Performing ethnomusicology : teaching and representation in world music ensembles / edited by Ted Solís.
| Other author | Solís, Ted, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004. |
| Description | vii, 322 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction. Teaching what cannot be taught: an optimistic overview / Ted Solís -- Sounding the other: academic world music ensembles in historical perspective. Subject, object, and the ethnomusicology ensemble: the ethnomusicological "we" and "them" / Ricardo D. Trimillos -- "A bridge to Java": four decades teaching gamelan in America / interview with Hardja Susilo by David Harnish, Ted Solís, and J. Lawrence Witzleben -- Opportunity and interaction: the gamelan from Java to Wesleyan / Sumarsam -- "Where's 'one'?": musical encounters of the ensemble kind / Gage Averill -- Square pegs and spokesfolk: serving and adapting to the academy. A square peg in a round hole : teaching Javanese gamelan in the ensemble paradigm of the academy / Roger Vetter -- "No, not 'Bali hai'!": challenges of adaptation and Orientalism in performing and teaching Balinese gamelan / David Harnish -- Cultural interactions in an Asian context: Chinese and Javanese ensembles in Hong Kong / J. Lawrence Witzleben -- Patchworkers, actors, and ambassadors: representing ourselves and others. "Can't help but speak, can't help but play": dual discourse in Arab music pedagogy / interview with Ali Jihad Racy by Scott Marcus and Ted Solís -- The African ensemble in America: contradictions and possibilities / David Locke -- Klez goes to college / Hankus Netsky -- Creating a community, negotiating among communities: performing Middle Eastern music for a diverse Middle Eastern and American public / Scott Marcus -- Take-off points: creativity and pedagogical obligation. Bilateral negotiations in bimusicality: insiders, outsiders, and the "real version" in Middle Eastern music performance / Anne K. Rasmussen -- Community of comfort: negotiating a world of "Latin marimba" / Ted Solís -- What's the "it" that we learn to perform?: teaching BaAka music and dance / Michelle Kisliuk and Kelly Gross -- "When can we improvise?": the place of creativity in academic world music performance / David W. Hughes -- Afterword. Some closing thoughts from the first voice / interview with Mantle Hood by Ricardo Trimillos. |
| Abstract | This is the first book to deal exclusively with creating, teaching, & contextualizing academic world music performing ensembles. 16 essays discuss the problems of public performance & the pragmatics of pedagogy & learning processes. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-302) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004043967 |
| ISBN | 0520238745 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0520238311 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML3798 .P47 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |