ANDREW N. WEINTRAUB
Department of Music
University of Pittsburgh
EDUCATION
Ph.D.
Music/Ethnomusicology (1997) University of California, Berkeley (Dissertation: “Constructing the Popular: Superstars, Performance, and Cultural Authority in Sundanese Wayang Golek Purwa of West Java, Indonesia”)
M.A.
Music/Ethnomusicology (1990) University of Hawai‘i at Manoa (Thesis: “The Music of Pantun Sunda, an Epic Narrative Tradition of West Java, Indonesia”)
B.A.
Music (1985) Honors. University of California, Santa Cruz (Thesis: “A Manual for Learning Sundanese Gamelan”)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
University of Pittsburgh, Professor of Music (2010-present), Associate Professor of Music (2004-2010), Assistant Professor of Music (1998-2004), Visiting Assistant Professor of Music (1997-1998)
University of California, Los Angeles, Lecturer in Music (Spring 1997)
University of California, San Diego, Lecturer in Music (Spring 1996 - Spring 1997)
RESEARCH KEYWORDS
Indonesia; Southeast Asia; ethnomusicology; music and politics; popular music; music and Islam; sound repatriation; cultural rights; global 1960s
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Vamping the Stage: Female Voices of Asian Modernities (co-editor with Bart Barendregt). Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2017.
*Reviewed in Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde; Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia; The World of Music; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies; Yearbook for Traditional Music; Journal of Ewha Music Research Institute.
Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia (editor). London and New York: Routledge, 2011.
*Reviewed in Journal of Asian Social Science; Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia; Asian Ethnology; Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia and Oceania; Asian Studies Review; Journal of Religion and Popular Culture; Political Studies Review; Musicultures.
Dangdut Stories: A Social and Musical History of Indonesia’s Most Popular Music. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.
*Reviewed in Wall Street Journal; Indonesia; Music Library Association Notes; The Australian; Choice (“highly recommended”); Journal of Folklore Research; Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia; Journal of Popular Music and Society; Journal of Asian Studies; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies; Pacific Affairs; Ethnomusicology; Popular Music, Wacana Seni; Journal of World Popular Music; Asien: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia.
*Translated into Indonesian: Dangdut: Musik, Identitas, dan Budaya Indonesia. Jakarta: Gramedia Press, 2012.
Music and Cultural Rights (co-editor with Bell Yung). Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2009.
*Reviewed in Journal of Folklore Research; Ethnomusicology Forum; Choice; Music Educators Journal; Asian Music; Popular Music.
Power Plays: Wayang Golek Puppet Theater of West Java. Athens, Ohio and Singapore: Ohio University Press/Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2004.
*Benda Prize Finalist, Association for Asian Studies (AAS), 2006
*Reviewed in Asian Music; Asian Theatre Journal; Music Library Association Notes; Choice; Pacific Affairs; Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde; Ethnomusicology; Journal of Asian Studies; Journal of Folklore Research.
Monographs
The Birth of Gatotkaca: A Sundanese Wayang Golek Purwa Performance from West Java (translation and introduction). Jakarta: Lontar Publications, 1998.
Musics of Hawai’i -- An Anthology of Musical Traditions in Hawai’i (Principal Researcher, Writer, and Recording Engineer). Honolulu: State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, 1994.
Ngahudang Carita Anu Baheula (To Awaken an Ancient Story): An Introduction to the Stories of Pantun Sunda. Center for Southeast Asian Studies Paper Series no. 34, University of Hawaii. Honolulu: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 1991.
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
“The Act of Singing: Women, Music, and the Politics of Truth and Reconciliation.” Yearbook for Traditional Music 53, 2021:1-44.
“A Response to Peter Cooke’s Response.” [co-authored with Sylvia Nannyonga Tamusuza]. Ethnomusicology 59 (3), 2015:480-482.
“The Sound and Spectacle of Dangdut Koplo: Genre and Counter-Genre in East Java, Indonesia.” Asian Music 44(2), 2013:160-194.
“Making a Difference: Music and Multiculturalism in the United States and Indonesia.” Umakgwa Munhwa (Music and Culture), 2013:148-174.
“The Audible Future: Reimagining the Role of Sound Archives and Sound Repatriation in Uganda.” [co-authored with Sylvia Nannyonga-Tamusuza]. Ethnomusicology 56(2), 2012:206-233.
“Music and Malayness: Orkes Melayu in Indonesia, 1950-1965.” Archipel 79, 2010:57-78.
“Dance Drills, Faith Spills: Islam, Body Politics, and Popular Music in Indonesia.” Popular Music 27(3), 2008:365-390.
“Dangdut Soul: Who are ‘The People’ in Indonesian Popular Music?” Asian Journal of Communication 16(4), 2006:411-431. Reprinted in Mark Hobart & Richard Fox (eds.) Entertainment Media in Indonesia. New York: Routledge, 2008.
“The Crisis of the Sinden: Gender, Politics, and Memory in the Performing Arts of West Java, 1959-1964.” Indonesia 77, 2004:57-78.
“Instruments of Power: ‘Multi-Laras’ Gamelan in New Order Indonesia.” Ethnomusicology 45(2), 2001:197-227.
