Bertie M. Kibreah email: [email protected] | website: www.bertie-kibreah.com

EDUCATION 2019 University of Chicago PhD (ethnomusicology), Department of Music Dissertation: “Banter and Bricolage at the Burial Chamber: Dialectical Devotionalism in ” Committee: Philip V. Bohlman (Advisor, University of Chicago); Muzaffar Alam (University of Chicago), Lars Christian-Koch (University of Cologne), Kaley Mason (Lewis & Clark College), Anna Schultz (University of Chicago), Martin Stokes (King’s College London) 1998 Indiana University BA in Folklore & Ethnomusicology BA Minor in India Studies

ACADEMIC/ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 2021-2022 Indiana University, Bloomington Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology

2020–present Chicago, Illinois Music Advisor and Instructor, Kalapriya Center for Indian Performing Arts

2005–2021 University of Chicago Program Manager, The Franke Institute for the Humanities

2015–2020 University of Chicago Director, South Asian Music Ensemble, The Department of Music

2009–2010 University of Chicago Editor, South Asia Outreach

TEACHING Seminars 2017 Fall University of Chicago, Department of Music. “Ethnomusicology Analysis.” Self-designed graduate course.

Lecture Courses 2015 Winter University of Chicago, Department of Music. “Music of South Asia.” Self-designed pro-seminar.

2007 Spring University of Chicago, Department of Music. “Introduction to World Music.” Self- designed undergraduate course.

2005 Fall University of Chicago, Department of Music. “Introduction to World Music.” Self-designed undergraduate course.

1 Guest Presentations 2021 Spring University of Chicago, Department of Music. “Debating Bengali-ness in Song,” for the course Music of South Asia. Instructor: Anna Schultz.

2021 Spring University of Puget Sound, Department of Music. “Song, Film, and the Bangladesh Liberation Movement” for the course Music of South Asia. Instructor: Ameera Nimjee. [ONLINE]

2020 Spring University of Puget Sound, Department of Music. “Modernism, Movement, and Memory in ,” for the course Music of South Asia. Instructor: Ameera Nimjee. [ONLINE]

2018 Winter University of Chicago, Department of Music. “Tabla, Rhythm, and Meter in Hindustani Music,” for the course Introduction to World Music. Instructor: Anna Schultz.

2017 Winter University of Chicago, Department of Music. “ Music of Bengal,” for the course Introduction to World Music. Instructor: Ameera Nimjee.

2016 Spring University of Chicago. Department of South Asian Languages & Civilizations. “Introduction to Hindustani Classical Music,” for the course Bhakti Poetry. Instructor: Tyler Williams.

2007 Fall Loyola University Chicago, Department of Asian Studies. “Muslim Bengal,” for the course “Introduction to the Civilizations of South Asia.” Instructor: Joseph Calim.

Teaching Assistantships 2004 Winter University of Chicago, Department of Music. “Introduction to World Music.” Course Assistant to Philip Bohlman.

SELECT LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS 2020 Neubauer Collegium, University of Chicago. “Lost Silent Films and Found Silences,” in the panel Early Cinema: Music, Movement, and Marvels, for the symposium Interwoven: Sonic and Visual Histories of the Indian Ocean World. [ONLINE]

2020 9-week Program on South Asian Musical Traditions for New Field Primarily School (Chicago Public Schools). Kalapriya Center for Indian Performing Arts. [ONLINE]

2020 6-Week After-School Program on South Asian Musical Traditions for Chicago Public Schools. Kalapriya Center for Indian Performing Arts. [ONLINE]

2020 6-Week Children’s Summer Music Camp. Kalapriya Center for Indian Performing Arts. [ONLINE]

2017 Theater and Performance Studies talk series, University of Chicago. “Playing Dance and Dancing Music: The Work of Intimacy in Kathak” (co-presented with Ameera Nimjee).

2 2016 Theory and Practice in South Asia talk series, University of Chicago. “Debate on the Dais: Female Fakirs and Muslim Heritage in Contemporary Bangladesh.”

2015 Islamic Studies Workshop, University of Chicago. “Momtaz: Bangladesh’s Sufi Music Queen.”

2015 Islam, Music and the Sublime conference, University of Chicago. “Sufi Tattva: Sonic Allusions and the Construction of Musical Piety in Bangladesh.”

2013 Society for Ethnomusicology annual conference, Indianapolis, Indiana. “On Bengali-ness: Musical Banter, Bengali Borders, and the Performance of Bicar Gan.”

2009 Sound Works: Musicians and Media in South Asian Cities symposium, University of Chicago. “Gesturing Islam: Shrine Music Listenerships, Middle Class Piety, and Muslim Style in Bangladesh.”

2008 Society for Ethnomusicology annual conference, Middletown, Connecticut. “Saintly Legacy, Commodified Devotion, and the Sonic Architecture of Sufi Shrine Music in Bangladesh.”

2006 Theory and Practice in South Asia talk series, University of Chicago. “Shrines, Political Theater, and Bardic Commentary in Bangladesh.”

2006 South Asia Graduate Student Conference, University of Chicago. “A Twilight Language: The Trajectory of Devotionalism in Bengali Muslim Song.”

SELECT PERFORMANCES 2020 “.” Nights Out in the Park (Chicago Park District). Kalapriya Center for Indian Performing Arts.

