Ethnomusicology

University of Pittsburgh Gamelan Open House

University of Pittsburgh Gamelan Andrew Weintraub, Director Indra Ridwan, Instructor Please join the Gamelan Ensemble for an hour of music played by this semester’s students. 4–5 p.m., Bellefield Hall Room 309 A

Carpathian Music Ensemble Open House

Join our new Carpathian Music Ensemble at their open house for regional food, singing and dancing! Adrianna Helbig (Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology) is the founder and director of the ensemble.

Tuesday, December 2, from 5–7 p.m. Bellefield Hall Room 423 (aka Lou Little Gym—go all the way to the fourth floor, to the back of the building, through the glass doors , turn right, and follow your ears!)

Emmett G. Price III (PhD ‘00) promoted to Associate Professor at Northeastern University

Professor Bell Yung’s New Book!

City Paper features Adriana Helbig, Carpathian Music Ensemble

The City Paper features the music department's new Assistant professor in ethnomusicology Adriana Helbig in this week's edition.

Dangdut Cowboys Perform at Your Inner Vagabond This Tuesday Night!

Enka meets Hip Hop in Pitt Alum’s music

Asian Studies Center's presentation of Jero is sold out, but ethnomusicology grad student Yuko Eguchi will be at the concert and will report back on this blog. Yuko relates her own encounter with the Jero phenomenon phenomenon below.

Andrew Weintraub Forges Global Partnerships in Music Research

Andrew Weintraub with Rhoma Irama, The King of Dangdut, who will perform at Pitt on October 11. Andrew Weintraub (Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology) has been awarded a 2008 Global Academic Partnership grant by the University Center for International Studies (UCIS) to organize an interdisciplinary international conference on Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia. The conference will be held at the University of Pittsburgh, October 10-12. Fifteen scholars from six countries will address the dynamic, contested, and performative nature of Islam in contemporary Indonesia and Malaysia. In addition to scholarly presentations, the conference will feature the award-winning film Gubra directed by Yasmin Ahmad, and a concert by legendary dangdut superstar Rhoma Irama and his band Soneta. Additional support for the conference comes from the School of Arts and Sciences, Office of the Provost, Asian Studies Center, Indo-Pacific Council, Department of Music, Consortium for Education Resources on Islamic Studies (CERIS), Ohio University's Center for Southeast Asian Studies , and Falcon Interactive (Indonesia).

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