MMaP Research Centre
Arts and Culture Centre, Allandale Rd. A1C 5S7 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, Canada

#MUNethnomusicology’s Eric Taylor studies how Brazilian #FandangoCaiçara groups have navigated the pandemic by adopting digital strategiessuch as online concerts, festivals, and community discussionsthat help make the genre more sustainable and their communities stronger. A particular focus of Eric’s research is the cultural organization Associação Mandicuera, which adapted its annual Holy Spirit pilgrimage to a virtual format using personalized videos sent via WhatsApp and... Facebook livestreams of religious celebrations. Outside of his studies, Eric has released two solo albums and an EP with #folkmusic / #bossanova duo Ana & Eric. Listen here: https://erictaylor.bandcamp.com; https://ffm.to/ana_eric.owe. #musicatmemorial #musicresearch #ethnomusicology #pandemicmusic Music at Memorial Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Memorial University Memorial University School of Graduate Studies Memorial University of Newfoundland

For #StPatricksDay, here’s George Payne of Cow Head with a #Newfoundland variant of a well-known #Irish song, The Little Beggarman, in which a beggar celebrates the freedom of his itinerant lifestyle. Ragadoo/rigadoo may refer to the beggar’s pack/rig or his ragged overcoat. It also likely has a sexual connotation, in keeping with the suggestive tone of the song as a whole. Other interpretations welcome! Learn more on our new album of traditional songs from the #GrosMorne r...egion. https://www.mun.ca/mm/research_pub/back_on_track/grosmorne/ #DiscoverMMaP #musicatmemorial #culturesofsoundnetwork Music at Memorial Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Memorial University Canadian Museum of History Gros Morne National Park MUN Folklore and Language Archive - Munfla

The Little Beggarman. George Payne, vocals. Recorded by Herbert Halpert and John Widdowson, Cow Head, Newfoundland, August 1966. Learn more: https://www.mun.ca/mm/research_pub/back_on_track/grosmorne/

#MUNethnomusicology PhD student Monique McGrath Nyonjo has produced a documentary film exploring the work of Nilotika Cultural Ensemble, a community organization in #Kampala that uses music and other #creativearts to help young people connect with #Indigenousknowledge and culture. The film is part of the Connecting Culture and Childhood Project, based at York University, which investigates how young people around the world are working to revitalize their #culturalheritage th...rough creative arts practices. Monique is a certified music therapist whose SSHRC-funded dissertation research, also located in Uganda, focuses on decolonizing #musictherapy with autistic children. #MusicAtMemorial #ethnomusicology Music at Memorial Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Memorial University Memorial University School of Graduate Studies Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)

Tune in tonight at 5pm AST for the virtual launch of Bala, a new album by virtuoso #balafón musician Lassana Diabaté, recorded and produced by our friends at the Centre for Sound Communities at Cape Breton University. #culturesofsoundnetwork The launch concert will be followed by a discussion with the artist and producersdetails here: https://fb.me/e/SFhuSl1s

New on our YouTube channel: #LGBTQ+ Community through the Arts and #ChoralMusic, hosted by MMaP together with PFLAG St. John's Chapter, the St. John's Gay Men's Chorus and the Bruneau Centre for Excellence in Choral Music. The video features performances by the St. John’s Gay Men’s Chorus and Spectrum Queer Choir, as well as a panel discussion on queer communities and the arts. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos of MMaP lectures and special events. #musicatm...emorial #DiscoverMMaP #nlarts Music at Memorial Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Memorial University Memorial University of Newfoundland

Congratulations to the Nain Moravian Church Choir and Nain Brass Band / Nainip Tittulautingit on winning MusicNL’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. View the award presentation here: https://youtu.be/fFLBDriRMvw?t=3066. Hear more of their music and learn about this unique musical tradition on our album Ahâk! Ahâk! Moravian Music of the Labrador Inuit. https://www.mun.ca/mmap/research_pub/back_on_track/ahakahak/

Hear all about our new album, Doughboys & Molasses, Oh!, in the latest episode of the #LivingHeritage podcast with provincial folklorist Dale Jarvis. The album’s producer, Dr. Anna Kearney Guigné (pictured), explains how it celebrates the rich song culture of Newfoundland’s #GrosMorne region: www.ichblog.ca//living-heritage-podcast-ep200-doughboys.ht #DiscoverMMaP #MusicAtMemorial Heritage NL Canadian Museum of History Gros Morne National Park... MUN Folklore and Language Archive - Munfla See more

Jing Xia & Friends is tonight! Tickets: http://bit.ly/2KfuM8J. Join Jing and a group of fantastic local musicians as they explore her intercultural journey as a professional #guzheng player and #ethnomusicology PhD student in Canada. #musicatmemorial #MUNethnomusicology #gradstudies Music at Memorial Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Memorial University Memorial University School of Graduate Studies

#MUNethnomusicology PhD student Jing Xia is a #guzheng player from China. Her research focuses on experiences of professional Chinese instrumentalists in North America and their intercultural music-making. Since moving to St. John’s, she has been an active performer in the city’s music scene: collaborating with local musicians, exploring new possibilities of the guzheng, and developing an improvisational practice as part of her research. Join Jing and friends on February 4 at... 7:30pm for a special #MusicAtMemorial online concert tracing her intercultural journey in Canadafrom Chinese folk tunes to contemporary fusion compositions to experimental improv and more. Music at Memorial Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Memorial University Memorial University School of Graduate Studies

