Organized opposition to immigration, globalization, and minority groups in Sweden exploded during the 1980s and 1990s, energized in large part by the spread of skinhead …
Abstract: This dissertation concerns the politics of musical projects, institutions, and events in Sarajevo and the effect of efforts by donors in Bosnia and Herzegovina's …
This thesis discusses the design of a sensor-embedded data glove called alto.glove, created by the author and used in interactive performances involving string instrument playing …
This dissertation is an ethnographic study of contemporary Kaapse klopse (“Clubs of the Cape”) practice in Cape Town, South Africa. Situating sound and embodied practice …
“Construction” intersects chance probabilities, experimental performance, and theoretical research through navigations of immersive environments. These navigations center around the Light Box, a new interface that …
Dark Exhalation is a chamber opera-film for four vocalists, amplified ensemble (flute, clarinet / bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, double bass, percussion), and pre-recorded sound …
This project tells the story of the revitalization of a community musical tradition. The music is the old-time string band music of Surry County North …
“Simon and the Animating Interface” entangles instrument design, experimental performance and theoretical research with an electronic toy named Simon. Central to the exploration is the …
SOAK is an intermedia performance suite that comprises three pieces – Soto, Soak, and Tsuchi. This is a ritualistic performance where I reexamine myself and …
This dissertation examines discourse about the experience of liturgical song (the repertoire now known as Gregorian chant) during the Frankish ecclesiastical reforms of the ninth …
In this study, I explore listening’s relationship to reading and its inflection through the materiality of the silent page. More specifically, I aim to understand …
This dissertation explores The No-No Boy project, a hybrid work of music and scholarship that transformed my doctoral research into a collection of songs and …
This dissertation is an ethnographic study of the recent emergence of the phenomenon of women’s drumming in postcolonial West Africa through the lens of Ewe …
This dissertation is a regionally centered study of black popular religion and music in the Dominican Republic. Salves and palos performance are described and interpreted …
This dissertation explores the transformative power of music practice for young people living in contexts of violence and social marginalization in Venezuela. These musicians are …
Mechanically produced time grids have been present in music-making at least since the advent of the metronome, and much of today’s popular music is rhythmically …