CURRICULUM VITAE

 

of

 

Dale A. Olsen, Ph.D.

 

                

CITIZENSHIP                  United States of America

ADDRESS                           2506 Betton Woods Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32308, USA

TELEPHONE                     (all area code 850) 386-5797 home; 644-5536 private office; 644-3424 music office

FAX                                       (850) 644-2033

E-MAIL                                dolsen@admin.fsu.edu

OLSEN WEB PAGES    (1) http://music.fsu.edu  (2) http://dolsenmusic.com

MARITAL STATUS         Married to M. Diane Olsen (Ph.D., Instructional Design); one son

BIRTH DATE                     July 10, 1941 (Albert Lea, Minnesota)

 

EDUCATIONAL TRAINING and DEGREES

1959     Diploma, Albert Lea High School, Albert Lea, Minnesota.

1964     B.A. in Music (Music History and Flute), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

1966     M.A. in Music (Historical Musicology), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

1973     Ph.D. in Music (Ethnomusicology), University of California, Los Angeles.

1981     Shihan in Japanese Kinko-ryû shakuhachi (professional name, Olsen Bai-ô), awarded by Iwami Baikyoku V, São Paulo, Brazil

 

EMPLOYMENT

1965-1966         Flute Instructor, MacPhail School of Music, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1966-1968         Peace Corps Volunteer, Santiago, Chile . University Education Program. Principal flutist with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Chile, Instructor of Music at the

University of Chile, Ethnomusicologist with the Chilean Government. 

1969                 Flutist, Grant Park Symphony, Chicago

1969-1970         Assistant Professor of Flute, Arkansas Polytechnic College, Russellville.

1972                 Teaching Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles

1973-1978         Assistant Professor, School of Music, The Florida State University, Tallahassee

1977-1989         Visiting Professor of Ethnomusicology, Center for Latin American Studies and Center for African Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (summers)

1978-1983         Associate Professor, School of Music, The Florida State University, Tallahassee 

1983--present     Professor (Distinguished Research Professor since 2001), College of Music , The Florida State University, Tallahassee 

 

ADMINISTRATION

1983                 National Chairperson, Local Arrangements Committee, 28th Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Tallahassee, Florida, October.

1986-1987         Acting Director, Center for Black Culture, The Florida State University, Tallahassee

1986                 National Chairperson, Program Committee, 29th Annual Meeting, College Music Society, Miami, Florida, October.

1994-2007         Director, Center for Music of the Americas (CMA), School of Music, The Florida State University, Tallahassee

2002 and 2004   Director, Vietnamese Summer Program, International Programs, The Florida State University, Tallahassee

2003                 National Chairperson, Local Arrangements Committee, 48th Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology (joint meeting CMS), Miami, Florida, October.

2003                 National Chairperson, Program Committee, 47th Annual Meeting, The College Music Society (joint meeting with SEM), Miami, Florida , October.

 

ADVISORY and CONSULTING ROLES

1987, 1990        NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) Panel Member.

1988                 FEA (Florida Endowment for the Arts) Site Reviewer, Miami Folk Festival, August.

1989                 Core Advisory Board for WQED/Pittsburgh television series "The Music of Mankind" (Metropolitan Pittsburgh Public Broadcasting)

1989-1991         NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) Site Reviewer, Ybor City Folk Festival (November 1989); New York, World Music Institute Concert (April 1993)

1991-2001         Multicultural music consultant for Silver-Burdett Inc.

 

GRANTS, AWARDS and DISTINCTIONS

1972                 Venezuelan Indian Project Grant; Clifton Webb Award, UCLA (research in Venezuela)

1973                 Ph.D. Dissertation with Distinction, UCLA

1974                 National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Stipend (research in Venezuela, Colombia, Peru)

1979                 Fulbright-Hays International Exchange of Scholars Fellowship (Peru)

1979                 Japan Foundation Grant (Artists-in-Residence Program in Koto at The Florida State University)

1980                 Japan Foundation Grant (Artists-in-Residence Program in Koto at The Florida State University)

1980                 Developing Scholar Award, The Florida State University (research in Brazil)

1982                 COFRS Award, The Florida State University (research in the Field Museum, Chicago)

1985                 Florence Program, The Florida State University Overseas Study Center

1986                 Sabbatical, Spring Semester (article preparation)

1987                 President's Travel Grant (presentation and research in Europe)

1988                 President's Travel Grant (presentations in New Mexico and Arizona)

1989                 COFRS Award, The Florida State University (research in Europe)

1991                 Learning Systems Institute Grant, The Florida State University (multicultural music education, "minority musics in North America")

