The program needs a little fine tuning — adding some session titles and chairs — but the schedule for the meeting is set. Looking forward to seeing you at SFSU on March 5th!

Jeffrey Callen –  President, NCCSEM

Annual Meeting of the 
Northern California Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology

Creative Arts Building,

San Francisco State University

Saturday, March 5, 2011

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8:00-9:00 Registration & Coffee

Annual Dues: $15 General, $10 Students/Low Income

Session I (Concurrent) – Knuth Hall

9:00-10:00   “The Salt Song Trail Map” (documentary film, lecture & discussion) – Philip M. Klasky (San Francisco State University)

Session II (Concurrent) – Choir Room

9:00-10:00    SESSION TITLE / Chair: TBA

9:00-9:30       “Psychedelia as National Project? From “Space to Environment” to EXPO ‘70” – Miki Kaneda (University of California, Berkeley)

9:30-10:00     “Modern Interpretation of a Greek Art Form” – Eli Harrison (San Francisco State University)

Session III (Concurrent) – Knuth Hall

10:15-11:45   Moroccan Popular Music / Chair: Jeffrey Callen

10:15-10:45  “The Voice of a Woman: Educating Moroccan Audiences in Hip Hop Literacy with Stage Talk” – Kendra Salois (University of California, Berkeley)

10:45-11:15   “’Nayda’ and the music festival in Morocco” (video presentation) – Tzvetomira Tocheva (University of Strasbourg, France)

11:15-11:45   Demonstration of Moroccan “fusion” (video presentation) – Adil Hanine (drummer for Hoba Hoba Spirit) and Sajid Ammor, (bassist and guitarist)

Session IV (Concurrent) – Choir Room

10:15-11:45   Latino/Latina Identity Moves – Chair: TBA

10:15-10:45   “Reasoning Sessions with Irie Vatos: Mexican-American Rastafari   Identity”— Monique Posadas (San Jose State University)

10:45-11:15   “Las Posadas in Los Angeles: Mexican Festival in the era of  Multiculturalism” – Luis Chavez (California State University, East Bay)

11:15-11:45   “From Yo Soy to Que Lo Soy: Agency, Amerindian Archetypes, and Androgenity in a Disney Song” – Robin Sacolick (University of California Santa Cruz)

11:45-1:00 Lunch

Keynote Session – Knuth Hall — presented by Asian Improv aRts in collaboration with the SFSU College of Ethnic Studies, SFSU College of Creative Arts and NCCSEM.

1:00-2:30    “Sounding Asian Improv aRts at San Francisco State University” –  Francis Wong (Asian Improv aRts), Hafez Modirzadeh (San Francisco State University), John-Carlos Perea (San Francisco State University).

Session V (Concurrent) – Knuth Hall

2:45-4:15    SESSION TITLE / Chair: Miriam Dvorin-Spross

2:45-3:15    “Abstracting Iranian Classical Music” – Faraz Minooei (University Of California, Irvine)

3:15-3:45    “Piano Music From Around The World” – Julia Hansen (Skyline College)

3:45-4:15    “Connecting the Voices of the Philippine Magindanaon Kulintang and African American Jazz Ensemble” – Royal Hartigan (University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth)

Session VI (Concurrent) – Choir Room

2:45-4:15    SESSION TITLE – Chair: TBA

2:45-3:15    “Cultural Differentiation and the Rise of Professional Musicians in Odisha, India” – David Dennen (University of California, Davis)

3:15-3:45    Keeping up with the Times: Exemplification of Scottish Identity in the Wake of Hybridization – Ian Martyn (University of California, Davis)

3:45-4:15    “Something in the Way She Moves: Meaningful Gestures in Flamenco Interaction” – Tony Dumas (University of California, Davis)

4:30 – 5:00 Business Meeting (Knuth Hall)