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ICTM Study Group on Musics of Oceania Circular No. 36 20 May 1997 No organized SGMO is scheduled, but members who attend other meetings are encouraged to gather informally and to send information for our circulars. Conferences Forthcoming in 1997 (in addition to those listed in Circular No. 35) Ivilikou: Papua New Guinea Music Conference and Festival. 17-21 September. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Organized by the University of Papua New Guinea and the Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies. Themes for the conference: (1) Music and religion (the role of music in traditional religion; the types of music in Christian worship in Papua New Guinea); (2) Papua New Guinea popular music (the history, development, and future of popular music in Papua New Guinea and internationally-- including a roundtable discussion with past and present musicians involved in popular music); (3) Traditional music and changing contexts (ways in which traditional music has been modified to meet the new demands of regional or school shows; the effect of new contexts on solo performances of music for smaller ensembles); (4) Traditional ownership and copyright (conflicts between traditional " ownership and the global market; unauthorized usage of traditional music recordings; and what of copyright does Papua New Guinea need?). While the conference themes focus on Papua New Guinea music, papers will also be accepted concerning other Pacific states. A number of concerts are planned. Send short abstracts (and list audio-visual equipment required) to Don Niles, Music Department, Institute of PNG Studies, Box 1432, PAPUA NEW GUINEA by 30 June. fax: [675] 325-0531; e-mail: [email protected]> Participants requiring accomodations shoould contact the organizers for advice on hotels and rates. Everyday Wonders: Popular Culture Past and Present. June 9-13. Contact: Assoc. Prof. Clive Moore, Dept. of History, Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4071 AUSTRALIA. Sharing the Voices: The Phenomenon of Singing. June 20-23. Contact: Kati Szego, School of Music, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's NF, A1C 5S7 CANADA. tel: 709-737-2475; fax: 709-737-2666; e-mail: [email protected] Popular Music: Intercultural Interpretations (9th Annual Conference of IASPM). July 27-31. Contact: Toru Mitsui, Graduate Programme in Music, Kanazawa Univ. Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-11 JAPAN. fax: +81(0)762-64-5619; e-mail: [email protected] u.ac.jp "South Seas Symposium: Easter Island in the Pacific Context. August 5-10. Univ. of New Mexico. Contact: Far Horizons Archaeological and Cultural Trips, Inc. PO Box 91900, Albuquerque NM 87199-1900 USA. E-mail: [email protected] Publications by Members Ammann, Raymond. "A Revival of the Ancient Kanak Flute," Kulele-2. Crowe, Peter. "La musique au Vanuatu," IN Joel Bonnemaison et aI, eds. Vanuatu-- Oceanie: arts des iles de cendre et de corail. Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 1996. [English-language editions: Arts of Vanuatu. Bathhurst, Australia: Crawford House; Honolulu: Univ. of Hawai'i Press.] Also: Translation of booklet for "Voices of the world: an anthology of vocal expression"--triple-CD of 100+ tracks (including 12 from the South Pacific and Australia)--Le Chant du Monde: CMX 374 1010.12. Feld, Steven. "Waterfalls of Song: An Acoustemology of Place Resounding in Bosavi, Papua New Guinea" "IN Steven Feld and Keith Basso, eds. Senses of place. Santa Fe, NM: School of American Research Press. Theodore Kwok's paper, "A view of Chinese Music in Hawai'i" (from ICTM-Hong Kong

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ICTM Study Group on Musics of OceaniaCircular No. 36

20 May 1997

No organized SGMO is scheduled, but members who attend other meetings are encouragedto gather informally and to send information for our circulars.

Conferences Forthcoming in 1997 (in addition to those listed in Circular No. 35)

Ivilikou: Papua New Guinea Music Conference and Festival. 17-21 September. PortMoresby, Papua New Guinea. Organized by the University of Papua New Guinea and theInstitute of Papua New Guinea Studies. Themes for the conference: (1) Music andreligion (the role of music in traditional religion; the types of music in Christianworship in Papua New Guinea); (2) Papua New Guinea popular music (the history,development, and future of popular music in Papua New Guinea and internationally-­including a roundtable discussion with past and present musicians involved inpopular music); (3) Traditional music and changing contexts (ways in whichtraditional music has been modified to meet the new demands of regional or schoolshows; the effect of new contexts on solo performances of music for smallerensembles); (4) Traditional ownership and copyright (conflicts between traditional"ownership and the global market; unauthorized usage of traditional music recordings;and what ki~d of copyright does Papua New Guinea need?). While the conference themesfocus on Papua New Guinea music, papers will also be accepted concerning otherPacific states. A number of concerts are planned. Send short abstracts (and listaudio-visual equipment required) to Don Niles, Music Department, Institute of PNGStudies, Box 1432, PAPUA NEW GUINEA by 30 June. fax: [675] 325-0531; e-mail:[email protected]> Participants requiring accomodations shoould contact theorganizers for advice on hotels and rates.

