The Center for Ethnomusicology is pleased to announce a public colloquium by Deborah Wong, Professor of Music (Ethnomusicology) at the University of California at Riverside and President-Elect of the Society for Ethnomusicology.

Title: "Pain and the Body Politic: Taiko Players Talk about Blisters and More."
Date and Time: Thursday March 29, 4-6 PM
Location: 701C Dodge Hall
(Center for Ethno, click here for directions)

Space is limited and RSVP is requested to aaf19@columbia.edu

About Prof. Deborah Wong: Deborah Wong is Professor of Music at the University of California at Riverside, and President Elect of the Society for Ethnomusicology. She has published two books, Sounding the Center: History and Aesthetics in Thai Buddhist Ritual (Chicago University Press, 2001), and Speak It Louder: Asian Americans Making Music (Routledge, 2004). She performs with Satori Daiko, a taiko ensemble in Los Angeles, and this presentation is from her book in progress, Big Beats: Taiko in Southern California.