Volume 45 Number 4 September 2011
NEH Summer Institute in Ethno- SEM Seeks New Journal Editor for Contents musicology and Global Culture, by Ethnomusicology People and Places Eric Charry, NEH Summer Institute Director The Society for Ethnomusicology Hanna, Pereira, Gioti, Jones, invites proposals from Society mem- Levine, Hellier-Tinoco, Trasoff, Zemp, Ethnomusicology and Global Cul- bers who wish to be considered for Shelemay ... more on p. 3 ture, a National Endowment for the the editorship of the journal Ethnomu- Humanities (NEH) Summer Institute, sicology. ... more on p. 13 Weapons of Mass Instruction, by was held at Wesleyan University ... Gage Averill, SEM President: “An- more on p. 8 nouncing: The Sound Future Cam- Lyn Pittman Retires as SEM Busi- paign” 2011 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, ness Office Coordinator, by Ste- by Gregory Barz, Program Chair phen Stuempfle, SEM Executive For the first time in its 57-year his- Director tory, the Society for Ethnomusicology Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the is launching a comprehensive fund- site for the 56th Annual Meeting of On August 31, 2011, Lyn Pittman raising campaign ... more on p. 4 the Society for Ethnomusicology ... retired from the Society for Ethnomu- more on p. 9 sicology... more on p. 13 The Little Man Goes Emeritus, by Timothy J. Cooley, 1st Vice President SEM-CORD Joint Annual Meeting, Announcments Philadelphia, by Carol Muller, Chair, After a long career of 55 years, Local Arrangements Committee The Applied Ethnomusicology SEM’s Panamanian Coclé mascot Section Travel Assistance Fund; (aka the “Little Man”) will retire at the The joint meeting of the Society Southeast/Caribbean Section (SEM- end of this year ... more on p. 5 for Ethnomusicology and the Con- SEC) 2012 to meet in Santo Domingo gress for Re- ... more on p. 14 Ethnomusicol- search on Dance ogy Students Unite: will take place 2011 Charles Seeger Lecturer: Benefit Concert for at the Sheraton Randy Martin, by Gage Averill, SEM Earthquake and Tsu- Philadelphia City President nami Relief for Ja- Center Hotel ... more on p. 10 When SEM meets this November pan, by Yuko Eguchi in Philadelphia with the Congress On April 23, 2011, “RicFest”: Re- on Research in Dance, our Seeger the University of tirement Celebra- lecture will be a leading scholar and Pittsburgh hosted a tions for Ricardo critic ... more on p. 15 benefit concert titled Trimillos, by “This Moment, Once Frederick Lau Conferences Calendar in a Lifetime” ... more ... more on p. 16 on p. 6 Professor Ricardo Trimillos (Ric to most of us) retired at the end of the SEM 2012 Annual Meeting Call for MACSEM Conference and Pre-Con- 2011 spring semester ... more on p. Proposals ference Symposium on Romani/ 11 Gypsy Music, by Adriana Helbig The 2012 Joint Annual Meeting of Center for World Music Summer the Society for Ethnomusicology, the The Department of Music at the Programs American Musicological Society, and University of Pittsburgh hosted two the Society for Music Theory will be successful ethnomusicology events The Center for World Music is held on November 1-4, 2012, in New ... more on p. 7 pleased to announce its Programs Orleans at the Sheraton New Orleans Abroad 2012 ... more on p. 12 Hotel ... more on p. 17 Internet Resources The Society for Ethnomusicology and the SEM Newsletter The SEM Website Incoming Editor, SEM Newsletter Outgoing Editor, SEM Newsletter Gordon Thomson Henry Spiller http://www.ethnomusicology.org Department of Music Department of Music Skidmore College University of California The SEM Discussion List: SEM-L 815 North Broadway One Shields Avenue Saratoga Springs, New York 12866-1632 USA Davis, CA 95616, USA To subscribe, send email message (Tel) 518.580.5322 (Fax) 518-580-5340 (Tel) 530.752.2603 (Fax) 530.752.0983 to: [email protected]. (Email) [email protected] (Email) [email protected] EDU. Leave subject line blank. Type The SEM Newsletter the following message: SUBSCRIBE The SEM Newsletter is a vehicle for ex- SEM-L yourfirstname yourlastname. change of ideas, news, and information among Ethnomusicology Sites the Society’s members. Readers’ contributions SEM Applied Ethnomusicology Section are welcome and should be sent to the editor. http://www.appliedethnomusicology.org American Folklife Center See the guidelines for contributions on this page. http://www.loc.gov/folklife/ The SEM Newsletter is published four times SEM Chapter Websites annually, in January, March, May, and Septem- British Forum for Ethnomusicology ber, by the Society for Ethnomusicology. Inc., and Mid Atlantic Chapter is distributed free to members of the Society. http://www.macsem.org http://www.bfe.org.uk Back issues, 1981-present [Vols. 14-18 (1981-84), 3 times a year; Vols. 19-32 (1985- Mid-West Chapter The British Library, World and Tradi- 1998), 4 times a year] are available and may be http://sem-midwest.osu.edu/ tional Music ordered at $2 each. Add $2.50/order for postage. http://www.bl.uk/wtm Address changes, orders for back issues of Niagara Chapter the SEM Newsletter, and all other non-editorial Christian Musicological Society of India inquiries should be sent to the Business Office, http://www.people.iup.edu/ rahkonen/ Society for Ethnomusicology, Indiana University, NiagaraSEM/NiagaraSEM.htm http://www.thecmsindia.org Morrison Hall 005, 1165 East 3rd Street, Bloom- ington, IN, 47405-3700; (Tel) 812.855.6672; (Fax) Northeast Chapter Ethnomusicology OnLine (EOL) 812.855.6673; (Email) [email protected]. http://www.necsem.org http://umbc.edu/eol (home site) SEM Membership Northwest Chapter (SEM-NW) International Council for Traditional The object of the Society for Ethnomusicol- Music ogy is the advancement of research and study in http://www.music.washington.edu/eth- the field of ethnomusicology, for which purpose no/semnw.html http://www.ictmusic.org/ICTM all interested persons, regardless of race, ethnici- Iranian Musicology Group ty, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or physical Southeast-Caribbean Chapter ability are encouraged to become members. Its http://otto.cmr.fsu.edu/~cma/SEM/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iranian_ aims include serving the membership and society musicology at large through the dissemination of knowledge SEMSEC02.htm/ concerning the music of the world’s peoples. The Music & Anthropology Society, incorporated in the United States, has an Southern California & Hawai`i Chapter international membership. (SEMSCHC) http://www.muspe.unibo.it/period/MA Members receive free copies of the journal and the newsletter and have the right to vote and http://ethnomus.ucr.edu/semscc.html http://research.umbc.edu/eol/MA/index. participate in the activities of the Society. Life htm members receive free copies of all publications Southern Plains Chapter of the Society. Institutional members receive the http://katchie.com/semsouthernplains/ Smithsonian Institution Websites journal and the newsletter. Pages/SEMsouthernplains.html http://www.folkways.si.edu Student (full-time only) (one year)...... $40 Southwest Chapter http://www.festival.si.edu Individual/Emeritus (one year) income $25,000 or less...... $60 http://www.u.arizona.edu/~sturman/ http://www.folklife.si.edu income $25,000-$40,000...... $75 SEMSW/SEMSWhome.html Society for American Music income $40,000-$60,000...... $85 income $60,000-$80,000...... $95 http://www.American-Music.org Guidelines for Contributors income $80,000 and above...... $105 UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive Spouse/Partner Individual (one year)...... $35 Life membership...... $1200 • Send articles to the editor by http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/ar- Spouse/Partner Life...... $1400 email chive Sponsored* (one year)...... $57 Institutional membership (one year)...... $115 • Please send faxes, disks, or University of Washington Ethnomusi- Overseas postage (one year)...... $22 cology Archive paper copies only as a last *Donated membership for individuals and institutions resort. http://www.music.washington.edu/eth- in soft-currency countries. Send sponsorship letter with no/index.php?page=archives dues ($35) and postage (either $10 Surface rate or $25 • As of January, 2011, the News- airmail) to the SEM Business Office. letter no longer accepts adver- Ethnomusicology: Back Issues tisements. The Society’s journal, Ethnomusicology, is currently published three times a year. Back is- sues are available through the SEM Business Of- Copy Deadlines fice, Indiana University, Morrison Hall 005, 1165 East 3rd Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-3700; March issue...... February 15 (Tel) 812.855.6672; (Fax) 812.855.6673; (Email) May issue...... April 15 [email protected]. September issue...... August 15 ISSN 0036-1291 January issue...... December 15
SEM Newsletter Ruth Hellier-Tinoco is taking up Hugo Zemp is pleased to an- People and Places a Faculty position at the University nounce his newest film, Polyphony Judith Lynne Hanna (University of California, Santa Barbara, joining of Ceriana: The Compagnia Sacco. of Maryland) delivered a keynote ad- Professors Scott Marcus, Tim Cooley, The specific singing style of this North dess, “The Power of Dance: The- and Dave Novak in the area of ethno- Italian village consists of two orna- atricality and Performativity,” at the musicology. She will also be affiliated mented solo-voices mainly in thirds, 2010 Spectacular Performance and with the Department of Theater and wile the choir produces a drone bass. Knowledges International Symposium Dance and with Latin American Stud- This particular polyphony (”discov- at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. ies. Her main teaching areas include: ered” first by Alan Lomax in 1953), (The symposium papers are pub- musics of Mexico; women and music; while unknown in other areas of Italy, lished in French: André Helbo, ed., performance, memory and history; is stylistically close to table songs of Performance et saviors, Brussels: and Latin American theatres. Ruth Kakheti province, East Georgia (Cau- de Boeck, 2011.) Hanna presented has recently published Embodying casus). The film shows the two-sided “Striptease Spectators: Live and Mexico: Tourism, Nationalism, and activities of the Compagnia Sacco: Imaginary” at the 2011 Spectacle Performance with Oxford University on the one hand giving international Vivant et Interdiscipline International Press. concerts and producing CDs, on the Colloque at the Academie Royale David Trasoff has received a other hand, singing with friends at de Belgique, 2011. In addition, as scholarship grant from the Prus- local festivities and continuing though an Invited Scholar to the Erasmus sian Cultural Heritage Foundation to nurture and keep alive the village Mundus Joint Master (Nice Sophia to pursue a research project on the singing of today. The web page of the Antipolis, Paris 8 Saint Denis, Frank- Sourindro Mohan Tagore instrument distributor indicates related resourc- furt Am Main, Université Libre de collection