1993                 COFRS Award, The Florida State University (research in South America)

1993                 Sabbatical, Spring Semester (research in South America and Asia, book preparation)

1994                 Council for Instruction, Planning Grant, The Florida State University

1996                 President's Travel Grant (concerts and research in Peru)

1996                 Learning Systems Institute Grant, The Florida State University (distance learning, "Music Cultures of the World")

1997                 Distance Learning Grant, Provost, The Florida State University

1998                 COFRS Award, The Florida State University (research in Polynesia)

1999                 President's Award for Exemplary Use of Technology in Instruction, The Florida State University

1999                 Provost's Travel Grant (conference and research in Japan)

2000                 Council for Instruction Grant, The Florida State University (distance learning, "Music Cultures of the World")  

2001                 Sabbatical (research in Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru)

2001                 Distinguished Research Professor Award, The Florida State University 

2002 (summer)  Vietnam Program, The Florida State University Overseas Study Center (Director)

2004 (summer)  Vietnam Program, The Florida State University Overseas Study Center (Director)

2005-2006                  John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship Award

2006 (summer)  Republic of Panama Program, The Florida State University Overseas Study Center

2007 (summer)  Republic of Panama Program, The Florida State University Overseas Study Center

2008 (summer)  Republic of Panama Program , The Florida State University Overseas Study Center

 

OFFICES HELD

1981-1982         President, Southeast/Caribbean Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology. 

1984-1986         Member-at-large, Board of Directors, Society for Ethnomusicology (national office)

1984-1986         Member, Council, Society for Ethnomusicology (national office)

1986-1990         Member, Board of Directors, Florida Folklore Society

1987-1989         President, Florida Folklore Society

1988-1989         President, Southeastern/Caribbean Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology

1991-1993         Secretary, Southeastern/Caribbean Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology

1993-1997         President, Southeastern/Caribbean Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology

1992-1995         Board Member for Ethnomusicology, The College Music Society (national office)

1995-1997         First Vice President, Society for Ethnomusicology (national office)

1998                 President-Elect, The College Music Society (national office)

1999-2000         President, The College Music Society (national office)              

2001                 Immediate Past-President, The College Music Society (national office)

 

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

1987                 Sounds of the World. Volume editor for Music of Latin America.

1989-1998         Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, co-editor with Daniel E. Sheehy of Vol. 2, "Music of South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean." 

1990-1994         Recording Review Editor, Ethnomusicology, Journal of the Society for Ethnomusicology.

2000-2001         Garland Handbook of Latin American Music, co-editor with Daniel E. Sheehy.

2006-2007         Garland Handbook of Latin American Music, 2nd edition, co-editor with Daniel E. Sheehy

 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP  (past and present)

American Musical Instrument Society (AMIS)

College Music Society (CMS)

Florida Folklore Society (FFS)

International Council for Traditional Music (ITCM)

Society for Asian Music (SAM)

Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM)

Music Educator's National Conference (MENC)

American Society for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI)

 

PROFESSIONAL LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS (not including scholarly meetings [see below], since promotion to full professor)

1985     Summer Institute for Teachers (Latin American music), Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, July.

1986     Summer Institute for Teachers (Latin American music), Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, July.

1987     Symposium on the Teaching of World Musics in the Undergraduate Curriculum, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, August.

1988     Institute for Music in General Studies (Latin American music), College Music Society, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, July.

1990     Pre-conference Symposium Workshop (teaching Latin American and Caribbean musics) in Multicultural Music Education, Annual Meeting of the Music Educator's National Conference, Washington D.C., March.

1990     Workshop in World Music (Andean music), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, July.

1990     Workshop in Arts Education (Latin American and Caribbean musical traditions in Florida),The Florida State University, June.

1990     Workshop for high school teachers (teaching African and Afro-Cuban music), Miami, FL, October.

1992     Consultant and speaker to music faculty at San Diego State University, January.

1992     Workshop for high school teachers (teaching African and Afro-Cuban music), Sarasota, FL, February.

1993     “Ethnomusicology and Latin American music.” Hong Kong Baptist University, November. 

