CURRICULUM VITAE

 

of

 

Dr. Dale A. Olsen

 

                

CITIZENSHIP                                        United States of America

ADDRESS                                                2506 Betton Woods Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32308, USA

TELEPHONE                                           (850) 386-5797 

E-MAIL                                                         dolsenmusic@gmail.com

OLSEN WEB PAGES                                    http://www.dolsenmusic.net

MARITAL STATUS                                Married to M. Diane Olsen (Ph.D., Instructional Design); one son, Darin M.

BIRTH DATE                                                     July 10, 1941 (Albert Lea, Minnesota)

 

EDUCATIONAL TRAINING and DEGREES

1959     Diploma, Albert Lea High School, Albert Lea, Minnesota.

1964     B.A. in Music (Music History and Flute), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

1966     M.A. in Music (Historical Musicology), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

1973     Ph.D. in Music (Ethnomusicology), University of California, Los Angeles.

1981     Shihan in Japanese Kinko-ryû shakuhachi (professional name, Olsen Bai-ô), awarded by Iwami Baikyoku V, São Paulo, Brazil

 

EMPLOYMENT

1965-1966         Flute Instructor, MacPhail School of Music, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1966-1968         Peace Corps Volunteer, Santiago, Chile. Principal flutist with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Chile, Instructor of Music at the University of Chile, Ethnomusicologist with the Chilean Government. 

1969                  Flutist, Grant Park Symphony, Chicago

1969-1970         Assistant Professor of Flute, Arkansas Polytechnic College, Russellville.

1972                 Teaching Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles

1973-1978         Assistant Professor, School of Music, The Florida State University, Tallahassee

1977-1989         Visiting Professor of Ethnomusicology, Center for Latin American Studies and Center for African Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (summers)

1978-1983         Associate Professor, School of Music, The Florida State University, Tallahassee 

1983-2008         Professor (Distinguished Research Professor since 2001), College of Music , The Florida State University, Tallahassee 

2008-present     Professor Emeritus (retired)

 

ADMINISTRATION

1983                 National Chairperson, Local Arrangements Committee, 28th Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Tallahassee, Florida.

1986-1987         Acting Director, Center for Black Culture, The Florida State University, Tallahassee

1986                 National Chairperson, Program Committee, 29th Annual Meeting, College Music Society, Miami, Florida, October.

1994-2007         Director, Center for Music of the Americas (CMA), School of Music, The Florida State University, Tallahassee

2002 and 2004   Director, Vietnamese Summer Program, International Programs, The Florida State University, Tallahassee

2003                 National Chairperson, Local Arrangements Committee, 48th Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology (joint meeting CMS), Miami, Florida, October.

2003                 National Chairperson, Program Committee, 47th Annual Meeting, The College Music Society (joint meeting with SEM), Miami, Florida, October.

 

ADVISORY and CONSULTING ROLES

1987, 1990        NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) Panel Member.

1988                 FEA (Florida Endowment for the Arts) Site Reviewer, Miami Folk Festival, August.

1989                 Core Advisory Board for WQED/Pittsburgh television series "The Music of Mankind" 

1989-1991         NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) Site Reviewer, Ybor City Folk Festival (November 1989); New York, World Music Institute Concert (April 1993)

1991-2001         Multicultural music consultant for Silver-Burdett Inc.

 

GRANTS, AWARDS and DISTINCTIONS

1972                 Venezuelan Indian Project Grant; Clifton Webb Award, UCLA (research in Venezuela)

1973                 Ph.D. Dissertation with Distinction, UCLA

1974                 National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Stipend (research in Venezuela, Colombia, Peru)

1979                 Fulbright-Hays International Exchange of Scholars Fellowship (Peru)

1979                 Japan Foundation Grant (Artists-in-Residence Program in Koto at The Florida State University)

1980                 Japan Foundation Grant (Artists-in-Residence Program in Koto at The Florida State University)

1980                 Developing Scholar Award, The Florida State University (research in Brazil)

1982                 COFRS Award, The Florida State University (research in the Field Museum, Chicago)

1985                 Florence Program, The Florida State University Overseas Study Center

1986                 Sabbatical, Spring Semester (article preparation)

1987                 President's Travel Grant (presentation and research in Europe)

1988                 President's Travel Grant (presentations in New Mexico and Arizona)

1989                 COFRS Award, The Florida State University (research in Europe)

1991                 Learning Systems Institute Grant, The Florida State University (multicultural music education, "minority musics in North America")

1993                 COFRS Award, The Florida State University (research in South America)

1993                 Sabbatical, Spring Semester (research in South America and Asia, book preparation)

1994                 Council for Instruction, Planning Grant, The Florida State University

1996                 President's Travel Grant (concerts and research in Peru)

1996                 Learning Systems Institute Grant, The Florida State University (distance learning, "Music Cultures of the World")

1997                 Distance Learning Grant, Provost, The Florida State University

1998                 COFRS Award, The Florida State University (research in Polynesia)

1999                 President's Award for Exemplary Use of Technology in Instruction, The Florida State University

1999                 Provost's Travel Grant (conference and research in Japan)

2000                 Council for Instruction Grant, The Florida State University (distance learning, "Music Cultures of the World")  

2001                 Sabbatical (research in Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru)

2001                 Distinguished Research Professor Award, The Florida State University 

2002 (summer)  Vietnam Program, The Florida State University Overseas Study Center (Director)

2004 (summer)  Vietnam Program, The Florida State University Overseas Study Center (Director)

2005-2006                  John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship Award

2006 (summer)  Republic of Panama Program, The Florida State University Overseas Study Center

2007 (summer)  Republic of Panama Program, The Florida State University Overseas Study Center

2008 (summer)  Republic of Panama Program , The Florida State University Overseas Study Center

2009                 Professor Emeritus Award

 

OFFICES HELD

1981-1982         President, Southeast/Caribbean Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology. 

