The American Musicological Society is proud to present an unforgettable performance and lecture by musicologist and music creator Kwami Coleman.

This lecture/performance focuses on stride piano technique, where a pianist’s left hand maintains the rhythmic pulse of a song with alternating leaps between the instrument’s lower and middle registers, simulating the dialogic and propulsive exchange within a band’s rhythm section.

“Taken In Stride” is Kwami Coleman’s dialog with a more acoustic past and the thoroughly electronic and more automated present, and this dialog will extend to attendees who, in their presence and participation, will join in, in stride—in rhythmic and registral exchange.

This event will be held as part of the American Musicological Society’s Many Musics of America Project and in conjunction with the 2025 AMS-SMT Joint Annual Meeting. Registration is required.

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