Detroit and Motown: The Rise and Fall of Two Giants
Edition: 2
Copyright: 2021
Choose Your Format
Website
$65.00
In 1959, Barry Gordy, a twenty-nine year old wanna be boxer borrowed $800 to start a record company. Set against the civil rights movement alongside the decay of one of America’s most storied cities, Motown, Detroit’s History and Music, is the tale of how Motown effected the city of Detroit and how Detroit’s unique culture would play a role in influencing the music that defined an entire generation.
Dr. Edward Higgins has authored four books with subjects ranging from musical performance practices to the City of Detroit and the Motown Record Company. He is currently a Professor of Music at Portland State University in Portland Oregon, a position he has held since 2005. He also serves the as the Orchestra Director of the Portland Choir and Orchestra.
Dr. Higgins began his multifaceted career with the Spoleto Festival orchestra in Spoleto, Italy, where he served as Principal Trumpet on such works as the
Grammy-winning recording of Samuel Barber’s Anthony and Cleopatra. After two seasons, Dr. Higgins went on to hold the Principal Trumpet Position of the Sacramento Symphony. He achieved comparable accolades in the Midwest as a professional tubist, holding principal tuba positions in the La Crosse Symphony and the St. Joseph Symphony Orchestras.
His educational career has seen similar successes with brass pedagogy and conducting positions at the University of California Davis, California State University Sacramento, Winona State University in Minnesota, and Washburn University in Kansas.
In 1959, Barry Gordy, a twenty-nine year old wanna be boxer borrowed $800 to start a record company. Set against the civil rights movement alongside the decay of one of America’s most storied cities, Motown, Detroit’s History and Music, is the tale of how Motown effected the city of Detroit and how Detroit’s unique culture would play a role in influencing the music that defined an entire generation.
Dr. Edward Higgins has authored four books with subjects ranging from musical performance practices to the City of Detroit and the Motown Record Company. He is currently a Professor of Music at Portland State University in Portland Oregon, a position he has held since 2005. He also serves the as the Orchestra Director of the Portland Choir and Orchestra.
Dr. Higgins began his multifaceted career with the Spoleto Festival orchestra in Spoleto, Italy, where he served as Principal Trumpet on such works as the
Grammy-winning recording of Samuel Barber’s Anthony and Cleopatra. After two seasons, Dr. Higgins went on to hold the Principal Trumpet Position of the Sacramento Symphony. He achieved comparable accolades in the Midwest as a professional tubist, holding principal tuba positions in the La Crosse Symphony and the St. Joseph Symphony Orchestras.
His educational career has seen similar successes with brass pedagogy and conducting positions at the University of California Davis, California State University Sacramento, Winona State University in Minnesota, and Washburn University in Kansas.