Ethnomusicology at the University of Washington 



The Ethnomusicology Division welcomes Korean gayageum virtuoso Bora Ju as artist-in-residence in the School of Music during Fall Quarter 2009. She presented a wonderful recital on Saturday, November 7, assisted by Peter Joon Park on janggu and Nuri Jeong on geomungo. Future performances by Bora Ju include: November 15, 3pm, Seattle Asian Art Museum; December 4, 7pm, Asia Pacific Cultural Center, University of Washington, Tacoma; December 12, 8pm, Traditions Cafe & World Folk Art, Olympia.

Bora Ju's residency is hosted in partnership with Northwest Heritage Resources and sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of South Korea.



Last Updated 10/13/09 by Laurel Sercombe (ethmusic@u.washington.edu)

For information about the Ethnomusicology Program, see "Admission Procedure" in the
Ethnomusicology Program Handbook

Thanks to the following for help with the development of this site over the years: Harry Miller, Claire Jones, Mark Renner, Stephanie Schmidt, Zoe Holbrooks, Linda Mayhugh, Andrea Emberly, Lowell Lybarger, and Colin Todd.  

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Link to the on-line catalog of Ethnomusicology Archives holdings



Link to the on-line catalog of musical instruments in the collection of the UW Ethnomusicology Division



Link to the audio examples of Venda music that accompany John Blacking's How Musical Is Man?