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Program from the SEMSW 2002 Meeting
The Southwest Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology held its 2002 annual conference April 19-20 at the University of Colorado at Boulder, in conjunction with the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the American Musicological Society and the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Society for Music Theory. All sessions were held in the Imig Music Building.
FRIDAY APRIL 19
8:00 Registration begins
9:00 Opening sessions for the Society for Music Theory
1:15-2:15
Welcoming Speech, Daniel Sher, Dean of the College of Music
SEM/AMS/SMT Regional Conference Plenary:
Dr. Steven Bruns, University of Colorado at Boulder: "Sound and symbol in the Music of George Crumb: Some Cross-Cultural Questions"
2:30-5:45 SEMSW Mini-Symposium on American Indian Music
2:30-4:30 Contemporary Change in Native Music and Scholarship, Chair, Dr. Victoria Lindsay Levine, Colorado College
Rachel Weissman, Oglala Lakota College: "Music among the Lakotas in Pine Ridge"
Thomas C. Aplin, University of Oklahoma: "The Lyrical Powwow: Empowerment through Rhyme in Native Hip-Hop"
Edward Wapp, Institute of American Indian Arts: "Who has the bones?" shouted Coyote: The Northwest Coast Salish Slahal and its Accompanying Harmonized Songs"
Dr. J. Richard Haefer, Arizona State University: "George Herzog and Piman Indian Music Revisited"
4:30-4:45 Break
4:45-5:45 The Native Flute and its Permutations, Chair: Dr. Brenda M. Romero, University of Colorado at Boulder
Dr. Paula Conlon, University of Oklahoma: "The Native American Flute: Convergence and Collaboration as Exemplified by R. Carlos Nakai"
Christian Erickson, University of Colorado at Boulder: "Reconciliation Through Music:A Collaboration Between Two South Dakota Artists"
6:00-7:30 Dinner: Group Reservations at Casa Alvarez Mr. Grill,
3161 Walnut in Boulder
8:00 Concert featuring Pasatono, guest ethnomusicology students from the Universidad Autónoma de México and Dr. Brenda M. Romero of the University of Colorado at Boulder. W100 in the Museum Collections Building
CU Jazz Ensembles with Jim McNeely and also featuring Dr. Keith Waters of the University of Colorado at Boulder, CU's Grusin Hall
SATURDAY APRIL 20
9:00-10:00 Contemporary Music in Christian Traditions, Chair: Dr. Jay Keister, University of Colorado
Candace Ellman, University of Colorado at Boulder:"Where East Meets West: Four-Part Polyphony in Neo-Byzantine Chant"
Dr. Zoe C. Sherinian, The University of Oklahoma:"Re-indigenization of Tamil Christian Kirtanai: The performance of Social Diversity and Change through a Karnatak Genre"
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:45 Special Workshop Session: Mexican Music from the Mixtec Region, Chair: Dr. Brenda M. Romero, University of Colorado at Boulder
Featuring Pasatono
Lic. Patricia García López, violin
Rubén Luengas Pérez, bajo quinto (ten string bass in five double courses)
Edgar Serralde Mayer, jaranas (rhythm guitars of various sizes and types)
National School of Music, Autonomous University of Mexico
11:45-12:15 SEMSW Business Meeting
12:15-1:40 Lunch, University Faculty Club,featuring a short performance by Pasatono
1:45-2:45 The African Connection
Chair: Dr. Kwasi Ampene, University of Colorado at Boulder
Joe Clark, Arizona State University: "Patchwork Pedagogy: The Disparate Origins of Jembe Pedagogy Techniques in the United States and Europe"
Ronald A. Ramirez, Arizona State University: "Punta Rock and its Traditional Roots"
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-5:00 People Playing Music
Chair: Dr. Zoe Sherinian, University of Oklahoma
Joice Gibson, University of Colorado at Boulder: "Whose Music?: Case Studies in Transcultural Music Participation"
Kathryn Quimby, University of Colorado at Boulder: "Friends of Open Mike Night in the Mountains of Estes Park"
John K. Galm, University of Colorado at Boulder: "Drum Circles as a Healing Modality"
Jay Keister, University of Colorado at Boulder: "A Million Yen for Twenty Minutes: Learning Traditional Music in Japan"
5:30-7:00 Reception in Gamow Tower with RMAMS and RMSMT
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Program Committee
Brenda M. Romero
Jay Keister
Kwasi Ampene
Website Development
Janet Sturman, University of Arizona
Local Arrangements
Brenda M. Romero
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Minutes from 2002 Business Meeting
April 20, 2002, University of Colorado, Boulder, College of Music
The Southwest Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology business meeting was
called to order at 1:50 pm on April 20, 2002 at theUniversity of Colorado,
Boulder College of Music. The discussion began around selecting a meeting site
for the 2003 chapter meeting,
with Albuquerque and Tucson as possibilities. We will check withRMSMT and RMAMS
about the possibility of a joint meeting once again. [Following the chapter
meetings, the University of Tucson agreed to host next year's meeting, and Janet
Sturman agreed to be the new Program and Local Arrangements Chair, and thus the
President of the SEMSW Chapter for 2002-03. Thank you, Janet.]
