World Music 025:103:001
Spring 2006

Dr. Cynthia Schmidt:
1031 VMB 335-1617 Office Hours: T/TH 11:50-12:30 & by appt.
Eric Johnson:
520 JB Office Hours: M/W 11:00-12:00 & by appt.
Time & Location: 10:30A - 11:45A TTh 1032 VMB

class pages by regional traditions: Africa *African American Music *
Native American Plains & Prairies * Ethnic North America * Iowa * Asia

Final Exam: Tuesday May 9th, 9:45 AM, Harper Hall
link to final exam schedule on UI site

Final class materials are up or have been handed out.

IMPORTANT!!! Similar to the midterm you will have an essay question or two
on the final exam.
FOUR SUGGESTED STUDY TOPICS for Final Exam Essay Questions: (You will be
able to CHOOSE from similar topics, but more specific, for the final)

1.  Discuss migration and movement of peoples, ideas and music
genres/instruments across borders/regions. Give at least 2 examples.

2.  Discuss how particular religions (or philosophies) have influenced
music, performance and aesthetics of Asia , Turkey and the Middle East .

3.  Discuss music and ethnicity in North America --include the role of
certain musical instruments and music styles in establishing identity.
(Select one example from Iowa or the Prairies). What instruments have easily
crossed genres and why? Discuss two music traditions that crossed ethnic and
cultural boundaries, and what has been the role of the media?

4.  Discuss aspects of change in at least 2 performance genres. Give
examples of how popular music/theatre constitute major sites for change.

Thanks to everyone who emailed to congratulate my wife and I on the birth of our little girl, Rachel. We really appreciate it. Everyone is dong fine.

4/24: Added Asia page-go there for notes, links, etc.

Urgent: small syllabus shakeup:

PLEASE NOTICE!!!!! IMPORTANT INFO about Tuesday's class.

BALINESE LECTURE-DEMONSTRATION in Class on Tuesday April 25th.
  A Balinese Topeng mask dancer and Wayang Kulit puppeteer who performed
last Friday night for U of Iowa Theatre Arts plan to attend our Tuesday
class, April 25th.
   To prepare, PLEASE READ for Tuesday, Chapter 7, Music of Indonesia, Pages
279-291 about the gamelan (orchestra) and especially Pages 314-316, "Bali".
We will not have time for an intro before their lecture-demonstration.
CONCERTS:

Gundecha Brothers in Concert. 7 p.m., Shambaugh Auditorium, Main Library. $15; UI student $7. For information, call 319-338-2048. Advance tickets available at Masala, Om and India Mix in downtown Iowa City. This concert is sponsored by Kala Mandali.
www.dhrupad.org *

Voices of Soul to Present Spring Concert—The UI student organization dedicated to maintaining the musical heritage of African Americans will perform its annual spring concert at 4 p.m., Sunday, April 23, in the IMU ballroom

Todd Rosendahl
Senior Recital
Sunday, April 23rd at 5pm in Harper Hall

Will be playing music from all around the world, including traditional afro-cuban
drumming and dancing, chinese drumming, and a marimba and steel pan duet that
features african-style marimba playing along with steel pan.

4/4/06

3/23/06

Upcoming Lecture-Demonstrations: (in class)
April 6th - Music of Islam; Musical Instruments of Turkey
   by Bahri Karacay

April 13th - Ray Holman, Trinidadian Composer/Arranger/Performer, Steel Drum

April 20th - The Gundecha Brothers of India


CONCERTS:
April 13th, "An Evening with Ray Holman", Harper Hall, 8 p.m.
    Ray Holman and the Pan American Steel Band, U of Iowa
      Visit www.rayholmanmusic.com for more information.

April 21st, "Gundecha Brothers in Concert", Indian Classical Music, 7 p.m.,
Shambaugh Auditorium in the Main Library.  Students $7.
   Visit www.dhrupad.com for more information.

Performance announcement:

Euforquestra CD release party
Friday, March 24th
8:00 PM
with New Beat Societ opening
Englert Theatre

According to Euforquestra member Michael Tallman: " The album we're releasing is a fusion of Afrobeat grooves with traditional songs/chants from the Lucumi (Santeria) religion. Both styles have their roots in Yoruba tradition and have many common musical traits as well." for this show, Euforquestra will be joined by special guests guests from the UI faculty including Dr. Daniel Moore (head of the UI percussion dept) on vibraphone, and Jim Dreier and Paul Cunliffe on percussion.

More details here. Samples from the CD available here. Euforquestra website here.

3/8/06!
Someone pointed out to me after class that the online study guide did not seperate the terms in the listening section properly. I'm very sorry! this was a HTML error that I didn't catch when I pasted the material in from MS Word. It's now updated, so please print yourself a new one. I have also added the W.E. B. Dubois quote on "Double Consciousness" to the African American Music page, and just a couple of links to pictures in the minstrelsy section, which should help illustrate the kinds of stereotypes that were part of these performances.

3/8/06
Hip Hop in the News:
here are links to two coloumns in the Washington Post about the 3-6 Mafia song that won the Oscar on Sunday. Note the differences in the way the song, its lyrics and its performance can be interpreted. This is not essential material for the test, but is interesting and topical.
Picking Up The Lyric but Missing the Beat
Oscar Winner Hits Angry chord

3/5/06

All materials for Exam 1 are up. I've also posted the Study Guide, which has been amended to include the terms listed below. You can either print a new one or add the terms below to your existing page. I've also added links to the bottom of every page that lead to the other pages, which will hopefully make naviagation more efficient. We will review on Tuesday. Please come to class with any questions or anything you wnat cleared up before the test.

STUDENTS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MATERIALS FROM AMERICAN INDIAN LECTURE
(March 3rd) on Thursday's exam:  See below

ADDITIONAL TERMS FOR STUDY GUIDE for Exam #1:

MUSIC OF THE PLAINS INDIANS:
Meskwaki
Everett Kapayou
Intertribal
Powwow
Grass Dance

Listen for: (Disc 1/Ex. 3):
"tumbling strain" melody
Pulsation
Duple meter
Vocal tension

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