Everyday Wonders: Popular Culture Past and Present. June 9-13. Contact: Assoc. Prof.Clive Moore, Dept. of History, Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4071 AUSTRALIA.

Sharing the Voices: The Phenomenon of Singing. June 20-23. Contact: Kati Szego,School of Music, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's NF, A1C 5S7 CANADA.tel: 709-737-2475; fax: 709-737-2666; e-mail: [email protected]

Popular Music: Intercultural Interpretations (9th Annual Conference of IASPM). July27-31. Contact: Toru Mitsui, Graduate Programme in Music, Kanazawa Univ. Kanazawa,Ishikawa 920-11 JAPAN. fax: +81(0)762-64-5619; e-mail: [email protected]­u.ac.jp

"South Seas Symposium: Easter Island in the Pacific Context. August 5-10. Univ. ofNew Mexico. Contact: Far Horizons Archaeological and Cultural Trips, Inc. PO Box91900, Albuquerque NM 87199-1900 USA. E-mail: [email protected]

Publications by Members

Ammann, Raymond. "A Revival of the Ancient Kanak Flute," Kulele-2.

Crowe, Peter. "La musique au Vanuatu," IN Joel Bonnemaison et aI, eds. Vanuatu-­Oceanie: arts des iles de cendre et de corail. Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux,1996. [English-language editions: Arts of Vanuatu. Bathhurst, Australia: CrawfordHouse; Honolulu: Univ. of Hawai'i Press.] Also: Translation of booklet for "Voicesof the world: an anthology of vocal expression"--triple-CD of 100+ tracks (including12 from the South Pacific and Australia)--Le Chant du Monde: CMX 374 1010.12.

Feld, Steven. "Waterfalls of Song: An Acoustemology of Place Resounding in Bosavi,Papua New Guinea" "I N Steven Feld and Keith Basso, eds. Senses of place. Santa Fe,NM: School of American Research Press.

Theodore Kwok's paper, "A view of Chinese Music in Hawai'i" (from ICTM-Hong Kong

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1991 and ACMR Newsletter 1992), as translated into Chinese, Music Study and Research, the Journal of the Tianjin Conservatory of Music, 1996 No.2.

McLean, Mervyn E. Maori Music. Auckland NZ: Auckland University Press. NZ$59.95. [NOTE: This major work, a companion to his and Hargaret Orbell's Traditional Songs of the Maori and the culmination of a lifetime of research and study, is in two parts: traditional music and dance, and music since contact with European musics.]

Neuenfeldt, Karl. "Songs of Survival: Ethno-pop Music as Ethnographic Indigenous Media," Australian-Canadian Studies. 1996. "Improvisation in Didjerdu Performance," Sounds Australian Vol. 14 (48) 1996. "First Nations and Metis Songs as Identity Narratives" International Journal of Canadian Studies Vol. 12, 1995.

Niles, Don. Book review of An Annotated Bibl iography of Oceanic Music and Dance by Mervyn McLean, Kulele-2.

Spearritt, Gordon and Jurg Wassmann. "Myth and Music in a Middle Sepik Village," Kulele-2

Tai Ryuichi. Record Reviews of "Solomon Islands. ·Are· are Panpipe Ensembles" (Collection de Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et du Musee de l'Homme. Le Chant du Monde LDX 272 961.62. France 1994) and "Vanuatu (New Hebrides) :Custom Music" (Archives Internationales de Musique Populaire AIMP XXXIV. VDE-GALLO CD-796, Switzerland, 1994), The World of Music 37(1) 1995.

Other Publications of Potential Interest to Members

Kulele-2. Occasional Papers on Pacific Music and Dance. Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies, 1996.

Zahn, Heinrich. Mission and Music: Jabem Traditional Music and the Development of Luthern Hymnody. Philip Holzknecht, trans.; Don Niles, ed. Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies, 1996. Copies available through Publicationjs Department, Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies for Kl2.00 plus shipping charges.

Zemp, Hugo. Two-tape set of 'Are' are Music and Shaping Bamboo accompanied by The Making of 'Are' are Music and Shaping Bamboo: A Study Guide to the Films. SEM Audio­Visual Series. US$69.95 plus shipping.

Other News of Members

Crowe participated in the symposium opening the Vanuatu exh.ibit at the Ethnographic Museum in Basel, Switzerland.

Feld' s Darwin Lecture at Cambridge University was entitled "Sound Worlds."

Stillman has accepted appointment to the University of Michigan, beginning Fall 1997.

Recent/Forthcoming Address Changes (phone, fax, e-mail addresses not sent to me.) Linda BARIHCK Peter CROWE. Maria CAIYABU

Allan MARRI!TT Amy STILLMAN

Please send news items to: Barhara B. Smith, Music Dept., Univ. of Hawai'i at Manoa, 2411 Dole St., Honolulu, HI 96822 USA. e-mail: [email protected]