Attendees voted for Kathryn Quimby as the SEMSW student representative at the
annual SEM meeting, to be held this year at the Estes Park Center/YMCA of the
Rockies, an hour from Boulder. Kathryn can be reached at
Kathryn.Quimby@colorado.edu.
We wondered if there is a possibility of obtaining an official SEMSW email list
for the purposes of sending announcements. Next year's
president needs to contact Lyn Pitman for this.
We agreed that the faculty members in attendance at this meeting would gather
after the final paper and select a student paper for theJoan W. Kealiinohomoku
SEMSW Prize for Excellence. Following themeeting (at 5:30), faculty SEM members
selected two awardees, Joice
Gibson and Christian Erickson, both from the University of Colorado. There is no
cash as yet for this award. Joice is completing a master's degree in musicology
and Chris is completing a DMA in composition. Congratulations to Joice and
Christian for a job well done!
There was a
brief mention of the possibility of a web sound site for SEMSW, but no one
volunteered to run it.
Chapter members commended the local arrangements committee for the excellent
SEMSW 2002 program offerings. The meeting was adjourned at
2:15 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Brenda M. Romero
SEMSW Chapter President, 2001-02
We are pleased to announce local arrangements for the annual
meetings of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the American Musicological Society,
the Southwest Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology, and the Rocky
Mountain Society for Music Theory, to be held on Friday and Saturday, April
19-20, at the
Jeremy Smith (jeremy.smith@colorado.edu) OR Brenda Romero (romerob@spot.colorado.edu).
Please indicate any audio-visual needs with proposal.
All meetings will be held in the
There are numerous hotels and motels in the
There is an inexpensive ($8) RTD bus service from Denver
International Airport (DIA) to the University: the AB Boulder/DIA. It
meets at DIAÕs East Terminal and stops about a block
from the
If driving from DIA, follow
The meeting rooms will be furnished with sound and video
equipment, pianos, overhead projectors and (in most
cases) visual projectors for laptop computers (please let us know if you have
additional needs for your presentation). AMS and SEM are still accepting
abstracts. Please send AMS abstracts to Jeremy Smith (College of Music, UCB 301
University of Colorado, Boulder 80301; FAX 303-492-5619; email at
Jeremy.Smith@colorado.edu); and SEM abstracts to Brenda Romero (College of
Music, UCB 301 University of Colorado, Boulder 80301; FAX 303-492-5619; email
at Romerob@spot.colorado.edu). Daphne Leong is the
local arrangements chair of SMT and she can be reached at
Please return the following, with a check or money order payable to "University of Colorado," by April 1
name _____________________ institutional affiliation _____________
(for name tags)
Conference registration fee ($10) ________ email___________________
Saturday buffet lunch ($12) ________
TOTAL ENCLOSED: _______
Mail to:
Rocky Mountain Chapter Meetings
c/o Gayle Boethling
College of Music
301 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0301
tel: (303) 492-7505 e-mail: Gayle.Boethling@colorado.edu