at the Berlin State Museum es, including a study guide written Bruxelles) in Performing Arts study, in Berlin, Germany. The grant runs by the filmmaker and by the Italian she gave a short lecture/practicum from September to November, 2011. composer and musicologist Giuliano course on “Semiotics of Dance—The Maria de Sao Jose Corte-Real d’Angiolini, and a 40-page as yet Body Sounding Off,” drawing upon edited the special issue Music and unpublished article especially written her discoveries about the meaning of Migration for the online journal Mi- by Febo Guizzi, Ilario Meandri and dance from her field work in Africa, on gracoes (vol. 7, 2010) (see website Guido Raschieri, three ethnomusi- US playgrounds and in US theatres http://www.oi.acidi.gov.pt/modules. cologists from Turin University in Italy. and exotic dance clubs. php?name=Content&pa=showpage For more information, see (website) Alyssa A. Pereira is working on &pid=104), which was launched on http://www.der.org/films/polyphony-of- a paper that explores the Battle of May 16 at the Gulbenkian Foundation ceriana.html. Apollonian and Dionysian influences in Lisbon, Portugal. The special issue Kay Kaufman Shelemay (Har- in San Francisco Bay Area Hip-Hop includes thirty articles by researchers, vard University) has completed a year while attending San Francisco State musicians, and producers working as a Phi Beta Kappa-Frank M. Updike University. Future work will be under throughout the world. The direct link Memorial Scholar. Over the course of the umbrella of New York University. for the free online English version the year, she presented lectures on Lamprini Gioti has released is (website) http://www.oi.acidi.gov. intercultural relations at a variety of several articles at (website) http:// pt/modules.php?name=Content&pa= colleges and universities throughout www.outreachethnomusicology.com showpage&pid=120. the US. Shelemay’s own summary of concerning rebetika music and will her experiences conduct a workshop at the Second are available Biennial Euro Conference in Musicol- at (website) ogy in Cyprus this September. He is http://www. also working on a project with poly- pbk.org/home/ phonic songs from Epirus. FocusNews. Alyson E. Jones was awarded aspx?id=737. the ProQuest Distinguished Dis- Phi Beta Kap- sertation Award at the University of pa’s Visiting Michigan for her dissertation, “Play- Scholar Program ing Out: Women Instrumentalists and has been offer- Women’s Ensembles in Contempo- ing undergradu- rary Tunisia.” ates the oppor- Victoria Lindsay Levine has tunity to spend been named the Christine S. Johnson time with some Professor in Music at Colorado Col- of America’s lege, where she has taught ethno- most distin- musicology since 1988. Levine’s guished scholars research focuses on Native North since 1956. American musical cultures. Kay Kaufman Shelemay (photo: courtesy Olivia Buck and Phi Beta Kappa) SEM Newsletter includes the new Smithsonian engage in kinds of activities outlined Weapons of Mass In- Folkways collaboration and spe- above. For this, we need to increase struction cial policy sessions at the Annual our endowments and to secure ad- Meetings. ditional annual funding. “Announcing: The Sound Future • The K-12 World Music Pedagogy To make the campaign success- Campaign” Workshops in partnership with the ful, we will all have to step up and get By Gage Averill, SEM President Teacher-Nexus-Teacher network involved. How can you help? If you and Smithsonian Folkways. are able, make the most substantial For the first time in its 57-year his- • The Ethnomusicology Translation one-time or annual gift to the Sound tory, the Society for Ethnomusicology Series, a new publication project Future Campaign that you can—you is launching a comprehensive fund- that will make ethnomusicology can use the form on the flyer that will raising campaign: the Sound Future research more available through be mailed to all members or go online Campaign, designed to advance the translations to and from English. to the Sound Future Campaign page work of the Society in the areas out- on the SEM website, which will be lined in our new Strategic Plan. We As you can see, the goals of this announced and up-and-running soon. will be looking far and wide for sup- You can also contribute annually at port in this campaign, but any such campaign are to project ethnomusi- cological expertise and perspectives the time of your membership renewal endeavor has to begin at home, with (there will be a check-off for dona- us, the membership of SEM. more thoroughly into grade school education and public policy debates, tions to the Campaign). Talk to your To start, I am thrilled to announce fellow ethnomusicologists, programs, that Bruno Nettl has agreed to serve to foster a greater global dialogue about matters of concern to ethno- students, and to those who benefit as honorary chair of the campaign. from ethnomusicology and convince He and I are putting together a Sound musicologists, to nurture partnerships with sister organizations and societ- them to donate. Consider making a Future Campaign Committee that bequest to the Sound Future Cam- will help to shape and publicize the ies, and to support the next genera- tion of scholars in ethnomusicology. paign in your will (our Executive campaign, to strategize our outreach, Director can help you to develop and to solicit donations and assure such a bequest). In some cases, for its success. To create the commit- faculty members with research funds, tee, we will merge the Development some campaign goals may be prop- Committee and Long-Range Planning erly furthered with research money Committee along with additional col- (for example, bringing international leagues from the Crossroads Com- ethnomusicologists to SEM Annual mittee and the membership. I will an- Meetings). If you are aware of corpo- nounce the members of this Commit- rations or philanthropic organizations tee in the next SEM Newsletter and with an interest in ethnomusicology, at the General Membership Meeting please bring this to our attention. In in Philadelphia—you will be hearing any case, please be in touch with from them in the months ahead! Stephen Stuempfle, our Executive Di- Our target is an ambitious one for rector, about your plans to contribute a small scholarly society—$700,000 to the Campaign. by December 2013—but it is achiev- Most importantly, give what you able. What will this money support? can. For our student members and Here is just a small sample of the those without predictable income, projects to be funded through this this may only be a few dollars, but campaign: quite frankly, it is more important to • The 21st Century Fellowship show that our members support the Fund, a dissertation support fel- campaign and contribute than it is to lowship of $10,000. demonstrate large donations. • An Annual Meeting Travel Fund This has the potential to be a to assist scholars based outside Bruno Nettl, honorary chair of Sound Future transformative moment in the history Campaign, SEM’s first comprehensive the US and Canada to attend the of the Society for Ethnomusicology SEM Annual Meetings and further fund-raising effort (photo: L. Brian Stauffer, University of Illinois News Bureau) and for the field of ethnomusicology. global dialogue in ethnomusicol- Please contribute your ideas, talents, ogy. your enthusiasm, and of course your • The Public Ethnomusicology Initia- This campaign reflects a matura- tion of the field as well as the Society, donations. I look forward to working tive to disseminate ethnomusico- with Bruno Nettl, with the Sound Fu- logical research to a broad public and it will help to ensure their vibrant and dynamic future in this new cen- ture Campaign Committee, and with audience, engaged in public policy you all on this. debates affecting music, and sup- tury. Membership dues and Annual Meeting proceeds sustain the work of port NGOs working with musicians Thank you! and communities. This initiative our Society, but they don’t allow us to
SEM Newsletter remained unchanged on official SEM cist, colonialist, and/or Orientalist. For The Little Man Goes publications since that time. In recent example, in a paper delivered at the Emeritus decades a spirited debate has carried 2004 Annual Meetings in Tucson, AZ, on, spurred forward by members who Kevin Delgado compared the SEM By Timothy J. Cooley, 1st Vice find the mascot offensive because logo to American Indian mascots President they interpret him as primitivist, exoti- used by schools and sports teams. After a long career of Other members believe 55 years, SEM’s Panama- that the mascot and the nian Coclé mascot (aka typeface no longer repre- the “Little Man”) will retire sent the core activities of at the end of this year. SEM and that the logo is Moving gracefully into his potentially harmful to the new emeritus status, he wider perception of eth- has agreed to continue nomusicology both within serving the society for the and beyond academia. new “Dear Little Man” col- Yet others do not find the umn in the student news- mascot offensive, and a letter, SEM{StudentNews}. referendum conducted We invite the SEM in 2004 showed that membership to join us in a majority of the SEM celebrating the Little Man’s membership supported long service to the society. retaining the logo. How- After considering the ever, the referendum results of a referendum, did not put an end to the relevant debates, pan- debate. The Board has els within the Society for found that this issue has Ethnomusicology since become divisive and a 1998, and the advice of distraction to the impor- the Council, the SEM tant work of the Society. Board of Directors has As a result, the Board determined that the Pana- has come to the conclu- manian Coclé mascot and sion that the Society will the typeface that currently benefit in the long run by form SEM’s logo no longer retiring the Coclé figure best represent the Soci- as the official mascot of ety’s collective scholarly the Society. identity. Therefore they This fall, we will have decided to retire the honor the importance logo on all SEM publica- of the Little Man in the tions and the website history of the society and effective 2012. The Board mark his new emeritus is seeking new abstract status in a celebratory design identities that will way. Many members better represent SEM in retain a fondness for the the twenty-first century. former mascot and will The logo, including a want to use the figure in two-dimensional repre- unofficial contexts. He sentation of a sculpture of will always remain an an ocarina-playing male icon of our institutional figure from the Coclé history. people of Pre-Columbian The Ad Hoc Commit- Panama and the typeface, tee on the SEM Mascot was introduced on the consisted of members of SEM Newsletter in 1956. the SEM Board of Direc- With the exception of the tors: Timothy J. Cooley, removal of the hyphen First Vice President; from the word “Ethno- Eileen M. Hayes, Sec- Musicology,” the logo has ond Vice President; and Gregory Barz, Treasurer.