“Contest-ing Culture: Sundanese Wayang Golek Purwa Competitions in New Order Indonesia.” Asian Theatre Journal 18 (1), 2001:87-104.
“Tune, Text, and the Function of Lagu in Pantun Sunda, a Sundanese Oral Narrative Tradition,” Asian Music 26(1), 1994/95:175-211.
“Jawaiian and Local Cultural Identity in Hawai‘i.” Perfect Beat: The Journal of Research Into Contemporary Music and Popular Culture 1(2), 1993:78-89. Reprinted in Sound Alliances: Indigenous Peoples, Cultural Politics and Popular Music in the Pacific, ed. Philip Hayward. London and New York: Cassell, 1998:78-88.
“Theory in Institutional Pedagogy and ‘Theory in Practice’ for Sundanese Gamelan Music.” Ethnomusicology 37(1), 1993:29-39.
Peer-reviewed Chapters in Books
“Indonesia: Meet the Beatles!” In Routledge Handbook on Asian Music: Cultural Intersections, ed. Tong Soon Lee. New York: Routledge, 2021.
“Soundtracks for the Masses: Transmediating India in Dangdut Films of Indonesia.” In Making Waves: Traveling Musics in Asia and the Pacific, Ed. Christine Yano and Frederick Lau. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2018: 39-64.
“Nation, Islam, and Gender in Dangdut, Indonesia’s Most Popular Music.” In The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Indonesia, Ed. Robert W. Hefner. New York: Routledge Press, 2018: 369-377.
“Re-vamping Asia: Women, Music, and Modernity in Comparative Perspective.” (co-author with Bart Barendregt). In Vamping the Stage: Female Voices of Asian Modernities, Ed. Andrew N. Weintraub and Bart Barendregt. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 2017: 1-39.
“Titiek Puspa: Gendered Modernity in 1960s and 1970s Indonesian Popular Music.” In Vamping the Stage: Female Voices of Asian Modernities, Ed. Andrew N. Weintraub and Bart Barendregt. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 2017: 144-173.
“Decentering Ethnomusicology: Indonesian Popular Music Studies.” In Producing Indonesia: The State of the Field of Indonesian Studies, Ed. Eric Tagliacozzo. Ithaca: Southeast Asia Program Publications, 2014:347-366.
“Pop Goes Melayu: Indonesian Popular Music, 1968-1975.” In Sonic Modernities in the Malay World: A History of Popular Music, Social Distinction and Novel Lifestyles (1930s-2000s). ed. Bart Barendregt. Leiden: Brill Press, 2014:165-186.
“Foreword.” Aku Bernyanyi, Menjadi Saksi. by Edi Subandy Ibrahim. Jakarta: Fiskontak, 2011:xvii-xxiv.
“Morality and its Dis(contents): Dangdut and Islam in Indonesia.” In Music and Islam in Indonesia, ed. David Harnish and Anne Rasmussen. Oxford University Press, 2011:318-336.
“Introduction.” In Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia, ed. Andrew N. Weintraub. London and New York: Routledge, 2011:1-17.
“Euis Komariah: Lessons in Humility, Respect, and Individual Expression.” In Daweung Tineung: Sebuah Biografi sebagaimana diceritakan kepada Aam Amalia. Bandung: Jugala, 2010:174-79.
“Introduction.” In Music and Cultural Rights, ed. Andrew N. Weintraub and Bell Yung. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2009:1-18.
“Indonesian Wooden Puppet Theater of West Java, the Amir Hamzah Stories and the Localization of Islam.” In Interweaving Cultures: Islam in Southeast Asia: A Guide for Teachers and Students. New York: Asia Society, 2007.
“A Tape-Recorded History of Sundanese Wayang Golek: A Genealogy of Three Dalangs on Cassettes.” In Konferensi Internasional Budaya Sunda (KIBS), Jilid 2 (Prosiding), ed. Ajip Rosidi, H. Edi S. Ekadjati, and A. Chaedar Alwasilah. Yayasan Kebudayaan Rancage, 2006.
“Sejarah Wayang Golek Melalui Kaset: Sebuah Analisa Tiga Dalang, 1970-2000.” In Tulak Bala: Sistem Pertahanan Tradisional Masyarakat Sunda dan Kajian Lainnya Mengenai Masyarakat Sunda. Bandung, Indonesia: Yayasan Pusat Studi Sunda, 2003.
“New Order Politics and Popular Entertainment in Wayang Golek Purwa.” In Puppet Theater in Contemporary Indonesia: New Approaches to Performance-Events, ed. Jan Mrazek. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2002.
“Musical Communities of Hawai‘i.” In American Musical Traditions, ed. Jeff Todd Titon. New York: Schirmer Books, 2001.
Website Publications
Program Notes for University Gamelan Concerts, 1998-present. University Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh.
