Clifton Boyd Awarded Grant from the Four Freshman Music Foundation

January 30, 2018

2nd year graduate student, Clifton Boyd, was recently awarded a grant from the Four Freshman Music Foundation to help support his research efforts.  Clifton’s research centers on “the Four Freshman arrangement style and Brian Wilson’s compositional technique.” It will demonstrate how the Freshman vocal sound “helped shape the music of the Beach Boys and, consequently, an entire generation of rock musicians.” 

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