SEM Newsletter Ethnomusicology Students Unite: Ben- efit Concert for Earth- quake and Tsunami Relief for Japan By Yuko Eguchi On April 23, 2011, the University of Pittsburgh hosted a benefit concert titled “This Moment, Once in a Life- time.” More than 250 people attend- ed, and the concert raised $3,500 on site. All proceeds were donated to the Brother’s Brother Foundation with the help of the Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania. The concert showcased not only American and Japanese music, but a wide variety of music cultures. Eric Shiner, interim director of Pittsburgh’s Andy Warhol Museum, served as the Joe “Handyman” Negri collaborates with David Newell (aka “Mr. McFeely”) at the “This master of ceremonies. The program Moment, Once in a Lifetime” benefit concert in Pittsburgh, PA. began with the American and Japa- collaborations of videogame themes nese national anthems performed For the second half, Yuko Eguchi by Bryan Wright and Martin Spitzna- by Naoko Hirai and Koichiro Suzuki. performed a tea ceremony in which gel; folk guitar and banjo songs by Other performances in the concert she served the first bowl dedicated Emily Pinkerton; and African djembe included the following University of to the victims of the earthquake and drumming by Charles Lwanga. Sev- Pittsburgh students: Matt Gillespie tsunami and the second bowl to the eral Duquesne University students performing his piano solo “Rag in Pittsburgh community with sincere also took part: Matt Pickart and Jon F”; a flute solo, “Honami,” by Kerrith prayers and appreciation. Although Cordle played “Ashokan Farewell”; Livengood; Yuko Eguchi’s perfor- he was unable to be present, the and “Warabigami” played by Naoko mance of (Japanese popular Japanese enka singer and kouta geisha Hirai, Koichiro Suzuki, and Michael music); a jazz medley by Yoko Suzuki former Pitt student Jero kindly sent us Borowski. Joe “Handyman” Negri and Howard Alexander; the theme to a personal message to be included in played several jazz guitar solos and the famous Korean TV drama “Winter the concert brochure, which provided participated in a puppet skit with Sonata” played by Jonghee Kang, strong emotional support to Pitts- David Newell (Mr. McFeely) from Jungwon Kim, and Takeaki Miyamae; burgh’s Japanese community. The the famous TV show Mister Rogers’ ragtime piano and piano/washboard highlight of this concert was the sing- Neighborhood. ing “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” by Fred Rogers and “Ue wo Muite Aruko (Sukiyaki)” by Kyu Sakamoto and the audience. This concert proved that music has power to speak to people, to unite people with joy, and to help each other for a good cause. The organizers would like to sincerely thank the Department of Music and Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh, the Japan-America Society of Pennsylva- nia, Brother’s Brother Foundation, the Japan Association of Greater Pitts- burgh, and everyone who attended this event. Also special thanks to Pitt students Ben Pachter and Meng Ren for their help in putting on this benefit concert. Paticipants in the “This Moment, Once in a Lifetime” benefit concert in Pittsburgh, PA, send a message to victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami SEM Newsletter four soundscapes of Romani music: versity of Virginia, College of William MACSEM Conference the romantic image that non-Roma and Mary, University of Pennsylvania, and Pre-Conference have of Roma; Romani coffee house Penn State, Franklin and Marshall bands; traditional Romani bašaviben, College, and others. The keynote Symposium on Ro- music for their own entertainment, speaker for the MACSEM confer- mani/Gypsy Music influenced by popular music; and ence was Peter Manuel (professor of By Adriana Helbig emerging Romani hip hop. Petra Gel- ethnomusicology at CUNY Graduate bart (executive director of the newly Center). His presentation, entitled The Department of Music at the formed Institute for Romani Music “From Cassette Culture to VCD Cul- University of Pittsburgh hosted two at New York University) spoke on ture in North India’s Bhojpuri Region,” successful ethnomusicology events: “The Dogma of Difference: Rethink- offered perspectives on the ways in the annual meeting of the Mid-Atlantic ing Romani Studies.” In her analysis, which technological changes have Chapter for the Society for Ethnomu- she inverted the discipline of Romani influenced popular music culture, sicology (MACSEM) on March 19-20, Studies by establishing Gadjology, touching upon issues of regional 2011, and a pre-conference sym- the study of non-Roma (gadje) from identity, gender, and social status. posium on Romani/Gypsy Music on a Romani perspective. Svanibor Pet- MACSEM conference papers of- March 18, 2011. These events were tan (professor of ethnomusicology at fered by graduate students covered well attended by the university com- the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) a wide range of topics, including cul- munity and the public, with more than rounded out the symposium with a tural policy, festivals, music and gen- 100 people at the MACSEM confer- presentation entitled “Thirty Years of der, spirituality, and medical ethno- ence and 300 people at the Sympo- Romani Music Research in Kosovo.” musicology. The conference featured sium on Romani/Gyp- sy Music. The events were sponsored by the School of Arts and Sciences, the Center for Russian and East European Studies, the Asian Studies Center, the Center for Latin American Studies, the Honors College, the Cultural Studies Program, the Study Abroad Office, and the Humanities Center. The pre-confer- ence Symposium on Romani/Gypsy Music helped launch the Department of Music’s new study abroad program in Romani music to the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia. Petra Gelbart performs with the University of Pittsburgh’s Carpathian Music Ensemble Organized by Adri- at the Symposium for Romani/Gypsy Music (photo: courtesy Adriana Helbig) ana Helbig (assistant professor of music), the three-week, Participants viewed Pettan’s film, some hands-on music making as three-credit program is scheduled Kosovo through the Eyes of Lo- well, including a workshop led by Pitt for May 2012 and will be initially cal Romani Musicians, which was graduate student Benjamin Pachter in open to Pitt undergraduates. At the released by the Society for Ethno- taiko drumming, and a Romani dance pre-comference symposium, Zuzana musicology in 2011. The Symposium workshop led by Pittsburgh dance Jurkova (senior lecturer in ethno- concluded with a concert of Romani instructor Steffi Bruninghaus. musicology at Charles University in and Eastern European music by The University of Pittsburgh’s Prague), who will co-teach the study Harmonia and Pitt’s Carpathian Music ethnomusicology faculty—Bell Yung, abroad program, offered a lecture Ensemble. Andrew Weintraub, and Adriana entitled “Worlds of Romani Music in MACSEM participants hailed from Helbig—wishes to thank everyone Contemporary Prague.” She analyzed the University of Pittsburgh, Columbia who participated in the Symposium University, New York University, Uni- and MACSEM.