< http://www.gamelan.pitt.edu>
“‘What’s in the Notes’: De-ciphering the Music of the Left in Indonesia, 1950-65.” Gatty Lecture, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Cornell University, 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAgcG55mhd0
“Dangdut and the Music of the Masses in Indonesia.” Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University, 2019.
https://soundcloud.com/seacrossroads/dangdut-and-the-music-of-the-masses-in-indonesia
“Indonesian Wooden Puppet Theater of West Java, the Amir Hamzah Stories and the Localization of Islam.” Lesson Plan for Islam in Southeast Asia. Asia Society. https://sites.asiasociety.org/education/islam_in_seasia/curriculum-theater.htm
Encyclopedia Articles
“Indonesia Raya.” In World Book Encyclopedia, 2021.
“Indonesia.” In Oxford Bibliographies Online. 2013. http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com
“Gambang Kromong,” “Wayang Golek,” and “Sandiwara.” In The Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. MA: Berkshire Publishing (2002).
“R.M.A. Koesoemadinata” and “Nano S.” In The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie. London: Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2001.
“Filipino Music and Dance” and “Hawaiian Music and Dance” In The Asian-American Encyclopedia, ed. Franklin Ng. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1995:460-64; 548-552.
Book, Recording, and Video Reviews
Antiphonal Histories: Resonant Pasts in the Toba Batak Musical Present (Julia Byl). Indonesia, 104, 2017:197-200.
Melayu: The Politics, Poetics and Paradoxes of Malayness (edited by Maznah Mohamad and Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied). Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 44(3), 2013:526-29.
Listening to an Earlier Java (Sarah Weiss). Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 2007.
Unplayed Melodies: Javanese Gamelan and the Genesis of Music Theory (Marc Perlman). Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 63(1), 2006:87-90.
Adeus & Aloha: The Portuguese heritage of Hawai’i. (Pan Records). Ethnomusicology 49(2), 2005:336-38.
Calling Back the Spirit: Music, Dance, and Cultural Politics in Lowland South Sulawesi (R. Anderson Sutton). The Journal of Asian Studies 63 (2), 2004:562-64.
Wayang Golek: Performing Arts of Sunda (West Java), a videocassette and accompanying notes produced by The Open University (Milton Keynes). Ethnomusicology 44 (3), 2000:547-49.
The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Asia/Pacific (Don Rubin, ed.). The Times Literary Supplement, August 27, 1999.
Balinese Music (Michael Tenzer). Ethnomusicology 38(2), 1994:364-367.
Smithsonian Folkways Music of Indonesia Series, Volumes 1-3 (Philip Yampolsky, ed.). Asian Music 25(1-2), 1993/1994:282-286.
Popular Print Media
“Java’s Puppets Come out of the Shadows.” Songlines no. 37. June, 2006, pp. 32-35.
“Samba, but not as we know it.” Songlines no. 38. July/August, 2006, pp. 28-39.
Recordings and Annotations
Padang Moonrise: The Birth of the Modern Indonesian Recording Industry, 1955-67. London: Soundway Records, 2022.
Wayang Golek: The Sound and Celebration of Sundanese Puppet Theater. Six-CD set and accompanying 44-page booklet. Vermont: Multicultural Media, 2001.
The Music of Bali, Volumes 1-3. Tucson: Celestial Harmonies, 1997.
The Music of Islam, Volume 4 (Music of the Arabian Peninsula: Qatar) and Volume 8 (Folkloric Music of Tunisia). Tucson: Celestial Harmonies, 1997.
Tembang Sunda: Classical Music of West Java. Tucson: Celestial Harmonies, 1996 [nominated for a NAIRD Indie Award, 1997].
Educational Media
“Faces” Magazine, an interview for the issue on Music Around the World, May, 2009.
“Aku Cinta Indonesia,” a televised broadcast for Indonesian Television (Voice of America). http://www.voanews.com/indonesian/ACI-2007.cfm
“Sundanese Gamelan in America,” a radio interview for Voice of America, April, 2007.
“The Interpretation of Music,” an interview for the radio series The Natural History of Sound produced by The Alder Institute, Newfoundland, Canada, 2004.
Wayang Golek: An Introduction to Puppet Theater and Music of West Java, Indonesia (CD-ROM), 2002.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Society for Ethnomusicology Helen Roberts Prize for “The Act of Singing,” the most significant article in ethnomusicology written by a member of the Society for Ethnomusicology after the first ten years of their scholarly career (2020-21).
International Council for Traditional Music Article Prize (Honorable Mention) for “The Act of Singing,” the most outstanding article in a scholarly journal or edited volume (2020-21).
Henry Luce Foundation Research Grant for the project “Critical Dimensions of Music and Collective Memory of 1965-66.” American Institute for Indonesian Studies, June/July, 2019.
Global Academic Partnership Award for the Conference “Voices of Asian Modernities,” University of Pittsburgh, April 4-6, 2014.
Visiting Fellow, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV), for the project “Articulating Modernity: The Making of Popular Music in 20th Century Southeast Asia,” July/August, 2012.
Fulbright Specialists Grant in Anthropology, for the Development of an Ethnomusicology Program at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, June 2011 and July/August 2010.
Visiting Fellow, Institute for Ethnic Studies (KITA), National University of Malaysia (UKM), for the project “Music and Multiculturalism in Popular Music of Indonesia and Malaysia, 1950-1970,” July, 2009.
