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Performing Poetry

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Title	Performing Poetry
Performer(s)	Conrad, Josepha
Subject 1	Performance poetry.
Subject 2	Music--Performance.
Subject 3	Performing arts.
Abstract	In this lecture, Josepha Conrad discusses performing poetry. Conrad first leads the audience through a vocal warm up exercise. She explains that poetry is not just meant to be read, but also to be read aloud, spoken, and performed. Conrad explicates her own journey from writing and reading poetry, to putting her poetry to music and performing her work. She discusses the importance of exploring one's own body and voice, as well as the importance of preparing to perform: from vocal warm ups to sound checks. Conrad shares some audio examples of songs in which she believes the artists truly share the words they are singing, including one of her own.
Content	00:05 Slate. 00:50 Ashley Waterman introduces Josepha Conrad. 01:20 Josepha Conrad begins to speak. Begins with a warm up, handout. Speaking, listening exercise. 10:10 Poetry is meant for more than to be read: meant to be read aloud and performed. Practice performing poetry, poets aren’t used to this, the way musicians and actors are. Mentions warm up vocal exercises. Approached writing songs by putting poems to music. Studied with music teachers to sing better. 22:00 Describes the experience of a sound check. Spaces change the way words sound. Encourages students to recognize how the space is altered after a performance or reading. Echoed sounds can be painful. 32:20 What vocal cords look at when you sing/speak. How does the voice sound in different positions/ different times of day/ different emotions. Feels like a foreigner when trying to speak other languages. 36:10 Wants to play fragments of songs in which the performers really experience the words, invites audience to experience the words as well. Plays songs: “Dinosaurs:” “Here’s to all the dying souls (?) …”; Zoe Bookbinder: “Twine,” “Tell me, you’ll be close behind ….”; Jeffrey Lewis: “There are a million …”; Gustav; Gertrude Stein from “Making of the Americans.” 44:10 Plays a clip of herself singing: “Clouds on my mind…” 45:10 Q&A Anne Waldman asks question about antecedents, who influenced Conrad. Liz Knauz comments, asks question about influencers. Question about the voice in a poem. Question about performance and improvisation. 1:00:16 Recording ends.
Type of Event	lecture
Date Recorded	2014-06-17
File Format	.mp3
Performance Length	1:00:16
Rights Information	Copyright release given to Naropa University for the purposes of preservation, marketing and educational use. All other rights reserved to individual performers.
Department	writing
Summer Writing Program Number	40
Summer Writing Program Week	3
Original Format	CD (digital file)
Publisher	Allen Ginsberg Library and Naropa University Archives
Type	Sound
Language	eng
File Name	14PD033.mp3

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