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Welcome to the Ethnomusicology Institute!
Ethnomusicology is the study of music of all types and from all cultures. Ethnomusicologists not only listen to the sounds of music within particular cultures and events but also inquire into people's ideas and beliefs about music. They:
- Explore the role of music in human life
- Analyze relationships between music and culture
- Study music cross-culturally
At Indiana University, Ethnomusicology is a comprehensive and interdisciplinary program that emphasizes analytical, theoretical, and methodological training in ethnomusicology and ethnographic research.
About Ethnomusicology at IU
Ethnomusicology Faculty
| Alan Burdette |
American vernacular music; Performance studies; Media and technology; German Americans. |
| Mellonee Burnim |
Black religious music and aesthetics; Music in the African Diaspora. |
| Judah Cohen |
Music in Jewish life; American music; Musical theater; Popular culture; Caribbean Jewish history; Diaspora; Medical Ethnomusicology. |
| Cornelia Fales |
Music cognition; Timbre perception; Historical concepts of timbre; Music of Sub-Saharan Africa. |
| Javier Léon |
Music of Latin America and Caribbean; Identity; Transnationalism; Music and Nationalism; Performance. |
| Portia Maultsby |
Popular music and music industry; Transnationalism; African American music. |
| Fernando Orejuela |
Hip hop culture; Body art; Children's folklore; Popular culture; Pedagogy; United States. |
| Daniel Reed |
Music and religion; Identity; Performance; Music and culture in West Africa. |
| Ruth Stone |
Music as culture and performance; Theory of ethnomusicology; Music in African Film; West Africa; Middle East. |
| Charles Sykes |
Arranging, performance and analysis; Media and technology; African-American popular music. |
| Sue Tuohy |
Film and music; Intellectual history; Music and socio-political transformation; Music and culture in contemporary China; East Asia. |
Adjunct Faculty
| Jane Goodman |
Ethnography of texts; Performance studies; Diasporas; North Africa and France. |
| Lynn Hooker |
History of race; Ethnicity, music, and identity in Hungary; Music and writings of Béla Bartók. |
Detailed Faculty List
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