SEMSEC 2005 Conference

2005 Chapter Conference

April 1-2, 2005, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Music in Our World: Taking It to the Streets

The annual meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Southeast and Caribbean Chapter will be held with the North Carolina Folklore Society, and PineCone, the Piedmont Council of Traditional Music.

SEMSEC 2005 Business Meeting Minutes (PDF: 66k)

SEMSEC 2005 Registration Form (PDF: 66k)

SEMSEC 2005 Program Overview (PDF: 60k)

SEMSEC 2005 Program (PDF: 75k)

SEMSEC 2005 Local Arrangements (PDF: 69k)

SEMSEC 2005 Press Release (PDF: 90k)

2005 Chapter Conference Overview

Preliminary Schedule Program Location

NCSU campus map


Friday, April 1, 2005

8:00 a.m.	Registration/Coffee and Krispy Kremes	Talley Center – Brown Room (4^th Floor)

9:00 – 11:00 a.m.	Paper Session 1	Talley Center – Brown Room

11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.	Lunch	Talley Center – North Gallery (2^nd Floor)

1:00 – 3:00 p.m.	Paper Session 2	Talley Center – Brown Room

3:00 – 3:15 p.m.	Break	Talley Center - Conference Room (4^th Floor)

3:15 – 5:15 p.m.	Papers Sessions 3	Talley Center – Brown Room & Conference Room

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.	Reception & Music	Home of Wayne and Margaret Martin 1623 Park Drive (3 blocks from hotel)

8:00 p.m.	Dinner On Your Own	Local Restaurants


Saturday, April 2, 2005

9:00 a.m.	Registration/Coffee	Talley Center – Brown Room (4^th Floor)

9:30 – 11:00 a.m.	Panel Discussion: Music Radio: Deejays Bringing the Music to the Folk	Talley Center – Walnut Room (4^th Floor)

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.	Lunch and concurrent business meetings	Talley Center – Blue Room / Walnut Room

1:30 – 3:00 p.m.	Awards Ceremony: Brown-Hudson & Community Traditions	Talley Center – Walnut Room


3:30 – 4:30 p.m.	Archival Resources and Access: A Multimedia Visit to Southern Folklife Collection	Talley Center – Room 3118 (3^rd Floor)

5:00 p.m.	Dinner on Your Own	Local Restaurants

7:00 p.m.	Film Presentation: Tom Davenport on FolkStreams (Hillsborough and Dan Allen Drive)	Nelson Auditorium

2005 Chapter Conference Program

Music in Our World: Taking It to the Streets

North Carolina State University

Friday, April 1, 2005

Paper Session 1: Southern Musical Traditions
9:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Talley Center – Brown Room
Chair: Nikos Pappas

9:30 –9:50 a.m.	“Who Shit in Grandpa’s Hat?”: Kentucky’s Appropriation of Southern Ohio Fiddle Style
	Nikos Pappas, University of Kentucky

9:30 –9:50 a.m.	Composing Tradition: Two Songs “Written” by Blue Ridge Tradition Bearers Orville Hicks and Glenn Bolick
	Thomas McGowan, Appalachian State University

10:00 – 10:20 a.m.	Mountain Music is My Music
	Kara Rogers Thomas, Frostburg State University

10:30 – 10:50 a.m.	Is Master Jefferson Still Gazing at Muh Banjo? Discovering a Tolerance for Ambiguity in the Writing of History
	Joseph M. Petrulionis, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

11:00 – 11:30 a.m.	Butta’ Team Breaks Beats
	Martha King, Blaine Waide, Aaron Smithers, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Paper Session 2: Music in the Public Sphere
12:30 – 3 p.m.
Talley Center – Brown Room
Chair: Laurie Kay Sommers

12:30 – 12:50 p.m.	Music in Our World: “Taking It to the Woods”
	Laurie Kay Sommers, Valdosta State University

1:00 – 1:20 p.m.	Carolina Music Ways: An Exploration of Creative Collaboration
	Peggy Ann Hall, University of North Carolina-Greensboro

1:30 – 1:50 p.m.	Music and Community: Encountering Unfamiliar Musics Through Shaker Oats
	Laurie Semmes, Appalachian State University

2:00 – 2:20 p.m.	Indigenous Folk Music in Elementary Music Education of Taiwan since 1987
	Michelle Chiung-Wen Chang, University of Florida

