Selected Work by Juniper Hill

Publications

"The impacts of institutionalizing oral traditions into conservatories: A case study of how the Sibelius Academy transformed Finnish folk music" Forthcoming in Ethnomusicology Forum 18:2, 2009.

"Rebellious Pedagogy, Ideological Transformation, and Creative Freedom in Finnish Contemporary Folk Music ." Forthcoming in Ethnomusicology 53:1, 2009. Abstract

"'Global Folk Music' Fusions: The Reification of Transnational Relationships and the Ethics of Cross-Cultural Appropriations in Finnish Contemporary Folk Music." Yearbook for Traditional Music Vol. 39: 50-83, 2007. Abstract

Book Review. The Polish Dance in Scandinavia and Poland by Marta Ramsten and Spiritual Folk Singing: Nordic and Baltic Protestant Traditions by Kirsten Sass Bak and Svend Nielsen. Ethnomusicology 52 (1).

"From Oppression to Opportunity to Expression: Intercultural Relations in the Indigenous Musics from an Ecuadorian Highland Community. Pacific Review of Ethnomusicology Vol. 12, Fall 2006. Full text. Abstract

"Musical Ironies in the Andes: Borrowing from the Other to Define the Self." Manifold Identities: Studies on Music and Minorities, edited by Ursula Hemetek, Gerda Lechleitner, Inna Naroditskaya and Anna Czekanowska. London: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2004, pp. 220-230. Abstract

Conference Presentations and Invited Lectures

"Five Centuries of Cross-Cultural Exchanges in Swedish and Finnish Diddling." To be presented at the North Atlantic Fiddle Convention, August 2008, St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada.

"Becoming 'Artists:' Transforming Finnish Folk Music into an Art Music." British Forum for Ethnomusicology Conference, April 2008, Cardiff, Wales.

"Mediating Oral Traditions through Institutionalization: Finnish Folk Music at the Sibelius Academy and beyond." Finnish Ethnomusicological Society Conference, March 2008, Tampere, Finland.

"'Rescuing Creativity' by Recapturing the Creative Processes of Past: Reactionary Pedagogy in Institutionalized Finnish Folk Music Education." International Council for Traditional Music World Congress, July 2007, Vienna, Austria. Abstract

"The Transformative Experience of Transgressing Comfort Zones: Pedagogical Techniques from Outward Bound and Finnish Folk Music Education." Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting, November, 2006, Honolulu, Hawaii.Abstract

"Non-Normative Genders and Renegotiated Performance Processes: Challenging Norms of Gender and Sexuality On and Off the Stage." Panel chaired and organized by Juniper Hill, Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting, November, 2006, Honolulu, Hawaii.Abstract

"Nordic Contemporary Folk Music: Transnational Hierarchies and Identities in Cross-Cultural Fusions." Invited Lecture, International Relations Lecture Series, Oldenburg Center, Pomona College, September 2006, Claremont, California.

"'The Ancient Is Avant-garde:' Inspirations from an Imagined Past in Contemporary Finnish Folk Music." International Council for Traditional Music World Congress, August 2005, Sheffield, UK.Abstract

"Institutionalization and Improvisation: Impacts of Ideology on Folk Music-Art Music Boundaries in Finland." Society for Ethnomusicology, November 2004, Tucson, Arizona. Abstract

"Folk Music's Changing Relationships with Folk Dance and Modern Dance in Finland." Moving Boundaries: The Symbiotic Relationship between Music and Dance, Society for Ethnomusicology Pre-Conference Symposium, November 2004, Tucson, Arizona. Abstract

Solo performance of Finnish folk music on traditional Finnish woodwind instruments and voice. 50th Annual Fulbright Berlin Seminar, March 2004, Berlin, Germany.

"Professionalization of Finnish Folk Music at the Sibelius Academy and Its Impact on Amateur Music-making." Invited lecture. Winter Seminar of the Folk Music and Popular Music Research School of the Finnish National Academy, January 2004, Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea.

"Finnish Attitudes Towards New Folk Music: Multiculturalism, Nationalism, and Individualism." Society for Ethnomusicology Southern California Chapter, February 2003, Los Angeles, CA. Abstract

"Cross-Cultural and Cross-Temporal Fusions in Contemporary Finnish Folk Music." Invited lecture. Svenskt Visarkiv Centre for Swedish Folk Music and Jazz Research, October 2002, Stockholm, Sweden.

"Musical Ironies in the Andes: Borrowing from the Other to Define the Self." International Council of Traditional Music, Music and Minorities Study Group Meeting, July 2002, Lublin, Poland.

"Global Travel and the Return Home: Money, Creative Exploration, and Protecting the Indigenous Other in Andean Music." International Council of Traditional Music, July 2001, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Abstract

"Contradance, Northern Music, Old-Time Music, and Ideology in Contemporary Los Angeles." Society for Ethnomusicology Southern California Chapter, February 2001, Santa Barbara, CA.

"Choques (Culture Clashes): The Effects of Music Commercialization and World Travel on Local Indigenous Communities in the Northern Andes." Society for Ethnomusicology, October 2000, Toronto, Canada. Abstract

"Voices on the Internet: Sexuality, Gender and Politics in Listeners' Interpretations of Popular Music." Thinking Gender Conference, February 2000, Los Angeles. Abstract

Recordings

Super Devoiche Bulgarian Women's Choir. SuperDevoiche. CD. Los Angeles: Skaska Productions, 2002. (Arranged singing for Bulgarian women's choir with J. Hill singing mezzo soprano.)

Anthony Braxton. Composition No. 173. CD. New York: Black Saint Records, 1996. (Experimental jazz composed/directed by A. Braxton with J. Hill on clarinet.)

Theses and Dissertations

"From Ancient to Avant-Garde to Global: Creative Processes and Institutionalization in Finnish Contemporary Folk Music." Dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles, 2005. Committee: Timothy Rice (co-chair), Anthony Seeger (co-chair), Helen Rees, Robert Fink. Abstract

"Empowerment through Music in Intercultural Contact in the Andes." M.A. Paper, University of California, Los Angeles, 2001. Committee: Anthony Seeger (chair), A. Jihad Racy, Helen Rees.

"Redefining Musical Tradition in the Northern Andes." B.A. Honors Thesis, Wesleyan University, 1998. Advisor: Gage Averill.

Doctoral Qualifying Exams

"Musical and Social Change in the United States in the 20th Century." Anthony Seeger, advisor.

"Gender and Sexuality in Music." Mitchell Morris, advisor.

"World Music." Anthony Seeger, advisor.

"Theories in Ethnomusicology." Tara Browner, advisor.