Gavin D. Douglas Curriculum Vitae
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Academic Position 2008-present Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology (Music Studies Dept. Head 2012-2016) UNC Greensboro. School of Music, Theatre and Dance 2002-2008 Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology UNC Greensboro. School of Music
Education 2001 PHD (Ethnomusicology) — University of Washington Dissertation: State Patronage of Burmese Traditional Music 1993 MMUS (Musicology/Ethnomusicology) — University of Texas at Austin Thesis: Popular Music in Canada: Globalism and the Struggle for National Identity 1991 BA (Philosophy) — Queen’s University 1990 BMUS (Performance Classical Guitar) — Queen’s University
Publications (Books) 2010 Music in Mainland Southeast Asia: Experiencing Music Expressing Culture. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Publications (Articles, peer reviewed) Forthcoming “Sound Authority in Burma,” in Sounds of Hierarchy and Power in Southeast Asia. Nathan Porath, ed. NIAS Press In Press ““Buddhist Soundscapes in Myanmar: Dhamma Instruments and Divine States of Consciousness.” Proceedings of the 4th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Performing Arts of Southeast Asia. Mohd Anis Md Nor and Patricia Matusky (eds.) Denpasar, Bali: Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI). In Press “Burma/Myanmar: History, Culture, Geography,” in The Sage Encyclopedia of Ethnomusicology, Janet Sturman J. and Geoffrey Golson, eds. In Press “Burma/Myanmar: Contemporary Performance Practice,” in The Sage Encyclopedia of Ethnomusicology, Janet Sturman and Geoffrey Golson, eds. 2015 “Buddhist Music.” In Oxford Bibliographies Online: Music, New York: Oxford University Press.
Publications (Other) 2016 “Foreword” to Understanding Indian Classical Music. By Gaurang Doshi 2016 “Foreword” to The Riff From Mandalay: Burma Kipling and Western Music. By Andrew Selth. NY: Routledge. 2015 Book review, Music, Politics and Violence. Susan Fast and Kip Pegley. Eds. Ethnomusicology. Vol 59, no. 1. 2012 Recording review, Birmanie: Musique du théâtre classique/Burma: Classical Theatre Music in Asian Music. Vol 43, no. 1: 143-145. 2011 Book review, Music and Conflict, John Morgan O’Connell and Salwa El-Shawan Castelo- Branco, eds. in Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association. Vol 68, no. 1: 109- 112. 2011 Recording review, Music of Myanmar: Buddhist Chant in the Pāli Tradition. Celestial Harmonies. 14219-2. Ethnomusicology. Vol. 54, no. 4: 160-162. 2011 Book review, Theorizing the Local: Music, Practice, and Experience in South Asia and Beyond. Richard Wolf ed. American Ethnologist Vol. 38, no.2: 390-391. 2010 Recording review Essay, “Maha Gita: Harp and Vocal Music of Burma, Nai Htaw Paing Ensemble: Mon Music of Burma and Princess Nicotine: Folk and Pop Music of Myanmar (Burma),” Journal of American Folklore. Vol 122, no. 487: 113-116. 2008 Film review, “The Flute Player and Monkey Chant” (film biographies of Cambodian genocide survivors, their children and their music). Asian Educational Media Service. Vol 30, Fall. 2006 Book review, Louisiana Hayride: Radio and Roots Music Along the Red River, by Tracey E. W. Laird. Notes: The Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association. Vol. 62, no. 3: 704-706.
