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Pop Convergence 2021

The 2021 Pop Convergence: A Virtual Pop Conference, April 22-25th
Artwork by Alex Nero; Design by The Art Dictator

10:00am PDT

Hope in Darkness: Music That Reclaimed Our Joy (Room B: Oscillator) Room B: OscillatorChris Molanphy • Meagan Sylvester • Michelle Villegas Threadgould • Solvej Schou • Lynn Brown

11:30am PDT

Dance Dance (Music) Revolution (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchAnn Powers • Christina Zanfagna • Alex La Rotta • Carmela Muzio Dormani • Kwabena Prentiss Slaughter The Quarantine Boogie: Music in the Times of Pandemics (Room B: Oscillator) Room B: OscillatorCharles L. Hughes • Jabari Evans • Leigh H. Edwards • Jessica Cassyle Carr • Dan Margolies • J.A. Strub

1:00pm PDT

Prince: Disrupting Notions of Blackness (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchMichaelangelo Matos • De Angela L. Duff • Kamilah Cummings • C Liegh McInnis Staying Flux-ible: Artists Adapting to Change (Room B: Oscillator) Room B: OscillatorBrittany Spanos • Hilarie Ashton • Katherine Morayati • Charlotte Murtishaw • Paula Clare Harper

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 ruins, rebellion, & resurgence (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchHolly Kruse • Carleton S. Gholz • Alfred Soto • Tara Lopez • Lisa Pollock Mumme

10:00am PDT

Flipping the Script: Traditions in Transition (Room B: Oscillator) Room B: OscillatorGlenn Hendler • Alexandria Arrieta • Morgan Bimm • Kembrew McLeod

11:30am PDT

Listening Queerly: Sounds of the Asian/American Diaspora in Flux (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchJuliana Chang • Runchao Liu • Douglas S. Ishii • Jewel Pereyra • Thea Quiray Tagle

1:00pm PDT

Shifting Cultural Memory: Explorations in Black Voice (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchMelissa A. Weber • Steven Shaviro • Skye Landgraf • Kyle DeCoste • Kimberly Mack