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Brian Schrag

 
International Ethnomusicology Consultant - SIL International
 
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Brian Schrag Profile :
International Ethnomusicology Consultant - SIL International
 
Brian Schrag Biography :

Degrees

Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Ethnomusicology, 2005

M.A. Wheaton College (IL), MA Intercultural Communications, Summa Cum Laude, 1987

B.S. Brown University, Cognitive Science, Magna Cum Laude, 1984

Current positions

International Coordinator for Ethnomusicology, SIL International (2006- )

Adjunct Professor, Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (2006- )

Research Associate, Strategic Research Unit, SIL International (2007- )

Other experience

Ethnomusicology consultant, Cameroon, 2002-2006

Linguist/Ethnomusicologist, DR Congo, 1992-1998

Editor, Catalyst & Research Library, 1996-2000

Editor, EMNews, 1995-1997

Course developer, "Music and Cross-Cultural Communication," 1990-1992

Membership

Society for Ethnomusicology

International Society for Traditional Musics

International Council of Ethnodoxologists

Language Proficiency

English native speaker

French Level 3

Lingala (DR Congo) Level 2.5

Mono (DR Congo) Level 2

Research interests

Indigenous hymnody

Communication theory

Revitalization movements

Cognition

Applied ethnomusicology

Africa

Selected publications

Publications in SIL International Bibliography

2005. How Bamiléké Music-Makers Create Culture in Cameroon. Ph.D. dissertation. University of California, Los Angeles.

2003. With Neil Coulter. "Response to 'Ethnomusicology as Tool for the Christian Missionary'." In European Meetings in Ethnomusicology 10: 98-108.

2000. With Kenneth S. Olson. "An overview of Mono phonology." In Proceedings from the 2nd World Congress of African Linguistics, Leipzig 1997, ed. by H. Ekkehard Wolff and Orin Gensler, 393-409. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe.

1998. "Mono Creativity: The Commissioning and Composition of Three Songs." Research Review (Legon, Ghana) Supplementary Issue No. 10.

1996. "Toward a Generative Analysis of Rhythm: A Review of African Polyphony and Polyrhythm [Simha Arom]." EMNews 5(1).

1994. "Toward a Model for the Evaluation of the Cultural Strength of Various Musics." Notes on Anthropology and Intercultural Community Work 16:3-14.

1992. "Translating Song Texts as Oral Compositions. "Notes on Translation 6 (1):44-62.

1989. "Becoming Bi-musical: The Importance And Possibility Of Missionary Involvement In Music." Missiology 17:311-320.

Online works

2000. "Grooving at the Nexus: The Intersection of African Music and Euro-American Ethnomusicology at UCLA." UCLA Ethnomusicology Department. Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles. http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/Groovin%20at%20the%20Nexus.pdf

Selected papers presented

2006. "Musical Invigoration of Cultural Dynamism in a Bamiléké Dance Association." Presented at the annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Honolulu, Hawai'i.

2006. With Dan Fitzgerald. "Yeah, but is it any good? The role of criticism in Christian song composition and performance." Presented at the Global Consultation on Music and Missions, St. Paul, Minnesota.

2003. "What Right Have We to Interfere? Rigor, Integrity, and Grace in the Context of Criticism." Presented at the Global Consultation on Music and Missions, Fort Worth, Texas.

1999. "Situated Musical Competence: Insights from the Composition of Three Songs in Northwestern Congo." Presented at the annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Austin, Texas.

1996. "Catalyzing Creativity: Nurturing a Dying Music Through Apprenticeship." Presented at the Meeting of the Midwest Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Cincinnati, Ohio.

 
Brian Schrag Colleagues :
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Carolyn Miller

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Barbara Trudell

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Eugene Burnham

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David Cram

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David Bosma

Dir. - Holland, Australia, Finance Coordinator, SIL Pacific Area Please login


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