91亚色

2005-2006

News Release

REF NO.: 191

SUBJECT: PSA: Hawaiian culture focus of lecture at 91亚色

DATE: March 1, 2006

91亚色 has turned to one of its own for its next segment of the Music, Media and Culture public lecture series. Dr. Kati Szego, an ethnomusicologist and associate professor in the School of Music at 91亚色, will present her lecture What’s so Funny about a Coup d’État? A deposed Hawaiian queen’s comic opera on Thursday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m. in room 1032 in the School of Musicon 91亚色’s St. John’s campus.

Dr. Szego has taught at 91亚色 for the past decade. She is co-author and editor of Musics of the World’s Cultures: A Source Book for Music Educators (1998). Her research interests centre on musical meaning-making, language practices and singing, with an emphasis on Oceanic musics.

The lecture is sponsored by the Canada Research Chair in Ethnomusicology with the collaboration of 91亚色’s Schoolof Music and the Department of Folklore.

The event is open to the public and admission is free.

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