SEM Newsletter composer La Monte Young, Nuevo were always up for interrogation, NEH Summer Insti- Mexicano popular musics, mask per- critique, rejection, or embrace. Case tute in Ethnomusicol- formance in Cote d’Ivoire, music and studies included the use of Javanese racial politics in California, hip hop gamelans in UK prisons, the travels ogy and Global Cul- in the Mississippi delta region, legal and transformation of Jewish folk mu- ture aspects of American foreign policy in sic, ethnographic and feature-length By Eric Charry, NEH Summer Insti- the late 19th century, and an analysis commercial film, European brass tute Director of Nietzsche’s sense of humor. As bands in Indonesia, African American yet unpublished projects include a soul singers in the UK, Chinese mu- Ethnomusicology and Global Cul- study of queer fans of heavy metal, a sic in Asian America, African transfor- ture, a National Endowment for the dissertation in progress on electronic mations of rap music, regional musi- Humanities (NEH) Summer Institute, dance music in Paris, Berlin, and cal identities and migrations within was held at Wesleyan University the Chicago, indie music in post-bomb- western Africa, questions of identity in last two weeks of June 2011. A col- ing Bali, and the role of women mbira the course of research in the Carib- laboration between SEM and Wesley- musicians in Zimbabwe. The exper- bean, and the dispersion and new an’s Music Department, the Institute tise, breadth, and genuine warmth of uses of the didjeridu. During the final brought together 25 NEH Summer the NEH Summer Scholars sustained two days, the NEH Summer Scholars Scholars to work with the three the energy and excitement through- presented their works-in-progress, principal faculty (Eric Charry, Mark out the two weeks, and the interdis- which included new courses, syllabus Slobin, and Su Zheng) and six guest ciplinary atmosphere was electrifying revisions, or research projects. They faculty (Sumarsam, Maria Mendonça, for all of us. will submit reports on these projects Alex Perullo, Melvin Butler, Maureen The Institute unfolded as a series in October assessing the impact that Mahon, and Peter Hadley). of presentations of the recent work the Institute has had on their peda- By all accounts, the Institute was of the fulltime and guest faculty fol- gogy and research. an extraordinary, indeed transforming lowed by broader discussion ses- Many of the Summer Scholars experience. We—the Institute’s or- sions. Although the topics were both especially appreciated the workshop ganizers and faculty--were extremely geographically and theoretically and demonstration sessions of some impressed with, and humbled by the wide-ranging, the theme of what hap- of Wesleyan’s ensembles. These quality and diversity of the applicants. pens when music and instruments included an evening of gamelan The 25 who were selected to be NEH move was a constant presence, with practice led by Sumarsam and as- Summer Scholars came from all over a healthy diversity of perspectives. sisted by Maria Mendonça, Ghanaian the US, including Florida, Texas, Cali- The utility of concepts such as local, drumming, steelband, and didjeridu fornia, Utah, Missouri, Georgia, Vir- global, transnational, and diasporic Continued on page 15 ginia, and closer to the Connecticut host cam- pus of Wesleyan (16 states in all). Ranging from advanced gradu- ate students to senior scholars, about two- thirds of the partici- pants were in music- related disciplines (ethnomusicology, mu- sicology, music theory, and music education) and the rest were based in anthropol- ogy, sociology, history, literature, communica- tions, and philosophy. Many have published books, with topics such as the hip hop scene in San Fran- cisco, Burma’s pop music industry, women in Puccini’s operas, Bartok’s legacy in cold war culture, the Principal Faculty and Summer Scholars at the SEM/Wesleyan 2011 NEH Summer Institute (Photo courtesy music of experimental of Wesleyan University) SEM Newsletter 2011 Annual Meeting, ologist Randy Martin, a leading expert (University of Denver), Barley Norton on arts and public policy, who will (Goldsmiths, University of London), Philadelphia deliver an address titled: “Complex John-Carlos Perea (San Francisco By Gregory Barz, Program Chair Harmonic Movements: Politicalities of State University), Christopher Wash- Music and Dance.” Workshops, tea burne (Columbia University)—trust Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the parties (!), film screenings, the book that the collected participants and site for the 56th Annual Meeting of exhibits, and dance parties (as well presenters gathering in Philadelphia the Society for Ethnomusicology to as the always stimulating SIG meet- will challenge, stimulate, and educate be held on November 17-20 at the ings!) round out Sheraton Philadelphia City Center the program. Hotel. This year SEM is meeting For the first jointly with the Congress on Research time, SEM will in Dance (CORD) with a joint theme: offer live video “Moving Music / Sounding Dance.” streaming through- The meeting—featuring more than out the conference 500 presentations, concerts, and of one panel dur- workshops—is hosted by Univer- ing each program sity of Pennsylvania Department of session. The hope Music. The University of Pennsyl- is that this unique vania will present a pre-conference outreach event symposium, “Music, Dance, and will bring research Civic Engagement,” on November 16 and new ideas to at its campus in West Philadelphia. a broad audience, Highlight the conferences themes, often to people, six joint panels will feature members groups, and of both SEM and CORD: “Where classes unable Music Meets Dance,” “Advocacy and to attend annual Outreach,” “Health and Healing,” meetings. Details “Interculturalism,” “Hybridity,” and concerning web “Local Philadelphia Communities.” access to these These panels represent significant panels will be opportunity for both intra- and inter- forthcoming on the disciplinary discussions and debate SEM website. Stay between dance and music scholars. tuned (or should I Another highlight of the meeting is the say, “open a new browser window”?). all attending the joint annual meet- President’s Roundtable, a relatively This year’s Program Commit- ing, whether physically or virtually. recent feature of the annual meeting tee—Gregory Barz, chair (Vanderbilt Welcome to “Moving Music / Sound- that is quickly becoming a signature University), Monica Hairston (Center ing Dance”! event of the conference. This year’s for Black Music Research, Colum- For more information about Seeger lecture is given by NYU soci- bia College Chicago), Sarah Morelli the meeting, hotel accommoda- tions, and online registration, select “Conferences”/“Current” at (website) http://www.ethnomusicology.org. For information from CORD, please see (website) http://www.cordance.org/.
SEM Newsletter 8/22/11 6:09 PM venues, and great and unusual mu- SEM-CORD Joint An- seums. SEPTA is the regional transit nual Meeting, Phila- system—with trolleys, buses, and trains that run out from the Center out delphia to the suburbs and beyond. Cabs are by Carol Muller, Chair, Local Ar- abundant. Remember, even in chilly rangements Committee November, Center City is a walkable place. To encourage you to explore The joint meeting of the Society the musical life of the city, graduate for Ethnomusicology and the Con- students in Music at Penn are cur- gress for Research on Dance will rently compiling a Google map that take place at the Sheraton Philadel- will provide information on perfor- phia City Center Hotel from Novem- mances in Philadelphia and on major ber 17-20, 2011. “Moving Music, university campuses around the city Sounding Dance,” the conference during the week of the SEM-CORD title, expresses the rich possibilities meeting. The map will be linked to for dialog between the two societies. the SEM website in early October for on 34th and Spruce Streets. Penn’s We are thrilled that SEM returns to you to plan your performance sched- campus is situated just across the Philadelphia after a long absence, ule in Philadelphia before you arrive. Schuylkill River from Center City, a and particularly excited that the Eth- Our hope is that you will come to the short cab ride, or brisk 30-minute nomusicology program at the Uni- conference ready to engage with the walk from the hotel. Hosted by the versity of Pennsylvania is its primary sounds, sights, and expressions of Music Department and the Netter host. It is easy to get to Philadelphia Philadelphia’s rich array of music and Center for Community Partnerships by train, car, and airplane. The Phila- dance, in addition to all the wonderful at the University of Pennsylvania, the delphia International Airport is one of presentations offered this year at the symposium will feature three panels: the easiest to navigate, and easy for Conference itself. onhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/SEPTA_text.svg music, dance, and the experi- Page 1 of 1 arrivals and departures. It takes about The Pre-conference symposium, ences and projects of teaching artists 20 minutes by cab from the airport to “Music, Dance and Civic Engage- in schools, community