Ethnomusicology

Arts Umbrella donates Korean percussion instruments to the UBC School of Music

Arts Umbrella donates Korean percussion instruments to the UBC School of Music

These instruments are beautiful examples of the janggo, or South Korean hourglass drum, and will enhance our Korean percussion ensemble and educational opportunities for our students.

PhD Candidate, Oscar Smith receives Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award.

PhD Candidate, Oscar Smith receives Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award.

The UBC Killam Teaching and Service awards recognize faculty members and graduate students for their outstanding teaching, research and service to the community.

‘Music is everything’: Musician, professor in B.C. shines the spotlight on West African music, dance

‘Music is everything’: Musician, professor in B.C. shines the spotlight on West African music, dance

UBC Professor of African studies and ethnomusicology, J. S. Kofi Gbolonyo speaks to CBC News about bringing West African culture to the world stage.

Research and Publication: Finding the Beat: Entrainment, Rhythmic Play, and Social Meaning in Rock Music

Research and Publication: Finding the Beat: Entrainment, Rhythmic Play, and Social Meaning in Rock Music

Finding the Beat explores humankind’s ability, propensity, and enjoyment in finding the beat in live and recorded experiences of music-making through the lens of entrainment, the human capacity to perceive a beat and to synchronize to it.

Bali and Burnaby music students collide in Mepalu Sari avant-gamelan project

Bali and Burnaby music students collide in Mepalu Sari avant-gamelan project

“Developed over a year in a working partnership with boutique gamelan label Insitu Recordings, co-founders Jonathan Adams and I Putu Gede Sukayana and Burnaby North students under teacher Kevin Ault, this new album’s title translates as Essence of a Collision.”

Meet Your Professor: Dr. Gloria Wong, Sessional Lecturer in Ethnomusicology

Meet Your Professor: Dr. Gloria Wong, Sessional Lecturer in Ethnomusicology

Introduce yourself in 280 characters or less. I’m an ethnomusicologist and I specialize in teaching Chinese instrumental music, broadly defined. I have a child-like curiosity and love all kinds of music.   How would you describe your approach to teaching music? What do you enjoy the most about teaching? I am big on teaching technique, […]