Dates: January 2-12, 2008 Faculty: Bob Stacke, Associate Professor of Music
Location: Jamaica
Application deadline: Oct 1, 2007
This study of multi-cultural music, especially
Afro-Caribbean origin is becoming increasingly important. The cross
fertilization of this music and societal issues is found in the music of the
Caribbean. Jamaica is considered one of the primary centers of Caribbean music
where composition, recording, and world distribution takes place. Also, located
in Jamaica is the University of the West Indies where extensive research is done
regarding Caribbean music.
Dr. Robert Stacke
Dr. Robert Stacke is the Chair of the Augsburg Music
Department and Director of Bands. He received his PhD from the University of
Minnesota, Masters Degree from the University of St. Thomas and Bachelor of
Music Degree from Augsburg College. As a guest conductor, clinician and
soloist, he has traveled extensively performing/conducting and doing research in
Europe, South America, Cuba, Nicaragua, Mexico, Ireland, Cuba, Haiti and China.
Dr. Stacke has taught the History of Caribbean Music in Jamaica and Cuba eight
times.
Rebecca Dirksen
Rebecca Dirksen is an ethnomusicologist presently focusing
on the music and politics of the Caribbean basin and Latin America. Currently
pursuing a PhD in Ethnomusicology at the University of California, Los Angeles
as a Global Scholar, she also has a Master of Arts degree in Music and Cultural
Studies from the University of Surrey Roehampton (London, England) and a
Bachelors of Music degree in Piano Performance from Lawrence University
(Appleton, Wisconsin, USA). Dirksen has been a visiting lecturer in the music
department at Roehampton University in London, teaching classes on music history
and musical cultures; she has also written and published a complete interactive
introductory music theory course online, which is presently being used by the
same university in London. A conservatory-trained classical pianist and
percussionist, Dirksen has professionally performed, taught and conducted in the
United States, Canada, Haiti and the United Kingdom.
