N. SCOTT ROBINSON 2611 Edgewood Avenue 443-632-6200 Parkville, Maryland 21234-4012 [email protected] http://www.nscottrobinson.com EDUCATION 2013 Ph.D. Musicology-Ethnomusicology, Kent State University Dissertation: “Tradition and Renewal: The Development of the Kanjira in South India” Co-Directors: Terry E. Miller and Ralph Lorenz Supporting Area: American History/Popular Culture Studies 2002 M.A. Ethnomusicology, Kent State University Thesis: “The New Percussionist in Jazz: Organological and Technical Expansion” Advisor: Terry E. Miller 1994 B.A. Music, Rutgers University Supporting Area: Anthropology ACADEMIC HONORS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS 2011 Awarded $10,000.00 World Music Education Grant for Towson University World Music Ensemble from The Presser Foundation 2010 Winner of Indian Summer Music Award-Native Spirit category in Native American music for CD Wind & Fire by Mark Holland and N. Scott Robinson 2005-2006 Awarded $10,000.00 Senior Performing Arts Fellowship, American Institute of Indian Studies, University of Chicago, for study and research of percussion in Carnatic music in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala, India 2002 Creative Arts Achievement Award, Kent State University, Graduate Student Senate 1996-2003 Awarded Full Tuition Scholarship and Graduate Teaching Assistantship at Hugh A. Glauser School of Music, Kent State University 1994 Griffis Prize for scholarly paper “Javanese and Balinese Gamelan,” Asian Studies Department, Rutgers College, Rutgers University 1992 Performed on CD Harlem Renaissance by Benny Carter, winner of Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition category 1989-1992 Nicholas Scholarship, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University N. Scott Robinson 2 TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2003-2013 Full-time Lecturer 2003-2004/2006-2011, Adjunct 2004-2005, Adjunct II with Associate Graduate Status 2011-2013, Music Department, Music History and Culture/Instrumental Music Divisions, Towson University, Towson, MD GenEd Courses: MUSC 111 Introduction to Music in the U.S. MUSC 112 World Music: The Americas, Africa, and West Europe MUSC 113 World Music: East Europe, Asia, and the Middle East MUSC 127 Elements and History of Rock Music Music Major Courses: MUSA 170/370 World Music Ensemble MUSC 201 Music in the U.S.: Analytic Emphasis MUSA 313/413 Applied Music-World Percussion MUSC 421 Music in the U.S. MUSC 479 Special Topics in Music: Music of India MUSC 493 Independent Research in Music Graduate Music Major Courses: MUSC 521 American Music MUSC 579 Music of India MUSA 670 World Music Ensemble 2008-2013 Adjunct, Music Department, Goucher College, Towson, MD GenEd Course: MUS 104 Introduction to World Music Music Major Courses: MUS 150 Percussion Ensemble MUS 178 Applied Music-World Percussion MUS 299 Independent Work in Music 2004-2005 Adjunct, Music Department, Montgomery Community College, Rockville, MD GenEd Courses: MU 111 World Music MU 133 History of Jazz MU 136 American Popular Music 2003 Adjunct, School of Communication Studies, Kent State University, Kent, OH Undergraduate/Graduate Course: JMC 40193/50193 History of Popular Music in Film and Video 1996-2002 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Music Department, Kent State University, Kent, OH GenEd Course: MUS 22121 Music as a World Phenomenon (Teacher) N. Scott Robinson 3 Music Major Courses: MUS 12212 Music of Non-Western Cultures (Teacher) MUS 55311 African Music Ensemble (Teaching Assistant) 1998 Adjunct, School of Dance, The University of Akron, Akron, OH Dance Major Course: DA 321 Rhythmical Analysis for Dance 1996 Full-time Lecturer, Conservatory Dance/Instrumental Music Divisions, Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA Dance Major Course: DA 381 Dance Music Graduate Dance Accompanist Major Seminar: DA 531 Dance Accompanying Graduate Music Major Course: AP 502 Applied Percussion RELATED EXPERIENCE Positions Held: Selected 2005-2013 Teaching Staff, World Percussion, Goucher College, Summer Arts Institute Drumset and Percussion Camp, Towson, MD Ensembles: Brazilian Ensemble, Frame Drum Ensemble, Amadinda Ensemble 1995-1996 Full-time Music Director, Conservatory Dance Division, Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA Guest Lectures: International 2012 “Italian Influences in the Improvisational Vocabulary of American Frame Drumming,” Li Ucci Festival 2, Cutrofiano, Salento, Italy, 3 October 2005 “Indian Influences in the Improvisational Vocabulary of American Frame Drumming,” Department of Indian Music, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, 5 October Artist-in-Residence: Selected 2013 Percussion Department, The University of Tennessee, Martin, TN, 13 April 2012 Friends of Music and Arts, Guilford Central School, Guilford, VT, 15-17 February 2011 Music Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 19 November 2010 Summer Percussion Camp, The Woodlands High School, The Woodlands, TX, 5-8 