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Episode seven of season three, during which Lydia chats with Dr. Brent Ferguson (College of Southern Maryland) about his work as a composer and music theorist, his approach to music theory pedagogy, our experiences at community colleges, Renata Yazzie's (University of New Mexico) lightning talk at SMT 2021, and Linda Shaver-Gleason's "Is Music a Universal Language?"

Shaver-Gleason's piece

Bobby's McFerrin's video

Brent's virtual sound museum

Follow Renata Yazzie on Twitter @nata_yazhi

Timestamps:

Bren't background: 2:25

Brent's theory program at Southern Maryland: 22:18

How Brent constructs his syllabi: 30:33

Linda Shaver-Gleason's piece: 42:55