The University of Hawai‘i offers exceptional opportunities for scholars with a special interest in Asia and the Pacific. Curricular offerings in the Ethnomusicology Program include survey courses in world music; lecture and performance classes in Asian, Pacific, and American musics; and graduate seminars in ethnomusicological theory, research methodology, regional musics, world music pedagogy, and current issues.

Specific geo-cultural areas of current and recent focus:  Hawaiʻi/Polynesia, Korea, Japan, Okinawa, China, South Asia/Nepal, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines.  Performance classes vary from semester to semester and in recent years have included: Beijing opera music, Chinese ensemble, Hawaiian choral singing, Hawaiian hula and chant, Hawaiian ensemble, Hawaiian slack key guitar, Japanese gagaku orchestra, Japanese kabuki music, Japanese koto, Japanese shakuhachi, Javanese and Balinese gamelan, Nepali ensemble, Okinawan uta-sanshin, Samoan music and dance, and Tahitian music and dance.  Courses in Philippine, Indian, Japanese, Okinawan, and Korean dance complement the offerings of the Music Department.

In addition to courses in Ethnomusicology, students will find strong support in the related fields of Anthropology, Art History, Asian Studies, Cultural Studies, Dance, Geography, Hawaiian Studies, Linguistics, History, Pacific Island Studies, Religion, and Theater and Dance. UHM offers a wide range of Asian and Pacific language courses–for Asia:  Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Indonesian, Thai, Filipino, Ilocano, Khmer, Vietnamese, Hindi/Urdu, and Sanskrit;  for the Pacific: Hawaiian, Tahitian, Samoan, Tongan, Maori, and Chamorro. The Music Department sponsors frequent concerts and lectures by visiting and local musicians as well as faculty and students. Ethnomusicology also is actively involved in such co-sponsored activities as productions of Beijing opera, Balinese dance, Javanese shadow puppetry, and Japanese kabuki. These productions afford students an opportunity to study with master teachers from Asia who came for performance preparation to supplement strong local resources.

The Music Department maintains excellent collections that serve as important research and instructional resources for ethnomusicology. These include two complete sets of gamelan instruments, one from Java and one from Bali, and an Ethnomusicology Instrument Collection of over 4,500 musical instruments from around the world, one of the largest teaching collections of non-Western instruments in the United States. The department also supports an Ethnomusicology Archive that contains written documents, theses, and sound and visual recordings related to Asian and Pacific music. The Barbara B. Smith Amphitheater and Ethnomusicology Wing houses an outdoor performance space, instrument collection, gamelan room, transcription lab, seminar room, faculty offices, designated studio and rehearsal space for Asian music, and two excellent dance studios.

Hamilton Library is an on-campus resource known worldwide for its Hawai‘i-Pacific Collection and its Asia Collection. Sinclair Library houses the music collection and the Harry C. and Nee-Chang Wong Audiovisual Center, which has an excellent collection of audio and audio-visual resources from Pacific Basin countries. Various centers in the School for Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies sponsor conferences, lecture series, and interdisciplinary courses that bring well-known Asian and Pacific scholars to the university. The East-West Center (located on the UHM campus) is a major research institution for Asian and Pacific affairs and its Arts Program brings performing artists from these regions to present concerts and lecture-demonstrations. All of these centers also serve as meeting places for the large number of international scholars and government officials that pass through Honolulu and are important resources for information about current events in the region.

The Bernice P. Bishop Museum and the Mission Houses Museum are community resources of importance for Pacific Studies; the Honolulu Academy of Art and the Doris Duke Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art are international centers for Asia Studies. There is a wide variety of on-going community events within Honolulu’s extensive Asian and Pacific Islander communities.

This fellowship is intended to aid in developing ethnomusicological expertise in Asian and Pacific Islands countries by providing support for two years of graduate study to qualified students entering the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Renewal of the fellowship after the first year is contingent upon satisfactory progress in the program. The fellowship covers living allowance, tuition, student fees, book purchase allowance, and health insurance for one calendar year. Applicant is responsible for round-trip transportation to Honolulu. No travel funds are included. The award will be made when funds are available and when applicants meet the highly competitive standards of this Fellowship.

Qualifications

A national of an Asian or Pacific country who demonstrates exceptional potential for contributing to ethnomusicology in his/her home country. An incoming student who is admitted as a regular student in the Master of Arts or Doctor of Philosophy in Music-Ethnomusicology Program by the Graduate Division of the University of Hawai‘i.

Fellowship Application Deadline

15 January every year For further information contact:

Chairperson, Ethnomusicology Music Department University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa 2411 Dole Street Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96822, USA

Telephone: 808-956-2177 Fax: 808-956-9657

Ethnomusicology is one of the disciplines supported by fellowship programs at the Centers for Pacific Island, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Southeast Asian Studies (including the Philippines). For information about fellowships, please consult the respective websites:

• Center for Pacific Islands Studies
• Center for Chinese Studies
• Center for Japanese Studies
• Center for Korean Studies
• Center for Southeast Asian Studies
• Center for South Asian Studies

Prerequisite Two semester courses in non-Western music; the deficiency may be removed by enrolling in 107/407 and/or one other course as determined by the student’s advisor. Language Requirement A reading or speaking knowledge of a foreign language relevant to the thesis research (or equivalent competence in linguistics). Conference Participation Presentation of a paper in a scholarly conference is required for the MA degree.

