EMP|SFM Speakers Bureau
The EMP|SFM speakers bureau allows audiences to experience the museum through its knowledgeable curators. The museum's curators are available to come to your location and give powerful presentations on various topics, including Northwest music history and science fiction literature.
Information is presented in a creative manner appropriate for a diverse audience. Listeners can expect a presentation full of enlightening information, anecdotes relating to popular culture and plenty of audience participation for a memorable event.
Topics include:
Music:
- Northwest music history and the rise of independent music
- Jimi Hendrix
- Bob Dylan
- The Beatles
- Nirvana and the grunge era
- Impact and influence of Latino music in the U.S.
- The innovations of Disney music
- Sound recording history and technology
- Ethnomusicology (music and culture, non-western music)
- Musicology (western music history)
- Music theory and composition
- Arranging and orchestration
- Music education and performance
- Contemporary avant-garde music
- Jazz theory and history
- Post-bop and modern jazz
- Jazz and popular music in society
- Zappa /Beefheart
- Graphic design in music
- Rock posters
- History of US and UK garage rock, psych and freakbeat
- History of bossa nova and tropicalia
Science Fiction:
- Science fiction literature and authors
- Science fiction and society
- Horror literature
- Movie costumes and characters
- War of the Worlds and popular culture
- The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence and its relation to science fiction
- Star Trek
- Star Wars
- Science fiction art and artists, from the pulp era to the present
- Future/futuristic architecture
- Japanese manga and anime
- Science fiction and toy robots
Museum-specific:
- Exhibition development processes
- History of EMP|SFM
- Architecture of EMP|SFM
- Audio visual preservation and restoration
- Digital archiving and long-term preservation
For additional information, please contact the PR department at 206-770-2700 or
pressinfo@empsfm.org.
