ecomusicology
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Dr. Aaron Allen, Assistant Professor Musicology, UNCG presentation for UNC Focus Forward April 7, 2010TRANSCRIPT
Dr. Aaron S. AllenAssistant Professor of Music
University of North Carolina at GreensboroSchool of Music
[email protected] also www.ams-esg.org
Musicology est. 19th century
Biomusicology est. mid 1980s
Zoomusicology est. early 1980s
Acoustic ecology / soundscape studies est. late 1960s & early ‘70s
Ecocriticism 1992: Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment
(ASLE)Environmental history
1977: American Society of Environmental History (ASEH)Ecomusicology
2007: Ecocriticism Study Group of the American Musicological Society late 1990s (also “eco-musicology”)
Interdisciplinarity: ecocriticsm + musicology = ecomusicology
EcomusicologyHow do musical works and performances
express the human-nature relationship?How composers/musicians express with musicHow listeners interpret/contextualize musical
experienceHow are musical cultures threatened and/or
preserved?“Cultural sustainability”
How does musical practice impact and/or sustain nature?“Ecological sustainability”
Sustainability in the HumanitiesUNCG Environmental Studies Program
Major & MinorNo classes focus on sustainabilityMany classes cover aspects of sustainability
EcomusicologyGuest lectures in ENV 101Incorporated into MUS 333 (required of music
majors)MUS 602 (spring 2011), “Ecomusicology” seminarFuture: undergraduate “Music and Nature” courseOthers: Biomusic course (MUS 426)
Dr. Aaron S. AllenAssistant Professor of Music
University of North Carolina at GreensboroSchool of Music
[email protected] also www.ams-esg.org