Global Academic Partnership Award and Faculty Development Grant for the Conference “Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia,” University of Pittsburgh, October 10-12, 2008.
Fulbright Senior Scholar Award for the project “Dangdut Stories: A Social and Musical History of Indonesia’s Most Popular Music,” 2006-07.
Central Research and Development Fund for fieldwork in West Java, University of Pittsburgh, 2005-06.
Ford Foundation Grant (co-director) for the Workshop, Conference, and Dissemination of Research for the project “Cultural Rights and Academic Responsibility: Politics and Economics in the Globalization of Music,” 2003-2006.
Innovation in Education Award for the CD-ROM project “Puppet Theater and Music of West Java, Indonesia,” University of Pittsburgh, 2001-02.
Central Research and Development Fund, Edwards Publication Fund, and Third Term Type II Research Grant for production of the compact disc recording and booklet “Wayang Golek: The Sound and Celebration of Sundanese Puppet Theater,” University of Pittsburgh, 2001-02.
Hewlett International Grant (UCIS) and Small Grant Award (Asian Studies Program) for fieldwork in Java, University of Pittsburgh, Summer 2005, 2001 and 1999.
Third Term Type I Research Grant for Archival Research, University of Pittsburgh, Summer 1999.
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (declined), “Verbal Art in the Audio-Visual Media of Indonesia,” Leiden University, The Netherlands, 1997-2000.
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship, 1994-1995.
Charles Seeger Prize for the most outstanding student paper presented at the 1990 annual meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, 1991.
CONFERENCE PAPERS DELIVERED AND PANELS CHAIRED
“Papaja Cha-Cha: The Cultural Politics of Latin Popular Music in Indonesia, 1950-1965.” Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, New Orleans, November, 2022.
“What’s in the Notes? Sounding out the Music of Lekra, 1950-65.” International Council for Traditional Music, Lisbon, Portugal, July 25, 2022 [presenter].
“Imagining the Music of a ‘People’s Culture’ in early 1960s Indonesia.” Society for Ethnomusicology (online), October 29, 2020 [presenter].
“‘Art for the People’: The Music of LEKRA, the Indonesian Institute of People’s Culture,” 2020BBS Conference in Celebration of Barbara B. Smith, University of Hawaii, October 10, 2020 [presenter].
“Music in the Time of Indonesia’s Mass Killings: The Dialita Chorus,” Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Boston, March, 2020 [presenter; cancelled due to COVID-19].
“Decolonizing Ethnomusicology and the Legacy of Western Educational Systems: Perspectives from International Students,” Society for Ethnomusicology, Indiana, November 7, 2019 [chair].
“Music in a Time of Mass Murder.” International Council for Traditional Music, Bangkok, Thailand, July, 2019 [presenter].
“Writing Histories of Popular Music after Suharto.” Department of Performance Studies (graduate), Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, April, 2017 [presenter].
“Prison Songs of Indonesia.” President’s Roundtable on Music and Intellectual Property, Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Austin, December, 2015 [presenter].
“‘Go International’? Islam and Nation in Dangdut, Indonesia’s Most Popular Music.” European Association for Southeast Asian Studies, Vienna, August, 2015 [presenter].
“‘From Street Singer to President’: Music, Politics, and Islam in Indonesia.” Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Philadelphia, March, 2014 [presenter].
“Regional Popular Music in Indonesia as a Spectacle of Excess.” International Council for Traditional Music, Shanghai, China, July, 2013 [presenter].
“Musical Expressions of Regional Nationality in Indonesia: The Case of Koplo.” Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, New Orleans, November, 2012 [presenter and panel organizer].
“What’s so Funny about Dangdut? Popular Music Studies and the Ethnomusicology of Indonesia.” Cornell Modern Indonesian Project, Southeast Asia Program “State of Indonesian Studies Conference,” Ithaca, New York, April 28-30, 2011 [presenter].
“Pop Goes Melayu: Popular Music in 1960s Indonesia.” Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Honolulu, Hi, March, 2011 [presenter and panel organizer].
“Confronting the Popular: Music of Indonesia and Malaysia in the 1960s.” Symposium: “The beat goes on: Popular music in twentieth century Southeast Asia.” KITLV. Jakarta, Indonesia, January 10-11, 2011 [presenter and panel chair].
“The Rhythms of Muslim Popular Culture across Asia.” Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Philadelphia, PA, March, 2010 [presenter].
“Melayu Music and Cultural Rights in Indonesia and Malaysia.” Symposium on Music and Cultural Rights, Pittsburgh, PA, December, 2009 [moderator and presenter].
“Asian Music Roundtable on Hybridity and Postcoloniality.” Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Mexico City, November, 2009 [presenter].
“Morality and its Discontents: Dangdut and Islam in Indonesia.” Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Middletown, CT, October, 2008 [presenter].
“A Conversation with Rhoma Irama.” Conference on Islam and Popular Culture, Pittsburgh, PA, October, 2008 [co-presenter].
“Stars and Fans in Dangdut, Indonesia's Popular Music.” Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, DC, November, 2007 [presenter].
“Music and Cultural Rights.” Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Columbus, Ohio, October, 2007 [organizer and chair].
