Peter Erskine: The Role of Rhythm in Popular Music
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Erskine has played the drums since the age of 4 and is known for his versatility and love of working in different musical contexts. Instrumental in the establishment of the pioneering Roland Drumlab at USC, Erskine sets a historical overview of the drums at TEDxUSC 2010. Demonstrating the role of ...
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BASE-jumper Jeb Corliss thinks nothing of jumping off bridges, cliffs, or the tallest buidling int he world. What was once a hobby has turned him into an expert of harnessing fear; it's a journey that has taken him to 16 countries across 5 continents and has seen him do over 1000 fixed object ...
TEDxUSC - Leslie Saxon: Body Computing and Networked Communications
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The beautifully complex study of medicine has undergone a makeover. The computer chip is impacting the most delicate aspect of medical care, the doctor-patient relationship. Dr. Leslie Saxon is Chief of Cardiology at the Keck School of Medicine at USC. As an interventional electrophysiologist, ...
TEDxUSC - Peter Erskine - The Role of Rhythm in Popular Music
View Duration: 11:56
Erskine has played the drums since the age of 4 and is known for his versatility and love of working in different musical contexts. Instrumental in the establishment of the pioneering Roland Drumlab at USC, Erskine sets a historical overview of the drums at TEDxUSC 2010. Demonstrating the role of ...
TEDxUSC - Opening Performance - Electric Drum Ensemble
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In 2009, the USC Thornton School of Music partnered with Roland, one of the world's top manufacturers of electronic musical instruments, to establish the Roland Drumlab. This monumental partnership makes USC the first to require drumset proficiency as part of a Popular Music Performance program. ...
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As the first university to pilot the TEDx program, USC found great synergy with TED and considers this event to be a grand experiment -- one where new ideas, dialogue, and conversation are delivered to the USC community through a wide array of thought-provoking and innovative content. The TEDx USC ...
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Organ virtuoso Qi Zhang plays her electric rendering of "Ridiculous Fellows" from Prokofiev's "The Love for Three Oranges" orchestral suite. This exhilarating performance from TEDx USC features the Yamaha Electone Stagea, a rare, imported instrument specially programmed by Qi herself.
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On April 13, 2010, the University of Southern California hosted the second annual TEDxUSC "Ideas Empowered" conference in the Bovard Auditorium. A sold out crowd of USC student, faculty, staff and community members, were emersed in a showcase of live talks, short films, interactive performances, ...
Varun Soni: Salman Ahmad Introduction
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Varun Soni, Dean of Religious Life and the first Hindu spiritual leader on a US campus, is an expert on comparative religion, law and ethics. Soni's interest in world religions is long-standing: As an undergraduate, he spent a semester living as a Buddhist monk in a Burmese monastery in Bodh Gaya, ...
TEDxUSC - Jeb Corliss: Harnessing Fear
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BASE-jumper Jeb Corliss doesn't believe in fear - he lives to share why one must learn to control it in order to succeed turning dreams into reality. He thinks nothing of jumping off bridges, cliffs, or the tallest building in the world. What was once a hobby has turned him into an expert of ...