1993     "Music and Shamanism in South America," Chinese University of Hong Kong, November.

1993     "The Ethnomusicology of South America," Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China, November.

1995     Director of Workshop in World Music Performance (Brazilian samba, Caribbean salsa, Caribbean steel band), Center for Music of the Americas, FSU, June.

1995     Master of Ceremonies, "Music of the African Diaspora" (From West Africa to the Caribbean and Brazil), with the FSU World Music Ensembles: West African Music and Dance Ensemble, Samba Oba, Salsa Florida, and Mas 'n' Steel, Ruby Diamond Auditorium, FSU (Florida Council for the Humanities funded conference entitled "Oral, Religious, and Musical Experience," April.

1996     "Music of the Warao of Venezuela," National School of Music, Lima, Peru, July.

1998     "Music as Power Among the Warao of Venezuela," Musicology Lecture Series, University of Florida, March

1998     "Music of the Rain Forest and Flutes of the World," Lecture Series, Atenisi Institute, Nuku'alofa, Tonga, July.

2002     "The Shakuhachi as a Research Tool among Japanese Immigrants in South America," Florida International University, January.

2003     "Music as Power in the Rain Forest," Florida Atlantic University, Florida, March.

2003     "The Music of El Dorado: Pre-Columbian Music of Peru." School of Music, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica, July

2003     "Music of El Dorado," Lowe Museum, University of Miami, Florida, October.

2004     "Music and Shamanism of the Warao," Amazonia Week. Florida State University, March

2007     “Music and Shamanistic Healing among the Warao Indians of the Venezuelan Rainforest.” The Rey M. Longyear Lecture, Keynote Address for “A Day of Latin American Music” Conference, Friday, February 9, 2007, Niles Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

 

PARTICIPATION AT SCHOLARLY MEETINGS  (since promotion to full professor)

International Meetings

1985     "The Flutes of El Dorado: Musical Guardian Spirit Effigies of the Tairona Civilization of Ancient Colombia." 1985 Conference, International Council for Traditional Music, Stockholm, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland.

1986     "The Pipers of Etruria: A Model for Research in Music Iconology," International Council for Traditional Music, Study Group on Music Iconography, June, The Hague, The Netherlands.

1986     "Flutes of El Dorado: A Model for Research in Archaeomusicology as Applied to the Sinú of Ancient Colombia." International Council for Traditional Music, Study Group on Music Archaeology, November, Hannover, West Germany.

1988     "Music Technologies & Intellectual Implications in the Pre-Columbian Andes." Explorations, Encounters and Identities: Musical Repercussions of 1492, a symposium sponsored by the Quincentenary Program of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., March 10 

1989     "Music as Music, Dance as Dance Among the Warao of Venezuela." 30th World Conference of the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM), in Schladming, Austria, July 23-30.

1999     "Iwami Baikyoku V: A Japanese Immigrant Composer and Master Musician in Brazil." The College Music Society International Conference in Kyoto, Japan, June 30.

1999     "Keeping Up Traditions, Breaking Down Barriers: A Century of Nikkei (People of Japanese Heritage) Music in South America." Musical Cultures of Latin America: Global Effects, Past and Present. An Interdisciplinary Conference at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, May 30.

2000     "Music and Japanese Identity in Brazil and South America," Staging Identity: Latin American Music and Dance. Center for Latin American Studies and the Center for World Arts, University of Florida, Gainesville, February 26.

2001     "Internet-Based Distance Learning, Instructional Design, and Interactivity: The Asynchron Instruction of a World Music Cultures Course on the Internet." International Meeting of the College Music Society, Limerick, Ireland, July.

2001     "How to Teach Irish Music Without Being a Specialist in Irish Music: World Music Instructional Design." International Conference of The College Music Society, Limerick, Ireland, July.

2005     "'I know how to sing and dance!' Spanish sesquiáltera music/dance genres and their Latin American derivatives: indicators of Spanish colonialism, musical syncretism, and

            New World nationalism." International Conference of The College Music Society,

            Alcalá de Henares, Spain, June.

