Autumn 2025 EthNoise! Newsletter

Welcome to the quarterly newsletter for the University of Chicago’s Department of Music workshop series, EthNoise! Click here to read the full Autumn 2025 EthNoise! Newsletter (PDF) In this issue… From the Editors’ Desk (Ronnie Malley and Pramantha Tagore)  This year marks nearly forty years since EthNoise! began in its earliest form as the “Music […]

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Society for Ethnomusicology Dry-Run Presentations

Join us in preparing to present in Ottawa! October 5th and 12th – Cobb 115 – 5:00pm Refreshments will be provided October 5th: (Re)orienting Improvisation: Ethics, Community, and Alternative Epistemologies of Creative Practice: A Roundtable Varshini Narayanan – (individual paper title forthcoming) Jonah Francese – “Rabbit Invents the Saxophone”: Indigenous Modes of Improvisation through Storytelling […]

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EthNoise! Presents: Gabriel Solis

Dear all, Just a friendly reminder for today’s joint EthNoise! + Sound and Society workshop, Thursday, May 11th from 5:00–6:30pm CT in Logan Room 801. It is an honor to be co-hosting Gabriel Solis (University of Washington) to discuss his work in progress. We will have refreshments and hope to see you there!    Dr. Gabriel Solis Divisional […]

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EthNoise! Presents: Rachel Chery and Jonah Francese

Dear all, Just a reminder about our EthNoise session today, April 13th from 5:00–6:30pm CT in Goodspeed 402. We’ll have fried plantains, avocado fries, tostones, empanadas, and nachos! Hope to see you there!   Rachel Chery Jonah Francese PhD Students, Department of Music    “Baile Donde Quieras”: The Global Politics of Black Dance in Fútbol Today, April 13th | 5:00–6:30 pm […]

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EthNoise! Presents: Charles Kronengold

Dear all, Just a friendly reminder for today’s joint EthNoise! + Sound and Society workshop, April 6th from 5:00–6:30pm CT in JRL 264. It is an honor to be co-hosting Charles Kronengold (Stanford University) to discuss his work in progress. We will have refreshments and hope to see you there!    Dr. Charles Kronengold Assistant Professor of Music Stanford University   “How Archives (and […]

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EthNoise! Presents: Heather Sparling

Dear all, We are excited to invite you to the first EthNoise! workshop for the spring quarter today, Thursday, March 23rd from 5:00–6:30pm CT on Zoom. It is an honor to have Heather Sparling (Cape Breton University) discuss with us her work on Gaelic language revitalization through lyrics and digital media / databases. We hope to see you there!  Dr. Heather Sparling Canada Research Chair in […]

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EthNoise! Presents: Marysol Quevedo

Dear all, Just a reminder that the final EthNoise! workshop for the winter quarter is TODAY, March 2nd from 5:00–6:30pm CT on Zoom. It is an honor to have Marysol Quevedo (University of Miami) discuss with us her work on Tania León and Afro-disaporic womanhood. We hope to see you there! Dr. Marysol Quevedo Assistant Professor of Musicology, University of Miami   “Afro-diasporic […]

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