June 2009 Percussion Department, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC, 31 March-3 April 2008 Music Department, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, 10 December 2007 Percussion Department, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, 19-20 March 2006 Percussion Department, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 12-15 February 2005 Peabody Conservatory, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 11-13 August Percussion Department, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, 14-16 April N. Scott Robinson 4 2004 Percussion Department, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 24-25 January Workshops: Selected International 2012 Li Ucci Festival 2, Cutrofiano, Salento, Italy, 4 October Tamburi Mundi 7, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 1-4 August 2011 Tamburi Mundi 6, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 1-7 August Frame Drums Italia 3, Montelparo, Marche, Fermo, Italy, 2-5 June Greek Frame Drums Meeting 2, Chalkeia, Kryoneri, Greece, 25-28 May 2010 Frame Drums Italia 2, Montelparo, Marche, Fermo, Italy, 23-27 June 2009 Tamburi Mundi 4, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 3-9 August North American Frame Drum Association, NAFDA Canada, Royal Conservatory, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 14 June 2008 Greek Frame Drums Meeting, Mesolóngi, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece, 17-20 March Workshops: Selected National 2013 Annapolis Area Christian School Summer Percussion Camp, Severn, MD, 9 July North American Frame Drum Association, NAFDA Midwest 4, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO, 27 April 2012 NAFDA Midwest 3, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO, 23-25 March 2011 International Hand Percussion Day, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 7 May 2010 Percussion Festival, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV, 6 November NAFDA South, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA, 23 October NAFDA North 3, Vermont Jazz Center, Brattleboro, VT, 15-16 October NAFDA Midwest 1, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO, 30 April-1 May 2009 NAFDA West, REMO Recreational Music Center, North Hollywood, CA, 17 October NAFDA North 2, Vermont Jazz Center, Brattleboro, VT, 2-3 October 2008 NAFDA North 1, Vermont Jazz Center, Brattleboro, VT, 31 October Herdeljezi Romani Festival, National Cathedral School, Washington, DC, 17 May 2005 Peabody Conservatory, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 7, 13, 20 July 2000 Music Department, Saint John’s University, St. Joseph, MN, 27 October 1998 Kent State Folk Festival, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 13 September Lecture-Demonstrations: Selected 2012 Wiley H. Bates Middle School, Annapolis, MD, USA, 19 June Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD, USA, 18 June 2011 Angelo L. Tamso School, Warren, NJ, 17 May 2010 Glebe Elementary School, Arlington, VA, 18 June Saint James School, Falls Church, VA, 6 May Rock Terrace School, Rockville, MD, 6 April Gunston Elementary School, Lorton, VA, 8 January 2008 Lakeview Intermediate School, Stow, OH, 22 February N. Scott Robinson 5 PUBLICATIONS: Peer Reviewed Book Chapters 2010 “Ravi Shankar: Raga Sindhi-Bhairavi,” in Listen to This by Mark Evan Bonds with Jocelyn Neal, Joseph Kaminski, and N. Scott Robinson. Upper Saddle River: Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2nd edition, 292-299. Articles 2009 “Dance Accompanying: The Basic Steps,” in Dance in My Life. Edited by Dr. Kim Chandler-Vaccaro. Reston: National Dance Education Association, 42-44. 2003 “Berimbau” (co-authored with Richard Graham). Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 2: Performance and Production. Edited by John Shepherd, David Horn, Dave Laing, Paul Oliver, and Peter Wicke. New York: Continuum, 345-349. “Bodhrán” (co-authored with Mike Brocken). Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 2: Performance and Production. New York: Continuum, 349-350. “Frame Drums and Tambourines.” Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 2: Performance and Production. New York: Continuum, 362-372. “Mbira (Thumb Piano).” Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 2: Performance and Production. New York: Continuum, 388-394. PUBLICATIONS: Selected Non-Peer Reviewed Articles 2007 “BataMbira: A Marriage of Sacred Music from Cuba and Zimbabwe.” Percussive Notes 45, no. 5 (October): 62. Oral History/Ethnographic Interviews 2014 “Steve Shehan: Expatriate Postmodern Percussionist.” Percussive Notes 52, no. 1 (January): 22-25. 2013 “Performing the Past, Present and Beyond: Glen Velez and Researching Frame Drum History.” Percussive Notes 51, no. 4 (July): 30-34. 2003 “Okay Temiz: Drummer of Many Worlds.” Percussive Notes 41, no. 4 (August): 28-30, 32-34. 2001 “Zakir Hussain: A Tale of Tabla.” Modern Drummer 25, no. 3 (March), 90-92, 94, 96, 98, 100. “John Bergamo: Percussion World