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OverviewGamelan and American academic institutions have maintained their close association for more than sixty years. Elizabeth A. Clendinning illuminates what it means to devote one’s life to world music ensemble education by examining the career and community surrounding the Balinese-American performer and teacher I Made Lasmawan. Weaving together stories of Indonesian and American practitioners, colleagues, and friends, Clendinning shows the impact of academic world music ensembles on the local and transnational communities devoted to education and the performing arts. While arguing for the importance of such ensembles, Clendinning also spotlights how performers and educators use them to create stable and rewarding artistic communities. Cross-cultural ensemble education emerges as a worthy goal for students and teachers alike, particularly at a time when people around the world express more enthusiasm about raising walls to keep others out rather than building bridges to invite them in. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Elizabeth A. ClendinningPublisher: University of Illinois Press Imprint: University of Illinois Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.481kg ISBN: 9780252043383ISBN 10: 0252043383 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 28 September 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Interlocking Sounds, Interlocking Communities 2 Early Encounters in Bimusicality 3 From Bali to America: Teachers and Transitions 4 Creating and Conceptualizing a Balinese American Gamelan Community 5 Teaching, Learning, Representing 6 Americans Learning Gamelan in Bali 7 Kembali: To Return or Change 8 Bimusicality and Beyond 9 Sustainability and the Academic World Music Ensemble 10 Cultivating New Flowers Glossary Notes References IndexReviewsAn ambitious work that can really spark scholarship that intersects ethnomusicology, performance studies, and the scholarship on teaching and learning. Clendinning discusses the positive aspects of world music ensembles, but is also open about the ethical issues involved in running a gamelan in an institution of higher education. --Eric Hung, Music of Asian America Research Center Clendinning has flipped the script. Rather than describing Balinese performers as if 'they' come to 'us', she shows how their far-flung pedagogical networks reshaped US-based music programs in higher education from the inside out. Her intimate portraits of three generations of Balinese teachers reveal them as the makers of transnational music communities. This book is both fascinating and moving. I am convinced all over again that these almost utopian third spaces are sorely needed. --Deborah Wong, University of California, Riverside Author InformationElizabeth A. Clendinning is an assistant professor of music at Wake Forest University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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