“Worlds of Ethnomusicologies: Toward an Understanding of Indonesian Popular Music Discourse.” Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Atlanta, Georgia, November, 2005 [presenter].
“Dangdut Stories: Triumph and Tragedy in Indonesian Popular Music Discourse.” Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Chicago, Illinois, March, 2005 [presenter].
“Dance Drills, Faith Spills: Islam and Popular Culture in Post-Soeharto Indonesia.” Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, San Diego, California, March, 2004 [organizer, chair, and presenter].
“Musical Hybridity, Authenticity, and ‘Pollution’.” Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Miami, Florida, October, 2003 [chair].
“New Approaches to the Study of Popular Music: Technology, Identities, Mediations, and Aesthetics.” Cultural Studies Association Founding Conference, Pittsburgh, June, 2003 [organizer, chair, and presenter].
“Chaos, Culture, and the ‘Crisis of Female Singers’ In West Java, 1959-64.” Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Estes Park, Colorado, October, 2002 [organizer, chair, and presenter].
“Indonesian Television after Soeharto: Discourse and Representation in the ‘Asep Show’.” International Conference: Media Practice and Performance Across Cultures, University of Wisconsin, Madison, March 14-17, 2002 [presenter].
“Chaos, Communism, and the ‘Crisis of Female Singers’ in Sundanese Performing Arts, 1959-1964.” Southeast Asian Studies Program, Cornell University, February 14, 2002 [presenter].
“A Tape-Recorded History of Sundanese Wayang Golek: A Genealogy of Three Dalangs on Cassettes.” International Symposium: Media Cultures in Indonesia, Leiden University, The Netherlands, 2001.
“World Music Performance and the University Community.” MACSEM Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, 2001 [organizer, chair, and presenter].
“Positioning the Local and (Inter) National in Indonesian Popular Music.” Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Toronto, 2000 [discussant].
“‘Musics of Hawai'i’ and Discourses of Multiculturalism.” “The Community as Classroom: A Conference in Honor of Barbara B. Smith,” Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 2000 [presenter].
“Contest-ing Culture: The State (of) Wayang Competitions in New Order Indonesia.” Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, University of Texas at Austin, 1999 [presenter].
“The Pleasures and Politics of Sundanese Wayang Golek Purwa in New Order Indonesia.” International Puppetry Seminar (Pekan Wayang Indonesia ‘99), Jakarta, Indonesia, 1999 [presenter].
“Mike Tyson vs. Gatotkaca: Emergent Trends in Wayang Research.” Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Boston, 1999 [chair and discussant].
“Saturday Night Live in the Age of Teknologi Canggih: Mass Mediations and Live Performance of Sundanese Wayang Golek Purwa in West Java, Indonesia.” International Symposium: Performance and Mediatization, Leiden University, The Netherlands, 1998 [presenter].
“Musical and Social Dimensions of Innovation: Multi-Laras Gamelan in the Performance of Sundanese Wayang Golek Purwa of West Java, Indonesia.” Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Toronto, 1996 [presenter].
“Mass Media and the Development of a ‘Superstar Ethos’ in Sundanese Wayang Golek Purwa of West Java, Indonesia.” Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1996 [presenter].
“Kawi dan Kawih: Bahasa dan Lagu dalam Pertunjukan Wayang Golek Purwa di Jawa Barat” (“Kawi and Kawih: Language and Song in the Performance of Wayang Golek Purwa of West Java, Indonesia”). Institut Kesenian Jakarta [Jakarta Institute of the Arts], 1995 [presenter].
“Pendidikan Teori Sekolahan Musik dan ‘Teori di dalam Praktek’ untuk Musik Gamelan Sunda” (“Theory in Institutional Pedagogy and ‘Theory in Practice’ for Sundanese Gamelan Music”). Akademi Seni Tari Indonesia, Bandung [Indonesian Music and Dance Academy, Bandung], 1995 [presenter].
“Musical Patterning in Performance.” Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Seattle, 1992 [organizer, chair, and presenter].
“Jawaiian: Symbol of Social Identity or Just a Good Danceable Beat?” International Association for the Study of Popular Music, Chicago, 1991 [presenter].
“The Interface between Teori (theory) and Praktek (practice) in Sundanese Music.” Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Oakland, 1990 [presenter].
“Sound Documentation of Music in Hawai‘i,” Conference on Field Recording, Indiana University, 1990 [presenter].
INVITED PRESENTATIONS (2019-2022)
“Pop Islam” and “Gendered Modernity.” Lectures for Padjadjaran University (Faculty of Arts and Sciences). Bandung, Indonesia (online), November 11 and 18, 2021.
Gatty Lecture: “What’s in the Notes? De-Ciphering the Music of the Left in Indonesia, 1950-65.” Cornell University Southeast Asia Program (online), September 30, 2021.
“Music and Islam in The New Order: Dakwah Films of Rhoma Irama.” Madani Film Festival (online), November 28, 2020.
“Music in the Time of Indonesia’s Mass Killings: The Dialita Chorus,” Music Colloquium, UC Berkeley Department of Music (online), November 6, 2020.
“Music in the Time of Indonesia’s Mass Killings: The Dialita Chorus,” Workshop: Suppressed Songs, Suspicious Sounds, KITLV, Leiden, the Netherlands, December, 2019.
