Dear all,

After teaching a new course in Fall 2006 (Introduction to North
Indian Music) at the U of M School of Music, visiting faculty Dr.
Pooja Goswami will be offering another new course in Indian
music: "Culture and History of Indian Music - a Panorama", in Spring
2007. Details of the course are below.

Culture and History of Indian Music - A Panorama
Instructor: Dr. Pooja Goswami (see bio below)
MUS 5950 (004 LEC) Mon and Wed 3:35PM – 5:00PM, Spring 2007
Fergusson Hall 105, School of Music, U of M – West Bank, Minneapolis

In this course, we will explore some of the many varieties of music
in today's India, and discuss the cultural, social, and historical
processes that contribute(d) to this musical diversity. In the
process, we will also direct our attention to dialogues of music and
meaning within and beyond India. The course will begin with an
overview of the main sound elements of Indian music, then discuss how
these elements are used in North Indian classical music, South Indian
classical music, popular music, and folk music. We will end the
course with a discussion of music's role in Indian culture and
society, with particular emphasis on social organization, gender, and
religion. The broad topics to be covered in this course are:

Musical building blocks
Raga (musical notes and their moods)
Concept of Tala and its significance
Classical and folk instruments

Classical Traditions
Current and obsolete forms of Hindustani and Carnatic Music

Musical Dialogues
Classical and Film music
Classical and Folk music
Popular and Fusion music

Music, society, and culture
Social Organization - Gharana (school) in Hindustani music
Women and Indian Music
Religion, culture and art
Myth and music in India
Folk music and universal fraternity

To register for the course please click on:

www.onestop.umn.edu
and follow the links to online registration.

For further information:
please call: 612-709-1263
or
send an email to goswa005@...

About the instructor:

Pooja Goswami, Ph.D. (Music)

Dr. Pooja Goswami was born in a musical family and received her early
training in Hindustani (North Indian) classical music (vocal) from
her father Sri. Surendra Goswami.

She received her M.Phil from the University of Delhi and completed a
Ph.D. in Music in 2005, also from the University of Delhi. The
subject of her Ph.D. thesis was the life and music of Pandit
Amarnath, one of the prime disciples of Ustad Amir Khan - an icon in
Hindustani vocal music.

Dr. Goswami is also trained in semi-classical music from the eminent
vocalist Smt. Shanti Hiranand, the reigning queen of Thumri and
Ghazal (semi-classical vocal genres) and the universally acclaimed
successor of the legendary vocalist, the Late Begum Akhtar. The
versatility in Dr. Goswami's repertoire is evident in her ability to
sing Thumri, Dadra, Ghazal, Bhajan and various folk genres (e.g.
Chaiti, Kajri, Hori etc.) besides Khayals.

Dr. Goswami has received the prestigious National Scholarship awarded
by the Ministry of Human Resources. The many prestigious venues she
has performed at include the India Habitat Center (New Delhi), the
Sopan festival (New Delhi), Vietnam International Tourism Festival
(Hanoi) and the Sankalp music society (Jaipur). Dr. Goswami recently
co-composed the score for Pangea World Theater's "The Partition
Project" staged in June 2006 in Minneapolis. She has performed widely
within the USA, including performances at the University of
Minnesota - Minneapolis (MN), Indian Music Society of Minnesota
(IMSOM) - Minneapolis (MN), Amherst College - Amherst (MA), East
Indian Music Academy - Queens (NY) etc.

Dr. Goswami is presently a visiting faculty in the School of Music at
the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, teaching course on Indian
music and culture.