Panel #5: New Music Panel #6: Working and Volunteering outside Academic Environments Panel #7: Public Musicology Projects by Westminster Undergraduate Classes Panel #8: Keynote Address by Susan Key Panel #9: A Gentle Persuasion: Jane Austen’s Music in the Public Arena Panel #10: New Media and Public Musicology Panel #11: Evening Concert 9:00am: Panel #5: … [Read more...]
Abstracts and Biographies for Friday, January 30
Panel #1: Collaborations Panel #2: Musical Tourism Panel #3: Going Public: Some Tough Questions of Public Musicology Panel #4: Museums 10:00am: Panel #1: Collaborations Felicia Sandler (New England Conservatory): “Research and Concert Programming that Involves the Wider Community: An Example from the New England Conservatory of Music and Tufts … [Read more...]
Shamanic Sound Therapy in Princeton
This oral history interview was such an interesting experience for me. I’m so glad we had this opportunity and an excuse to do such a thing because, I mean, who goes around just interviewing people? Yet in doing so I learned so much about a subject that I find fascinating from someone who is a sort of unsung hero, or at the very least an unsung healer, in Princeton town. Now … [Read more...]
Coming to America and Touching Hearts
I was not able to return to McCaffrey’s to see Arturo play because he was no longer there. I was glad I got his card on my first visit. I pursued an interview with him to talk about the venue, performing there and his life as a musician. I found out other things about Arturo that I did not know before. Arturo Romay is from Venezuela and came to the United States in 1990. He … [Read more...]
Some Strumming & Some Shopping!
It is my second time round doing field work on music venues at McCaffrey's Super Market in Princeton Shopping Center. As I said before, it is not a typical location for live music to take place, so I decided to blend in with my surrounding and go grocery shopping in conjunction with listening to more music. Arturo Romay performed once again on the guitar. I went on another … [Read more...]