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UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: Robert Garfias recordings (UW Ethnomusicology Student Concert), 1996-02-01
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Sercombe, Laurel; University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
- Title
- UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: Robert Garfias recordings (UW Ethnomusicology Student Concert)
- Dates
- 1996-02-011996-02-011996-02-01
- Quantity
- 1 videotapes : OT - 1 vct (Hi-8, stereo, color); Duration: 2:00:00
- Collection Number
- 1996001
- Summary
- "World Music Concert" produced by the UW Ethnomusicology Student Association, Brechemin Auditorium, UW Music Building, February 1, 1996.
- Repository
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University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Unrestricted: collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Laurel Sercombe has been the Archivist for the Ethnomusicology Program at the University of Washington since 1982. She has co-produced a series of music recordings with Northwest Folklife, lectured for classes in Ethnomusicology, Library and Information Science, and American Indian Studies, and designed and taught a course on sound archiving. In 1998 she received a pre-doctoral Smithsonian Research Fellowship and in 2001 received her Ph.D. with the dissertation And Then It Rained: Power and Song in Western Washington Coast Salish Myth Narratives. She is a member of the Music Library Association, the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, and the Society for Ethnomusicology, for which she served as Current Discographer 1992–2000 and Treasurer 2000–2004. She serves on the boards of Jack Straw Productions and Northwest Heritage Resources. In 2013 she organized and hosted "Sounds of the World," a series of six programs for UWTV featuring film footage from the Robert Garfias Collection in the Ethnomusicology Archives.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Recorded by Laurel Sercombe using Sony CCD V220 camera (for video only) and Sony EV-S3000 vcr with stereo audio feed.
Performers: first half of concert - Jill Ann Johnson and Mary Sherhart (Balkan vocal music); Spirit House (acoustic instrumental music) with Elisa Taylor/belly dance; Mahonyera - Claire Jones, Sheree Seretse, Kevin Ugarte and Sooja Kelsey (Shona mbira music); second half of concert - all Okinawan music with Wataru Shinjo/sanshin, kokyu and vocal; Katsutoshi Miyagi/sanshin and vocal; Robert Garfias/fue; members of Okinawa Kenjin Kai/dance; Tokoyo Nipper/koto; Ethnomusicology students/taiko, sanshin, kokyu, sanba, vocals. (note: the didgeri dudes did not perform due to a medical emergency.)
See 96-2.1-2 OT for audio (DAT) recording of same concert.
Documentation: Concert program, "Seattle Weekly" review
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Balkan Peoples
- Concerts
- Ethnomusicology
- Shona--Africa--Southern Africa
- Video recordings in ethnomusicology
Geographical Names
- Okinawa
- Seattle (Wash.)
- World
Form or Genre Terms
- Video recordings
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Garfias, Robert (performer)
- Johnson, Jill Ann (performer)
- Miyagi, Katsutoshi (performer)
- Sherhart, Mary (performer)
- Shinjo, Wataru (performer)
- Taylor, Elisa (performer)
Corporate Names
- Mahonyera (performer)
- Spirit House (performer)
- University of Washington Ethnomusicology Students Association (performer)