“The First Book—Strategies and Hints,” Sponsored by the Society for Asian Music (Workshop on Publishing), Society for Ethnomusicology, Indiana, November 8, 2019 [presenter].
Keynote Lecture: “Indonesia, Meet the Beatles!: Sound, Style, and Meaning in Indonesian Popular Music.” Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois, March 29, 2019.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND FIELD STUDY
Field study in Indonesia (7 years): 2019; 2017; 2016; 2014; 2013; 2012; 2011; 2010; 2009; 2008; 2006-07; 2005; 2001; 1999; 1994-1995; 1992; 1988-1989; 1986; 1984
Field study in Uganda (2 months): 2011; 2010; 2008
Field study in O‘ahu, Kaua‘i, and Hawai‘i (12 months): 1988-1991
Principal Researcher, Writer, and Sound Engineer, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (Hawai‘i),“Musical Traditions of Hawai‘i”: 1987-1993
Research Assistant, Institute of Culture and Communication, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, “Cultural Construction and National Identity”: 1989-1991
Project Assistant in Ethnomusicology, University of California, Berkeley, “Documentation of Musical Instruments in Japanese Art”: 1985-86
LANGUAGES
Indonesian: speak, write, read; Sundanese: speak, write, read; Dutch: read
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Affiliated Faculty Member in Anthropology, Cultural Studies, and Women’s Studies, University of Pittsburgh
Board of Directors, American Institute for Indonesian Studies (AIFIS), 2020-present
Editorial Board, Journal of Art, Society, and Humanity. Institut Seni Indonesia Surakarta, Indonesia, 2023-present
Reviewer, Paraguna (journal), ISBI Bandung, 2022-present
Reviewer, Aksara: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra Indonesia, 2019-present
Standing Review Board Member to the RGC Humanities and Social Sciences Panel, Hong Kong, 2017-present
Editorial Board Member, Studies on Performing Arts & Literature of the Islamicate World (books series, Brill Publications, the Netherlands), 2014-present
Editorial Board Member, Semaian (monograph series, Leiden University), 2013-present
Chair, Student Small Grants Committee, Society for Asian Music, 2022
Graduate Admissions Director, Department of Music, University of Pittsburgh, 2021-22
Member, Hatch Prize Committee, Society for Asian Music, 2019
Member, Board Nominating Committee, Society for Ethnomusicology, 2019
Member, Review Panel, Fulbright U.S. Student Program, 2017
Chair, Strategic Planning Committee, Society for Ethnomusicology, 2016
Executive Board Member, Society for Ethnomusicology, 2013-2015
Chair, Local Arrangements Committee, Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, 2014
Screener, ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, 2012
Consultant in Ethnomusicology, Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, 2011
Conference Program Committee, MACSEM, 2011
Member, Indonesia and East Timor Studies Committee, Association for Asian Studies, 2009-2012
Executive Board Member, Society for Asian Music, 2006-2010
Treasurer, Society for Asian Music, 2006-2010
Chair, Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) 2004 Jaap Kunst Prize Committee
Member, Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) 2003 Jaap Kunst Prize Committee
Faculty Affiliate, ECAI Southeast Asia (Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative), UC Berkeley, 2002-present
Screener, SSRC-ACLS International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship Program, 2006 and 2003
Member, Media, Performance, and Identity Research Circle, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2002-present
Member, Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) 2002 Council Nominating Committee
Council Member, Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM), 2000-2003
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Ohio University, 2000-present
Vice President, Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology (MACSEM), 1999-2001
Conference Organizer and Program Committee Chair, MACSEM, 2000
Conference Program Chair, MACSEM, 1999
Conference Program Committee, MACSEM, 1998-2001
Council Member (Student member), Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM), 1992-1995
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Society for Asian Music
Society for Ethnomusicology
Association for Asian Studies
INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE TOURS
United States Embassy, Dangdut Cowboys Tour, 2019
Pekan Wayang VII (International Festival of Puppetry), Jakarta, Indonesia, 1999
Institut International de la Marionnette, France (Indonesian Puppet Theatre), 1995
University of Hawaii Peking Opera Tour, China (Shanghai/Nanjing/Wuxi), 1991
Pencak Silat (Martial Arts) World Championship, The Netherlands (Den Haag), 1990
Pencak Silat (Martial Arts) World Championship, Singapore, 1988
Pekan Wayang V (International Festival of Puppetry), Jakarta, Indonesia, 1988
MANUSCRIPT READER
Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (2022 [1])
MUSICultures (2019 [1])
Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (2019 [1])
Asian Music (2000-present; [8])
Ethnomusicology (2000-present; [9])
Asian Studies Review (2018 [1])
