CENTER FOR ETHNOMUSICOLOGY REPORT, FALL 2008
Prepared by : Ana María Ochoa
I. Fall 2008
1. Events
During the past semester the Center for Ethnomusicology organized a series of events, some in association with other Centers or Associations in the university. These included:
- Chris Waterman, Dean , School of the Arts, UCLA (Center for Ethnomusicology Colloquium).
- Denilson Lopes, Communication Studies, UFRJ, Brasil (Center for Ethnomusicology and CSER)
- The New Evidence 1400-1800 Series and the Center for Ethnomusicology Colloquium co-organized talks by Jaime Lara (Chair of the program of Religion and the Arts at Yale Divinity Schoool) and José Pardo Tomás (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain). Special thanks to Giuseppe Gerbino and Susan Boynton for the co-organiztion of these talks.
- Samuel Araujo, Vincenzo Cambria, Sinesio Jeferson Andrade Silva (Laboratorio de Etnomusicologia,UFRJ) presented at our new lunch-dialogues series.
- A Master Class with Charles Marshall, Satsuma Biwa Performer, in association with the institute for Medieval Japanese Studies.
- We also co-sponsored the Fifth Annual Guria Benefit which is hosted annually by Dimensions, the Barnard South Asian Students Association.
The following ensembles were active during the semester in conjunction with the MPP Program:
The Gagaku Ensemble, in association with the Japanese Program.
The Bluegrass Ensemble, Lion in the Grass.
The Brazilian Music Ensemble.
Special thanks to David Novak, Miho Walsh, Louise and Noriyuko Sasaki, Toby King, Adriano Santos and Ole Mathisen for all the work in the ensembles.
Besides this the Center for Ethnomusicology organized a video editing workshop and a grant writing workshop, both taught by Anna Stirr. Other workshops will continue in the Spring.
2. Congratulations, celebrations
Congratulations to Professor Chris Washburne for the publication of his book, Sounding Salsa with Temple University Press.
Congratulations to Elizabeth Keenan and Maurea Landies who received their Ph Ds this Fall.
Congratulations to Matt Sakakeeny who won the Charles Seeger Prize for the most distinguished student paper presented at SEM and Elizabeth Keenan for winning the Wong Tolbert Award for best student paper on the topic of women.
Congratulations to Ryan Skinner for publishing his first his first children's book: Sidikiba's Kora Lesson.
A warm welcome to Julian Albert Luker, son of Morgan Luker and Ruth Wikler-Luker who was born on December 3 at 1.13 am at Meriter hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. read more »
