This group will explore how jazz was redefined from popular music to art music, including how jazz composers and performers sought to remake jazz from music for dancing into music one listens to with close attention, what some have called the art music of the twentieth century. This group may also explore types of popular music other than rock, such as the pop music of the 1920s or 1940s. Possible repertoire includes the Beatles from Revolver on and any of the artists and albums named above. While some composers have continued collaborative genres familiar from the eighteenth century, such as opera, ballet, and song, others have collaborated with poets, dancers, and other artists to create mixed-media performance works that transcend traditional genres. This group will explore some examples of these mixed-media theatrical productions, the interactions of music and other arts within them, and the relations they have to the traditions of musical theatre.
Possible repertoire includes any of the productions and artists named above, and many more.