Scholarly Presentations 2016 “The Music of Zomia: State Resistance in Highland Myanmar” Society for Ethnomusicology, Annual Meeting. November 2016 2016 “Buddhist Soundscapes,” ICTM Study Group. Performing Arts of Southeast Asia. Penang Malaysia. August 2016 2016 “The Lady’s Piano.” Society for Ethnomusicology Southeast and Caribbean Chapter. San Fernando, Trinidad. March 2016. 2016 “Fieldwork in Burma/Myanmar.” Invited Lecture. University of Pittsburgh. Feb 3, 2016. 2016 “Thoughts on Chinese Opera.” Greensboro Opera Companions. Jan 28, 2016. 2015 “Generation Wave: Hip Hop and Democracy in Myanmar” Discussion Panel Elections, Floods, Ethnic & Religious Conflict in Myanmar. Guildford College. Oct 26, 2015. 2015 “The Sound of Politics: Music and the Struggle for Democracy in Myanmar The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Distinguished lecture series. Natalie L Haslam Music Center. October 19, 2015 2015 “Zomian Music: State Making and Unmaking in Highland Southeast Asia.” Society for Ethnomusicology Southeast and Caribbean Chapter. Knoxville, TN. March 2015. 2015 “The Sound of Political Change in Myanmar,” Music, Media and Culture Lecture Series. Memorial University of Newfoundland. March. 2015. 2015 “Music, Sound and Political Authority in Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi as Musician and Muse,” Edward R. Murrow Golden K Kiwanis Club. January 2015. 2014 “The Soundscape of Buddhism: Dhamma Instruments and the Cultivation of Divine States of Consciousness.” Society for Ethnomusicology, Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Nov 2014 2014 “Musical Voices of Myanmar.” invited presentation, University of Washington, Dept. of Ethnomusicology. October 3, 2014 2014 “The Sounds of Buddhism in Myanmar: Dhamma Instruments and the Cultivation of Divine States of Consciousness.” Society for Ethnomusicology Southeast and Caribbean Chapter. Gainesville, FL. March 2014. 2013 “Dhamma Songs: Sacred and Secular Musical Fusion in Buddhist Myanmar.” Plenary session address, International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) International conference in Shanghai, China. July 2013. 2013 “Aung San Suu Kyi, Music and Political Change in Myanmar.” Invited talk for the NC State University PMC lecture series. March 2013 2012 “Sacred and Secular Musical Fusion in Buddhist Myanmar.” presentation for the Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. 2012 2012 “Performing Ethnicity in Burma/Myanmar.” Invited presentation at the Asian Art Museum, Seattle. Funded by the Gardner Center and the Gates Foundation. Oct 2012. 2012 “Music and Buddhism in Myanmar.” Invited presentation at the University of Washington. Co-sponsors: UW School of Music, UW Jackson School for International Studies. Friday, Oct 2012 2012 “The Dhamma Gita of Maung Ko Ko: Sacred and Secular Musical Fusion.” presentation for the International Burma Studies Group. Dekalb, Il. Oct 2012 2012 “The Intersection of Music and Politics in Myanmar/Burma.” Invited talk for the Music and Dance Club of Allamance Community College. Feb 2012. 2011 “Performing Ethnicity in Southern Shan State, Burma/Myanmar.” Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology. Philadelphia, PA. Nov 2011 2011 “The Dhamma Gita of Maung Ko Ko.” Presented at Celebrating the Legacy of Gitalulin U Ko Ko (1928-2007): Symposium and Concert. Yangon, Myanmar, Jun 2011. 2011 “Ozis in the Myelat: The Performance of Ethnicity in Southern Shan State.” Burma/Myanmar, International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) International conference in St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. July 2011. 2011 “Policies for Forgetting, Protests for Remembrance: Music and the Negotiation of History in Burma/Myanmar.” Paper presented at The Art of Public Memory. UNCG. Greensboro, NC. April 2011 2010 “Burmese Music for the K-12 classroom.” Teaching workshop sponsored by the Music Educators SIG group of the Society for Ethnomusicology. SEM, Los Angeles, November, 2010. 