AMS/SEM/SMT Conference Paper Previews

Monday, Oct. 9, 3:00-5:00pm, MU-321

Panel Title: "Musical Constructions of Masculinity: Identity and Authenticity Within Diverse Global Traditions."

"No Temo La Muerte: Death as a Construction of Authentic Masculinity in the Narcocorrido."
Lizeth Dominguez

"The Vidhushi (Female Musician): Transcending Gender Norms in South Indian Karnatic Music."
Thanmayee Krishnamurthy

"Reinterpreting Pipa Voice: How Contemporary Female Pipa Performers Reconstruct their Power by Negotiating with a Masculine Voice."
Yuxin Mei

"La Plaza Garibaldi: An Embodied Place of Musical Machismo."
Jose Torres

Wednesday, Oct. 11, 4:00-5:30pm, MU-321

Dr. Vivek Virani
"Instruments Resound in the Palace of Emptiness”: Mysticism, Activism, and Entertainment in North Indian Nirgun Performance."

Dr. Benjamin Brand
"The Numerical Office as Biblical Exegesis: St. Jerome, St. Augustine, and the Matins Antiphons Beatus Stephanus iugi legis."

Wednesday, Oct. 18, 4:00-5:30pm, MU-321

Dr. Rebecca Geoffroy-Schwinden
“Music as Feminine Capital in Napoleonic France.”

Dr. Tim Jackson and Dr. Justin Lavacek
"bIV in Theory and Chopin."