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Congratulations to Columbia ethnomusicology PhD student Kevin Holt, who has been awarded a 2013 Predoctoral Fellowship from the Ford Foundation.
This fellowship, which provides three years of full support for
doctoral research, is sponsored by the Ford Foundation and administered
by the National Research Council of the National Academies. Mr. Holt's
selection for this prestigious award reflects Ford Foundation's
panelists’ "judgment of scholarly competence as well as the promise of
future achievement as a scholar, researcher, and teacher." read more »
The Department of Music congratulates alumna Dr. Maria Sonevysky (PhD,
Ethnomusicology, 2012). Dr. Sonevytsky has been appointed as Assistant
Professor of Music at Bard College, beginning in 2014. Prior to taking
up the position at Bard, Dr. Sonevysky will be a Postdoctoral Fellow at
the Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at the University
of Toronto for 2013-14. read more »

The Columbia University Center for Ethnomusicology warmly congratulates our Barnard Ethnomusicology Majors graduating in Commencement 2013!
- Martina Wiedenbaum - Ethnomusicology
- Lucy Finkelstein-Fox - Ethnomusicology&Psychology, Departmental Honors
Event Start:
Friday, April 19, 2013 - 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
701C Dodge Hall, Center for Ethnomusicology, Columbia Morningside Campus
The Center for Ethnomusicology Colloquium Series presents:Pop Music and Digitization featuring:
Emmanuelle Olivierand
Philippe Le GuernApril 19, 201312pm-3pmCenter for Ethnomusicology
701C Dodge Hall
Free and Open to the Public
Islamic Pop Music in Mali: Constructing a Local ModernityEmmanuelle OlivierNational Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Centre of Research of Arts and Langage (CRAL, CNRS-EHESS), Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), France
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Event Start:
Monday, April 15, 2013 - 7:30pm
Location:
701C Dodge Hall
Attention all Columbia/Barnard students interested in ethnomusicology, and all current special majors/concentrators in ethnomusicology!
There will be an informational meeting for all undergraduate students interested in the special major in ethnomusicology (through Barnard), coursework in ethnomusicology within the music major, student summer employment in the Center for Ethnomusicology, and how to get involved in the Columbia ethnomusicology community. The meeting will take place at 7:30PM on Monday April 15, 2013, in 701C Dodge Hall (The Center for Ethnomusicology). A number of faculty members will attend, and there will be food and drink. Please come and bring any interested undergraduate friends!
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The Center for Ethnomusicology congratulates ethnomusicology graduate program alumnus
Tyler Bickford (PhD, 2011, With Distinction), who has been appointed as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of English (in Children's Literature and Childhood Studies) at the University of Pittsburgh.
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The next annual meeting of MACSEM will take place on
March 23-24, 2013 at the University of Richmond, in Richmond, Virginia. Updated MACSEM 2013 Conference Program.Keynote Speaker: Prof. Maureen Mahon (New York University)
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Event Start:
Thursday, February 7, 2013 - 8:00pm - Saturday, February 9, 2013 - 11:00pm
Location:
Room 1512, International Affairs Building 420 West 118th Street (Concerts at Diana Center and Thalia Theater)
Thinking Music and Sound in Latin America and the Caribbean
A
conference organized by The Center for Ethnomusicology and the
Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University in
celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Institute of Latin
American Studies
Keynote addresses by:
Mesías Maiguashca (Independent composer, Ecuador&Germany)
Ticio Escobar (Centro de Arts Visual, Museo del Barro, Paraguay) read more »

The next annual meeting of MACSEM (The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology) will take place on
March 23-24, 2013 at the University of Richmond, in Richmond, Virginia. A call for papers is posted below, and more information can be found on
MACSEM's Facebook page.
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Event Start:
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 6:00pm - Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 8:00pm
Location:
112 Dodge Hall, Enter from College Walk (2d door on left after you go through 116th and Broadway Gate to Columbia University)
The Center for Ethnomusicology's "Native Sounds North&
South" Series and "Music in Contemporary Native America" (MUSI V2021)
are proud to present an early evening performance by Native American
Singer/Songwriter:
JACK GLADSTONE
"Montana's Blackfeet Troubadour"
TUESDAY November 27, 2012
6PM-8PM
112 Dodge Hall
(Enter from College Walk, 116th and Broadway entrance to Columbia Morningside Campus)
Admission is Free and Open to the Public, Children Welcome. read more »
Event Start:
Friday, November 30, 2012 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
701C Dodge Hall (Center for Ethnomusicology)
The Center for Ethnomusicology's "Indigenous Music Today" Speaker Series Proudly Presents a Colloquium:
When Puff, the Magic Dragon became a Smoking Uktena: Text-setting&Translating Songs for Cherokee Language Revitalization
Sara L. Snyder (PhD Candidate, Ethnomusicology, Columbia University)
Nannie Taylor (Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation)
Friday November 30, 2012
3PM-5PM
701C Dodge Hall (The Center for Ethnomusicology)
Columbia University Morningside Campus
Free and Open to the PublicReception to Follow Presentation
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The Columbia Ethnomusicology PhD program will be accepting applications for 2013 admission this fall. If you are considering applying to our PhD program in Ethnomusicology this fall, here are some important links and points of
advice. read more »
Event Start:
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
112 Dodge Hall, Columbia Univ. Morningside Campus (access from College Walk)
The Center for Ethnomusicology Proudly Presents:
A Guitar Workshop with Hawai'ian slack key guitar virtuoso:
CYRIL PAHINUI
In conjunction with his performance on Saturday, Oct. 12 at 8PM in Davis Auditorium, Hawaiian
slack key guitar virtuoso Cyril Pahinui will be offering a master class
for guitarists at 1PM on Sunday, Oct. 14, in 112 Dodge Hall on the
Columbia Morningside campus. read more »
Event Start:
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Location:
Davis Auditorium, CESPR (Schapiro Center) -- see article for map
The Center for Ethnomusicology's "Native Sounds North&South" Series Proudly Presents: read more »
Event Start:
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Location:
701C Dodge Hall (Center for Ethnomusicology)
In Conjunction with the 2012 "Native Sounds North and South" Concert Series presentation of Hawai'ian Guitar Virtuoso Cyril Pahinui on Oct. 13, 2012, The Center for Ethnomusicology at Columbia University Presents a Symposium on Friday Oct. 12, 2012:
Pacific Roots Music, Pacific Routes Music: Tracking Marshallese and Hawaiian Music Across the Pacific
Friday October 12, 4-6PM
701C Dodge Hall (Center for Ethnomusicology)
Free and Open to the Public read more »