Community in the Academy: Musicianship and Transformation in University Old Time Ensembles and Local Music Scenes

• Other Authors: Riley, Holly Bugg (author)
• Format: Others
• Language: English; English
• Published: Florida State University
• Subjects: Music
• Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_FALL2017_Riley_fsu_0071N_13922

This thesis explores values, identities, and practices found within community organizations and academic institutions that are mediated and made manifest in old-time ensembles and their surrounding music communities. The multi-site study includes primary ethnography from the author’s six years of participation and musicianship in the old-time ensembles at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Florida State University, as well as the surrounding communities of Greensboro and Tallahassee. The complex workings of these ensembles are contrasted with more established and performance-based programs, both in community folk music settings and in traditional university music schools. These old-time ensembles catalyze issues of individual and group identity, institutionalism and administration, invented and historical tradition, and folk music practice. === A Thesis submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music. === Spring Semester 2017. === April 10, 2017. === Includes bibliographical references. === Michael B. Bakan, Professor Directing Thesis; Margaret Jackson, Committee Member; Leigh Edwards, Committee Member.