This heritage project was developed with contributions from students at Carleton College, a small liberal arts school located in Northfield, Minnesota. Students were enrolled in the course MUSC338: Sonic Spectacles in Minnesota and Beyond: Music as Heritage and worked on the project during Carleton’s 10-week trimester (March 28 through June 11, 2022).
Through readings and class discussion, we recognized the importance of organizations, such as museums, festivals, and NGOs, in influencing the creation and preservation of musical heritage. We became interested in the relationship between organizations and the artists or individuals with whom they work—while both typically share many common goals, we noticed the recurring theme of conflicting needs and interests.
While very few of our class materials specifically highlighted music venues, we identified that their widespread presence, relative accessibility, and popularity in our current time and local environment (the United States and Minnesota specifically) made them a particularly rich and relevant site of heritage creation and preservation. In creating this project, our goals were to a) investigate the musical traditions encouraged by venues in the Twin Cities and Northfield, and b) identify the musical heritage and histories that these venues reflect.
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