State Tuned

10 Classes. 3 Quarters. Over 250 Students. A Mobile Phone App and Mixed-Media Art Installation. If not to represent, what other purposes does a state song have?

Some states have as many as eight or nine different state songs; New Jersey doesn't have one; Virginia revoked their song years ago, yet to be replaced; and almost all have had numerous petitions come through their state legislature asking for an updated song. The fervor around selecting a new state song points to the importance of music as a form of expression and identity, but what are the polit  ...