C. Samuel Peña
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Mail code: 0405Campus: Tempe
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C. Samuel Peña is a Mexican American music producer, educator, and percussionist whose work centers around building relationships through music. Samuel is the Assistant Director of Popular Music and Clinical Assistant Professor at Arizona State University in the School of Music Dance and Theatre. He has been teaching hip hop and popular music in higher education and in the community for more than a decade. He founded AZ Beat Lab, a youth-centered music production organization that teaches beat making in a collaborative, process driven approach, to provide BIPOC youth in Arizona the musical instruction and opportunities that were not available while he was growing up. With an emphasis on Hip-Hop and Latin dance music and the historical contexts from which they come, he facilitates participatory beat making and Latin percussion classes to share creative spaces with the community to gain a better understanding of how people around the world use music to communicate, connect and heal with one another. To this end, Samuel hopes to continue being a voice for building responsible communities that promote understanding and respect among various music and dance cultures.
- Master of Music Education, Arizona State University
- Post Baccalaureate, Spanish, Secondary Education, Rio Salado College
- B.M. Human Communication, Dual Minor, Spanish and Psychology, Arizona State University
Popular Music
Participatory Music
Latin Percussion
Music Production
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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MUE 494 | Special Topics |
MUE 598 | Special Topics |
MSC 221 | Popular Music Lab |
MSC 221 | Popular Music Lab |
MSC 221 | Popular Music Lab |
MSC 489 | Popular Music Capstone Project |
MSC 115 | Music Production Fundamentals |
MSC 484 | Internship |
MUP 493 | Honors Thesis |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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MSC 115 | Music Production Fundamentals |
MSC 221 | Popular Music Lab |
MSC 221 | Popular Music Lab |
MSC 489 | Popular Music Capstone Project |
MSC 484 | Internship |
MSC 221 | Popular Music Lab |
MUP 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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MUE 494 | Special Topics |
MUE 598 | Special Topics |
MSC 443 | Popular Music Forum |
MSC 221 | Popular Music Lab |
MSC 221 | Popular Music Lab |
MSC 489 | Popular Music Capstone Project |
MSC 115 | Music Production Fundamentals |
MSC 484 | Internship |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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MSC 443 | Popular Music Forum |
MSC 115 | Music Production Fundamentals |
MSC 221 | Popular Music Lab |
MSC 221 | Popular Music Lab |
MSC 443 | Popular Music Forum |
MSC 489 | Popular Music Capstone Project |
MSC 484 | Internship |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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MUE 494 | Special Topics |
MUE 598 | Special Topics |
MSC 443 | Popular Music Forum |
MSC 221 | Popular Music Lab |
MSC 221 | Popular Music Lab |
MSC 443 | Popular Music Forum |
MSC 115 | Music Production Fundamentals |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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MSC 443 | Popular Music Forum |
MSC 115 | Music Production Fundamentals |
MSC 221 | Popular Music Lab |
MSC 221 | Popular Music Lab |
MSC 443 | Popular Music Forum |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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MUE 494 | Special Topics |
MUE 598 | Special Topics |
MSC 443 | Popular Music Forum |
MSC 221 | Popular Music Lab |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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MSC 443 | Popular Music Forum |
MSC 494 | Special Topics |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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MUP 489 | Ethnomusicology Ensembles |
MUP 587 | Ethnomusicology Ensembles |
MUE 494 | Special Topics |
MUE 598 | Special Topics |
MSC 443 | Popular Music Forum |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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MUE 494 | Special Topics |
MUE 598 | Special Topics |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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MUP 489 | Ethnomusicology Ensembles |
MUP 587 | Ethnomusicology Ensembles |
MUE 494 | Special Topics |
MUE 598 | Special Topics |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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MUE 494 | Special Topics |
MUE 598 | Special Topics |