2010 “Decolonizing Music Theory: Some Thoughts from Outside the Field.” Invited Presentation for Society for Music Theory annual conference for SMT committee on diversity. Indianapolis IN, November 2010. 2010 “Performing Ethnicity and Performing Religion: The Shwe Thu Htay Pagoda Festival in Northern Burma/Myanmar.” International Burma Studies meeting in Marseilles, France. July 2010. 2010 “The Soundscape of the Shwe Thu Htay Pagoda Festival (Burma/Myanmar): The Acoustic Economy of Ethnic Difference.” Society for Ethnomusicology Southeast and Caribbean Chapter. SEMSEC Boca Raton, FL. March 2010. 2009 “Roundtable 1: Into the Field.” Roundtable discussant on preparing for Ethnomusicological Fieldwork. Mar, 2009. Society for Ethnomusicology Southeast and Caribbean Chapter 2008 “Sounds of the Saffron Revolution: Music and Violence On the Streets and On the Web." Society for Ethnomusicology, Wesleyan University. Oct 25-28. 2008 “Local Adaptations to a World Instrument: The Burmese Guitar.” presented at the biannual International Burma Studies conference in DeKalb Illinois. Oct 3-5, 2008. 2007 “Music, History and Authority in Burma.” Invited presentation Duke University Ethnomusicology Interest group. Dec 5, 2007. 2007 “Music and Politics in Burma.” and “Cross-Cultural Aesthetics.” poster presentation with UNCG MRi (music research institute) presented at the Society for Music Teacher Education (MTSE) annual conference. UNCG. Greensboro, NC. Sept 14, 2007. 2006 “The Slide Guitar in Post-Colonial Burma: Local Adaptations to a Global Instrument.” Annual meeting for the Society for Ethnomusicology. Honolulu, Hawaii. Nov. 2006. 2006 “Asian Interpretations of Global Popular Musics.” Panel Organizer and Chair Sponsored by the Asian Music Society. Annual meeting for the Society for Ethnomusicology. Honolulu, Hawaii. Nov. 2006. 2006 “Ethnomusicology and Music History Education.“ Position paper on panel Implementing Change in Music History Teaching: An Interdisciplinary Panel and Open Forum. College Music Society (CMS) annual meeting. San Antonio, TX. Sept 15. 2006 “Aspiring to the Diatonic Scale: U Khin Zaw’s Construction of Burmese Music Theory.” International Burma Studies Conference. Singapore. July 13-15. 2006 “Music and Political Authority: Patronage of Traditional Music under Burma’s Military Dictatorship.” Invited presentation at Cornell University. March 16, 2006. 2006 “Burmese Slide Guitar.” Society for Ethnomusicology Southeast and Caribbean Chapter. SEMSEC Boone, NC. Feb 17-18, 2006. 2005 “Music and Dictatorship: State Patronage and the Control of the Past in Burma.” presented at the 38th World Council, International Council for Traditional Music. Sheffield, UK. Aug 3-10, 2005. 2005 “Burmese Guitar and Saung Gauk Playing Styles.” Invited presenter at the symposium The Classical Guitar in Canada. Queens’ University, Kingston Ont. Canada. Feb, 2005. 2004 “Aspiring to the Diatonic Just Scale: U Khin Zaw’s Construction of Burmese Music Theory.” Annual meeting for the Society for Ethnomusicology. Tucson, AZ. Nov 6th, 2004. 2004 “Musicology in Burma/Myanmar: Some Observations.” Plenary Session Speaker—Global Ethnomusicologies Annual meeting for the Society for Ethnomusicology. Tucson, AZ. Nov 5th, 2004. 2004 “‘Tit Pya, Hnit Pya’ and ‘The Beautiful Collision of Nations’: Burmese Music and the World Music Market." International Burma Studies Conference. Dekalb, Ill. Oct 23rd, 2004. 2004 “Patronage of the Arts in Burma.” invited talk for the UNCG Anthropology Club, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Apr 22nd, 2004. 2003 “Myanmar’s Nation-Building Cultural Policy and its Impact on Burmese Traditional Music.” Presented at the Symposium Questioning Authenticity: Southeast Asian Performing Arts and Issues of Cultural Identity, held at the National Museum of Ethnology (NME) Osaka, Japan. Oct 23-26, 2003. 2003 “Fighting Over the Tradition: Public Responses to State Supported Music in Burma/Myanmar.” Annual meeting for Southeast Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology (SEMSEC). Tarpon Springs, Florida. Feb 28th-29th, 2003. 