liner Notes: Black Canadian Women in Jazz" Talking Walls Exhibit at Hart House
In collaboration with Hart House and the Talking Walls exhibition series facilitated by Day Milman, students in Prof. Shirantha Beddage’s graduate Jazz History course developed research panels for Liner Notes: Black Canadian Women in Jazz, being exhibited. From the exhibit description: “BLACK WOMEN ARTISTS have played a crucial role in the creation, development, and interpretation of jazz in Canada. This exhibition is an attempt to bring their stories to the forefront through a mix of imagery, text and recorded music.
The artists featured in this exhibition were selected by undergraduate and graduate students. In the selection process, our students chose a variety of geographical regions, a mix of living and deceased individuals and a plurality of instrument specializations. This exhibition is hopefully a catalyst for future research at our institution, which highlights the contributions of this historically underrepresented group. There are so many more stories to tell, including the numerous Black women performers, composers, arrangers, managers, educators, entrepreneurs and others that we couldn’t feature here.
The title “Liner Notes” was chosen as a representation of the written narratives that have disappeared as physical music media has transitioned into the digital age.” Congratulations to student researchers David Ball, Sean Croal, Michelle Gopaul, David Kirby, Georgia Korba, Bjorn Kriel, Muna Nwokoro, Chris Parnis, Angela Pincente, and Justin See.
