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Frederick Moehn, Assistant Professor;
Ethnomusicology
Ph.D. New York University
E-mail Frederick Moehn at: Frederick.Moehn[at]SUNYSB.EDU
Frederick Moehn is an ethnomusicologist whose regional focus is the music of Latin America, with a specialization in Brazilian popular music. He studied music production and engineering as an undergraduate at Berklee College of Music in Boston. After graduating, however, he devoted his energies to performing jazz and other styles of popular music in the New York City area (guitar and voice). Through jazz he discovered the work of Antonio Carlos Jobim and other bossa nova artists; he eventually chose Brazilian music as his topic for graduate study at New York University. He conducted field research in Rio de Janeiro in 1998-1999 as a Fulbright scholar. His research to date has focused on the negotiation between nationalist and cosmopolitan sentiments in urban popular music in Brazil, and on music production and recording there. He defended his dissertation on this topic, entitled Mixing MPB: Cannibals and Cosmopolitans in Brazilian Popular Music, at NYU in 2001. He is currently beginning the process of rewriting the dissertation for a book manuscript. Before coming to Stony Brook, Prof. Moehn taught at NYU and Columbia. He is an affiliate of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS) at Stony Brook. Current teaching responsibilities include Music Cultures of the World, Music in Latin America, Music and Race, and a graduate seminar on the music of Brazil. Other interests include how music technologies influence the development of musical styles and aesthetics on the so-called periphery; music and cultural policy; and Latin American cultural studies. | Curriculum Vitae |
FREDERICK J MOEHN
Assistant Professor of Music
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Music Department
3304 Staller Center
SUNY Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5475
631.632.7330
fax 631.632.7404
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Specific: Brazilian music and Brazilian cultural history; the inter-relations between race, class, gender and nation in Brazilian music-making.
General: Latin American music and popular culture; Latin American cultural studies; cultural policy issues; music technologies and music production aesthetics.
PARTICULAR MUSICAL INTERESTS
Samba, chorinho, bossa nova and MPB (Música Popular Brasileira); nueva trova; jazz.
EDUCATION
New York University, NY
Ph.D. Music. Dissertation Title: Mixing MPB: Cannibals and Cosmopolitans in Brazilian Popular Music, 2001.
Committee: Gage Averill, George Yúdice, Donna Buchanan
New York University, NY
M.A. Music, 1997
Berklee College of Music, Boston
B.A. Music Production & Engineering, cum laude, 1988
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Affairs, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), 2002
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music, New York University, Dept. of Music, 2001-2002
Director, Latin American Music Ensemble at New York University, 1996
FELLOWSHIPS
Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship, New York University, 1999-2000
Fulbright Scholarship, Brazil, 1998-99
Henry Mitchell MacCracken Fellowship, New York University, 1993-98
Dean’s Preliminary Ph.D. Fellowship, 1996
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS):
French, NYU in Paris, France, 1997
Portuguese, University of São Paulo, Brazil, 1995
PUBLICATIONS
“The Disc is not the Avenue: Schismogenetic Mimesis in Samba Recording.” In Greene and Porcello, eds. Wired for Sound. Wesleyan University Press, forthcoming.
“Urban Entities: Cosmopolitanism and Cultural Citizenship in Brazilian Popular Music.” In George Yúdice, ed. Theories of the Americas. University of Minnesota Press, forthcoming.
“‘Good Blood in the Veins of this Brazilian Rio,’ or a Cannibalist Transnationalism.” In Dunn and Perrone, eds. Brazilian Popular Music and Globalization. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, pp. 258-269, 2001.
“In the Tropical Studio, MPB Production in Transition.” Studies in Latin American Popular Culture 19: 57-66, 2000.
Book & Recording Reviews
Book Review: Voices of the Magi: Enchanted Journeys in Southeast Brazil by Suzel Ana Reily (University of Chicago Press), Latin American Music Review, forthcoming.
Book Review: The Mystery of Samba by Hermano Vianna, and The Social History of the Brazilian Samba by Lisa Shaw (Ashgate). Yearbook for Traditional Music. Vol. 32, pp. 195-197, 2000.