organizations, the hotel; but the train is the cheap- ment,” takes place on the University and higher education. After opening est option. The Airport line train runs of Pennsylvania campus in the Amato remarks by Dr. Ira Harkavy, Associ- every half hour to the Center of town. Recital Hall from 9 am to 5 pm on ate Vice-President, and Director of The conference will take place November 19, 2011. Amato is one of Penn’s internationally regarded Netter in Center City in one of the larger the more intimate spaces inside the Center for Community Partnerships, hotels, which is within easy walking recently renovated Irvine Auditorium we hope to have a lively conversation distance of restaurants, performance about the possibilities and challenges of this kind of work in ethnomusi- Plan Your Philadelphia Activities cological and dance research and The Local Arrangements Committee for the SEM-CORD Joint Annual pedagogy, all in dialog with commu- Meeting in Philadelphia, PA (November 17-20, 2011) has compiled some nity partners, students, and practitio- useful websites to help you prepare for the SEM-CORD joint conference: ners. All panelists live and work in the city of Philadelphia. We will feature Arab music series: a short performance of gospel music http://albustanseeds.org/music/presents/concert-series/ and dance by community partners and students at the end of the day. Netter Center for Community partnerships: For those who attend the symposium, http://www.upenn.edu/ccp/index.php we will provide the opportunity to do a limited number of site visits to partner Penn’s work in West Philly: institutions for a small transportation http://www.sas.upenn.edu/music/westphillymusic/ fee. These will take place at specific times during the main part of the con- Phillybloco: ference, mostly on Sunday morning. http://phillybloco.com/ On Thursday evening the opening reception for the annual meeting will Music at Penn: take place in the spacious ballrooms http://makinghistory.upenn.edu/node/607 of the Sheraton Philadelphia, hosted http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/node/3394 by the School of Arts and Sciences http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/node/3819 and the Music Department at Penn. Good food and a cash bar should Amato Recital Hall in Irvine Auditorium: help to draw you in. After the recep- http://www.destinationpenn.com/facilities/multi_irvine.asp#amado tion CORD and SEM will jointly pres- Continued on page 12 10 SEM Newsletter and Global Connections,” themes that characterize his life’s work, an evening concert, and a banquet. The symposium began with a welcome oli given by Vicky Takamine, followed by an opening address by Profes- sor Emerita Barbara Smith entitled “Ric at UH and Beyond—a sampler of memories.” Twelve of Ric’s former students presented papers on their research: Ted Solis, Andy Sutton, Amy Stillman, Andrew Weintraub, Verne de la Peña, David Gere, James Chopyak, David Harnish, Yong-shik Lee, Mohd Anis Md Nor, Christine
Ricardo Trimillos celebrates his retirement as Andy Sutton looks on (photo: Fred Lau)
at the Center for Korean Studies and “RicFest”: Retirement Music Department, UHM campus on Celebrations for Ri- February 25, 2011, to honor Ric’s cardo Trimillos retirement. These included a one- day symposium on “Music, Tradition, By Frederick Lau Professor Ricardo Trimillos (Ric to most of us) retired at the end of the 2011 spring semester after 42 years of teaching at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM). As a profes- Ricardo Trimillos festooned with celebratory sor of music, chair of the Music De- leis (photo: Fred Lau) partment, chair of Asian Studies, and director of the Center for Philippines Yano, and Joshua Pilzer. Adrienne Studies, Ric has made significant Kaeppler, a close colleague of Ric’s contributions to UH both academically and Curator of Oceanic Ethnology and administratively. A recipient of the at the Smithsonian Institute, gave UHM Distinguished Graduate Mentor- the keynote address. The sympo- ing Award, Ric has produced students sium was followed by an evening who now occupy key positions in concert featuring the UHM Gagaku universities and government agencies and Gamelan ensembles—groups nationally and internationally. in which Ric was active during their To celebrate his remarkable formative years—and a banquet in career and service, the Asian Stud- his honor. To add to the reasons for ies Program, with support from the festivity, these events took place School of Pacific and Asian Studies, right before Ric’s 70th birthday on Center for Japanese Studies, Cen- March 1, giving friends, colleagues, ter for Chinese Studies, Center for students, and family members an op- Philippines Studies, and the Music portunity to celebrate both occasions Department hosted a series of events simultaneously. SEM Newsletter 11 Center for World Music Summer Pro- grams The Center for World Music is pleased to announce its Programs Abroad 2012: cultural tours and hands-on workshops with distin- guished master musicians in Indone- sia, Africa, China, Turkey, and Peru. Indonesian Encounters 2012 (June 25-July 15): a two-week hands-on workshop in Bali, Payangan Festival of Music and Dance, and a one-week Performing Arts Tour of Central Java. Cost $1,995 (airfare not included). Directors and guides: Wayan Tubek and Dr. Lewis Peter- man. African Encounters 2012 (July Center for World Music Workshop in Bali 28-August 21): a two-week hands-on workshop in Ho, Ghana, and a five- ordinators: Juan-Juan Meng and Dr. workshop in Peru, with guest artist day tour of the cultural highlights of Alexander Khalil. demonstrations and visits to major Southern Ghana. Cost $3,995 (airfare Istanbul and Beyond 2012 Incan ruin sites, including Machu included). Directors and guides������: Deg- (January 2-12): visits to museums Picchu. Cost $1,995 (airfare not in- bor Seyram and Dr. Ric Alviso. and palaces, fasil music, mehter band cluded). Director and guide: Dr. Holly Beijing and Beyond 2012 (Au- music, whirling dervishes, an Otto- Wissler. gust): focus on guqin performance. man banquet, shopping in the Grand For additional information and Visits to Taoist sanctuaries and Bazaar. Cost $2,495 (airfare includ- on-line application forms, please visit historical sites, and performances of ed). Tour guides: Kamil Güller and Dr. (website) http://centerforworldmusic. traditional music. Cost $3,850 (air- Lewis Peterman. org/tours/tours.html or contact Lewis fare included). Directors and guides: Andes and Beyond 2012 (June Peterman at (email) peterman@mail. Wang Peng and Jia Wu Xuan. Co- 29-July 14): a two-week hands-on sdsu.edu or (phone) 619-440-7046.
2011 Annual Meeting SEM General Membership Meeting, come to the Samba Party to donate continued from page 10 the Seeger Lecture, and the Banquet either food or cash that will go to is over, the culminating, highlight of Philabundance, a key provider of ent a concert of music and dance, this year’s meeting will be the Samba food to the hungry and homeless in featuring Philadelphia-based dancers dance party hosted on Saturday eve- Philadelphia, particularly around the and musicians, and students from ning, 7:30-10:30 pm, at the Sheraton. time of Thanksgiving. All donations Penn, Drexel, and Temple Universi- Phillybloco, a high-energy, passionate will be collected at the door when you ties. The performance is free and Philadelphia-based Brazilian music arrive. This initiative is a response to open to all, so plan to come. ensemble modeled on the blocos in comments often overheard at SEM On Friday night at 8 pm we have Rio de Janiero will bring the music meetings about the disjuncture one a special evening of Arab music and dance to our meeting. Begin feels between the opulence of the featuring SEM’s very own Jihad Racy to imagine the sound: twelve drum- sites of our meetings and the places and his compositions, performed by mers, electric and bass guitar, vocals, where many of us do our work—now Philadelphia’s Arabesque Music En- horns, accordion, and beautiful Brazil- is the chance to make a small differ- semble and led by acclaimed violinist ian dancers. And the style: a mix of ence when we meet this year. (and now Penn graduate student in samba, funk, reggae, and more. You And of course, there are the ethnomusicology), Hanna Khoury. can find them all over youtube if you papers, workshops, panels, perfor- The performance will take place at are having trouble with your imagina- mances, films, books, recordings, job the Trinity Center for Urban Life and tion! Tickets can be purchased when interviews, friends, colleagues, and not in the hotel. But it will sell out, so you register, $10 for advance regis- fellow students to keep you stimulat- if you want to attend, be sure to pur- tration and $15 at the door. ed, engaged, and rearing to come to chase your tickets when you register As part of a drive to be more the joint meeting of CORD and SEM for the conference. Advance tickets engaged citizens, performers, and in Philadelphia this November. We are $25, $15 for students. intellectuals, we will run a food drive are so looking forward to having your Finally, once the excitement of the at this event. We are inviting all who in our wonderful city.
