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Fife and Drum: a different ethnomusicology ensemble
One of the intense pleasures of attending a music school in a large university is the opportunity to actually play music from other cultures, thanks to a department of ethnomusicology. The most common...
View ArticleEthnomusicology in the band room
One of the ethnomusicologists I follow closely is David G. Hebert, currently a faculty member at Bergen University of College in Norway, but in fact, born and raised in Seattle. His specialty is the...
View ArticleYour first shakuhachi lesson
You’ve decided to study the shakuhachi – a traditional flute from Japan. You know that it’s steeped in history and tradition, but what’s really grabbed your attention is its focus on meditation, using...
View ArticleWorld Music week at UBC
Last week Professor Hesselink of the Ethnomusicology Department announced an exciting program for a World Music Week. It will feature four dynamic groups representing traditional China, Bali, Korea,...
View ArticleA Radical New Classroom
As I prepare for my summer class, it occurred to me that I could radically re-organize the classroom experience for the students. But at what cost? In the last few years I have worked inexorably...
View ArticleKaraoke versus Folk Singing
The other morning I was walking down the main street of my neighbourhood, take-out coffee in hand, when I walked by my local karaoke store for the umpteenth time. I use the word “my” advisedly, because...
View ArticleMay Day, again
Hooray, hooray The first of May Outside s—x Begins today (anonymous) On Wednesday I’ll be making my yearly trek to Trimble Park in Point Grey to attend the annual May Morning celebrations of the...
View ArticleThe performer/audience, duck/rabbit paradigm
Click here to view the embedded video. In an earlier posting about amateur music ensembles (“Learning to be an Amateur” March 23, 2013), I asked the question, “How do you motivate amateurs to seek...
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Honouring Tanaka Sensei
In my classes, I often talk about experiences that arise from either reflective or reflexive research (including the results of class ethnography assignments). The former are moments that cause you to...
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Honouring Kojima Sensei
A few months ago I posted a UBC blog entitled “Honouring Tanaka Sensei”. I described the revelations and adventures I experienced from my encounters with that very great man. Now it’s time drop the...
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