Wesleyan University Press (2018-present [2])
Bloomsbury Press (2018 [1])
Oxford University Press (2001 [1]; 2016 [1])
University of Illinois Press (2016 [1]; 2017 [1])
Visual Anthropology Review (2012; [1])
Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (2012; [1])
Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology (2010 [1]; 2022 [1])
Indonesia and the Malay World (2010; 2016; 2018 [3])
Chicago University Press (2009[1])
Ohio University Press (2008[1])
Inside Indonesia (2008 [1])
Theatre Journal (2008 [1])
Routledge Press (2007 [1]; 2010 [2]; 2019 [1]; 2021 [1])
Kasarinian: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies (Philippines, 2007 [1])
Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology (Sweden, 2006 [1])
Indonesia (2015 [1]; 2011; [1]; 2010 [1]; 2008 [2]; 2007 [2]; 2006 [1]; 2004 [1])
Asian Journal of Social Science (Singapore, 2005 [1])
University of Wisconsin Press (2004 [1])
Cultural Anthropology (2003 [1])
Yearbook for Traditional Music (2003 [1]; 2019 [1]; 2021 [1])
Semaian (monograph series, Leiden University) (2013; [1])
KITLV Verhandelingen Series (monograph series, published by Brill) (2013; [1])
Prentice-Hall Publications (2002 [1])
Mayfield Publishing (1999 [1])
W.W. Norton & Company (1999 [1])
Smithsonian Institution (Indonesian Music Project, 1998 [1])
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Member, Tenure Council, University of Pittsburgh, 2019-present
Chair, Ethnomusicology Search Committee (Lecturer), University of Pittsburgh, 2019-20
Member, Ad-hoc Tenure Review Committees, University of Pittsburgh, 2004-present (14)
Chair, Ethnomusicology Search Committee (TS), University of Pittsburgh, 2017-18
Chair, Ethnomusicology Search Committee (Lecturer), University of Pittsburgh, 2017-18
Member, Film Studies PhD program review committee, 2016
Faculty Advisor, Southeast Asian Student Alliance, University of Pittsburgh, 2014-present
Chair, Department of Music, University of Pittsburgh, 2012-15
Chair, Heinz Chapel Choir Director Search Committee (Lecturer), University of Pittsburgh, 2013-14
Chair, Ethnomusicology Search Committee (TS), University of Pittsburgh, 2012-13
Member (appointed), Planning and Budget Committee, University of Pittsburgh, 2011-14
Chair, Musicology Search Committee (TS), University of Pittsburgh, 2011-12
Chair, Ethnomusicology Search Committee (TS), University of Pittsburgh, 2010-11
Member, Musicology Search Committee (TS), University of Pittsburgh, 2010-11
Chair (elected), Indo-Pacific Council (INPAC), University of Pittsburgh, 2008-12
Member (elected), Arts and Sciences Nominating Committee, University of Pittsburgh, 2009-10.
Advisory Committee, Humanities Center, University of Pittsburgh, 2009-11.
Member (appointed), Cultural Studies Executive Committee, University of Pittsburgh, 2009-10
Member (appointed), Provost’s Humanities Fellowship Committee, University of Pittsburgh, 2009-10
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Music, University of Pittsburgh, 2007-2012
Member, Musicology Search Committee, University of Pittsburgh, 2008-09
Chair, Ethnomusicology Search Committee (TS), University of Pittsburgh, 2007-08
Arts & Sciences Tenure Committee, University of Pittsburgh, 2007 (2)
Member (appointed), School of Arts and Sciences Study Abroad Committee, University of Pittsburgh, 2007-10
Member, Women’s Studies Tamara Horowitz Graduate Paper Prize Committee, University of Pittsburgh, 2006
Co-chair, School of Arts and Sciences Faculty Grants Committee, 2006-07
Member, Selection Panel, Summer Study Abroad Scholarship Program, Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs, University of Pittsburgh, 2006
Member (elected), School of Arts and Sciences Faculty Grants Committee, 2005-07
Member, Asian Studies Center Faculty Grants Committee, 2005
Member of the Advisory Board, Asian Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh, 1999-2005
Member (elected), Honors College Advisory Board, University of Pittsburgh, 2005-07
Member, Cultural Studies Program Fellowship Committee, 2005
Chair (elected), Indo-Pacific Council (INPAC), University of Pittsburgh, 2002-05
Member, Graduate Student Admissions Committee, Department of Music, 2004-06
Organizer, “Divinities, Demons, Kings, and Clowns: Puppetry of India and Southeast Asia” at the University Art Gallery, February 13-March 27, 2004
Fellow, University of Pittsburgh Faculty Seminar for More Inclusive Courses, May 10-21, 1999
Department Liaison to the Cultural Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh, 1998-2000; 2002-05
Director, University of Pittsburgh Gamelan Ensemble, 1997-present
Director, Colloquia Series, Department of Music, University of Pittsburgh, 1997-2001
UNIVERSITY GAMELAN PERFORMANCE EVENTS
Director, Instructor, and Performer:
“Gamelan Sunda: The Sound of Celebration.” Bellefield Auditorium, April 1, 2023 (with guest artists Endang Rukandi and Henry Spiller).
“From Indonesia to Pittsburgh: New Music for the University Gamelan.” Bellefield Auditorium, April 8, 2022 (with guest artists Ismet Ruchimat and Maya Caturistayu).
“Twenty Years of Gamelan at Pitt.” Bellefield Auditorium, April 13 and 14, 2018 (with guest artists Ismet Ruchimat, Indra Ridwan, and Masyuning).
