Music

2:30-3:00 Rhythmic Treatment of the Tasnif in the Qajar and Pahlavi Period: Changing Sensibilities and Conventions in 20th Century Classical Persian Music Payam Yousefi, Harvard University 3:00-3:30 Keith Jarrett’s 1975 Koln Concert: African, European, and South Asian Musical Syncretism in American Jazz Jack Herscowitz ‘20, Middlebury College 3:30-4:00 “We’ve Got Harmony, Too!”: Reclaiming Music Theory, Performing Chinese-ness Rujing Huang, Harvard University 4:00-4:30 Kwekwe Nisuo: Towards an Ethnographically Informed Theory of

10:00-10:30 “Dead Media” and the Concept of Canon in the Archive of Georgian Folk Song Brian Fairley, Wesleyan University 10:30-11:00 Hidden Transcripts, Production Strategies, and the Blues in the Music of the Eyo’nle Brass Band of Benin Sarah Politz, Harvard University 11:00-11:30 Singing Like a State: Music, Modernity, and the Projection of an Aurally Intelligible Cambodia in the Films of King-Father Norodom Sihanouk,1966-1969 Emily Howe, Boston University 11:30-12:00 Professionalism of Performing Musicians in Burlington, VT: A Discussion of Art,

10:00-10:30 The Sounds of the Aguante: Singing and Listening in the Affective Violence of Argentine Soccer Supporters Luis Achondo, Brown University 10:30-11:00 Voices in the Rainforest: Memory, Martyrdom, and the EmbattledSoundscapes of the Brazilian Amazon Darien Lamen, Bowdoin College 11:00-11:30 Reworking the Brasilidade Narrative: Dekassegui, Música Sertaneja, and the Identity Performance in the Japanese Brazilian Expatriate Community Junko Oba, Hampshire College 11:30-12:00 Cultural and Environmental Sustainability in Florian

Middlebury College hosts this year’s NECSEM conference. An opening concert Friday night by Veena and Devesh Chandra (sitar and tabla ) will be followed by a day of lectures and presentations from scholars in ethnomusicology and related fields from throughout the region. Saturday will also include a keynote address by Dr. William Cheng, Assistant Professor of Music at Dartmouth College, entitled “I, Spy: Violence, Voice, and Queer-Crip Ethics in Online Game Fieldwork.” Interested in learning about musical cultures from around the globe? Ever wondered about music’s role in social life? Join us!

Middlebury College hosts this year’s NECSEM conference. Interested in learning about musical cultures from around the globe? Ever wondered about music’s role in social life? Join us! The conference schedule is posted at www.necsem.org. Sponsored by the Department of Music, the Mahaney Center for the Arts, the Academic Enrichment Fund, and the Center for Teaching, Learning & Research. Free

William Cheng, Assistant Professor of Music, Dartmouth College Sponsored by the Department of Music, the Mahaney Center for the Arts, the Academic Enrichment Fund, and the Center for Teaching, Learning & Research. Free

Join us for an evening of sitar and tabla with award winning Indian classical music combo Veena and Devesh Chandra. This mother-and-son duo uniquely unfolds rich melodies and rhythms that are steeped in improvisation. Their performance takes audiences on a sensorial journey through the tapestry of Indian classical and folk inspired music. A featured event of the 2017 NECSEM Conference. Free

Middlebury College hosts this year’s NECSEM conference. Ever wondered about music’s role in social life? Join us! The conference schedule is posted at www.necsem.org. Sponsored by the Department of Music, the Mahaney Center for the Arts, the Academic Enrichment Fund, and the Center for Teaching, Learning & Research. Free

Middlebury College hosts this year’s NECSEM conference. Ever wondered about music’s role in social life? Join us! The conference schedule is posted at www.necsem.org. Sponsored by the Department of Music, the Mahaney Center for the Arts, the Academic Enrichment Fund, and the Center for Teaching, Learning & Research. Free

An interactive presentation by Dr. Zacciah Blackburn, Director of Sunreed Instruments and the Center of Light Institute of Sound Healing and Shamanic Studies. Sponsored by Professor Damascus Kafumbe’s World Music Instruments First Year Seminar and the Department of Music. Free