Selina Yilin Xu (BM ’24) has been named a recipient of a 2023-2024 Rainwater Grant from the Butler School of Music. The $5,000 award will help support Songs of the Era: Shanghai Jazz Project, Selina’s effort to revive the underrepresented music genre, known as Shanghai Jazz, that emerged in 1920s-era Shanghai, China. The project will feature two live multimedia concerts with several Shanghai Jazz songs rescored into Western notation for a jazz band, as well as Chinese music history lectures and a history exhibition on the evolution of qipao. Selina strives to promote cultural understanding and appreciation of Asian artists and their contributions to the world of music by presenting this unique music genre that fuses both Western music and Chinese folk tunes.
Congratulations, Selina!
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