Sonia Tamar Seeman [email protected] Ernest and Sarah Butler School of Music MBE 3.204 1 University Station E3100 University of Texas, Austin Austin TX 78712-0435 (512) 471-2854 I. ACADEMIC HISTORY 2002-2004 Post-Doctoral Faculty Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara. 2002 Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology. University of California, Los Angeles. Dissertation: “’You’re Roman!’ Music and Identity in Turkish Roman Communities”. Prof. Tim Rice; Prof. Jihad Racy, co-chairs. M. A. in Ethnomusicology. University of Washington. Three Master’s Thesis Papers: “Continuity and Transformation in the Macedonian Genre of Chalgija: Past Perfect and Present Imperfective”; “Analytical Modes for Variant Performances of Kuperlika”; “Music in the Service of Prestation: The Case of the Roma of Skopje, Macedonia.” Prof. Christopher Waterman, chair. BA in Music History/Musicology with High distinction. University of Michigan. A.Awards and Honors Fall 2009 Walter and Gina Ducloux and Dean’s Fellowship 2009-2010 Fellowship, Humanities Institute, University of Texas, Austin 2007-2008 Fellowship, Humanities Institute, University of Texas, Austin 2006-2007 Fellowship, Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Texas, Austin. 2002-2004 Post-Doctoral Visiting Faculty Fellowship; University of California, Santa Barbara. 2001 Ki Mantle Hood Award, Best Student Paper. Southern California Chapter, Society for Ethnomusicology. 2000-2001 Collegium of University Teaching Fellows, University of California, Los Angeles. 1999-2000 Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles. 1999-2000 Jewish Community Scholarship Award. 1991-1994 Graduate Fellowship, School of Music, University of California, Los Angeles. B.Research Grants; Projects Summer 2010 College of Fine Arts Summer Research Grant, University of Texas, Austin. 2009-2010 Special Research Grant, University of Texas, Austin. 2008-2009 College of Fine Arts Creative Research Grant, University of Texas, Austin. 2007 Team research member, field missions in Turkey for European Roma Rights Commission and Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly. 1997-1998 Social Science Research Council Dissertation Research grant for Turkey. 1995-1996 Fulbright DOE Research Grant for Turkey. 1985-1987 Fulbright IIE Research Fellowship for Macedonia. C. Professional Memberships Society for Ethnomusicology; International Council for Traditional Music; American Anthropological Association; Middle Eastern Studies Association. II. WORK EXPERIENCE Fall 2006-present Assistant Professor, University of Texas, Austin. Joint appointment in Musicology/Ethnomusicology Division and Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Sonia Tamar Seeman Curriculum Vitae 2 Fall 2004-Spring 2006 Lecturer, University of California, Santa Barbara. Summer 2005 Lecturer, University of California, Los Angeles. 2002-2004 Post-Doctoral Faculty Fellow, University of California, Santa Barbara. July 2003 Invited Lecturer, Balkan Studies Seminar: Ethnographic Reflexivity and the Study of Music in the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean. Interscientific and Intercultural Center of Olympia, Greece. 2000 Lecturer, Collegium Faculty Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles. 2000-2001 Library Assistant Archivist, American Popular Music Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles. 1988-1994; 2001 Instructor, Eastern European Folklife Center Balkan Music and Dance Seminar. III. PUBLICATIONS A. Articles In press “Selim’s Stories.” Cultural Politics. Forthcoming issue on Romani studies. In press “Roman Popular Music.” Encyclopedia entry for Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World. Continuum Press. 2009 “A Politics of Culture: Turkish Romani Music and Dance at the Dawn of European Union Accession.” In Voices of the Weak: Music and Minorities. Zuzana Jurkova and Lee Bidgood, eds. Prague: NGO Slovo 21. Pp. 206-215. 2009 “Sunus [Introduction].” In Romanistanbul: Sehir, Muzik ve Bir Donusum Oykusu [Romanistan: The Story of a City, Music and Transformation]. Istanbul: Punto Yayinlari. Pp. 11-21. 2006 “Presenting “gypsy” – Re-Presenting Roman: Towards an Archaeology of Aesthetic Production and Social Identity.” Music and Anthropology: Journal of the Anthropology of the Mediterranean Issue 11. http://www.umbc.edu/MA/index/ma_ind.htm. 2006 “Book Review: Albanian Urban Lyric Song in the 1930s by Eno Koço.” Ethnomusicology Forum 15 (1): 164-168. Invited submission. 2004 “The Sounds of Actually-Existing Cosmopolitans: Music from Southeastern Europe at the Intersections of Onesselves, Western European, and Ottoman Turkish Legacies.” Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 38 (2): 208-213. Invited submission. 1998 “Müziksel Icra ve Kimlik: Makedon Roma ve Batı Türkiye Roman Topluluklarının Karsılastırmalı ve Incelemesi”. (“Musical Performance and Identity: A Comparative Examination of Macedonian Roma and Western Turkish Roman Communities”). Müzikalite (6): 39-45. 1995 “Ergün Senlendirici’yi kaybettik”. (Biography of Roman trumpet player, Ergün Senlendirici). Jazz 6:31-32. B. Recording projects-Liner notes-Program notes 2009 “Carnegie Hall presents Citi Global Encounters-Romani Music of Turkey.” The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall. Photographs, biographical sections, background articles, translations, consultancy. 2009 “Roman Olsun! [Let my love be Rom!”] Liner notes, introduction to ethnographic CD booklet, consultancy. Kalan Muzik cd 440. 2000 Lingo Lingo – Barbaros Erköse Ensemble. Liner notes. Golden Horn GHP 012-2. 1999 Ke{an’a giden yollar (Roads to Kesan). Co-Producer, liner notes, Kalan Müzik CD 154; Roads from Ke{an - Regional and Roma Music of Thrace. Traditional Crossroads CD 80702- 6001-2. 1999 Hüsnü Senlendirici and Laço Tayfa Çiftetelli. Liner notes. Traditional Crossroads CD 80702- 6002-2. 1999 Koçani A Brass Band - Gypsy Mambo. Liner notes. Yeni Dünya Records. 1999 “Müziksel Icra ve Kimlik: Makedon Roma ve Batı Türkiye Roman Topluluklarının Karsılastırmalı ve Sonia Tamar Seeman Curriculum Vitae 3 Incelemesi”. (“Musical Performance and Identity: A Comparative Examination of Macedonian Roma and Western Turkish Roman Communities”). Müzikalite (6): 39-45. 1998 “Rumeli ve Türk Trakyasında Ensrümental ve Takım Gelenekleri”. (“Instrumental and Ensemble Traditions of Rumeli and Thrace”). Karsılama. Liner notes. Kalan Recordings CD 113. 1998 Sulukule: Rom Music of Istanbul. Liner notes, song texts and translations. Traditional Crossroads Recordings CD 4289. IV. Public Outreach Presentations 2009 “Introduction to the music of Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer.” Texas Performing Arts Center-Bass Concert Hall. September 13. 2007 “Turkish Clarinet and Roman Music.” NPR The World. Marco Wurman, host. Aired May 17, 2007. 2007 Public school performances of Middle Eastern music in Austin, Texas Del Valle school district. April-May. 2002 “Turkish Music Performance: Music of the Ottoman Coffeehouses.” Noontime concert series. University of California, Santa Barbara. February 6. 2001 “From Gypsy Caravan Images to Roma Music – An Introduction and Survey. Outreach program for Educators. Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, California. September 25. 2001“Turkish Roman Music and Musicians in the History of Recordings 1900-present.” KPFA Radio World Music Radio program, Kutay Derin Ku©ay, director. Berkeley, California. August 27. V. SERVICE A. Departmental Service 2010 UT-Austin Curriculum Development-Independent Inquiry Working Group 2007-present UT-Austin Ann Richards School for Girls Mentor/Mentee Partnership 2007-present Undergraduate advisor 2008-2009 Turkish Cultural Studies search committee. 2006-present African Americanist Position-Musicology/Ethnomusicology Search committee. Fall 2007; Fall 2008 Anonymous Reviewer; UT Middle Eastern Studies Press. 2006-2007 Center for Middle Eastern Studies FLAS fellowship committee. 2005-2006 Organizer, Ethnomusicology Division forum series. UCSB. 2002-2006 Board member, Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Music, UCSB. 2004-2006 Member, Music Department Chair’s Advisory Committee. University of California, Santa Barbara. 2003-2005 Facilitator, Student Thesis Writing Groups, UCSB. 2000-2002 Moderator/secretary for Ethnomusicology and Systematic Musicology Dissertation Support group. UCLA. 2000 President of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Students’ Association; UCLA. B. Professional Service 2007-2009 Jaap Kunst Prize Committee for the Society for Ethnomusicology 2008 Council nomination committee, Society for Ethnomusicology. March-April. 2008 Local arrangements committee, Southern Plains Regional Chapter of Society for Ethnomusicology. 2007 Anonymous reviewers, Ethnomusicology Journal. 2007 Anonymous reviewer, Music and Politics Journal. 2003-2006 Elected council member, Society for Ethnomusicology. 2004-2005 Program committee member, Society for Ethnomusicology Southern California Chapter. 2001 Grant reviewer for SOROS foundation. Reviewed and rated grant proposals from Eastern Sonia Tamar Seeman Curriculum Vitae 4 and Central Europe. 1989-1990 Co-chair, Northwest Regional division of the Society for Ethnomusicology. .