2:30 - 2:50 p.m.	Authentic Klezmer at KlezKamp: Jewish music and culture reunited
	Jennie Lavine, Emory University

Paper Session 3A: What Does Music Say About Us?
3:15 – 5:15 p.m.
Talley Center - Conference Room
Chair: Connie Mason

3:15 – 3:35 p.m.	Can you Hear Me Now? Do Our Ringtones Define Us?
	Connie Mason, North Carolina Maritime Museum

3:45 – 4:05 p.m.	Western Popular Music and the Construction of Okinawan Identities at the Seawall
	Jeffrey A. Jones, Florida State University

4:15 – 4:35 p.m.	Community and Power in Processional Music Performances during SASADU 1998 Festival in Alavanyo, Ghana
	George Worlasi Kwasi Dor, University of Mississippi

4:45 – 5:05 p.m.	Discussion

Paper Sessions 3B: Music, Identity and Global Connections
3:15 – 5:15 p.m.
Talley Center – Brown Room
Chair: Margaret Jackson

3:15 – 3:35 p.m.	Black Like We: the Sounds and Images of Turkish Hip-hop in Germany
	Margaret Jackson, Florida State University

3:45 – 4:05 p.m.	Vital Influences of a Minority on a Majority
	Zeynep Gonca Girgin, Istanbul Technical University

4:15 – 4:35 p.m.	Edibindwom: Gender Identity in Akan Sacred Lyric
	Ekua Jameswa Mensah, East Carolina University

4:45 – 5:05 p.m.	Nanyin and the Negotiation of Chinese Identities: Perspectives from Musicians in Taiwan and China
	Stephanie Spangler, Emory University

2005 Chapter Conference Announcement and Call for Papers

April 1-2, 2005, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

The program committee of the annual meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Southeast and Caribbean Chapter invites SEM members and others interested in the field of ethnomusicology to submit proposals for papers and panels, film/video screenings, etc, for the 2005 conference at North Carolina University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Authors of papers related to public sector ethnomusicology, and the theme "Music in Our World: Taking It to the Streets" are especially encouraged to submit, though all topics are welcome. We are planning a joint conference with two partners: North Carolina Folklore Society, and PineCone, the Piedmont Council of Traditional Music. Both individual paper proposals and panel submissions are welcome. Proposals from graduate students in ethnomusicology and closely related fields are especially welcome. Graduate student papers will be eligible for the Dale Olsen prize. Local faculty and visiting scholars are also encouraged to contribute. The format will follow the 20-minute paper format, followed by 10 minutes of discussion. For individual paper proposals, please provide name and affiliation and include an abstract of up to 250 words. Organized panels are encouraged. Each member of a panel must submit an individual paper proposal and the panel chair/organizer must submit a Panel Abstract. The panel abstract should not exceed 150 words. Panels may have 3 or 4 papers, or 3 papers and a discussant. Paper and Panel proposals and abstracts must be submitted via e-mail. Send an e-mail with name, affiliation and abstract to Frank Gunderson at (e-mail) fgunders@mailer.fsu.edu. Proposals must be received by February 1, 2005. Notifications will be made by February 15th by e-mail.

The joint SEMSEC/NCFS conference will be held in Talley Student Center at North Carolina State University, located at 2610 Cates Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27695. Hotel accommodation has been arranged at The Holiday Inn-Brownstone Hotel, 1707 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, just a ten-minute walk from Talley Student Center. Double and single rooms are available for the same group rate of $59 plus tax ($66.67 total) per night. To make reservations, call The Brownstone at 1-800-465-4329 and ask for the group rate for the North Carolina Folklore Society conference. You must call by March 18th 2005, to receive this discount rate. The hotel's restaurant, Ledo Pizza and Pasta, is open for all three meals, including a full, hot breakfast buffet for just $5.99. The hotel offers free parking and an airport shuttle service to and from RDU International Airport. The website for The Holiday Inn-Brownstone Hotel is (website) www.brownstonehotel.com. Further details about transportation and directions will be posted on the SEMSEC website. For further information on local arrangements, contact Alison Arnold (alison_arnold@ncsu.edu). For more information on the Dale Olsen prize and general information about SEMSEC, please visit (Website) http://otto.cmr.fsu.edu/~cma/SEM/SEMSEC02.htm.

Frank Gunderson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology
School of Music
Florida State University
Tallahassee FL 32306-2550
Office: (850) 984-6106
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