Volume 1 of our new journal, Music Research Annual, is out now at www.musicresearchannual.org! Details below. #MusicAtMemorial #MusicResearch #DiscoverMMaP

We're excited to announce the imminent launch of Music Research Annual, a new open-access journal published by MMaP, devoted to review essays on music research across the humanities, social sciences, and beyond. #MusicAtMemorial #MusicResearch #DiscoverMMaP Music at Memorial Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Memorial University Memorial University of Newfoundland

We're very excited to invite you to the virtual launch of the latest album in our Back on Track Audio Publication Series: Doughboys and Molasses, Oh! Traditional Songs from the Gros Morne Region. You won’t want to miss this celebration of the musical heritage of this distinctive region of Newfoundland’s west coast. Music at Memorial Gros Morne National Park Traditional Song Forum... Canadian Museum of History #DiscoverMMaP

Please join us in congratulating Gale Franklin on graduating this fall as a Fellow of the Memorial University School of Graduate Studies! Her MA research explored the pre and post-migration sonic experiences of Syrian refugees as well as examined how music acts as a site for experiencing the world and understanding oneself and one’s surroundings. Gale is now a SSHRC Doctoral Fellow at the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies at Carleton University, and is also pursuing ...a Graduate Diploma in Migration and Diaspora Studies. Building on her MA research, Gale explores how music and other forms of expressive culture shape newcomer experiences in Canada and how they can be used to facilitate settlement and integration experiences as well as intercultural understanding in Canada. Music at Memorial #DiscoverMMaP

Lest we forget. #RemembranceDay

Known in the Parson’s Pond area as Aunt Charlotte, where she served as a midwife, Charlotte Decker (pictured) was renowned for her singing abilities and performed regularly at concerts and other community events. On our latest release Doughboys and Molasses, Oh! she sings the wistful Bright Phoebe and the Christmas song The Ten Joys of Mary. Save the date for our virtual album launch on November 26 and click here to preview & pre-order the album: https://www.mun.ca/mm.../research_pub/back_on_track/grosmorne/ #DiscoverMMaP Music at Memorial Gros Morne National Park Traditional Song Forum Canadian Museum of History Parsons Pond

The ethnomusicology graduate students at MUN wear many hatsincluding hard hats! Ph.D. student Jake Danson Faraday (pictured) studies the work, relationships, and everyday life of the live sound technicians on Corteo, a touring Cirque du Soleil (CDS) arena show. Jake worked as a touring sound technician with CDS for about five years before starting his Ph.D. He says the experience richly shaped his thinking and methodologies in the field. Here he is in the field, pre-COVID-1...9. We'll be sharing a few more stories of students' research in the coming weeks! Stay tuned. Memorial University School of Graduate Studies Music at Memorial #DiscoverMMaP

St John's is a city brimming with stories from all over the world! Now you can carry them with you, using our app Neighbours: St John's! Neighbours: St John's presents a map of downtown St. John’s, with markers indicating culturally significant sites in the city. Using GPS technology, the app allows users to create their own walking tour of St. John’s cultural communities. To download the app for free click one of the links below: ... iOS: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/neighbours/id1304582648 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details Discover the stories that fill the streets of St John's! #DiscoverMMaP Public Engagement at Memorial University Memorial University School of Graduate Studies Destination St. John's https://www.youtube.com/watch

Do you like folk music? If so, you will love our Back on Track Series! Part of our work here at MMaP is to make rare musical recordings of cultural significance available to a wide audience. All of the albums are accompanied by booklets that present the history and context of the recordings. Accordion and fiddle lovers will enjoy Bellows and Bows / Soufflets et Archets: ... https://www.mun.ca/mmap/research_pub/back_on_track/b_and_b/ Those interested in Newfoundland work songs will appreciate Work Work Work: Work and Labour History in Song: https://www.mun.ca//research_p/back_on_track/workworkwork/ And If you´re interested in the fascinating culture of Labrador, Ahâk! Ahâk! Moravian Music of the Labrador Inuit is for you: https://www.mun.ca/mmap/research_pub/back_on_track/ahakahak/ For the full catalogue visit: https://www.mun.ca/mmap/research_pub/back_on_track/ Join us in the celebration of Newfoundland and Canada´s rich and immensily diversified culture. #DiscoverMMaP #BackOnTrackSeries Music at Memorial Public Engagement at Memorial University Memorial University of Newfoundland

Our recent Good As a (Covid) Concert is now available on Youtube! The event featured music by three of the province’s leading performerssinger and guitarist Sherry Ryan, multi-instrumentalist Natasha Blackwood Music, and vocalist and accordionist Aaron Collis, from Rum Ragged! Click the link below to watch!... https://youtu.be/251ZTx0HDYU Public Engagement at Memorial University Music at Memorial

