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The 2021 Pop Convergence: A Virtual Pop Conference, April 22-25th
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Jennifer Messelink

McGill University
PhD Candidate, Musicology

Jennifer Messelink is a PhD Candidate in Musicology at McGill University. Her research focuses on generic formations in postwar popular music. In particular, she examines the stylistic differences and historical significance of mood music and exotica; distinct types of instrumental music that, along with others, constituted the broad category of easy listening. Her research is supported by the Social Sciences and Research Council of Canada.

3:00pm PDT

Fluxed: Making Popular Music In the Midst of Change and Transition (Keynote Talk with Devonté Hynes, Roísín Murphy, Rostam, Tamara Lindeman, Ann Powers) www.youtube.com/nprmusicDevonté Hynes • Rostam • Tamara Lindeman (of The Weather Station) • Ann Powers • Roísín Murphy

10:00am PDT

Revolutions or Spinning Wheels? JPMS at 33.3 (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchEric Weisbard • Jonathan Leal • Jonathan Sterne • Karen Tongson • Jennifer Messelink

2:30pm PDT

Black Music at its Interstices: From “Coon Songs” to Hip Hop (Room B: Oscillator) Room B: OscillatorAlisha Lola Jones • Ambre Dromgoole • Beza Fekade • Zalika U. Ibaorimi • Matthew D. Morrison

4:00pm PDT

Black Critics Matter (Room B: Oscillator) Room A: Sky ChurchKimberly Mack • Thulani Davis • Daphne A. Brooks • Greg Tate • Danyel Smith • Wesley Morris

11:30am PDT

Pop Musicking and Survivance in Native North Pacific Communities (Room B: Oscillator) Room B: OscillatorJessica Bissett Perea (Dena’ina) • John-Carlos Perea (Mescalero Apache, Irish, Chicano, German) • SimHayKin Swawilla Jack (San Poil/Nez Perce/Moses-Columbia/ Nespelem/Lakota) • Tory Johnston (Quinault) • Jack Flesher

2:30pm PDT

Pod Out the Jams: Podcasting and the Changing Mediums for Music Writing (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchOliver Wang • Sidney Madden • Jon Caramanica • Chris Molanphy • Puja Patel

1:00pm PDT

How To Write a Hot Take…That Lasts w/ Ann Powers (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchAnn Powers