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Jonathan Shannon to Speak at the Center, Monday, Dec. 4, 4-6PM Start: 4:00 pm End: 6:00 pm The Center for Ethnomusicology at Columbia University presents: a talk by: Prof. Jonathan Shannon (Hunter College) “Composition, Tradition & the Anxiety of Musical Influence in Syrian & Moroccan Andalusian Musics” Monday, December 4, 2006 4 – 6 PM at The Center for Ethnomusicology 701C Dodge Hall Columbia Morningside Campus Reception to follow Jonathan Shannon is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Hunter College. He earned his PhD inAnthropology from the City University of New York Graduate Center. His research focuses on musical aesthetics and cultural politics in the Arab world and Mediterranean. He has conducted field research in Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Morocco, and Spain. His book, Among the Jasmine Trees: Music and Modernity in Contemporary Syria, was recently published by Wesleyan University Press in their Music/Culture Series. _______________________________________________________________ Columbia Gagaku Ensemble to Perform at Casa Italiana, Monday Dec. 4, 8 PM Start: 8:00 pm End: 10:00 pm Our own Gagaku ensemble, directed by Prof. Naoko Terauchi, will perform as part of the Music Performance Program winter chamber music concert at Teatro Casa Italiana (The Italian Academy), on the Columbia University campus, on Monday, Dec. 4, 2006. The concert begins at 8 PM and features several other student groups. Program: “Hyôjô no netori” “Etenraku” “Koromogae” Performed by students in World Music Ensemble: Gagaku (MUSI V1626) & featuring Musicians from the Tenri Cultural Institute, New York Instructed and directed by Prof. Naoko Terauchi. Sponsored by the Center for Ethnomusicology at Columbia University, the Music Performance Program in the Dept. of Music at Columbia University, and the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies. More information is available at: http://music.columbia.edu/mpp/events.html