“Gamelan Fusion.” Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, April 9, 2016 (with guest artists Ismet Ruchimat and Masyuning).
“Modern Music of Indonesia.” Bellefield Auditorium, April 11, 2015 (with guest artist Ega Robot).
“Bamboo and Bronze.” Bellefield Auditorium, April 11, 2014 (with guest artist Burhan Sukarma).
“The Passion of Gamelan and Pop Sunda.” Bellefield Auditorium, April 12 and 13, 2013 (with guest artists Rika Rafika and Suherlan).
“Sunda.” Bellefield Auditorium, April 8 and 9, 2011 (with guest artist Ening Rumbini).
“Contemporary Music and Dance of Indonesia.” Bellefield Auditorium, April 9 and 10, 2010 (with guest artists Ikke Nurjanah and Ening Rumbini).
“Dance-Music of Indonesia.” Bellefield Auditorium, April 3 and 4, 2009 (with guest artists Wahyu Roche and Ening Rumbini)
“Contemporary Gamelan and Popular Music of Indonesia.” Bellefield Auditorium, April 11 and 12, 2008 (with guest artists Nano Suratno, Ening Rumbini, and Rita Tila).
“The Voice of Sunda.” Bellefield Auditorium, April 13 and 14, 2007 (with guest artists Euis Komariah, Burhan Sukarma, and Gangan Garmana).
“The Tale of Princess Gandrung Arum.” Bellefield Auditorium, March 31 and April 1, 2006 (with guest artists Ening Rumbini, Undang Sumarna, and Ben Arcangel).
“Contemporary Music and Dance of Indonesia.” Bellefield Auditorium, April 15 and 16, 2005 (with guest artists Ismet Ruchimat and Ati Sumiati).
“Wayang Golek Puppet Theater of West Java.” Bellefield Auditorium, April 9 and 10, 2004 (with guest artists Otong Rasta and Atik Rasta Prawira).
“Puppet Theater and Gamelan Music of West Java, Indonesia.” Bellefield Auditorium, April 11 and 12, 2003 (with guest artists Undang Sumarna, Kathy Foley, and Henry Spiller).
“Music and Dance of West Java, Indonesia.” Bellefield Auditorium, April 12 and 13, 2002 (with guest artists Undang Sumarna, Yoseph Iskandar, and Ben Arcangel).
“Ramayana: A Cross-Cultural Dance Drama of India and Indonesia.” Bellefield Auditorium, March 23 and 24, 2001 (with guest artists Undang Sumarna, Sri Susilowati, Sreyashi Dey, and Srishti Dances of India).
“Sundanese Music and Dance.” Bellefield Auditorium, March 18, 2000 (with guest artists Undang Sumarna, Laksmi Purwanti Margarani, and Ben Arcangel).
“Sundanese Music and Dance.” Bellefield Auditorium, March 27, 1999 (with guest artists Undang Sumarna and Burhan Sukarma).
“Sundanese Music and Dance.” Bellefield Auditorium, March 21, 1998 (with guest artists Undang Sumarna and Sri Susilowati).
COURSES TAUGHT
University of Pittsburgh (graduate)
Introduction to Ethnomusicology (Fall 2000; Spring 2002; Fall 2002; Fall 2007; Fall 2011; Fall 2012; Fall 2013; Fall 2014; Fall 2015; Fall 2016; Spring 2018; Fall 2019)
Field and Lab Methods (Fall 1999; Fall 2003; Spring 2006; Fall 2008; Spring 2011; Spring 2019; Spring 2023)
Advanced Methods in Cultural Theory and Musical Practice (Fall 1998; Spring 2009; Spring 2013; Fall 2022)
The Study of Popular Music (Spring 1998; Spring 2003; Spring 2007; Spring 2010; Spring 2019)
Music and Economics (Fall 2020)
Music and Communication (taught jointly with Jonathan Sterne, Fall 2003)
Performing Ethnomusicology (Fall 2017)
Music and Islam in Southeast Asia (Fall 2004)
Music and Marx (Spring 2005)
Music and Postcolonial Studies (Fall 2010)
University of Pittsburgh (undergraduate)
An Introduction to Music Cultures of the World (1997-2008 [16 semesters])
Music of Southeast Asia (Fall 1997; Spring 1999; Fall 2000; Spring 2004; Spring 2010; Spring 2021; Fall 2022)
Gamelan Ensemble (Fall 1997-Spring 2009; 2015-2017 [25 semesters])
Music of The Beatles (Spring 2009; Summer 2009; Fall 2009; Fall 2010; Summer 2013; Spring 2015; Summer 2015; Fall 2016; Summer 2019; Fall 2019; Fall 2020; Fall 2021; Spring 2022)
The Life and Music of Led Zeppelin (Spring 2020; Spring 2021; Spring 2023)
Music in Modern America (Fall 2021)
University of California, San Diego (undergraduate)
An Introduction to World Beat (Spring 1997)
Music, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States (Winter 1996)
Music of Asia (Spring 1996 and Fall 1996)
University of California, Los Angeles (undergraduate)
Music of Southeast Asia (Spring 1997)