Institute for Studies in American Music Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities at Brooklyn College
	In conjunction with the Conservatory of Music, Africana Studies, American Studies, Women's Studies, Women's Center, the Center for Diversity and Multicultural Studies, Asian Students' Union, and The Black History Month and Women's History Month Committees at Brooklyn College
	Spring 2004
	Music in Polycultural America
	The Secularization of Haitian Vodou Ritual In celebration of the Haitian bicenntenial, Haitian American anthropologist Dr. Henry Frank will speak on the origins of Vodou and the transformation of its ritual songs and dances into staged secular performance in Haiti and in New York City. The Ibo Dancers of Haiti will perform stylized renditions of Vodou ritual dance. Tuesday, February 24, 6:30 pm, Student Center
	Smashing the Ceiling: A Performance by Magdalen Hsu-Li with Dale Fanning Singer/songwriter/pianist/activist Magdalen Hsu-Li is one of the first Chinese American musicians to emerge in the United States in the acoustic/pop/alternative genre. After receiving a BFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design, she studied jazz and classical music at the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle. Her current album Fire explores issues of bisexuality, race, gender, and politics. Tuesday, March 2, 1:30 pm, Levenson Hall
	Composing in 1s and 0s Mark Katz, Assistant Professor of Music, Peabody Institute of Music, is the author of Playback (University of California Press, forthcoming), which explores the influence of the phonograph on American musical life and considers the displays of rhetorical and physical virtuosity in DJ battles. His presentation will examine the music of Paul Lansky, Fatboy Slim, and Public Enemy. Wednesday, March 17, 1:30 pm, Student Center
	MeShell Ndegéocello: Musical Articulations of Black Feminism Martha Mockus teaches feminist theory, queer studies, and music in the Women's Studies Program at SUNY Stony Brook. An active pianist, she has published articles on k. d. lang, women's blues singers, and "womyn's" music, and is at work on a book titled Sonic Feminism and Lesbian Erotics: The Music of Pauline Oliveros. Her presentation will explore American bassist/singer/songwriter MeShell Ndegéocello's sonic articulations of Black feminist protest, spiritual transformation, and sexual politics. Wednesday, April 21, 12:15 pm, Student Center
	Carl Stone: Four Decades of Sampling and Computer Technology Carl Stone is a sampler artist who creates elaborate sonic tapestries from pre-recorded sound material. Stone began working in this genre in the early 1980s, paralleling the rise of turntable artists and hip-hop music. Stone's work is equally influenced by classical, world, and popular music. Tuesday, May 4, 1:30 pm, 251 Gershwin
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