Canadian Centre for Ethnomusicology Wiki (archived)
Contents
What is folkwaysAlive!?
See the folkwaysAlive! home page
Courses
Ethics:
Winter 2008:
Fall 2007:
Summer 2007:
- University of Alberta Summer World Music Program, comprising the West African Music Ensemble and Introduction to World Music, now approaching its second season on the UofA campus
- Study African arts and culture in Ghana! (NEW!)
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)
- Issues in Ethnomusicology (Music 665)
- Area Studies in Ethnomusicology (Music 465/565): Music of the Persianate World: Iran and Central Asia
Winter 2006:
- Music and Religion (Music 464/564) - Winter 2006
- Topics in Ethnomusicology (Music 566)
Programs and advising
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
Program advising information:
- BA, major and minor in music
- BA Honours in music
- BMus World Music Route
- MA with concentration in ethnomusicology
- PhD with concentration in ethnomusicology
- NB: Please note that all graduate students must complete the Ethics training for Music graduate students.
General resources
- Department of Music Course listings in 2006-2007
- Current course listings, via Bear Tracks
- University of Alberta Calendar, online
- Department of Music
- Music Graduate Handbook
World Music Ensembles
- University of Alberta Middle Eastern and North African Music Ensemble (formerly Arab Music Ensemble)
- University of Alberta West African Music Ensemble
- University of Alberta Indian Music Ensemble
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
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
Talks
FolkwaysAlive Staff
- Regula Qureshi, Director
- Michael Frishkopf, Associate Director
- Lorna Arndt, Project Manager
- David Descheneau, Technical Development Analyst