2007     “Female Pop Singers, Sexuality, Goddess Cults, and the Politics of Neatness in Twenty-first Century Vietnam.” International Conference of The College Music Society, Bangkok, Thailand, July.

 

National Meetings

1973     "Music and Shamanism of the Warao Indians of Venezuela." 18th Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Urbana, IL.

1973     "Shamanistic Curing Music of the Warao Indians of Venezuela." 72nd Annual Meeting, American Anthropological Association, New Orleans, LA.

1974     "Music-Induced Altered States of Consciousness aong Warao Shamans and other Healers." 19th Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, San Francisco, CA.

1976     "Shamanistic Music as a Determinant of Ethnic Identification among some Northern South American Indian Cultures." 21st Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Philadelphia, PA.

1981     "Music, Cultural Identity, and Freedom of Expression among the Japanese and their Descendants in Peru and Brazil." 26th Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Honolulu, HI.

1983     Discussant for "The Music/Myth Nexus in Lowland South America." 28th Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Tallahassee, FL.

1984     "The Flutes of El Dorado: An Archaeomusicological Investigation of the Tairona Civilization of Colombia." 13th Annual Meeting, American Musical Instrument Society, Tempe, AZ.

1984     "A Japanese Master Musician in a Brazilian Context." 29th Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Santa Monica, CA.

1986     "Ethnomusicology in the American College and University." Annual Meeting of the College Music Society, Southern Chapter, March 7, Lafayette, LA.

1987     "The Ethnomusicology of Archaeology: A Model for Research in Ethnoarchaeomusicology." 32nd Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, November, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

1988     "Usefulness of Study Guides in Teaching World Music." 33rd Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, October, Tempe, AZ.

1988     "A Multicultural Approach to the Teaching of World Music Cultures." 33rd Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Tempe, AZ., October.

1989     "Performing Transplanted Caribbean and Andean Musics Within the Pan-Caribbean and Pan-Latin American World of Florida." 34th Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, November.

1989     "Eurocentrism versus Multiculturalism: Contemporary Approaches to Teaching Music."32nd Annual Meeting of The College Music Society (CMS), in St. Louis, MO, Oct. 12-15.

1989     "Philosophy, Organization, and Teaching Strategies for World Music Courses." 32nd Annual Meeting of The College Music Society, St. Louis, MO, Oct. 12-15.

1990     Presentation, "Teaching Hispanic American Music." Pre-conference Symposium on Multicultural Music Education, Annual Meeting of the Music Educator's National Conference, Washington D.C., March.

1990     "Panpipes of Peru and Bolivia." 35th Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Seattle, WA, November.

1991     "World Music and Ethnomusicology: Understanding the Differences." 34th Annual Meeting of the College Music Society, Chicago, IL, October.

1992     Keynote speaker at World Music Conference, San Diego State University, January.

1992     "The Ethnoarchaeomusicology of the Moche Native Americans from the Peruvian North Coast," Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Seattle, October.

1995     "...no es música"--Karaoke, identity, and the teaching of Japanese values through song among people of Japanese ancestry in South America." Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Los Angeles, CA., October.

1998     "Music Faculty in Higher Education." Music Educator's Summit, Washington, D.C., October.

1999     "Harps of Peru." Historical Harp Society National Conference, Madison, WI, August.

1999     President's Keynote Address, "The State of the Society." Annual Meeting, The College Music Society, Denver, CO, October

2000     President's Keynote Address, "The State of the Society." Annual Meeting, The College Music Society, Toronto, Canada, November

2001     "Internet-Based Distance Learning, Instructional Design, and Interactivity: The Asynchronous Instruction of a World Music Cultures Course on the Internet." Technology in the Classroom and Beyond: Hypermedia, Internet, and Other Electronic Resources.  Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Detroit, MI, October.

2002     "Nobody fishes until the pelican sings": Ancient ocarinas for supernatural communication from the altar of a northern coastal shaman in Moche, Peru. Society for American Archaeology. Denver, CO, March.

2002     "Teaching Native American Music via Native American Pop". Annual Meeting of the College Music Society, Kansas City, MO, October.

2002     "Calling the Spirits from the Mountains to the Sea: Ancient ocarinas for supernatural communication among the Moche of Peru." Annual Meeting, Society for Ethnomusicology, Estes Park, CO, October.