Julie Searles
Director of World Dance, Visiting Instructor of Music
Office: Watson 203
Office Hours: Wednesdays 9:00-11:00 am
Phone: 508-286-3589
Fax: 508-286-3565
Email: jsearles@wheatoncollege.edu
Degrees
M.A., Wesleyan University
B.A., Wesleyan University
Main Interests
Ethnomusicology, World Music (particularly Brazilian Popular, Irish Traditional, Jazz, and Contemporary Folk), Dance Ethnography, Social dance history, Popular Culture
Research Interests
The complex and pervasive strategy of appropriation has been central to recent research endeavors. I'm particularly interested in appropriations between cultures; how music and dance is transformed as expressive forms move from one culture to the next. Styles that have emerged as a fusion of borrowed influences are rich sites for socio-cultural, economic and political considerations.
Selected Publications, Creative Work or Performances
Audio Recordings:
2002 "Recollected", a CD of original songs-- recorded with Matthew Allen
2000 "Time & Again": Brazilian Covers and Original songs-- recorded with Matthew Allen and Armando Rivera
1994 "Cashews, Peppers and More": Bossa Novas, Sambas and Jazz-- recorded with Matthew Allen, Chris Brubeck and Eric Rosenthal