Location: Yale and Amherst
Admission: Free
Open to: General Public
Description: Ethnomusicological Perspectives on Religion, Ritual, and Society, 2-day symposium at Yale and at Amherst
In an era of cultural, political, and ethical transition, sacred music offers individuals and societies throughout the world new possibilities for charting their futures by drawing upon their pasts. The scholars and musicians who bring their work to this symposium interpret the new and complex ways in which sacred music charts the transition of individual lives and emerging nations in a changing world.
Presented by Yale Institute of Sacred Music and the Global Sound Project at Amherst College
Friday, October 20 at Yale University:
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 1:00pm |
Welcome: Martin Jean, Director, Institute of Sacred Music |
| 1:15-3:45pm |
Session 1: The Past Made Present Session Chair: Martin D. Jean Jeffrey Summit (Tufts University): Technology and the Transmission of Oral Tradition in the Contemporary Jewish Community Jeffers Engelhardt (Amherst College): Transition, Imagination, and the Secular in the Sounds of Estonian Orthodox Christianity Tore Tvarnø Lind (University of Copenhagen): Power and Past in the Revival of Byzantine Chant at the Holy Mountain |
| 3:45-4:00pm | Coffee & Tea |
| 4:00-5:30pm |
Session 2: The Sacred Postcolonial in Southeast Asia Session Chair: Markus Rathey Marzanna Poplawska (Wesleyan University): New Christian Music in Indonesia: Inculturation in Transition Sarah Weiss (Yale University): Risqué Ritual: Making Javanese Wayang Popular Today |
| 5:30pm | Reception at the Institute of Sacred Music |
| 8:00pm |
Concert – Center Church on the Green Program includes: -A cross-section of Western Christian music performed by the Yale Voxtet, James Taylor, adviser -Chanting of Sanskritic mantras by Sheenu Srinivasan and Joseph Getter -Indonesian Christian music performed by Marzanna Poplawska and the Wesleyan Javanese Gadhon (Gamelan) -Mystical Sufi song with Ney performed by Yusuf Gurtas -Klezmer music organized by Institute student Becky Wexler (MAR 08) |
Saturday, October 21 at Amherst College
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 10:00am | Coffee |
| 10:20am | Welcome: Jenny Kallick, Amherst College |
| 10:30am- 1:00pm |
Session 3 – Trance, Transit, and Transformation Session Chair: Jenny Kallick Richard Jankowsky (Tufts University): Healing/History/Alterity: Sub-Saharans, Spirit Possession, and Music in Tunisia Philip V. Bohlman (Yale University): The Poetics and Politics of Papal Pilgrimage Mirjana Lausevic (Amherst College): Ilahiya in Bosnia: From Private Practice to National Symbol |
| 1:00-2:30pm | Lunch |
| 2:30-5:00pm |
Session 4 – Gospels Resounded Session Chair: Frank Reynolds Timothy Rommen (University of Pennsylvania): Traditional Spaces, Transitional Sounds: Gospel Music and the Negotiation of Proximity in Trinidad Zoe Sherinian (University of Oklahoma): Transformative Christian music: Transforming Caste Identity in South India Stephen Marini (Wellesley College): Music, Media, Message: Transitions in 21st-century American Protestant Sacred Song |
| 5:00pm | Closing Reflections Mark Slobin (Wesleyan University) |
| 5:45pm | Reception |
| 6:15pm | Dinner for participants |
| 7:30pm |
Concert – Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center A Liminal Hymnal: Performed by: -Tim Eriksen (voice, fiddle, guitar, banjo) -Shape-note Singers from the Pioneer Valley -Students of Music 11 at Amherst College |
Speakers:
- Jeffers Engelhard (Amherst College)
Transition, Imagination, and the Secular in the Sounds of Estonian Orthodox Christianity - Philip Bohlman (University of Chicago/Yale University)
The Poetics and Politics of Papal Pilgrimage - Richard Jankowsky (Tufts University)
Healing/History/Alterity: Sub-Saharans, Spirit Possession, and Music in Tunisia - Mirjana Lauševic (University of Minnesota/Amherst College)
Ilahiya in Bosnia: From Private Practice to National Symbol - Tore Tvarnø Lind (University of Copenhagen)
Power and Past in the Revival of Byzantine Chant at the Holy Mountain - Stephen Marini (Wellesley College)
Music, Media, Message: American Protestant Sacred Song in Transition - Marzanna Poplawska (Wesleyan University)
New Christian Music in Indonesia: Inculturation in Transition - Timothy Rommen (University of Pennsylvania)
Traditional Spaces, Transitional Sounds: Gospel Music and the Negotiation of Proximity in Trinidad - Zoe Sherinian (University of Oklahoma)
Tamil Christian Folk Music: Transforming Caste Identity in South India - Mark Slobin (Wesleyan University)
Closing Thoughts - Jeffrey Summit (Tufts University)
Technology and the Transmission of Oral Tradition in the Contemporary Jewish Community - Sarah Weiss (Yale University)
Risqué Ritual: Making Javanese Wayang Popular Today