2022 Symposium on the Music of the Sea

2022 Symposium on the Music of the Sea

The 2022 Symposium on the Music of the Sea will be held at the Essex Library from 9:00AM to 5:00PM on Friday, June 10th, with a break for lunch. Coffee and pastries will be available from 8:00-9:00am! The Symposium is free to attend, and will be streamed to YouTube for those who are unable to attend in-person.
Afterwards, continue the fun downtown at 7:00PM with our Friday Evening Concert (tickets available through Eventbrite or at the gate).

Symposium Schedule

9 am [Zoom Video only] Joint Paper: “Mobility of Music Features within South and Southeast Asia.”

Chinthaka Prageeth Meddegoda, “The Circulation of Theatre between South and Southeast Asia in the late 19th Century”

Rewadee Ungpho, “The Sea Gypsies’ Mobility and the Transfer of Musical Cultures along the Andaman Coast of Thailand”

Gisa Jähnichen, “Maritime Trade Routes between China and Sarawak’s Inland Communities and their Impact on Musical Features”

10 am James Seth “‘They delight in Musicke above measure’: Bridging Lingual Barriers through Music on 16th-Century English Voyages” 

11 am Dick Holdstock, “Songs of The 1797 Strike Of The British Navy” 

LUNCH BREAK

1 pm Dan Lanier “A Shipwreck, a Ballad, and a Busker: Interpreting the Legacy of Antiguan Thomas Joseph”

2 pm [Zoom Video only]  David Peloquin, “Singing the Dream-Tide Killen and the Art of Bardic Interpretation” 

3 pm Gibb Schreffler, “Reclaiming Shenandoah: A Musicological Recovery of Working Chanty Form” 

4 pm Jerry Bryant “A Comb and a Glass in Her Hand: The Mermaid’s Family Tree”