1984-1986         Member-at-large, Board of Directors, Society for Ethnomusicology (national office)

1984-1986         Member, Council, Society for Ethnomusicology (national office)

1986-1990         Member, Board of Directors, Florida Folklore Society

1987-1989         President, Florida Folklore Society

1988-1989         President, Southeastern/Caribbean Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology

1991-1993         Secretary, Southeastern/Caribbean Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology

1993-1997         President, Southeastern/Caribbean Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology

1992-1995         Board Member for Ethnomusicology, The College Music Society (national office)

1995-1997         First Vice President, Society for Ethnomusicology (national office)

1998                 President-Elect, The College Music Society (national office)

1999-2000         President, The College Music Society (national office)              

2001                 Immediate Past-President, The College Music Society (national office)

 

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

1987                 Sounds of the World. Volume editor for Music of Latin America.

1989-1998         Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, co-editor with Daniel E. Sheehy of Vol. 2, "Music of South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean." 

1990-1994         Recording Review Editor, Ethnomusicology, Journal of the Society for Ethnomusicology.

2000-2001         Garland Handbook of Latin American Music, co-editor with Daniel E. Sheehy.

2006-2007         Garland Handbook of Latin American Music, 2nd edition, co-editor with Daniel E. Sheehy

 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP  (past and present)

American Musical Instrument Society (AMIS)

College Music Society (CMS)

Florida Folklore Society (FFS)

International Council for Traditional Music (ITCM)

Society for Asian Music (SAM)

Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM)

Music Educator's National Conference (MENC)

American Society for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI)

 

PROFESSIONAL LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS (not including scholarly meetings [see below], since promotion to full professor)

1985     Summer Institute for Teachers (Latin American music), Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, July.

1986     Summer Institute for Teachers (Latin American music), Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, July.

1987     Symposium on the Teaching of World Musics in the Undergraduate Curriculum, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, August.

1988     Institute for Music in General Studies (Latin American music), College Music Society, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, July.

1990     Pre-conference Symposium Workshop (teaching Latin American and Caribbean musics) in Multicultural Music Education, Annual Meeting of the Music Educator's National Conference, Washington D.C., March.

1990     Workshop in World Music (Andean music), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, July.

1990     Workshop in Arts Education (Latin American and Caribbean musical traditions in Florida),The Florida State University, June.

1990     Workshop for high school teachers (teaching African and Afro-Cuban music), Miami, FL, October.

1992     Consultant and speaker to music faculty at San Diego State University, January.

1992     Workshop for high school teachers (teaching African and Afro-Cuban music), Sarasota, FL, February.

1993     “Ethnomusicology and Latin American music.” Hong Kong Baptist University, November. 

1993     "Music and Shamanism in South America," Chinese University of Hong Kong, November.

1993     "The Ethnomusicology of South America," Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China, November.

1995     Director of Workshop in World Music Performance (Brazilian samba, Caribbean salsa, Caribbean steel band), Center for Music of the Americas, FSU, June.

1995     Master of Ceremonies, "Music of the African Diaspora" (From West Africa to the Caribbean and Brazil), with the FSU World Music Ensembles: West African Music and Dance Ensemble, Samba Oba, Salsa Florida, and Mas 'n' Steel, Ruby Diamond Auditorium, FSU (Florida Council for the Humanities funded conference entitled "Oral, Religious, and Musical Experience," April.

1996     "Music of the Warao of Venezuela," National School of Music, Lima, Peru, July.

1998     "Music as Power Among the Warao of Venezuela," Musicology Lecture Series, University of Florida, March

1998     "Music of the Rain Forest and Flutes of the World," Lecture Series, Atenisi Institute, Nuku'alofa, Tonga, July.

2002     "The Shakuhachi as a Research Tool among Japanese Immigrants in South America," Florida International University, January.

2003     "Music as Power in the Rain Forest," Florida Atlantic University, Florida, March.

2003     "The Music of El Dorado: Pre-Columbian Music of Peru." School of Music, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica, July

2003     "Music of El Dorado," Lowe Museum, University of Miami, Florida, October.

2004     "Music and Shamanism of the Warao," Amazonia Week. Florida State University, March

2007     “Music and Shamanistic Healing among the Warao Indians of the Venezuelan Rainforest.” The Rey M. Longyear Lecture, Keynote Address for “A Day of Latin American Music” Conference, Friday, February 9, 2007, Niles Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

 

PARTICIPATION AT SCHOLARLY MEETINGS  (since promotion to full professor)

International Meetings

1985     "The Flutes of El Dorado: Musical Guardian Spirit Effigies of the Tairona Civilization of Ancient Colombia." 1985 Conference, International Council for Traditional Music, Stockholm, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland.

1986     "The Pipers of Etruria: A Model for Research in Music Iconology," International Council for Traditional Music, Study Group on Music Iconography, June, The Hague, The Netherlands.

1986     "Flutes of El Dorado: A Model for Research in Archaeomusicology as Applied to the Sinú of Ancient Colombia." International Council for Traditional Music, Study Group on Music Archaeology, November, Hannover, West Germany.

1988     "Music Technologies & Intellectual Implications in the Pre-Columbian Andes." Explorations, Encounters and Identities: Musical Repercussions of 1492, a symposium sponsored by the Quincentenary Program of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., March 

1989     "Music as Music, Dance as Dance Among the Warao of Venezuela." 30th World Conference of the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM), in Schladming, Austria, July 23-30.

1999     "Iwami Baikyoku V: A Japanese Immigrant Composer and Master Musician in Brazil." The College Music Society International Conference in Kyoto, Japan, June 30.

1999     "Keeping Up Traditions, Breaking Down Barriers: A Century of Nikkei (People of Japanese Heritage) Music in South America." Musical Cultures of Latin America: Global Effects, Past and Present. An Interdisciplinary Conference at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, May 30.

2000     "Music and Japanese Identity in Brazil and South America," Staging Identity: Latin American Music and Dance. Center for Latin American Studies and the Center for World Arts, University of Florida, Gainesville, February 26.

2001     "Internet-Based Distance Learning, Instructional Design, and Interactivity: The Asynchron Instruction of a World Music Cultures Course on the Internet." International Meeting of the College Music Society, Limerick, Ireland, July.

2001     "How to Teach Irish Music Without Being a Specialist in Irish Music: World Music Instructional Design." International Conference of The College Music Society, Limerick, Ireland, July.

2005     "'I know how to sing and dance!' Spanish sesquiáltera music/dance genres and their Latin American derivatives: indicators of Spanish colonialism, musical syncretism, and New World nationalism." International Conference of The College Music Society,

            Alcalá de Henares, Spain, June.

2007     “Female Pop Singers, Sexuality, Goddess Cults, and the Politics of Neatness in Twenty-first Century Vietnam.” International Conference of The College Music Society, Bangkok, Thailand, July.

 

National Meetings

1973     "Music and Shamanism of the Warao Indians of Venezuela." 18th Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Urbana, IL.

1973     "Shamanistic Curing Music of the Warao Indians of Venezuela." 72nd Annual Meeting, American Anthropological Association, New Orleans, LA.

1974     "Music-Induced Altered States of Consciousness aong Warao Shamans and other Healers." 19th Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, San Francisco, CA.

1976     "Shamanistic Music as a Determinant of Ethnic Identification among some Northern South American Indian Cultures." 21st Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Philadelphia, PA.

1981     "Music, Cultural Identity, and Freedom of Expression among the Japanese and their Descendants in Peru and Brazil." 26th Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Honolulu, HI.

1983     Discussant for "The Music/Myth Nexus in Lowland South America." 28th Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Tallahassee, FL.

1984     "The Flutes of El Dorado: An Archaeomusicological Investigation of the Tairona Civilization of Colombia." 13th Annual Meeting, American Musical Instrument Society, Tempe, AZ.

1984     "A Japanese Master Musician in a Brazilian Context." 29th Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Santa Monica, CA.

1986     "Ethnomusicology in the American College and University." Annual Meeting of the College Music Society, Southern Chapter, March 7, Lafayette, LA.

1987     "The Ethnomusicology of Archaeology: A Model for Research in Ethnoarchaeomusicology." 32nd Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, November, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

1988     "Usefulness of Study Guides in Teaching World Music." 33rd Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, October, Tempe, AZ.

1988     "A Multicultural Approach to the Teaching of World Music Cultures." 33rd Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Tempe, AZ., October.

1989     "Performing Transplanted Caribbean and Andean Musics Within the Pan-Caribbean and Pan-Latin American World of Florida." 34th Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, November.

1989     "Eurocentrism versus Multiculturalism: Contemporary Approaches to Teaching Music."32nd Annual Meeting of The College Music Society (CMS), in St. Louis, MO, October.

1989     "Philosophy, Organization, and Teaching Strategies for World Music Courses." 32nd Annual Meeting of The College Music Society, St. Louis, MO, October.

1990     Presentation, "Teaching Hispanic American Music." Pre-conference Symposium on Multicultural Music Education, Annual Meeting of the Music Educator's National Conference, Washington D.C., March.

1990     "Panpipes of Peru and Bolivia." 35th Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Seattle, WA, November.

1991     "World Music and Ethnomusicology: Understanding the Differences." 34th Annual Meeting of the College Music Society, Chicago, IL, October.

1992     Keynote speaker at World Music Conference, San Diego State University, January.

1992     "The Ethnoarchaeomusicology of the Moche Native Americans from the Peruvian North Coast," Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Seattle, October.

1995     "...no es música"--Karaoke, identity, and the teaching of Japanese values through song among people of Japanese ancestry in South America." Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Los Angeles, CA., October.

1998     "Music Faculty in Higher Education." Music Educator's Summit, Washington, D.C., October.

1999     "Harps of Peru." Historical Harp Society National Conference, Madison, WI, August.

1999     President's Keynote Address, "The State of the Society." Annual Meeting, The College Music Society, Denver, CO, October

2000     President's Keynote Address, "The State of the Society." Annual Meeting, The College Music Society, Toronto, Canada, November

2001     "Internet-Based Distance Learning, Instructional Design, and Interactivity: The Asynchronous Instruction of a World Music Cultures Course on the Internet." Technology in the Classroom and Beyond: Hypermedia, Internet, and Other Electronic Resources.  Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Detroit, MI, October.

2002     "Nobody fishes until the pelican sings": Ancient ocarinas for supernatural communication from the altar of a northern coastal shaman in Moche, Peru. Society for American Archaeology. Denver, CO, March.

2002     "Teaching Native American Music via Native American Pop". Annual Meeting of the College Music Society, Kansas City, MO, October.

2002     "Calling the Spirits from the Mountains to the Sea: Ancient ocarinas for supernatural communication among the Moche of Peru." Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Estes Park, CO, October.

2002     "’Nobody fishes until the pelican sings’: Ancient ocarinas for supernatural communication from the altar of a northern coastal shaman in Moche, Peru.  Society for American Archaeology. Denver, CO, March.

2003     "Music of El Dorado." Annual Meeting, International Council for Traditional Music, Music Archaeology Study Group, Los Angeles, CA, April.

2004     Plenary Session. "Ethnomusicology as Advocacy." Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Tucson, AZ, October.

2004     "Ethnomusicology as Advocacy: One Approach for Addressing Cultural Survival through Music." Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Tucson, AZ, October.

2005     "Go down, blood!"—Native rainforest music therapy among the Warao of Venezuela." Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Atlanta, GA, November.

 

Regional Meetings

1978     "Ethnomusicology Studies in Florida." Florida Folk Arts Conference, White Springs, FL.

1983     "Chinese Musical Elements in the Japanese Nanga School of Art." 10th Meeting, Florida-Japan Seminar, Jacksonville, FL.

1986     "Collecting the Pieces of the Human Puzzle: Ethnomusicology and cultural heritage." Basement to Attic: Cultural Foundations and the Collection of Folklore, a Florida Folklife Council conference, co-sponsored by the Florida Folklore Society, Jacksonville, FL, Feb. 8.

1986     "The Pipers of Etruria: A Model for Research in World Music Iconology," Southeastern/Caribbean Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Tallahassee, FL, April.

1989     "Latin American and Caribbean Music in Florida: A Report from the Field." Sounds of the South Conference, North Carolina Arts Council and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Program in Folklore, Chapel Hill, April.

1988     "Musical Change in the Peruvian Andes." Joint Annual Meeting of the Florida Folklore Society and the Southeastern/Caribbean Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Lake Wales, FL, February.

1989     "Ethnomusicology and Music History: Mendelssohn's Italian Journey -- Field Work or 'A Runaway with the Rich and Famous?'" Joint Annual Meeting of the Southern Chapter of the American Musicological Society and the Southeastern/Caribbean Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Tuscaloosa, AL, February.

1991     "Developing World Music Ensembles at the University Level: An Example from West Africa," with Ama Aduonum. Annual Meeting, Southeastern/Caribbean Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Lafayette, LA, April.

1999     "Folklife Academia in Florida" Folklife Scholarship in Florida: Yesterday & Today. Annual Meeting, Florida Folklore Society, Tallahassee, FL, April.

1999     "Etruscan Music: Threads of Continuity." The Religion of the Etruscans. The Sixth Annual Langford Conference, Tallahassee, FL, February.

2003     "The Music of El Dorado: Pre-Columbian Music of Peru." Lowe Art Museum, Lecture Series, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, October.

2004     "Music, Memory, and Ingenuity: Pathways to Cultural Survival in Japanese Diasporic Subcultures in South America." Annual Meeting, Southeastern/Caribbean Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Atlanta, GA, February

2004     "Music and Power among the Warao of the Venezuelan Rainforest," Amazon Conference, FSU, Tallahassee, March.

2007     “Female Pop Singers, Sexuality, Goddess Cults, and the Politics of Neatness in Twenty-first Century Vietnam.” Annual Meeting, Southeastern/Caribbean Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Athens, GA, March.

2008     “Musicological Research for Whom?—Knowing Other, Discovering Self, Making a Difference.” Keynote Address for the joint annual meeting of SEMSEC (The Society for Ethnomusicology, Southeast/Caribbean Chapter) and AMS (American Musicological Society, Southern Chapter), Saturday, March 1, 2008, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

 

PUBLICATIONS  (listed chronologically by type)

Books

Doce Conferencias en Etnomusicología para Iniciar el Estudio de un Atlas Musical del Perú.Lima: Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Escuela Nacional de Música, 1979.

Music of Latin America. Study Guide in series Sounds of the World. Edited by Dale A. Olsen. Music Educators National Conference, 1987. With 3 cassette tapes. 

Musics of Many Cultures: Study Guide and Workbook (for Musics of Many Cultures: An Introduction, Elizabeth May, ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1981). Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt Publishers, Inc. 1993. Second Edition, 1995. Third Edition, 2000. Fourth Edition, 2003.

Music of the Warao of Venezuela: Song People of the Rain Forest. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1996. With compact disc. (Winner of 1997 Alan Merriam Prize for "Most Outstanding Book in Ethnomusicology," by the Society for Ethnomusicology.)

South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, Vol. 2, Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Edited by Dale A. Olsen and Daniel Sheehy. New York: Garland Publishing, 1998, with compact disc.

The Garland Handbook of Latin American Music. Edited by Dale A. Olsen and Daniel Sheehy. New York: Garland Publishing/Taylor & Francis, Inc. 2000, with compact disc. (Second Edition, 2008, with two compact discs, updated, with new material.)

Music of El Dorado: The Ethnomusicology of Ancient Andean Cultures. With compact disc materials on line. Gainesville:  University Press of Florida, 2001 (paperback edition, 2004).

The Chrysanthemum and the Song: Music, Memory, and Identity in the South American Japanese Diaspora. With compact disc materials on line. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2004.

Popular Music in Vietnam: The Politics of Remembering, The Economics of Forgetting. New York/London: Routledge, 2008.

 

Chapters in Books and Encyclopedias

“Symbol and Function in South American Indian Music,” in Musics of Many Cultures: An Introduction, edited by Elizabeth May. Berkeley, Los Angeles: University of California Press (1980).

“Folk Music of South America--A Musical Mosaic,” in Musics of Many Cultures: An Introduction, edited by Elizabeth May. Berkeley, Los Angeles: University of California Press (1980).

“The Flutes of El Dorado: Musical Guardian Spirit Effigies of the Tairona,” in Imago Musicae: The International Yearbook of Musical Iconography 3, 1986. Basel: Barenreiter Verlag and Duke University Press (1987).

“The Magic Flutes of El Dorado: A Model for Research in Music Archaeology as Applied to the Sinú of Ancient Colombia,” in The Archaeology of Early Music Cultures, edited by Ellen Hickmann and David W. Hughes, Bonn: Verlag für systematische Musikwissenschaft GmbH (1988).

“Teaching our Latin American/Caribbean Musical Heritage,” with Selwyn Ahyoung, in An Introduction to Multicultural Music Education: Global Perspectives in Music, edited by William Anderson and Patricia Shehan. Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference (1989).

“Japan: music traditions of overseas communities of Japanese ancestry,” in Music Traditions of Japan, Asia and Oceania. Iwanami Series), edited by Gamô Satoaki, Hirano Kenzi, Sibata Minao, Tokumaru Yosihiko, Yamaguti Osamu, and Yokomiti Mario. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, Publishers (1989).

“Teaching the Music of Hispanic Americans,” in Teaching Music with a Multicultural Approach (book with video tape), edited by William M. Anderson. Reston, VA: Music Educator's National Conference (1991).

“Music of the Ancient Americas: Music Technologies & Intellectual Implications in the Pre-Columbian Andes.” In Explorations, Encounters and Identities: Musical Repercussions of 1492, edited by Carol Robertson. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press (1992).

"Approaches to Musical Scholarship," in South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, Vol. 2, Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, edited by Dale A. Olsen and Daniel E. Sheehy. New York: Garland Press (1998), and in The Garland Handbook of Latin American Music. Edited by Dale A. Olsen and Daniel Sheehy. New York: Garland Publishing/Taylor & Francis, Inc. 2000, with compact disc. (Second Edition, 2008, with two compact discs.)

"Kogi," in South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, Vol. 2, Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, edited by Dale A. Olsen and Daniel E. Sheehy. New York: Garland Press (1998).

"Moxo," in South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, Vol. 2, Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, edited by Dale A. Olsen and Daniel E. Sheehy. New York: Garland Press (1998).

"Music of Immigrant Groups," in South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, Vol. 2, Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, edited by Dale A. Olsen and Daniel E. Sheehy. New York: Garland Press (1998), and in The Garland Handbook of Latin American Music. Edited by Dale A. Olsen and Daniel Sheehy. New York: Garland Publishing/Taylor & Francis, Inc. 2000, with compact disc. (Second Edition, 2008, with two compact discs.)

"Distribution, Symbolism, and Use of Musical Instrument," in South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, Vol. 2, Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, edited by Dale A. Olsen and Daniel E. Sheehy. New York: Garland Press (1998); and in The Garland Handbook of Latin American Music. Edited by Dale A. Olsen and Daniel Sheehy. New York: Garland Publishing/Taylor & Francis, Inc. 2000, with compact disc. (Second Edition, 2008, with two compact discs.)

"Surinam," in South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, Vol. 2, Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, edited by Dale A. Olsen and Daniel E. Sheehy. New York: Garland Press (1998).

"Tukano," in South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, Vol. 2, Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, edited by Dale A. Olsen and Daniel E. Sheehy. New York: Garland Press (1998).

"Warao," in South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, Vol. 2, Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, edited by Dale A. Olsen and Daniel E. Sheehy. New York: Garland Press (1998); and in The Garland Handbook of Latin American Music. Edited by Dale A. Olsen and Daniel Sheehy. New York: Garland Publishing/Taylor & Francis, Inc. 2000, with compact disc. (Second Edition, 2008, with two compact discs.)

"Yanomamö," in South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, Vol. 2, Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, edited by Dale A. Olsen and Daniel E. Sheehy. New York: Garland Press (1998).

"Yekuana," in South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean,Vol. 2, Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, edited by Dale A. Olsen and Daniel E. Sheehy. New York: Garland Press (1998).

"Music Faculty Perspectives," in Music and American Higher Education. Reston VA: National Association of Schools of Music and The College Music Society (1998)

"Globalization, Culturation, and Transculturation in American Music: From Cultural Pop to Transcultural Art," in Reflections on American Music: The Twentieth Century and the New Millennium, James R. Heintze and Michael Saffle, eds., Monographs & Bibliographies in American Music Series, The College Music Society (Pendragon Press, 2000).

"Preface," in Reflections on American Music: The Twentieth Century and the New Millennium, James R. Heintze and Michael Saffle, eds., Monographs & Bibliographies in American Music Series, The College Music Society (Pendragon Press, 2000).  

"Ethnomusicologists at Work: Dale A. Olsen," in World Music: General Perspectives, Vol. 10, Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, edited by Ruth Stone. New York: Garland Press.

"Music Alone Can Alter a Shaman's Consciousness, Which Itself Can Destroy Tape Recorders," in Shamans Through Time: 500 Years on the Path to Knowledge. Eds. Jeremy Narby and Francis Huxley. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam.

"Keeping Up Traditions, Breaking Down Barriers: A Century of Nikkei (People of Japanese Heritage) Music in South America,: In Musical Cultures of Latin America: Global Effects, Past and Present. Selected Reports in Ethnomusicology (Los Angeles: UCLA 2003)

"Aerophones of Traditional Use in South America, with References to Central America and Mexico,” in Music in Latin America and the Caribbean, An Encyclopedic History, Vol. 1, Performing Beliefs: Indigenous Peoples of South America, Central America, and Mexico. Edited by Malena Kuss, 261-325 (Austin: University Press of Texas, 2004).

"Adaptations of musical forms and genres introduced by immigrant groups: the Japanese,” in Music in Latin America and the Caribbean, An Encyclopedic History, Vol. 3, Latin America—Islands of History: From Precontact Civilizations to 20th-Century Composition. Edited by Malena Kuss (Austin: University Press of Texas, 2005).

“Conclusion,” in The Garland Handbook of Latin American Music. Edited by Dale A. Olsen and Daniel Sheehy. New York: Garland Publishing/Taylor & Francis, Inc. 2000, with compact disc. (Second Edition, 2008, with two compact discs.)

“Cosmic Diplomacy and Celestial Battles: Shamanism, Music, and Healing in Two Contrasting South American Cultural Areas,” in Oxford Handbook of Medical Ethnomusicology, edited by Benjamin Koen (Oxford University Press, 2008).

 

 Articles

“The Function of Naming in the Curing Songs of the Warao Indians of Venezuela,” Anuario, Yearbook for Inter-American Musical Research 10:88-122.Austin: University of Texas Press (1974).

“Music-Induced Altered States of Consciousness among Warao Shamans,” Journal of Latin American Lore 1(1):19-33.Los Angeles: University of California(1975).

“Música vesperal Mojo en San Miguel de Isiboro, Bolivia,” Revista Musical Chilena 30(133):28-46.Santiago: University of Chile (1976).

“Musical Instruments of the Native Peoples of the Orinoco Delta, the Caribbean, and Beyond,” Revista/Review Interamericana8(4):577-613.San Juan, Puerto Rico: Inter-American University Press(Winter 1978/79).

“Public Concerts in Early America,” Music Educators Journal 65(9):48-59(May 1979).

“Música Japonesa del Shakuhachi: Problemas de Lenguaje,” Boletín de la Sociedad Filarmónica de Lima 2:9-11(Agosto 1979).

“Musicología, Etnomusicología, y las demas -ologías Musicales,” Boletín de la Sociedad Filarmónica de Lima 3(Octubre 1979).

“Magical Protection Songs of the Warao, Part One: Animals,” Latin American Music Review 1(2):131-61(1980).

“Magical Protection Songs of the Warao, Part Two: Spirits,” Latin American Music Review 2(1):1-10(1981).

“Japanese Music in Peru,” Asian Music 11(2):41-51 (1980).

“The Concert Halls of Chicago under Theodore Thomas,” Music Educators Journal 70(2):38-44(October 1983).

“Japanese Music in Brazil,” Asian Music 14(1):111-131(1983).

“The Social Determinants of Japanese Musical Life in Peru and Brazil,” Ethnomusicology 27(1):49-70(January 1983).

“The Flutes of El Dorado: An Archaeomusicological Investigation of the Tairona Civilization of Colombia,” Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society 12:107-136 (1986).

“A Japanese Master Musician in a Brazilian Context,” Hôgaku 2(2):19-30(Winter 1986).

“The Peruvian Folk Harp Tradition: Determinants of Style,” Folk Harp Journal 53 (June 1986), 54 (Fall 1986), 55 (Winter 1986), 56 (Spring 1987), 57 (Summer 1987), 58 (Fall 1987), and 59 (Winter 1987).

“Towards A Musical Atlas of Peru,” Ethnomusicology 30(3):394-412 (Fall 1986).

“It is Time for Another -Phone,” SEM Newsletter 20:4 (September 1986).

“Latin American and Caribbean Music in South Florida,” Traditions: A Celebration of Latin & Caribbean Music, Publication of the South Florida Folklife Festival, sponsored by the Historical Association of Southern Florida, Miami (1988).

“The Ethnomusicology of Archaeology: A Model for the Musical/Cultural Study of Ancient Material Culture,” Selected Reports in Ethnomusicology (Issues in Organology) 8:175-200 (1990).

“An Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Musics in Florida: Multicultural Approaches in the Music Classroom,” Research Perspectives in Music Education 1:14 -18 (Fall 1990).

“Ethnomusicology and World Music--Understanding the Difference,” Newsletter of the College Music Society (May 1992).

“Southeastern Native American Stomp Dance,” in Chapter 4: Model Instructional Units, Multicultural Arts Education: Guidelines, Instructional Units and Resources for Art, Dance, Music and Theater. Grades K--12, pp. 86-97.Tallahassee: State of Florida, Department of State (1993).

“Multicultural Music Education, Cultural Sensitivity, and the Ethnographic Truth: A Response to Cornelius,” in Symposium, Journal of the College Music Society 35:33-34 (1995).

"The Complementarity and Interdisciplinarity of Archaeomusicology: An Introduction to the Field and this Volume," The World of Music 49(2):11-16 (2007).

 

Recordings and/or Liner Note Essays

Liner Notes for “A Celebration of South American Music,” in Alma del Sur. Compact Disc, Narada (1992).

Cassette Tape. Koto Compositions of Elizabeth Falconer. “Kiro,” for shakuhachi and koto. Cassette Tape published in Japan (1994).

Compact disc. Music of the Warao of Venezuela: Song People of the Rain Forest. Included with book (see above) published by University Press of Florida (1996). 

Liner Notes for “Music of the Central Andes,” in Andean Legacy. Compact Disc, Narada (1996).

 

Record / Book / Video Reviews

Record Review of “Music of the Jívaro of Ecuador,” Ethnomusicology 18(1):186-87 (January 1974).

Record Review of “Música Indígena Makiritare,” Ethnomusicology 20(1):162-64 (January 1976).

Book Review of The Sacred Harp: A Tradition and its Music, by Buell E. Cobb, Jr., The Florida Historical Quarterly x:111-13 (July 1979)

Record Review of “Music from Saramaka: A Dynamic Afro-American Tradition,” Latin American Music Review 1(2):286-88 (1980).

Record Review of “Selk'nam Chants of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, Vols. I and II,” Latin American Music Review 1(2):289-91 (1980).

Record Review of “Soul Vine Shaman. Sinchi Yachaj: Powerful Shaman of the Napo River” and “Hekura: Yanoama Shamanism from Southern Venezuela,” Ethnomusicology 25(3):551-53 (1981).

Record Review of “Yanoama: Tecniche Vocali Sciamanismo,” “Wayapi Guyane,” and “Music of the Haut Oyopok: Oyampi and Emerillon Indian Tribes,” Ethnomusicology 26(2):343-45 (1982).

Book Review of Voces del Purgatorio, by Martha Davis, Ethnomusicology 26(3):466-68 (1982).

Book Review of La Música Teúrgico-Mágica de los Indios Guaraos by Padre Basilio María de Barral, Ethnomusicology 28(3):561-62 (1984).

Book Review of Music and Poetry in a Colombian Village. A Tri-Cultural Heritage, by George List, Western Folklore 44(1):62-64(January 1985).

Record Review of “Bolivien. Musik im Andenhochland.Bolivia. Music in the Andean Highlands,” Yearbook(of the International Council for Traditional Music) 18:201-202 (1986).

Book Review of More than Drumming: Essays on African and Afro-Latin American Music and Musicians, edited by Irene V. Jackson, Hispanic American Historical Review (1986).

Record Review of “Peru: Ayarachi and Chiriguano,” Latin American Music Review 8(1):140-142 (1987).

Book Review of Colección de Instrumentos Musicales, by José Egnacio Perdomo Escobar, and La Música de los Guahibo: Sikuani-Cuiba, by Benjamin Yépez Chamorro, Ethnomusicology 32(3):482-484 (Fall 1988).

Record Review of Música Andina del Peru, Archivo de Música Tradicional, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru, Yearbook(of the International Council for Traditional Music) 21:152-53 (1989).

Book Review of The Music of Brazil, by David P. Appleby, and Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song. MPB 1965-1985, by Charles A. Perrone, Hispanic American Historical Review (1990).