2020 “Hazrat Inayat Khan’s Shakuntala.” University of Chicago. Virtual Concert. South Asian Music Ensemble spring recital. [ONLINE]

2020 “Peshkaar in Raga Chandrakauns,” for the series Interwoven: Sonic and Visual Histories of the Indian Ocean World, featuring Ameera Nimjee (kathak dance) and Tomal Hossain (harmonium). Neubauer Collegium, University of Chicago. [ONLINE]

2020 Original music scored for the silent film Diler Jigar (1931), for the series Interwoven: Sonic and Visual Histories of the Indian Ocean World. Neubauer Collegium, University of Chicago. [ONLINE]

2020 “Kathak: Stories in Motion” (Asian Americans Profile Series), featuring Ameera Nimjee (kathak dance). PBS Public Broadcast Service, KBTC Seattle. [TELEVISION]

2020 “When Words Fail, Music Speaks,” for the series Cultural Sundays. Kalapriya Center for Indian Performing Arts [ONLINE]

3 2020 Virtual Diwali Program, featuring Sonny Patel () and Minu Pasupathi (vocals). Kalapriya Center for Indian Performing Arts [ONLINE]

2020 University of Chicago. Virtual Concert. South Asian Music Ensemble spring recital (director). [ONLINE]

2019 University of Chicago, Logan Center for the Arts. Apsara Classical Dance showcase (tabla).

2019 Triton College. River Grove, Illinois. Devotional music showcase (, tabla, harmonium).

2019 University of Chicago, Logan Center for the Arts. Tala Chakra. South Asian Music Ensemble spring recital (director).

2019 University of Chicago, Mandel Hall. PanAsia Spring Festival (tabla).

2018 University of Chicago, Fulton Hall. Music Department Orientation Dinner (tabla).

2018 University of Chicago, International House. Global Voices concert series (dotara, harmonium).

2018 University of Chicago, International House. Celebration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Sister Nivedita (tabla).

2017 University of Chicago, Rockefeller Chapel. A Meeting of Two Seas: Hindus and Muslims Shape the Arts of South Asia (harmonium, dotara).

2017 University of Chicago, Logan Center for the Arts. A Garland of Devotional Songs. South Asian Music Ensemble spring recital (director).

2017 Audio and Visual Cultures workshop, Kathmandu, Nepal. Digitizing for Performance: Audio Archives in the Music Industry. A multimedia/keynote performance with Ameera Nimjee (kathak dance) and Rakae Jamil ().

2017 Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, Lamont, Illinois. Bhakti Sangeet, a recital with Sudha Raghuraman (Carnatic vocal) (tabla).

2017 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. India Modern: The Paintings of M.F. Hussain. An exhibition accompanied by music, with Saraswathi Ranganathan ().

2017 University of Chicago, Foster Hall. A Poem in Every House: An Introduction to Premodern South Asian Literatures. A course series and lecture/demonstration on “Jayadeva’s Gitagovinda in Ragamala Form,” with Thibaut d’Hubert.

2017 University of Chicago, International House. Global Voices concert series (dotara, tabla).

2017 University of Chicago, Logan Center for the Arts. Raga Malika. South Asian Music Ensemble spring recital (director).

4 2016 University of Chicago, Logan Center for the Arts. Winter showcase, with Apsara Dance Ensemble (tabla, pakhawaj).

2016 University of Chicago, Mandel Hall. Humanities Division Hooding Ceremony (tabla).

2016 Triton College. River Grove, Illinois. Devotional music showcase (tabla, , harmonium, dotara).

2016 University of Chicago, Logan Center for the Arts. Mehfil-e-Sangeet, a recital with Ameera Nimjee (kathak dance) (tabla).

2015 University of Chicago, Mandel Hall. Humanities Division Hooding Ceremony (tabla).

2015 University of Chicago, Logan Center for the Arts. Holi: A Festival of Colors. South Asian Music Ensemble spring recital (director).

2015 Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois. Ragamala: A Celebration of + Dance (tabla).

2014 University of Chicago, Fulton Hall. Music Department Orientation Dinner (tabla).

PUBLICATIONS 2019 “Bangladesh: Modern and Contemporary Performance Practices.” In Janet Sturman (ed.), The Sage Encyclopedia of Music and Culture. (1)327-329. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications

2016 “Ensnare the Thief in the House of Wind: Negotiating Musical Routes of Baul-ness in Bangladesh.” In J. Engelhardt and Philip V. Bohlman (eds.), Resounding Transcendence. 29-42. New York: Oxford University Press

2015 “Ethnomusicological Perspectives on ‘Baul-ness’ in Bangladesh” (in Bengali). In Saymon Zakaria (ed.), Bhabnagar. 24-23. Dhaka: Bhabnagar Foundation

MUSICAL TRAINING 2015–2016 Chittagong, Bangladesh. instruction with Mithun Majumdar.

2015–2016 Dhaka, Bangladesh. Harmonium instruction with Pandit Ranjan Saha.

2014–2016 Dhaka, Bangladesh. Pakhawaj drum instruction with Pandit Nakul Goswami.

2011–2012 Dhaka, Bangladesh. drum instruction with Jalaluddin Sarkar.

2004–2007 Ali Akbar College of Music, San Rafael, California. Tabla instruction with Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri.

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY Bengali – superior

Hindi – reading, conversational

5 Urdu – reading, conversational

Persian – reading

German – reading

Classical Arabic – reading

Sanskrit – reading

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