12 SEM Newsletter encourages applicants to contact him of concerts presented by this institu- SEM Seeks New Jour- directly, preferably by email (ethno- tion. nal Editor for Ethno- [email protected]), to discuss In 1988 SEM moved its Business the tasks involved in editing the Office to Indiana University Blooming- musicology journal. ton, where it established strong con- The Society for Ethnomusicol- Applicants should submit a state- nections with both the Department of ogy invites proposals from Society ment describing (1) previous editorial Folklore (later Department of Folklore members who wish to be considered and/or administrative experience; and Ethnomusicology) and the Ar- for the editorship of the journal Ethno- (2) the extent to which institutional chives of Traditional Music. Lyn joined musicology. The journal is published support can be expected; and (3) SEM in 1994 as the Business Office three times annually. Each issue why they are interested in serving as Coordinator and, during the follow- runs approximately 182 pages and journal editor. Applicants should also ing years, worked closely with Ruth includes major research articles as submit a curriculum vitae and a list Stone, Sue Tuohy, Alan Burdette, and well as book, recording, film, video, of three referees. Potential editors Stephen Stuempfle. and multimedia reviews. The pre- must be members of the Society for Lyn had a variety of responsibili- mier journal in the field for over fifty Ethnomusicology. SEM welcomes ties at SEM, including bookkeeping, years, Ethnomusicology has played nominations and self-nominations member services and database a central role in the expansion of the from Society members and encour- records, the SEM Membership Direc- discipline in the US and abroad. ages applications from women and tory and SEM Guide to Programs, The new editor will begin a (re- minorities. assistance with the Society website newable) four-year term in 2014 with The Society for Ethnomusicology’s and prizes program, and general of- vol. 58, preceded by a transition pe- Publications Advisory Committee fice administration. She attended her riod as Incoming Editor during which will review applications and make first Annual Meeting in Los Angeles the editor-designate learns proce- recommendations to the SEM Board in 1995 and, for many years, helped dures and begins to acquire articles. of Directors. The deadline for receipt attendees with membership renew- J. Lawrence Witzleben, the present of applications is March 15, 2012. als, publication sales, and general editor, will complete his term with the Please send all materials, prefer- questions about the Society. From fall 2013 issue (vol. 57, no. 3); the ably by email attachment, to Stephen her workspace in Bloomington, she new editor’s first issue will be winter Stuempfle in the SEM Business office fielded countless email and telephone 2014 (vol. 58, no. 1). The SEM Board at (email) [email protected]. queries from around the world and of Directors will meet in spring 2012 For more information, contact: Ste- ensured smooth office operations for to select the new editor, allowing for phen Stuempfle, Executive Director, an entire generation of SEM Presi- a one-year transition period from fall Society for Ethnomusicology, Indiana dents, Treasurers, Secretaries, and 2012 to fall 2013, when copy for the University, Morrison Hall 005, 1165 E. other Board members. Her attention winter 2014 issue is due. 3rd St., Bloomington, IN 47405-3700, to myriad details was also essential to The editor is responsible for ac- (phone) 812-855-8779, (fax) 812-855- the work of the SEM Council and the quiring and editing research articles 6673. members of the Society’s numerous (approximately 400 pages of printed committees, sections, special interest text annually), identifying referees groups, ancillary organizations, and for submissions and overseeing the Lyn Pittman Retires regional chapters. review process, coordinating the as SEM Business Of- During her retirement, Lyn plans material provided by review editors, to catch up on her reading and and working with the University of Il- fice Coordinator flower gardening and looks forward to linois Press, which currently produces By Stephen Stuempfle, SEM Ex- spending more time with her grand- the journal. The editor is assisted ecutive Director children in Arizona. She also plans by an Editorial Board, whom she or to take a 12-week Purdue University he appoints with the approval of the On August 31, 2011, Lyn Pittman Master Gardener course offered SEM Board or Directors. The editor retired from the Society for Ethno- through a community extension office submits reports to the SEM Board musicology, after 17 years of dedi- in Owen County, Indiana. Follow- of Directors in October and March, cated service as our Business Office ing training, a period of community and at SEM’s annual meeting orally Coordinator. She assisted thousands service, and an exam, she will be summarizes the October report at the of SEM members over the years and awarded a Master Gardener Certifi- General Membership Meeting, chairs will be greatly missed by the ethno- cate. Lyn will continue to have access a meeting with the Editorial Board, musicological community. to her personal IU email account (lpit- chairs the meeting of the Review Edi- Lyn began her Indiana University [email protected]) and would enjoy tors, and meets with the Publications Bloomington career in 1979 in the hearing from SEM members. Advisory Committee. School of Education. In 1981 she SEM members will long remember The position will require institu- transferred to the Musical Arts Center Lyn for her warmth and professional tional support, and may be supple- in the School of Music, where she attention to any request. She has mented by up to $6,000 annually from enjoyed working with students and made SEM a stronger organization. the Society. J. Lawrence Witzleben faculty and attending the wide array Thank you, Lyn!
SEM Newsletter 13 ence should stimulate discussion Maureen Loughran at (email) Mau- Announcements and inspire new work by promoting [email protected], Jeff Titon at The Applied Ethnomusicology Sec- dialogue among scholars, artists, (email) [email protected], tion Travel Assistance Fund and the general public and fostering or Katie Van Buren at (email) k. critical thinking about topics in applied [email protected] Application Deadline: Sept 30, 2011 ethnomusicology. The current applied The SEM Applied Ethnomusicol- section co-chairs will review and give Southeast/Caribbean Section ogy Section is pleased to announce final approval of travel assistance (SEMSEC) 2012 to meet in Santo the section’s travel assistance fund. requests. Domingo The purpose of the fund is to offer as- Amount Awarded: The maximum Since its founding in 1981 at sistance to Applied Ethnomusicology annual individual assistance amount Florida State University, the South- Section members or invited quests is $500, pending funds availability. east/Caribbean Section (SEMSEC) to attend the annual conference of How to apply: Requests for travel will meet for the first time in the Carib- the Society for Ethnomusicology. assistance funds must include the bean region in 2012. The Dominican The goal of this travel assistance name of the proposed panel, round- Academy of Sciences (Academia fund is to promote discussion and table/forum, or workshop and details de Ciencias de la República Do- information sharing about applied of how the applicant or consultant’s minicana) will host the 2012 meeting ethnomusicological research, issues, attendance at the SEM conference from March 9-11. The program chair theory, and methods in non-academic will increase understanding and de- is SEMSEC vice president Rebecca settings. velopment of applied ethnomusicolo- Sager, and the local arrangements The Applied Ethnomusicology gy across the SEM (250 word maxi- chair is Martha Ellen Davis, coordina- Section travel assistance fund can mum). Requests must also include tor of the Social Science Commission assist with: the applicant’s name, institutional or of the Academia de Ciencias. • Transportation between the organizational affiliation, if any, and It is appropriate that SEM mem- applicant’s home base and the contact information, including mailing bers not acquainted with the Carib- SEM conference. address, primary and alternate phone bean or Latin America begin in Santo • Transportation for a specialist/con- numbers, and email address. The Domingo, capital of the first colony in sultant or artist to participate in a same information must be provided the New World. The Academia is lo- panel, forum/roundtable, or work- for an invited quest/consultant. Fi- cated on Calle Las Damas, the oldest shop at the annual conference. nally, requests must include the total street of this first colony. The colonial • Ground transportation while at the amount of travel assistance request- zone of Santo Domingo and environs conference. ed including an itemized breakdown offer many options for lodging, eating, of projected costs. • Lodging while attending or per and live musical performance, from Send travel assistance re- diem while attending the confer- merengue to son to Latin jazz and quests to: Maureen Loughran at ence. more. Local musicians, musicologists, (email) [email protected]. • Other travel-related costs consid- and students will be incorporated into Applications must be received by ered on a case-by-case basis. the program. September 30, 2011. For further The dates selected fall at the end information, contact the Applied Eligibility: Members in good of some major universities’ spring Ethnomusicology section co-chairs: standing of the SEM Applied Eth- breaks and at the beginning of others’ nomusicology Section are eligible, so that attend- including students or an invited guest ees can come involved in applied ethnomusicology prior to or stay activities or projects. Priority will be following the given to applicants who are participat- meeting. Op- ing in a panel, forum, roundtable, or tions for edu- other presentation sponsored by the cational and Applied Ethnomusicology Section and cultural travel accepted for inclusion in the current will be made SEM conference program. available. For Request Evaluation: Travel as- specifics, see sistance requests will be evaluated the SEMSEC based on the applicant’s contribution website (http:// to the conference and the capacity of myweb.fsu. their participation to significantly en- edu/fgunder- hance the dialogue and understand- son/) or ing within the Applied Ethnomusicol- contact (email) ogy Section and the general SEM mardavis@ufl. membership about ways of linking Calle Las Damas, the oldest street in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, edu starting scholarship to practical pursuits. The provides the backdrop for the 2012 annual meeting of SEMSEC (photo: early in 2012. applicant’s attendance at the confer- A. Josef Dernbecher, via Wikicommons) 14 SEM Newsletter 2011 Charles Seeger scholarship on aesthetics and power. He has also worked in areas of politi- Lecturer: Randy Mar- cal economy and social movement tin theory, as with his books On Your Marx: Relinking Socialism and the By Gage Averill, SEM President Left (Minnesota, 2002), Financializa- When SEM meets this November tion of Daily Life (Temple, 2002), and in Philadelphia with the Congress Empire of Indifference: American War on Research in Dance, our Seeger and the Financial Logic of Risk Man- lecture will be a leading scholar and agement (Duke, 2007). He has edited critic who has made key interventions collections on US Communism, sport in the critical analysis of dance and and academic labor. performance as well as the sociology Speaking personally, one of the of expressive culture. more influential of his works on my Our 2011 Charles Seeger Lecurer own outlook was Artistic Citizenship: is Randy Martin, professor of Art A Public Voice for the Arts (co-au- and Public Policy and director of the thored with Mary Schmidt Camp- Graduate Program in Arts Politics Randy Martin bell, Routledge, 2006), which was at the Tisch School of Arts at New published as I was wrestling (as an York University, where he previously State in Cuba and Nicaragua (Min- administrator, scholar, and performer) served as Associate Dean. In addi- nesota, 1994) constituted a fascinat- with the complex role that universi- tion to his academic career, Professor ing ethnographic look at theatre in ties, intellectuals, and artists can play Martin has studied, taught, and per- two Socialist states. Many of these in their communities as well as the formed in dance, theater, and clown- themes move through his co-edited responsibilities they have to engage ing in the United States and abroad. volume on the American choreogra- in the public sphere. The title of his talk will be: “Complex pher Alwin Nikolais,The Returns of Dr. Martin studied at the University Harmonic Movements: Politicalities of Alwin Nikolais: Bodies, Boundaries, of California, Berkeley, the University Music and Dance”. and the Dance Canon (with Claudia of Wisconsin, Madison, and the City Having theorized the relationship Gitelman, Wesleyan, 2007), which University of New York. He previously linking politics, performance, and the reflects on dance historiography with served as professor and chair of so- body in his 1990 book Performance an eye to the politics of inclusion and cial science at Pratt Institute and has as Political Act: The Embodied Self exclusion and also, as the authors also served as an editor of the journal (Greenwood), Martin further explored put it, “intervene in current thinking on Social Text. the potential of the dancing body the status of the body in performance, We are fortunate to have such an in progressive politics and move- the politics of silence and invisibility, outstanding cultural critic and social ments for social change in his book and the uses of art to imagine social theorist as our Seeger Lecturer, es- Critical Moves: Dance Studies in possibilities” (p. vii), which strikes me pecially one who weighs in so insight- Theory and Politics (Duke, 1998). His as an eloquent summation of some fully on the themes that will animate Socialist Ensembles: Theater and of the strands of Professor Martin’s our joint meeting with CORD.