2003 “Tit Pya, Hnit Pya and the Beautiful Collision of Nations: Burmese Music and the World Market.” UNCG Concert and Lecture Series (UNCG School of Music) Jan 28th, 2003. 2002 “Colliding Nations: Burmese Music and World Music Aesthetics.” Annual meeting for the Society for Ethnomusicology. Estes Park, Colorado. Oct 2-5th, 2002. 2002 “Patronage of Burmese Traditional Music under the SLORC/SPDC: Cultural Preservation or Political Agenda.” International Burma Studies Conference 2002, Gothenburg, Sweden. Sept 21-25th, 2002. 2002 “One Penny, Two Penny: Burmese Music and the Boundaries of World Music Aesthetics.” Canadian University Music Society/ Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities. University of Toronto. Toronto, Ont. Aug, 2002. 2002 “Reconstructing the Past: Political Authority and Burmese Traditional Music.” Presentation at Columbia University, New York. January, 2002. 2001 “‘Every Graduate of This School is Assured a Job’: Music Education and Politics in Myanmar’s University of Culture.” Annual meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology. Detroit, MI. Oct. 25-28th, 2001. 2000 “The Standardization of Burmese Traditional Music: Creating Legitimacy and Enforcing Authority.” Annual meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology. Toronto, Ont. Nov. 2-5th, 2000. 2000 “Music and the Military Dictatorship.” Radio interview and performance on Burmese saung gauk (harp) and pattala (xylophone). Radio X. Seattle, WA. 2000 “Burma: Military Rule and Civil Society.” Panel participant. Jackson School of International Studies. University of Washington. Seattle, WA. Apr. 17th, 2000. 2000 “‘One Penny, Two Penny’ and ‘The Beautiful Collision of Nations’: Burmese Music and World Music Aesthetics.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Northwest Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology. Seattle, WA. (Awarded the Thelma Adamson Prize for best student paper). 1999 “‘To Uplift National Integrity and Safeguard Cultural Heritage’: State Patronage of The Sixth Annual Music Competition of the Union of Myanmar (Burma).” Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology. Austin, TX. Nov. 18-21st, 1999. 1999 Four day Workshop on Burmese Harp (Saung Gauk), Los Angeles, August. 1992 "The Official Construction of a Canadian Music Identity and its Realization in Performance." Paper Presented at the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM). National Meeting: University of North Texas. Denton, TX.
Works in Progress Sound and Power from Burma to Myanmar. •This book explores the role of sound/music in the negotiations of political, ethnic and religious identities in late 20th -early 21st century Myanmar.
“Dhamma Gita: Buddhist and secular musical fusion in Myanmar” •Investigation into lay Buddhist musical activity.
“The Sounds of Buddhism” •A soundscape study of Buddhist monasteries and pagodas in Burma/Myanmar
“The Burmese Guitar” •This piece examines the Burmese adaptations to the slide guitar with special attention to tunings, playing style and relations to the Burmese canon. Planned submission to the journal Asian Music
“U Khin Zaw and the Construction of an Official Burmese Music Theory” •This work explores the contributions (1940-60s) made by librarian, archivist and director of the Burma Broadcasting Service, U Khin Zaw in formulating a coherent theory of Burmese music.
Teaching: UNC Greensboro, 2002-2016 Introduction to Musicology/Intro to Music and Culture (freshman music major intro class) Music Cultures of the World (general education, non-major) Music in America (upper lever music major) Modern Asia Through its Music (upper lever undergraduate, international studies) Experiencing Musical Cultures: Spring break trip to China Selected Topics in Ethnomusicology (upper lever undergraduate and grad) Music in Southeast Asia Celtic Music Music and War: Music and Peace Graduate Seminars: Music and Identity Popular Musics of the World Ethnomusicology: Theory and Method Music and Politics Music in Southeast Asia Music and Nationalism Music and Conflict
Teaching: University of Washington, 1998-2001 American Popular Music Music of Asia Music of Burma