Meghan Hynson on living abroad and the culture of music

By Sydney McCabe | The Duquesne Duke Visiting Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology Meghan Hynson wrote her dissertation on Balinese Shadow Puppet Theater. After spending four years in Bali and constructing a system for transcribing traditional Balinese music, which is taught orally and which only four people, including Hynson, have a mastery of today, Hynson is teaching world music courses at the Mary Pappert School of Music. Q: … Continue reading Meghan Hynson on living abroad and the culture of music

Music student starts cultural project in Ghana

By Julian Routh | News Editor When he is not working towards his degree in the Mary Pappert School of Music, junior music performance major Jeremy Feight is in Ghana innovating the country’s musical culture and educating Ghanaian youth about traditional music. IGNITE! Ghana, a cultural education project started by Feight last month, aims to take traditional Ghanaian music and “mix it with new ideas … Continue reading Music student starts cultural project in Ghana