Today i'll be presenting the following research at Kings "Digital repatriation and the shift in ethnomusicological perspectives – How fieldwork-­institution-­repatriation processes can affect research methods in ethnomusicology" In the transition to repatriation of fieldwork collections that are based on a more user-­driven digital future, method...

  Dear All,   The British Forum for Ethnomusicology's Annual Conference - on the theme of 'Ethnomusicology in the Digital Age' - will be a joint meeting of the BFE and the International Council for Traditional Music-Ireland. The conference will be hosted by Queen's University in Belfast between 4th and 7th April 2013.   The dead...

Hi,  One article on outreach that springs to mind when posting this blog notice is the one written about "frame drums". I wrote this article here some years back, discussing the role of frame drums (highlighting the contrast between it's use in Irish and some parts of Asia). So, the instrument has always been of interest, especially when I would c...

Pitt Rivers Museum Nov. 24 2012 This conference explores the contemporary and historical creation, collection and circulation of sound and sound-producing objects, and is guided by the following enlightened advice of Henry Balfour, first curator of the Pitt Rivers Museum: “Any object whether natural or artificial, and however simple, which is empl...

Hi all, The Society for Music Education in Ireland are excited to announce that registration for the 2nd Annual SMEI Conference 2012 is up and running!!! Please register before the 5th November and visit the SMEI website for information on travel and accommodation, a peek at paper/workshop themes, and answers to all your F.A.Q. - information on t...

I would love to know if anyone has any recordings or articles on this amazing instrument brought to my house last year! ps found it, with thanks from Kanako       ...