Record Review of Música Tradicional del Valle del Mantaro, Archivo de Música Tradicional, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru, Ethnomusicology 34(1):183-84 (1990).

Book Review of Second Conference of the ICTM Study Group on Music Archaeology, Volume I “General Studies” and Volume II “The Bronze Lurs, Ethnomusicology 34(1):167-170 (1990).

Record Review of Música Tradicionalde Cajamarca and Música Tradicional del Valle de Calca, Archivo de Música Tradicional, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru, Ethnomusicology35(2):307-09.

Record Review of Brasil Central: Chants et danses des Indiens Kaiapo, Archives Internationales de musique populaire, Ethnomusicology35(3):451-52 (1991).

Recording Review of Huaynos & Huaylas. The Real Music of PeruGlobeStyle Records, London, Ethnomusicology 35(3):454-55 (1991).

Book Review of Lessons from the World, by Patricia Shehan Campbell, Music Library Notes(1992).

Book Review of The Indispensable Harp, by John M. Schechter, Music Library Notes(1993).

“Briefly Noted,” Recording Reviews of China: Music of the Pipa, Nonesuch CD; Ghana: Ancient Ceremonies, Nonesuch CD; Iran: Persian Classical Music, Nonesuch CD; Japan: Shakuhachi--the Japanese Flute, Nonesuch CD; Kenya and Tanzania: Witchcraft and Ritual Music, Nonesuch CD; Mexico: Fiestas of Chiapas and Oaxaca, Nonesuch CD;West Indies: An Island Carnival, Nonesuch CD; Ethnomusicology37(1):143-48 (1993).

Book Review of Musik aus dem Altertum der Neuen Welt, by Ellen Hickmann, Music Library Notes(1993).

“Briefly Noted,” Recording Reviews of China's Instrumental Heritage, Lyrichord CD; Mountain Music of Peru, Vol. 1, Smithsonian/Folkways CD; Classical Music of Iran. The Dastgah Systems, Smithsonian/Folkways CD; Mbuti Pygmies of the Ituri Rainforest, Smithsonian/Folkways CD; BreselMusiques du Haut Xingu, OCORA CD; Ethnomusicology 38(1):198-203 (1994).

Book Review of Keepers of the Sacred Chants: The Poetics of Ritual Power in an Amazonian Society, by Jonathan D. Hill, Latin American Music Review 15(2):244-52 (1994).

Recording Review of Música Tradicional del Cusco and Música Tradicional de Lambayeque, Music of the World, Ltd., AMTA-5, Ethnomusicology 39(1):154-57 (1995).

Recording Review of The Spirit Cries: Music from the Rainforests of South America and the Caribbean, Rykodisc RCD 10250, Ethnomusicology 39(1):165-67 (1995).

Video Review of Qoyllur Rit'i - A Woman's Journey (directed by Gabriela Martinez Escobar, produced by Holly Wissler), Ethnomusicology 45/3:532-35 (2001)

Recording Review of "Jarana's Four Aces (los cuatro ases de la jarana.) Vocal duets from the streets of Lima. Topic Records TSCD926, Ethnomusicology (Winter 2006).

 

Internet Materials

Music Cultures of the World with Dr. O. An online course with streamed audio and video materials.

Ethnomusicology as Advocacy. Music Cultural Survival Surveys. A series of music cultural introductions of societies in peril, in transition, or near extinction. Dale A. Olsen, ed. "Warao Indians of Venezuela" by Dale A. Olsen

 

Other Publications

"Into the World," The President's Comments, Newsletter of The College Music Society, January (1999).

"CMS: The 'Complementarity' Music Society," The President's Comments, Newsletter of The College Music Society, March (1999).

"Japan is Calling Us to its Shores," The President's Comments, Newsletter of The College Music Society, May (1999).

"Globalization and Speciesism: Musical Thoughts for a Small World," The President's Comments, Newsletter of The College Music Society, September (1999).

"Happy Fortieth Anniversary!" The President's Comments, Newsletter of The College Music Society, November (1999).

"We are the Doctors" The President's Comments, Newsletter of The College Music Society, January (2000).

"A New Nationalism for a New Millennium," The President's Comments, Newsletter of The College Music Society, March (2000).

"Stages in Musical Performance," The President's Comments, Newsletter of The College Music Society, May (2000).

 

Manuscripts in Press, Under Review for Publication, or In Progress  

"Understanding Other, Knowing Self: Kierkegaard, Subjectivity, and Ethnomusicological Truth" (under review for publication).

From the Sound Up: Building World Music Ensembles in Public Places (book in progress).

World Flutes in Folktales, Myths, and other Stories of Magic and Power (book in progress).

The Joy of World Music Cultures: An Interactive Online Text-site (electronic book in progress).

Study Guide and Workbook for "The Joy of World Music Cultures" (book in progress).

Music and Sojourning in Panama, The Crossroads of the World (book in progress).

In the Fields of the Play of the Lord: Memoirs of a Christian Ethnomusicologist (book in progress).

EthnoMusicIconology: Cultural Significance of Musical Representation in Art and Artifact in a World Context (book in progress)


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