New Research in Asian and American Music

March 23 and 24, 2012

Program

Friday, March 23

4-6 p.m.: Reception with Musical Performance
Suite 1201, Bruce Hall
By invitation only

Saturday, March 24

8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.: Paper Sessions
All sessions held in Room 132, Music Building
Open to the public

8:30-9 a.m.: Morning Coffee
Third Floor Lounge, Music Building

9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.: Session 1
Chair: Nancy Guy

• Meng Ren (University of Pittsburgh): "Mulan in the Korean War: Promoting Patriotism and Gender Equality through the Henan Opera Hua Mulan"
• Da Lin (University of Pittsburgh): "Marketing Intangible Cultural Heritage: Current Development of Kunqu Opera in People's Republic of China"
• Ben Pachter (University of Pittsburgh): "'Reworking Tradition: Oguchi Daihachi, Osuwa Daiko, and the Emergence of Contemporary Taiko"

10:30-11 a.m.: Mid-morning Break
Third Floor Lounge, Music Building

11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Session 2
Chair: Helen Rees

• Shuo Zhang (University of Pittsburgh): "Charles Seeger and the Study of Musical Semiotics"
• Eun-Young Jung (University of California, San Diego): "Difference and Meaning in Korea's Popular Music: A Critical Assessment of a Genre in Formation"
• Lei Ouyang Bryant (Skidmore College): "MuDaiko: Taiko Drumming between East & West"

12:30-1:30 p.m.: Lunch for symposium speakers
Third Floor Lounge, Music Building

1:30-3:30 p.m.: Session 3
Chair: Lei Ouyang Bryant

• Hee-sun Kim (Kookmin University, Korea): "Formational Process and Politics of World Music in South Korea "
• Lee Tong Soon (Emory University): "Peranakan Music in Postnational Singapore"
• Nimrod Baranovitch (University of Haifa, Israel): "Environmental Protection and Ethnic Identity and Politics in Popular Songs by Chinese Minority Musicians"

3:30-4 p.m.: Mid-afternoon Break
Third Floor Lounge, Music Building

4-5:30 p.m.: Session 4
Chair: Shuo Zhang

• Nancy Guy (University of California, San Diego): "Listening for the After-Vibrations of Beverly Sills' Anna Bolena"
• Helen Rees (Unviersity of California, Los Angeles): "The Elusive Qin: Hidden Histories on the Yunnanese Frontier"

5:30-6:30 p.m.: Summary and Discussion
Chair: Joseph Lam
Discussants:

• Joseph Lam (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
• J. Lawrence Witzleben (University of Maryland, College Park)
• Amy Stillman (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

7:30 p.m.: Dinner for Conference Participants

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