Ethnomusicology
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What is Ethnomusicology? Ethnomusicologists seek to understand the whole process within which music is imagined, discussed and made. We try to relate specific musical sounds, behaviours and ideas to their broader social, cultural and political contexts. Studying individuals and societies all around the world, including the West, we aim to discover and document human musical life in its full richness and diversity. Ethnomusicological research sometimes aims to inform social policy or lead to improvements in the public sector; and it often involves learning to perform the music we study.
Ethnomusicology
Simon plays the Highland, Uilleann and Border bagpipes and is in regular demand as a session musician and recitalist. He is proud to be recently appointed as ‘Head of Piping Studies’ at the National Piping Centre and continues to develop the BA (Scottish Music – Piping) degree. Simon’s first musical passion is the music of the Highland bagpipes, and is a major prize-winner within this field as well as the current President of the Competing Pipers Association (CPA). Notable wins include the Dunvegan Medal (2004), Skye Clasp (2005), 2nd Gold medal Oban (2005), 3rd in A-grade March, Strathspey and Reel at Inverness (2005), 1st A-grade Piobaireachd Inverary (2005), and the Peter McFarquar Star for Strathspey and Reel playing (Skye 2004). His album credits include two albums with the group Back of the Moon, Jim Malcolm’s Home and Tam O’Shanter recordings, Highland Games, and Blair Douglas’s latest solo album, Angel from the Ashes.
Simon McKerrell
Ethnomusicology is defined as "the study of social and cultural aspects of music and dance in local and global contexts." [ 1 ] Coined by the musician Jaap Kunst from the Greek words ἔθνος ethnos (nation) and μουσική mousike (music), it is often considered the anthropology or ethnography of music. Jeff Todd Titon has called it the study of "people making music." [ 2 ] Although it is often thought of as a study of non- Western musics, ethnomusicology also includes the study of Western music from an anthropological or sociological perspective.
Ethnomusicology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
British Forum for Ethnomusicology
New book by Gordon Ramsey Gordon Ramsey of Queen's University, Belfast has recently published his book “Music, Emotion and Identity in Ulster Marching Bands: Flutes, Drums and Loyal Sons“ with Peter Lang Publishers. The author explores the emotional rewards of communal music-making within this vibrant but controversial working-class tradition, and examines the way that identities are formed through the acquisition of tastes, competences and skills within the contexts of practices, parades and 'battle of the band' contests.