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Annual Meeting of the
Northeast Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology
April 14, 2007
Granoff Music Center, Tufts University
David Locke, Host

Directions and Parking
Directions to the Granoff Music Center at Tufts University
Conference attendees can park in the Cohen lot, adjacent to the Granoff Music Center, near the intersection of College and Talbot Avenues.

Conference Fee

$20/$10 for students.

James T. Koetting Memorial Prize
Student presenters who wish to apply for the James T. Koetting Memorial Prize must formally submit their papers via e-mail to NECSEM President Eric Galm <eric.galm@trincoll.edu> by April 6, 2007.

Program
Printable Program (PDF, 2 pages, 76 KB)
Abstracts Booklet (PDF, 7 pages, 236 KB)

8:30-9:00 am

Registration, coffee

9:00-10:30 am

Paper Session One

1a

"Cultural Politics: The African American Connection in Asian American Jazz-based Music."
Susan Miyo Asai, Northeastern University

2a

"Music Education Policy and National Identity Among Japanese Adolescents."
David G. Hebert, Boston University

3a

"The 'Tammurriata Nera:' War, Revival, and Collective Memory in an Italian Folk Song."
Jennifer Caputo, Wesleyan University

1b

"Searching for the Center of the Sound: Bill Dixon's 'Instantaneous Realization' of Composition."
Andrew Raffo Dewar, Wesleyan University

2b

"Shakti's Common Ground: Collaboration and Improvisation in a Cross-Cultural Musical Encounter."
David Neumann Claman, College of the Holy Cross

3b

"Kambon-waa: Warrior Music of Dagbon, Northern Ghana."
Karl Haas, Tufts University

10:30-10:45 am

Break

10:45-12:15 pm

Paper Session Two

4a

"Conversations with African Dance."
Lynn E. Frederiksen, Tufts University

5a

"The Changing Faces of Drum and Dance in Senegal—Jembe and Sabar repertoire in traditional and contemporary contexts in Dakar, Senegal."
Alisha Ross, Tufts University

6a

"Tonal and Rhythmic Aspects of Some World Music Styles and Their Adaptation to the Drumset in the African American Tradition. Example One: Vugbe in the Eve drum ensemble."
Royal Hartigan, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

4b

"Is The Grass Red or Blue: Politics and Bluegrass."
Katy E. Leonard, Brown University

5b

"Hard, Hard Travelin' Man: The Dialectic Resolution of 'Country' and 'Western' Musics in New England Truck Driving Music."
Clifford R. Murphy, Brown University

6b

"Common Life, Common Prayer: The Music of Community at Weston Priory."
Maria Guarino, Tufts University

12:15-1:30 pm

Lunch

1:30-2:15 pm

Business Meeting

2:30-4:00 pm

Paper Session Three

7a

"Anatomy of a Kriti: 'Cakkani' Raja' (The Broad Royal Highway)."
David B. Reck, Amherst College

8a

"Balinese Interlocking: The Inner Workings (Lika-Liku) of Balinese Kotekan in the Shadow Play Music (Gender Wayang), with a Musical Demonstration."
Brita Heimarck, Boston University

9a

"'So how do you play Jewish?' A Case Study of Microelements in the Doina."
Amanda L. Scherbenske, Wesleyan University

7b

"Intermodal Imagery and the Transmission of Instrumental Music."
Gina Andrea Fatone, Bates College

8b

"Rediscovering the Music: Preserving Children's Songs in Afghanistan."
Louise M. Pascale, Lesley University

9b

"Musical forms in Domestication Rites"
Ghilyana Dorjieva, Saint-Petersburg State Conservatory, Russia

4:15-5:15 pm

Workshop and Masterclass (choose one)

1)

Gamelan Masterclass with Barry Drummond and the Tufts Gamelan Ensemble

2)

Dagomba Drumming Workshop with Alhaji Abubakari Lunna

5:15-6:00 pm

Closing Reception