NEH Summer Institute weekend in between brought some to hold another Summer Institute in continued from page 8 down time, with many opting for a 2013. We were not able to accom- hike in the woods and several braving modate many excellent applica- workshops led by Brian Parks, Bill a 10-mile jog. tions and anticipate another cohort Carbone, and Peter Hadley, respec- The Institute planning and or- of stellar Summer Scholars should tively, and demonstrations of instru- ganization was a collaboration we be funded a second time. Ques- ments in Wesleyan’s Chinese Music between SEM Executive Director tions about future Institutes may be Ensemble by Wesleyan’s music Stephen Stuempfle, who was the addressed to Stephen Stuempfle at librarian Alec McLane. Institute manager, and Eric Charry (email) [email protected]. The camaraderie was enhanced (Institute director), Mark Slobin, and Ethnomusicology and Global by all of the Summer Scholars’ (save Su Zheng. Details about the 2011 Culture was supported by a grant one who had two young children in Institute, including bios of the NEH from the National Endowment for tow) taking over a three-story Victo- Summer Scholars, may be found at the Humanities. Any views, findings, rian style campus residence hall. The (website) http://semneh11.wesleyan. conclusions, or recommendations close quarters, although lacking in edu/, which will be updated in several expressed in this program do not nec- some creature comforts, nevertheless months to reflect some of the proj- essarily reflect those of the National encouraged much fruitful discussion ects of the Summer Scholars. SEM Endowment for the Humanities. and informal socializing. Most days and Wesleyan plan to apply to NEH and evenings were packed and the SEM Newsletter 15 Oct 19-23, 2011 and Emotion, University of West- Conferences Calendar Cultural Counterpoints: Examining ern Australia, Perth, Australia. For 2011 the Musical Interactions between more information, see (website) the U.S. and Latin America. http://www.music.uwa.edu.au/re- Sep 8 - 10 Jacobs School of Music, Indiana search/power-of-music/icme Second Biennial Euro-Mediter- University, Bloomington, IN. For ranean Music Conference, Univer- more information, see (website) 2012 sity of Cyprus, Nicosia. For more http://music.indiana.edu/lamc/con- information, contact (email) smith. ference Jan 12-15 [email protected] 25th international student sym- Oct 27-30, 2011 posium of the Dachverband de Sep 15 -17 Joint Special Session, Society for Studierenden der Musikwissen- The Soundtrack of Conflict: The Music Theory: “Your Old-Fash- schaft e.V.: On the Courses of Role of Music in Radio Broadcast- ioned Music, Your Old Ideas”: Research: Reflections on Methods ing in Wartime and in Conflict Popular Music, Minneapolis, and and Epistemologies of the Music Situations, University of Göttingen, the Sounds of Diversity, Minne- Studies. University of Music and Germany. For more information, apolis, MN. For more information, Performing Arts, Graz, Austria. For see (website) http://www.uni-goet- contact (email) dollchristopher@ more information, contact (email) tingen.de/en/195842.html yahoo.com [email protected] Sep 22-25 Nov 17-20 Mar 27-31 Feminist Theory and Music 11 Joint Annual Meeting of SEM “Bays, Boundaries, and Borders (Eleven): Looking Backward and CORD, Philadelphia, PA. “: 72nd Annual Meeting of the and Forward (20th Anniversary), For more information see (web- Society for Applied Anthropology School of Music, Herberger site) http://www.indiana.edu/ (SfAA), Baltimore, MD.For more Institute for Design and the Arts, ~semhome/2011/ information, see (website) http:// Arizona State University, Tempe, Nov 30-Dec 3 www.sfaa.net/sfaa2012.html AZ. For more information, contact ‘Power of Music’: 34th National Mar 29 - Apr 1 (email) [email protected] or Conference of the Musicological (email) [email protected]; British Forum for Ethnomusicology Society of Australia and the 2nd 2012 Annual Conference, Durham for more information, see (web- International Conference on Music site) http://music.asu.edu/ftm11/ University, Durham, UK. For more information, see (website) http:// www.bfeconference.org.uk/
Jun 13-16 “African Music in the 21st Cen- tury– An Iconic Turn?” An Inter- national Symposium Celebrating the 21st Anniversary of the African Music Archives Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. For more information, contact Hauke Dorsch at (email) [email protected] Sep 4 - 5 Conference on Interdisciplinary Musicology (CIM12), University of Göttingen, Germany. For more information, see (website) http:// gfm2012.uni-goettingen.de/cim12/ CIM12/Home.html Nov 1-4 57th Annual Meeting of SEM; New Orleans, LA. Joint Meeting with the American Musicological Society and the Society for Music Theory. U Penn’s Irvine Auditorium will be the site of the pre-conference symposium before the annual meeting in Philadelphia (photo: Bryan Redmond, via Wikicommons)
16 SEM Newsletter The Society for Ethnomusicology – 2012 Annual Meeting Call for Proposals
The 2012 Joint Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, the American Musicological Society, and the Society for Music Theory will be held on November 1-4, 2012, in New Orleans at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel. For information on all meeting arrangements and for updates (including details for the Pre-Conference on October 31), please visit www.ethnomusicology.org and select “Conferences.”
For the 2012 Joint Annual Meeting, the specification of a theme and topics has been suspended for maximum programmatic flexibility. With cross-disciplinary confluences occurring regularly now, it seems appropriate to call for proposals not only of particular interest to us, but also that emerge from interests shared across our disciplines. In addition to the familiar elements of our Call for Proposals from previous years, therefore, an additional category of Joint Sessions has been worked out by the chairs of the three Program Committees (see below). The deadline for submission of all proposals is earlier than in previous years: 5:00 pm EST, Tuesday, 17 January 2012.
Submission procedure: All proposals must be submitted electronically. Links to the online-submission websites for both SEM proposals and Joint Session proposals will be provided on the SEM website by mid-December. Detailed information on electronic submission procedures, including the format for all materials, will appear on the websites.
Deadline: Proposals must be received by 5:00 pm EST, Tuesday, 17 January 2012. No proposals will be accepted after this deadline. In order to avoid website technical problems, it is strongly suggested that proposals be submitted at least 24 hours before the deadline.
Participation: • No one may appear on the New Orleans program more than twice. • Authors may not submit the same proposal to more than one of the three program committees (AMS, SEM, or SMT). • If an author submits different proposals to the AMS, SEM, or SMT, and more than one is accepted, only one of the papers may be presented.
• Additional Limit on Number of Presentations by SEM Members: SEM policy specifies that, during the regular sessions of the Annual Meeting (including Joint Sessions in 2012), an individual may participate in ONLY ONE of the following ways:
· Give one paper (individually or as part of an organized panel) · Act as a discussant for a panel · Participate in one roundtable, workshop, performance, or lecture-demonstration · Present one film/video program · Participate in one poster session
In addition, an individual may chair ONE panel, roundtable, or workshop. Therefore, an individual may submit ONLY ONE abstract proposal to SEM. (Organizers of panels may submit an individual presenter abstract as well as the panel abstract.)
1
PROPOSALS FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING
Proposals for the Annual Meeting are invited in ten categories, as outlined below. All proposals must include a proposal form and an abstract. When submitting a proposal, first select Form A, Form B, or Form C.
A. Individual SEM Presenters Form for single papers, performances or lecture-demonstrations, film/video programs, poster (media) sessions, and workshops (participatory).
B. Organized SEM Session Form for organized panels, roundtables, films/video programs, and workshops (participatory).
C. Joint Session Form for panels or other formats that include a balance of participants from two or three societies and in which multiple approaches, methodologies, or framing discourses are presented.
PROPOSALS TO BE SUBMITTED ON THE INDIVIDUAL PRESENTERS FORM (A)
1. Single Papers: Individual paper presentations are 20 minutes long and are followed by 10 minutes of discussion. 2. Performances or Lecture-Demonstrations: Up to one hour long. 3. Film/Video Programs: One recently completed or in-progress film or video program up to two hours long. Sessions may include an introduction and discussion time. Submit title, subject, and information on an introduction/discussion. 4. Poster (Media) Sessions: Display stations will be set up in a room where presenters can exhibit work in a variety of media and remain on hand during scheduled two-hour periods for discussion. Displays might include posters, audio-visual presentations of research, instrument building, as well as written work made available in a form suitable for informal presentation in a table-top display. Special display requirements (e.g., computer and audio/visual equipment) will be the responsibility of the presenter. Displays should be designed with consideration for the other presenters in the room. The abstract for Poster (Media) Sessions should describe the subject, purpose, and physical/audible characteristics of the display, as well as the audio/visual equipment or table space required. 5. Workshops (participatory): Informal, interactive hands-on session on one topic (e.g., music performance, dance, recording technology) for a maximum of two hours.
PROPOSALS TO BE SUBMITTED ON THE ORGANIZED SESSIONS FORM (B)
6. Organized Panels. Organized panel sessions are 90 minutes or two hours long. A 90-minute panel consists of three papers. A two-hour panel consists of either four papers or three papers plus a discussant. Each presentation (a paper or a discussant’s formal response) will be 20 minutes long, followed by 10 minutes of questions and general discussion. The Program Committee reserves the right to suggest the addition of a panelist when an independently submitted abstract appears to fit a panel. (Those interested in a more flexible format with more participants may want to consider proposing a roundtable.) Proposals for organized panels should be submitted by the panel organizer. Include the panel abstract (describing the rationale for the panel as a whole) and abstracts for the individual papers. The panel abstract is particularly critical to the Program Committee’s evaluation. 7. Roundtables: Roundtable sessions provide opportunities for participants to discuss a subject with each other and with members of the audience. Sessions of up to two hours long should include four to five presenters. We encourage formats that stimulate discussion and audience participation. The organizer will solicit position papers of up to 10 minutes from each presenter and will facilitate questions and discussion 2
for the remaining time. Proposals for roundtables should be submitted by the session organizer and must include an abstract outlining the purpose/agenda and organization of the session, as well as the anticipated contributions of each participant (unnamed in the abstract). The organized session form provides a separate space where participants and their institutional affiliations should be listed. 8. Films/Videos: Multiple presenters of recently completed or in-progress films, video programs, or excerpts, together extending up to two hours. Sessions may include introductions and discussion time. Submit titles, subjects, and information on an introduction/discussion. Also indicate the exact duration of each proposed film, video program, and/or excerpt. The organizer must describe the overall subject of the session. List the participants and their affiliations in the space provided in the organized session form, not in the abstract. 9. Workshops (participatory): Informal, interactive hands-on session on one topic (e.g., music performance, dance, recording technology) for a maximum of two hours. The organizer must submit an abstract describing the subject of the session. List between two and five session leaders and their affiliations in the space provided in the organized session form, not in the abstract.
PROPOSALS TO BE SUBMITTED ON THE JOINT SESSIONS FORM (C)
10. Joint sessions: For this special meeting, the Program Committees of the AMS, SEM, and SMT enthusiastically invite proposals for joint sessions, bringing together participants from across the societies. These may take the form of a joint session paper panel or a joint session of alternative format. Guidelines for both are set out below.
· A joint session paper panel is a session that includes a balance of participants from two or three societies and in which multiple approaches, methodologies, or framing discourses are presented. Joint session proposals will be considered as a unit by the relevant program committees for AMS, SEM and SMT, and will be programmed only if accepted by those committees. Proposals must include (1) a session rationale, (2) abstracts for each paper on the session, and (3) a list of equipment needed for the papers. The session rationale must identify the home society of each participant. Paper abstracts included in a joint session proposal are components of the session proposal as a whole, and will not be considered for individual presentation. All proposals will be evaluated anonymously and should contain no direct or indirect signal of authorship. Maximum length: 350 words for the rationale, and 350 words for each constituent paper.
· Joint session papers will be allocated thirty minutes each, twenty minutes for the paper and ten minutes for discussion. Proposals may be for sessions of ninety minutes or two hours. Proposals may also be for a session of three hours, which, in addition to a maximum of four paper proposals, may include one or two respondents.
· Joint sessions of alternative format, that is, other than paper panels, are also encouraged. In AMS terms these are “alternative formats” including, but not limited to, sessions combining performance and scholarship, sessions discussing an important publication, sessions featuring debate on a controversial issue, and sessions devoted to discussion of papers posted online before the meeting; in SEM terms, these are roundtables, workshops, and film/ videos; and in SMT terms, these are special sessions and events of unusual format. Proposals for alternative format joint sessions should outline the intellectual content of the session, the individuals who will take part and their home society, and the structure of the session. As with the joint session paper panels, joint sessions of alternative format should include a balance of participants from two or three societies. Proposals will be considered as a unit by the relevant program committees for AMS, SEM and SMT, and will be programmed only if accepted by those committees. Proposals may be for sessions of ninety minutes, two, or three hours. Maximum length: 500 words.
3
· Proposals for joint session paper panels and joint sessions of alternative format will be submitted via a shared website, to be announced closer to the submission deadline.
· Any SEM member who presented in 2011 may submit as part of a 2012 joint session proposal.
· No more than two of the participants in a joint session may be from the same home society.
Joint session proposals will be evaluated anonymously by members of the AMS, SEM, and SMT program committees. Proposals for alternative format sessions may include names of participants.
SUBMISSIONS, REQUIREMENTS, AND DEADLINES
About Abstracts: Abstracts should demonstrate a clear focus or statement of the problem, a coherent argument, knowledge of previous research, and a statement of the implications for ethnomusicology. Carefully observe these and other instructions given on the website.
All abstracts must comply with the following requirements:
· Abstracts should appear as a single paragraph. · Abstracts over 250 words for SEM sessions will be automatically disqualified. (See different instructions for Joint Sessions.) · Abstracts identifying presenters, fellow researchers, or other participants will be automatically disqualified. · Abstracts must be submitted online by 5:00 pm EST, January 17, 2012.
SEM membership and pre-registration fees: Following SEM policy, all participants whose proposals have been accepted for the program must be SEM members and must pre-register for the meeting by August 1. This requirement also applies to those who have agreed to be waitlisted. Guest speakers at sessions sponsored by SEM constituent units must be SEM members and must pre-register for the meeting. If necessary, sections should arrange to use their dues to cover membership and registration fees for their guest speakers. Any presenter who has not purchased an SEM membership and pre- registered for the meeting by August 1 will be deleted from the program.
Special membership requirement for 2012: A presenter may hold an AMS or SMT membership in lieu of an SEM membership.
Notification of acceptance: SEM members whose proposals have been accepted will be sent pre- registration information around May 1. If by May 14 you have not received a message from the Program Committee indicating whether or not your abstract was accepted, please contact Drew Norris, SEM Conference Coordinator, at Indiana University Conferences at [email protected].
Cancellations and no-shows: No-shows inconvenience the chair, discussant, fellow panelists, and audience members. Participants who discover that they are unable to attend the meeting should notify the Program Committee Chair and [email protected] immediately. SEM policy does not permit anyone other than the author to read a paper. Pre-registration cancellations made after September 6 will not qualify for a refund.
4
Special requests: Please indicate potential scheduling conflicts to the Program Committee Chair. If notified in advance, the Program Committee will attempt to accommodate requests, but cannot guarantee a particular time slot.
Charles Seeger Prize: Students interested in having a paper considered for the Charles Seeger Prize should consult the guidelines on the SEM website (www.ethnomusicology.org) under “Prizes.”
Submission and Contact Information
For online submissions of proposals: Go to www.ethnomusicology.org and select “Conferences.” Submission deadline: 5:00 pm EST, January 17, 2012.
For general conference questions: [email protected] or (800) 933-9330 (within U.S.) or (812) 855- 4661 (outside U.S.).
For questions to the SEM Program Committee Chair (not for submission of proposals) and for cancellations: Bonnie C. Wade (University of California, Berkeley), [email protected].
Deadlines
January 17 Online submission of all 2012 proposals (5:00 pm EST). May 1 Notifications of acceptances sent with pre-registration information. August 1 Deadline for receipt of pre-registration and SEM membership fees from individuals whose proposals were accepted or waitlisted. September 6 Deadline for presenter cancellation and refund of pre-registration fees from SEM members whose proposals were accepted (minus a $35 handling fee). October 5 Deadline for registration cancellation refund for non-presenters (minus a $35 handling fee).
SEM 2012 Program Committee
Bonnie C. Wade, Chair (University of California, Berkeley) Judah M. Cohen (Indiana University) Paul Greene (Pennsylvania State University) Frank Gunderson (Florida State University) Eileen M. Hayes (University of Northern Texas) David Novak (University of California, Santa Barbara) Jeff Packman (University of Toronto) Tina K. Ramnarine (Royal Holloway University of London)
Society Websites
Society for Ethnomusicology: www.ethnomusicology.org
American Musicological Society: http://www.ams-net.org/
Society for Music Theory: http://societymusictheory.org/
5