Ethnomusicology News
BRITISH MUSIC & EUROPE in the age of Brexit
Monday, September 25, 2017All symposium events, including concerts, are free and open to the public. No registration is necessary. For inquiries, contact Philip Rupprecht: philipr@duke.edu Paper Abstracts Common Currencies (Philip Rupprecht) Friday, November 3 PANEL 1... Read More »
Kaira Ba (The Great Peace): West African music featuring ethnomusicology graduate student Jonathan Henderson
Monday, August 14, 2017Ethnomusicology graduate student Jonathan Henderson is a member of the band Kaira Ba (The Great Peace), based in central North Carolina. Griot Diali Cissokho (a member of a family of professional musicians from Senegal), is Kaira Ba's lead singer and kora player. In... Read More »
Kirsten Santos Rutschman awarded Best Student Paper 2016-17 by the Southeast Chapter of the American Musicological Society
Wednesday, May 17, 2017Her presentation was entitled, “Folksong Against the National Grain: Inventing Pan-Scandinavian Identity,” and derives in part from research towards her Ph.D. dissertation in progress. The AMS committee described Kirsten's paper as "superb (and superbly delivered)."
Darren Mueller (Ph.D. 2015) has been awarded the Wiley Housewright Dissertation Award by the Society for American Music
Tuesday, March 28, 2017The Wiley Housewright Dissertation Award is designed to recognize a single dissertation on American music for its exceptional depth, clarity, significance, and overall contribution to the field. American music is interpreted in all its historical and contemporary styles and contexts, including, but... Read More »