The rich diverse culture of Newfoundland and Labrador is our first source of inspiration here at the Research Centre for the Study of Music, Media, and Place (MMaP), but that´s not all that unite us. In the next few weeks, we´ll be presenting some of the work done by MMaP as well as the research and interests of the people who are part of our community, either as researchers, students, or artists. Discover the rich tapestry of colours and sounds from our province and beyond! #DiscoverMMaP

The evening presentations of last year´s Good As a Concert are available to watch now! The first part of the evening features songwriter and accordeonist Dave Penny Music and guitarist Daunt Lee. They are followed by the talented duo Christina Smith and Jean Hewson. The evening ends with Smith and Hewson being joined by Frank Maher on accordeon and Rick West on Bodhran. ... Music at Memorial Public Engagement at Memorial University SingSong Inc. https://youtu.be/T5IHIXqbr80

We are live! Join us for the Good As a (Covid) Concert: Live Streamed Performances For a Time of Crisis! Featuring Natasha Blackwood Music, Aaron Collins and Sherry Ryan! SingSong Inc. Music at Memorial... Public Engagement at Memorial University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alQWOevdYjo

Good As a (Covid) Concert: Livestreamed Performances for a Time of Crisis. Meet the artists: Natasha Blackwood Music is an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist and composer, and is one of the talented artists that are performing tonight!... The event will be live streamed from 7:30pm. Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2281370878676281/ Live stream link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alQWOevdYjo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NokTUDrbfY

Good As a (Covid) Concert: Livestreamed Performances for a Time of Crisis. Meet the artists: Acclaimed accordionist Aaron Collins is one of the artists featured on tomorrow´s Good As a (Covid) Concert: Livestreamed Performances for a Time of Crisis.... Join us for a night of great music! The event will be live streamed from 7:30pm. Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2281370878676281/ Live stream link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alQWOevdYjo Here´s Aaron Collins performing with Rum Ragged https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg1UjFRit-g Music at Memorial Public Engagement at Memorial University

Good As a (Covid) Concert: Livestreamed Performances for a Time of Crisis. Meet the artists: Acclaimed singer-songwriter Sherry Ryan is one of the artists featured on Monday´s Good As a (Covid) Concert: : Livestreamed Performances for a Time of Crisis. ... Join us for a night of great music! The event will be livestreamed from 7:30pm! Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2281370878676281/ Live stream link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alQWOevdYjo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1P3Cyud3Gc

Coming up this Monday at 7:30pm! Livestream link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alQWOevdYjo #musicatmemorial

Join us for a night of inspiring music! On July 20, 2020, at 7:30pm, MMaP will partner with SingSong Inc. and the St. John’s Song Circle’s Eleanor Dawson to present another event in our Good as a Concert series. The event will feature music by three leading performers in the provincesinger and guitarist Sherry Ryan, vocalist and accordionist Aaron Collis from Rum Ragged, and multi-instrumentalist Natasha Blackwood Music. While there will be no in-person audience for this ...performance, the event will be livestreamed for free on MMaP’s YouTube channel. Join us for a night of great music that continues the themes of our Good as a Concert series during this time of global health crisis. To watch the concert, just access the link below at the time of the concert! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alQWOevdYjo Music at Memorial Public Engagement at Memorial University

Do you know MMaP´s Back on Track Audio Publication Series? Part of our work here at MMaP is to make difficult-to-access musical recordings of cultural significance available to a wide audience. All of the audio is accompanied by rich graphic material that presents the history and context of the recordings. Our latest release is entitled Work Work Work: Work and Labour History in Song, and it explores the ways that the diverse peoples of Newfoundland and Labrador have used mus...ic to think about the role of work in their lives. With both traditional and newly composed songs, this two-CD set presents powerful performances by some of the province’s finest singers. Click the link below for more info and to listen to the songs! https://www.mun.ca//research_p/back_on_track/workworkwork/ SingSong Inc. Music at Memorial Public Engagement at Memorial University

A recent visitor at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nancy Groce is the Senior Folklife Specialist in the American Folklife Center at The Library of Congress. She has been featured on The Society for Ethnomusicology´s YouTube channel Conversations in Ethnomusicology and World Music. In this video Groce talks about her interests in public ethnomusicology, folklore and the role of music in our lives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EunZhWuqnYg

Good news for the folk music lovers! In October 2019, MMaP, SingSong Inc., and Eleanor Dawson presented a daylong festival celebrating Newfoundland and Labrador’s rich folk song and narrative traditions. Titled Good as a Concert, it was the first in a series of events offering listeners a chance to hear lesser-known songs and stories from the province’s vast repertoire. This video presents performances from the evening concert, including Mark Manning from the acclaimed New...foundland band Rum Ragged and the talented singer Ellen Power! https://www.youtube.com/watch

Valuable initiative by Newfoundland Quarterly and the Memorial University Libraries at Memorial University of Newfoundland. All Hands is a strategic approach to enhancing and improving NL's online presence - most specifically on Wikipedia, the world's 5th most visited website. For the week of June 29, the theme is MUSIC and our guest editor is Sandy Morris. ... Some suggestions for subjects to be added can be found here - www.mun.ca/publicengageme/engagememorial/allhands/music.php See more