Other Exciting Undergrad Courses for Spring 2020
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Nov
20,
2019
See some of our returning favorites!
Ethnomusicology News
New Courses for Spring 2020
posted
Nov
15,
2019
We have some exciting new courses for Spring 2020! Take a look!
Kevin Fellezs Publishes Article on Hawaiian Slack-key Guitarists in the Journal of the Society for American Music
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Jan
10,
2020
Kevin Fellezs published his article “Nahenahe (soft, sweet, melodious): Sounding Out Native Hawaiian Self-Determination” in the Journal of the Society for American Music's Special Issue on Music, Indigeneity, and Colonialism in the Americas.
Alumni News: Dr. Beatriz Goubert Appointed Associate Editor for Latin America-RILM
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Nov
20,
2019
The Columbia University Ethnomusicology community is delighted to congratulate our recent PhD alumnus Dr. Beatriz Goubert, who has been selected as the associate editor for Latin America at RILM (International Repertory of Music Literature) in New York.
Emily Hansell Clark Awarded 2019 LACSEM Student Paper Prize at 2019 SEM Conference
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Nov
15,
2019
Emily Hansell Clark won the 2019 Latin American and Caribbean Music Section of the Society for Ethnomusicology (LACSEM) student paper prize for her paper "Wiet Wiet, Kiaauw: Birds and Men in Suriname and the Netherlands."
Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow/Lecturer Position
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Oct
31,
2019
The Department of Music at Columbia University invites applications for Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowships.
Manuel Garcia Orozco's "Anónimas & Resilientes" Nominated for Latin Grammy
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Sep
26,
2019
Ethnomusicology PhD student Manuel Garcia Orozco's "Anónimas & Resilientes" (Anonymous and Resilient) is nominated for a Latin Grammy for Best Recording Package.
Artists Dioganhdih and Chhoti Maa Featured in Public Event Hosted by The Center for Ethnomusicology
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Sep
23,
2019
Photo credit to Cherrie Zheng, Staff Photographer of Spectator.
The Center for Ethnomusicology featured indigenous rappers, producers and activists Dioganhdih and Chhoti Maa on Friday, September 6th.
Listen But Don’t Ask Question: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Across the TransPacific by Kevin Fellezs Coming December 2019
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Sep
10,
2019
Professor Kevin Fellezs's new book Listen But Don’t Ask Question: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Across the TransPacific will be published in December 2019 by Duke University Press.
Featured Fall 2019 Courses
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Aug
27,
2019
The Music Department is offering a wide range of courses this semester.
Please see for more information:
Alessandra Ciucci Publishes Article in The Journal of North African Studies
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Aug
9,
2019
Professor Alessandra Ciucci has published an article in the July 2019 issue of The Journal of North African Studies. Her article is entitled "Performing l-ḥrig: music, sound and undocumented migration across the contemporary Mediterranean (Morocco–Italy)."
Dr. Beatriz Goubert Defends Dissertation
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Jun
6,
2019
The Department warmly congratulates Dr. Beatriz Goubert, who successfully defended her PhD dissertation in ethnomusicology, "Nymsuque: Contemporary Muisca Indigenous Sounds in the Colombian Andes," on May 31, 2019.
Dr. Joshua Navon Defends Dissertation
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May
21,
2019
Congratulations to Joshua Navon on the successful defense of his PhD dissertation, "The Making of Modern Musical Expertise: German Conservatories and Music Education, 1843-1933"!
Jessie Rubin (BC Ethnomusicology '19) Wins Ethel Stone Lefrak Prize in the Arts from Barnard College
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May
8,
2019
The Department of Music congratulates senior Jessie Rubin, and a Barnard College Ethnomusicology major, who has been awarded the Ethel Stone Lefrak Prize for excellence in the arts by Barnard College.
Kevin Fellezs Organizes Symposium at Columbia Global Center in Beijing
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Apr
24,
2019
Professor Kevin Fellezs (Music/African-American and African Diaspora Studies) organized a symposium, What’s Up, A-Pop? Re-thinking the Relationships Between/Among Asian and Asian American Popular Music Cultures, that was held at the Columbia Global Center in Beijing on April 20-21, 2019.
Dr. César Colón-Montijo Awarded Princeton Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Apr
10,
2019
The Columbia University Ethnomusicology community is delighted to congratulate our recent PhD alumnus, and current Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Music, Dr. César Cólon-Montijo, who has been named to the first cohort of Presidential Postdoctoral Fellows at Princeton University.
PhD Student Andrés García Molina Wins Research Grant from Florida International University
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Apr
2,
2019
Congratulations to Columbia Ethnomusicology PhD candidate Andrés García Molina, who has been awarded a $2,000 travel grant to visit the Díaz-Ayala Cuban and Latin American Popular Music Collection at Florida International University, where he will also be giving a lecture about his research.
Kyle DeCoste Awarded Best Graduate Student Paper at 2019 IASPM-US
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Mar
12,
2019
Ethnomusicology graduate student Kyle DeCoste was awarded the Best Graduate Student Paper at the 2019 International Association for the Study of Popular Music, US Branch (IASPM-US) annual meeting.