Dr. Bryan Powell, Music Education Scholar-in-Residence, Loyola University New Orleans

Popular Music Education Pedagogy: Applications in Teaching Music

Bryan Powell is Professor of Music Education and Music Technology at Montclair State University. Prior to joining MSU, Bryan served as the Director of Higher Education for Little Kids Rock, and the Interim Director of Amp Up NYC, a partnership between Little Kids Rock and Berklee College of Music. Dr. Powell’s collegiate teaching also includes courses taught at NYU, Ithaca College, Boston University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock University, Lebanon Valley College, and Bergen Community College. Bryan is the founding co-editor of Journal of Popular Music Education, a peer- reviewed, academic journal that seeks to define, delimit, debunk, disseminate, and disrupt practice and discourse in and around popular music education. Bryan currently serves as the Chair for the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Special Research Interest Group (SRIG) in Popular Music Education, and is an International Affiliate for the UK-based organization Musical Futures. Bryan has a chapter published in the Routledge Research Companion to Popular Music Education and has book chapters accepted for publication in the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Social Media and Music Learning and the Oxford Handbook of Philosophical and Qualitative Perspectives on Assessment in Music Education.

This event is free and open to the public.

Amina Scott Quintet featuring Amber Matthews

This Jazz Underground performnace celebrates the joys of being a Black American. Typically, when we discuss Black History Month, we delve into the struggles of the Civil Rights Movement, among other historic events. While those struggles are a part of who we all are, we must not forget the beauty and joy that comes with being Black, and this music will be shared with all, with love, on this special Valentine's Day performance. We will play a few original pieces as well as songs that celebrate love and finding your inner peace in today's society. 

Amina Scott, born and raised in Oakland, CA, is an upright and electric bassist, composer, and arranger. Her interest in music began at an early age when her grandmother began giving her piano lessons. From then, her love and passion for music has yet to cease, playing electric bass at the age of twelve and was soon playing gigs with local bands in Oakland. In 2017, Amina joined the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra led by Adonis Rose. Now based in New Orleans, Amina leads her own band and she has performed with various artists including Dee Dee Bridgewater, Steve Turre, Wessell “Warm Daddy” Anderson, Nicholas Payton, David Murray, Jamison Ross, Joanne Brackeen, Don Vappie, Herlin Riley, Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah, and more.