Canadian Centre for Ethnomusicology Wiki (archived)
Contents
- 1 What is folkwaysAlive!?
- 2 Courses in the Department of Music
- 3 Ethnomusicology courses
- 4 World Music Ensembles
- 5 Programs and advising for ethnomusicology students
- 6 Projects
- 7 Documentation
- 8 Links
- 9 Research
- 10 Events
- 11 Talks and other courses on research-related topics
- 12 FolkwaysAlive Staff
- 13 Other
- 14 Help
What is folkwaysAlive!?
See the folkwaysAlive! home page
Courses in the Department of Music
Graduate level course offerings in music composition, theory, musicology, ethnomusicology
Ethnomusicology courses
Mandatory ethics training for graduate students
All music graduate students must complete this training. See:
Summer programs
Winter 2008
- (Music 365)
- Ethnomusicology of the Arab World (Winter 2008) (Music 468/568)
- Field methods in Ethnomusicology (Winter 2008) (Music 666)
Fall 2007
- Music and Religion (Music 464/564)
- Issues in Ethnomusicology (Music 665)
- Ethnomusicology and social network analysis (Music 601 reading course)
Winter 2007
- Introduction to Ethnomusicology (Music 365)
- Field Methods In Ethnomusicology (Music 666)
- Music and Islam (Music 469/569)
Fall 2006
- Introduction to World Music (Music 102)
- Area Studies in Ethnomusicology (Music 465/565): Music of the Persianate World: Iran and Central Asia
Winter 2006
- Music and Religion (Music 464/564)
- Topics in Ethnomusicology (Music 566)
World Music Ensembles
- University of Alberta Middle Eastern and North African Music Ensemble (Music x48)
- University of Alberta West African Music Ensemble (Music x44)
- University of Alberta Indian Music Ensemble (Music x43)
Programs and advising for ethnomusicology students
The Department of Music, Canadian Centre for Ethnomusicology, and folkwaysAlive! support five academic degree programs within which a specialization in ethnomusicology and world music is possible:
- Bachelor of Arts (BA), major or minor in music
- BA Honours in music
- Bachelor of Music (BMus), world music route
- MA in Music, with concentration in ethnomusicology
- PhD in Music, with concentration in ethnomusicology
For prospective students
- General information
- Undergraduate programs: Contact Jill Younghusband (780) 492-0602
- Graduate programs: Contact Donna Maskell (780) 492-0603
Please see the following sections also to learn about our programs.
For current students
Undergraduate programs
- BA, major and minor in music
- BA Honours in music
- BMus World Music Route
Graduate programs
- Ethics:
- Please note that all graduate students must complete the Ethics training for Music graduate students.
- Prior to conducting research you may be required to receive University of Alberta Research Ethics Board approval. Check the Arts, Science, and Law Research Ethics Board web site for information and forms.
General resources
- Current Music course listings from UofA Calendar (pdf format)
- Current BMus program descriptions from UofA Calendar (pdf format)
- Current Music graduate program descriptions from the UofA Calendar (pdf format)
- Current UofA course listings, via Bear Tracks
- University of Alberta Calendar, online
- Complete University Calendar (contains links to pdfs)
- Music Graduate Handbook (for graduate students in Music)
- Department of Music
Projects
- Virtual Museum of Canadian Traditional Music (VMCTM)
- folkwaysAlive! Canadiana CD
- Seeing the World of Sound (virtual exhibit)
- SSHRC Knowledge Impact in Society (KIS)
- Ghana Field Recordings Digitization
- MuDoc system
- Collaborations with the Department of Music, University of Ghana
Documentation
- Digitization Procedures
- Media lab: how-to's
- Forms and Manuals
- Documentary videos for teaching ethnomusicology
- FolkwaysAlive Jukebox how-to
- Cataloguing and Accessioning
Links
Research
- Arts, Science and Law Research Ethics Board
- Society for Arab Music Research (SAMR)
- Music and Islam research
- The arts in the Arab diaspora
Events
- Cultural Soundings
- CSTM meeting
- The music of Rumi, World Music Sampler, Nov 24, Convocation Hall (link for performers)
- The music of Rumi (link for publicity)
Cultural Representations of Post-Coloniality
FolkwaysAlive Staff
- Regula Qureshi, Director
- Michael Frishkopf, Associate Director
- Lorna Arndt, Project Manager
- David Descheneau, Technical Development Analyst