The Organology of the Javanese Gender Ryan DeLayo The Javanese are a group of people from the island of Java in Indonesia. The island is home to over 50% of the Indonesian population, and much of the well known Indonesian history took place on Java. The island is home to the Javanese people, with their
By: Kaitlin Sepanek Yampolsky was born in NYC. He received his college education at Horace Mann School and graduated in 1942 with his undergrad from Columbia College. After school, he joined the service and was appointed position of lieutenant while fighting in the Battle of Iwo Jima. He also served under the Navy Joint Intelligence center and was awarded a Bronze
Made Mantle Hood, son of the famous Ki Mantle Hood, is an ethnomusicologist whose passion for this field has existed for as long as he can remember. Hood’s fascination for ethnomusicology stems from his early exposure to performing-arts graduate students from Ghana, Indonesia, Korea, and many other countries. Also playing an important role in his
Dr. Stephen Slawek is an ethnomusicologist whose main research focus is the musical traditions of South Asia. He received his BA from the University of Pennsylvania, a MM from Banaras Hindu University, a Master’s Degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and finally a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He currently
Julie Strand was born in 1972. She received her BA in Clarinet Performance from the University of Michigan and her PhD in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University. Her focus is primarily set on West African percussion music, including the Sambla xylophone music from Burkina Faso and the drumming of Ghana Mali. She has taught at Northeastern
Ruby Ornstein is an ethnomusicologist who specializes in Balinese gamelan music. She went to graduate school at the University of California. Ornstein’s research focuses on the North Balinese Kebyar musician murdered during the 1965 unsuccessful coup in Indonesia. She was the first woman ethnomusicologist to study in Bali (Sarkissian and Solis 432). Nevertheless, despite her
Laudan Nooshin Ethnomusicologist; Music Scholar Professor in the Department of Music at City University of London Laudan Nooshin is an ethnomusicologist whose main focus is researching broad fields of ethnomusicology, popular music studies, and film music studies with a focus on music in Iran and the Middle East. However, she believes that calling herself an
Barbara Benary was born on April 7th, 1946 in Bay Shore, Long Island. She began playing the violin at age six and went on to receive a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. Benary continued her education at Wesleyan University where she received her M.A. and Ph.D. while specializing in the music