Course of Study

Course	Credits
661 Bibliography & Library Resources in Music	3
600c Seminar in Ethnomusicology (3 cr)	3
670_ Regional Music (3cr) (B) Asia (C) Oceania	3–6
678b Advanced Problems in Ethnomusicology: Transcription	3
Ethnomusicology courses (may include 699 Directed Work)	2–5
Related music courses	6–9
700 Thesis Research (V) A research problem developed and presented in accordance with prevailing standards of scholarship for the field. The RILM form must be completed for the thesis.	8
Minimum Credits in Music	30

Plan A students enroll in a minimum of 8 credits of MUS 700 Thesis Research and must be enrolled in at least one credit of MUS 700 the semester they graduate. Enrollment in 1 credit of GRAD 700F: Thesis Research is considered full-time status.

Course of Study

Course	Credits
661 Bibliography & Library Resources in Music	3
600c Seminar in Ethnomusicology (3 cr)	3
670_ Regional Music (3cr) (B) Asia (C) Oceania	3
678b Advanced Problems in Ethnomusicology: Transcription	3
Ethnomusicology courses (may include 699 Directed Work) (e.g. MUS 311_, 312, 411_, 412, 413, 478, 479, 670_, 678_, 699)	6
Related music courses outside Ethnomusicology	6
Electives in music	3
695 Master’s Plan B Project	3
Minimum Credits in Music	30

Plan B students must take a minimum of 18 credits in graduate-level courses numbered 600 and above. These credits may apply toward both the general 30-credit minimum and the Department of Music minimum of 18-credits in music.

Plan B Project and research checkpoint All students completing the 30 credits of MA work will submit a formal document as part of the Plan B Project (MUS 695) and will defend their research in an oral examination. This final oral defense of the paper or project serves as a research checkpoint. Plan B scholarly papers will be submitted for publication, the student working closely with the adviser to identify appropriate publications and assure conformity to the publication style and standards of the target journal. Plan B project documentation will be archived in the Ethnomusicology Archive and digitally available to researchers and the community.

All students who complete the requirements and successfully pass the defense are eligible to receive the MA degree in Music, Ethnomusicology (Plan B). Those who find they prefer a career path that does not require the PhD or who do not demonstrate strong potential to succeed in the PhD will be offered the MA as an exit option and will graduate with a terminal MA in Music, Ethnomusicology (Plan B). The Plan B offers students a strong foundation in the theories and methodologies of Ethnomusicology, exposure to a range of geo-cultural areas, and the opportunity to study a selected topic or geo-cultural area in depth, all of which prepare the student for careers in music or community-based organizations that benefit from workers who are trained in cultural sensitivity and who possess knowledge of how culture and the arts function in a modern, global world.

Continuation in the PhD program Students who wish to continue in the PhD program in Music, ethnomusicology track, and who demonstrate the potential to do so successfully will submit a memo requesting continuation to the Graduate Chair, who in consultation with the adviser will form a five-member committee comprised of all Ethnomusicology professors plus remaining members from Level Three Graduate Faculty from other areas of the Music department. All members of the committee must approve of the student’s continuation, which will be determined by performance in coursework, the quality of the paper/project and its accompanying exam, and the demonstration of the inter-personal skills and personal traits  necessary to conduct effective field work (e.g., inter-cultural sensitivity, ethical decision-making, determination, creativity, resourcefulness, ability to adjust, commitment to the research community, etc.). This proposal allows students who are outstanding candidates for doctoral work to move forward seamlessly in the PhD student, receiving the MA in Music (Ethnomusicology, Plan B) en route to the PhD in Music, Ethnomusicology track.

Students should communicate with their committee members 4 months before their projected semester of defense regarding the date they intend to distribute the thesis and the approximate date of defense.

If a regular member of the committee cannot be physically present, a request must be sent to the Graduate Chair with as much advance notice as possible, and not later than two weeks prior to the defense date.

It is strongly recommended that the student plan to defend with all committee members present. Under extenuating circumstances, the student’s Committee Chair must petition the Graduate Chair at least six weeks in advance of defense to allow one of the following to participate in the defense remotely: the student, or the Chair. The student should request his/her Committee Chair to write a memo to the Graduate Chair that explains the extenuating circumstances.

If the Committee Chair is requesting remote participation, a written request shall be sent to the Department chair and Graduate Chair. If the Graduate Chair is chairing a committee, and requesting remote participation, a written request shall be sent to the Department Chair and Associate Chair.

Email is an acceptable form of written notice.

A remote participation memo will be submitted by the Graduate Chair to Graduate Student Services no less than two weeks, except in cases of emergency, prior to the date of the defense (with the calendar announcement of the defense). The names of all members with notations next to who is participating remotely and their role (e.g., chair, member, and/or student) will be included. In cases of emergency, the form should still be submitted prior to the defense.

Remote participation must include the following, which must be organized and ensured by the committee chair. Logistics for Remote Defense Participation

1. All materials, including any visual aids, have been distributed in advance to the remote committee participants no later than 48-hours prior to the scheduled defense;
2. The remote participants must be able to see and hear any presentation being made and any discussions as appropriate;
3. The candidate and the Committee Chair must be visually present throughout, and all committee members must be able to participate in audio conversations;
4. All remote participants must participate in the entire course of the meeting.

Other options for committees with traveling or physically absent members appear on the Graduate Division website.