Recording Review: Traditional Music of Peru 6 (Ayacucho) and 7 (The Lima Highlands), Smithsonian Folkways, Ethnomusicology, forthcoming.
Translation
Translation into English of Spanish and Portuguese contributions to: Luís Camnitzer and Maricarmen Ramirez, eds. Beyond Identity: Globalization and Latin American Art. University of Minnesota Press, forthcoming.
RECENT CONFERENCE PAPERS
“Pro Tools on the Periphery: Digital Audio, the Internet and Musical Empowerment in Rio de Janeiro.” Northeast Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Smith College, MA, 2001
“’The Raw and the Cooked’: New York City as a Technological Metropole in Brazilian Music Making.” Local Music/Global Connections: New York City at the Millennium, New York, NY, 2001
“Big Sounds from Big Peoples: A Case Study in the Global Economy of Pop Music Production Aesthetics.” Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) annual conference, Toronto, Canada, 2000
“The Disc is not the Avenue: Live and Studio Aesthetics in Samba Recording.” Society for Ethnomusicology annual conference, Austin, TX, 1999
“In the Tropical Studio: MPB Production in Transition.” Latin American Studies Association conference (LASA), Chicago, IL, 1998
Invited Lectures/Workshops:
- “Ciudadania y Música Popular en Brasil.” Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar, Quito, July 2002
“Popular Music and Nation in Brazil: An Introduction.” State University of New York, New Paltz. Workshop for faculty of Spanish & Portuguese Dept. and for local area teachers to aid in the formation of a Brazilian Studies concentration funded by a Title VI grant, 2002
“’Tropical Truth’: Continuity and Change in Música Popular Brasileira since Tropicalismo.” University of Louisianna, Lafayette, in connection with “International Festival,” 2002
“Musicians Qua Citizens in Brazil,” School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University (SIPA), brown bag colloquium, 2002
“‘I Will Not Be a Foreigner!’ Brazilian Music and Cultural Citizenship.” State University of New York, Stony Brook, 2002
“Gravando Samba de Enredo no Estúdio Cia. dos Técnicos.” (“Recording carnival samba in the Company of Technicians studio”), University of Rio de Janeiro (Uni-Rio), 1998
“Surdos, Sambas, Pandeiros and Pop.” Music Dept., University of Kansas, 2000
“Crossing Borders: Revitalizing Area Studies.” Research associate for George Yúdice in the preparation for his plenary address at the Ford Foundation conference on Area Studies in Sonoma, CA, 2001
Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE), NYC, Program Advisor, Latin America, summer 2001
Privatization of Culture Project, New York University: Prepared a report summarizing developments in the Latin American music industry from 1995-1998. Used by George Yúdice for a paper presented at a conference on Economic Integration and the Culture Industries in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Buenos Aires, 1998
Selected Performance Experience
- Monthly performances of Brazilian and Cuban song, Greenwich Village Bistro, New York City, 2002
Berklee College of Music Alumni Singer/Songwriter Showcase, NYC, 2001
Guggenheim Museum, Members’ Preview, Brazilian music accompaniment for the exhibition “Brazil Body and Soul,” NYC, 2001
Tenor Section Leader, Holy Name of Jesus Church, NYC, 2000-present
“Grupo Katá,” Latin American music ensemble at NYU (guitar, panpipes, percussion, voice), 1995-99
“Manhattan Samba Group,” (percussion), NYC, 1995-98
“Collegium Musicum,” Renaissance vocal ensemble, NYU, 1993-2000
OTHER EDUCATION
German, Goethe Institute, Berlin, Germany, 1992
Classical vocal technique and German Lieder repertoire with Kathy Aks, Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center, NYC, 1999-2000, and with Bruce Norris, 2002
Local musical traditions with master Brazilian musicians: Nelson Faria (guitar), Celsinho Silva and Roberto do Pandeiro (percussion), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1998-99
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM); Latin American Studies Association (LASA); Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA); American Studies Association (ASA); Modern Language Association (MLA); Northeast Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology (NECSEM).
LANGUAGES
Portuguese, Spanish (speaking, reading)
German, French (reading)