{"id":21423,"date":"2021-04-06T20:38:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T00:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/?p=21423"},"modified":"2021-04-06T21:54:05","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T01:54:05","slug":"lloyd-whitesell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/lloyd-whitesell\/","title":{"rendered":"How Lloyd Whitesell Challenges Norms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lloyd Whitesell challenges norms just by being himself. His academic career began with co-creating the field of queer musicology. He&#8217;s now among the leaders working to make space for diverse populations within music. Along the way, he&#8217;s won awards for research excellence and teaching. He&#8217;s also the world&#8217;s expert on singer songwriter Joni Mitchell&#8217;s talent as a composer. Listen to our conversation and consider which norms unintentionally influence you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-mixcloud wp-block-embed-mixcloud wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"53: How Lloyd Whitesell Challenges Norms\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FTraceyArial%2Fhow-lloyd-whitesell-challenges-norms%2F&amp;hide_cover=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, I\u2019m presenting an interview I did with Lloyd Whitesell, a music history professor and vice dean of the at McGill University at the end of last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whitesell has written two books:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Wonderful Design: Glamour in the Hollywood Musical (Oxford, 2018)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Music of Joni Mitchell&nbsp;<\/em>(Oxford, 2008)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also contributed to the essay collection:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Queer Episodes in Music and Modern Identity&nbsp;<\/em>(Illinois, 2002)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During our interview, we spoke about the glamorous nature of Moonlight Serenade. Here are two links (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rjq1aTLjrOE\">original<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZOihMwRxUdM\">remastered<\/a>) to the song so that you can hear it for yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whitesell won an award for teaching in 2011. In 2002, he won the Philip Brett Award for excellence in LGBTQ musicology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He&#8217;s also among the presenters for a Joni Mitchell tribute celebrating 50 years of Blue. See my story <a href=\"https:\/\/exploreverdunids.com\/verdun-resident-presents-at-joni-mitchell-tribute-friday\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"21425\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/lloyd-whitesell\/joni_chip2004\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Joni_Chip2004.jpg?fit=1315%2C1644&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1315,1644\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D70&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1098907251&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;27&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Joni_Chip2004\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Lloyd Whitesell and Joni Mitchell in 2004&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Joni_Chip2004.jpg?fit=480%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Joni_Chip2004.jpg?resize=480%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2004\" class=\"wp-image-21425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Joni_Chip2004.jpg?resize=480%2C600&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Joni_Chip2004.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Joni_Chip2004.jpg?resize=120%2C150&amp;ssl=1 120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Joni_Chip2004.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Joni_Chip2004.jpg?resize=1229%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1229w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Joni_Chip2004.jpg?w=1315&amp;ssl=1 1315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption>Lloyd Whitesell and Joni Mitchell in 2004<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To purchase Lloyd&#8217;s books<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=AQ4g4OeDq5M&amp;mid=37219&amp;murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kobo.com%2Fca%2Fen%2Febook%2Fthe-music-of-joni-mitchell\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"icon\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kbimages1-a.akamaihd.net\/8955566f-6336-4b04-9828-55f261776cd6\/180\/1000\/False\/the-music-of-joni-mitchell.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/a>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"icon\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=AQ4g4OeDq5M&amp;bids=876423.1&amp;type=10\"\/>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=AQ4g4OeDq5M&amp;mid=37219&amp;murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kobo.com%2Fca%2Fen%2Febook%2Fwonderful-design\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"icon\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kbimages1-a.akamaihd.net\/65426843-85a8-4078-875b-733660bbdb30\/180\/1000\/False\/wonderful-design.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/a>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"icon\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=AQ4g4OeDq5M&amp;bids=876423.1&amp;type=10\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lloyd Whitesell challenges norms just by being himself. His academic career began with co-creating the field of queer musicology. He&#8217;s now among the leaders working to make space for diverse populations within music. Along the way, he&#8217;s won awards for research excellence and teaching. He&#8217;s also the world&#8217;s expert on singer songwriter Joni Mitchell&#8217;s talent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[893,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unapologetically-canadian","category-verdunposts","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2buQs-5zx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16406,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/durham-county-poets-fundraiser\/","url_meta":{"origin":21423,"position":0},"title":"Gospel blues fundraiser in Verdun Friday night","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"March 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Verdun\u2019s Crawford Park neighbourhood will be hopping on Friday night. 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