Dr Christopher J Smith (associate professor & Chair of Musicology and director of the Vernacular Music Center at Texas Tech University); keynote address Jan 27 2011 at Texas Association of Music Schools Annual Convention

1. Access, Advocacy, Inclusivity: Campus Roles in Musical Communities Dr Christopher J Smith Vernacular Music Center, Texas Tech University School of Music 1

2. periods of crisis present moments of opportunity 2

3. inclusivity, access, and advocacy 3

4. inclusivity, access, and advocacy 4

5. inclusivity, access, and advocacy 5

6. inclusivity, access, and advocacy 6

7. Access: maximizing opportunity for communities 7

8. Access: maximizing opportunity for communities 8

9. Inclusivity:wider & more diverse communities 9

10. Inclusivity: wider & more diverse communities 10

11. Advocacy:being responsive & reaching out 11

12. Advocacy: being responsive & reaching out 12

13. James Bau Graves 13

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16. “you can’t push spaghetti” 16

17. Lascaux, Namibia, Kakadu, Sierra daCapivara, Kalimantan, Padah-Lin 17

18. Lascaux, Namibia, Kakadu, Sierra daCapivara, Kalimantan, Padah-Lin 18

19. Lascaux, Namibia, Kakadu, Sierra daCapivara, Kalimantan, Padah-Lin 19

20. Lascaux, Namibia, Kakadu, Sierra daCapivara, Kalimantan, Padah-Lin 20

21. Lascaux, Namibia, Kakadu, Sierra daCapivara, Kalimantan, Padah-Lin 21

22. Lascaux, Namibia, Kakadu, Sierra daCapivara, Kalimantan, Padah-Lin 22

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25. “Reclaiming the Commons One Tune at a Time” Christopher J Smith, New Hibernia Review 10/4 (Winter 2006). 25

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28. aw, heck, darlin’…up here, we learn to make our own fun. 28

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31. research, teaching, and advocacy in the world’s folk and traditional musics 31

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33. http://ttuvmc.org 33

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35. 1. ver·nac·u·laradj ə(r)-ˈna-kyə-lərbr />Definition of VERNACULAR 35

36. 1. ver·nac·u·laradj ə(r)-ˈna-kyə-lərbr />Definition of VERNACULAR 1 a : using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language 36

37. Aren’t you the one who organizes all those ‘vernacular’ concerts? 37

38. access, inclusivity, and advocacy 38

39. D.I.Y. 39

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52. Concert series 52

53. Ensembles Tzumba! World Music Ensemble 53

54. Ensembles Celtic Ensemble 54

55. Ensembles Early Music Ensemble 55

56. Ensembles Ragtime Ensemble 56

57. Ensembles Tech Set-Dancers 57

58. Ensembles Caprock Border Morris 58

59. VMC Outreach Scholars 59

60. Overseas 60

61. Run-outs 61

62. forty-thousand years 62

63. Periods of crisis provide moments of opportunity 63