Society for Ethnomusicology
Southern California Chapter Meeting

February 28, 1997 at UCLA


Program

Morning Sessions:

8:30-9:00 a.m. Registration and reception

9:00-10:30 Sessions

A. Issues in Jazz

1. "Settin' the Standard: Rethinking the Significance of W.C. Handy to Early Jazz and Beyond." Ray Briggs, UCLA
2. "Re-Masculating Jazz: Ornette Coleman, 'Lonely Woman,' and the New York Jazz Scene in the Late 1950s." David Ake, UCLA
3. "Defending Jazz Against its Devotees." Dale Chapman, UCLA.

Eddie Meadows, San Diego State University, chair.

B. Syncretism

1. "Two Pictures of Latin-American Musicians in Los Angeles." Laura Osborn, UCLA
2. "Mandinka tantango and Jola bugarabu: The Coexistence and Synthesis of Musical Styles from the Gambia and Senegal." Todd Caschetta, UCSB
3. "Questions of Cultural Identity in the Use of Traditional Instruments in Improvised Music." Ellen Weller, UCSD

Robert Riegle (UCLA), chair

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-12:15 Sessions

A. Asian Diasporas

1. "Stealing a Myth." Christi-Anne Castro, UCLA
2. "In Search of Taiwanese Identity: Musical Activities Among Taiwan Immigrants in Los Angeles." Hui-Hsuan Sylvia Chao, UCSB
3. "Crossing Boundaries: The Instrumental Works of Diasporic Composer Isang Yun." Jeongmee Kim, UCLA

Helen Rees, UCLA, chair

B. The Stakes of Interpretation

1. "Which Side Are You On?: Cultural Politics and the Art/Ethnography Continuum." Heidi Feldman, UCLA
2. "Problematizing the Concept of 'Gypsy'." David Malvinni, UCSB
3. "What is Call and Response in Eve Music." Chris Provenzano, UCLA

René T. A. Lysloff, UCR, chair

12:15-1:15 Lunch on your own

Afternoon Sessions

1:15-2:00 Chapter Business Meeting

2:00-2:45 Keynote Speaker

Phillip Brett, University of California, Riverside
"The Personal Politics of Scholarship"

2:45-3:00 Break

3:00-5:00 Sessions

A. Music and Gender

1. "Duende and the Feminine: Women Flamenco Singers in Spain." Loren Chuse, UCLA
2. "Musical Patrons, Patrons of Music: The Courtesans of India." Jean Galleciez, UCSB
3. Video and discussion: "Breaking the Rule of Tradition: 'Las Renyas de Los Angeles.'"

Discussants: Leonor Perez (UCLA), Marie-Claire Sallaberry (CSU-Northridge), Laura Sobrino (UCSC), and Sarah Truher (UCLA)

Deborah Wong, UCR, chair

B. Religion

1. "The Formation of Buddhist Devotional Music in Sri Lanka." Vasana De Mel, UCL.
2. "Hermeneutics and Horizons: Interpreting Afro-Cuban Sacred Music Performance." Kevin Delgado, UCLA
3. Video: "The Great Ceremony to Straighten the World." Jann Pasler, UCSD

Katherine Hagedorn, Pomona College, chair

5:00-7:00 Student-only Potluck and Forum

5:00-7:00 Dinner on your own

7:00-?? World Music/Jazz Jam Session led by Steve Loza (UCLA)

Bring an instrument if you'd like to participate.

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