SEMSP 2023 – Program

Saturday April 08, 2023
Bilingual Virtual Conference

Co-hosted by
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

Executive Committee

  • President: Dr. Teresita Lozano (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
  • Vice President: Dr. Jessica Hajek (Our Lady of the Lake University)
  • Treasurer: Erika Soveranes (University of North Texas)
  • Northeastern Mexico Representative: Ramiro Godina Valerio (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León)
  • Webmaster: Dimitris Gkoulimaris (University of Texas at Austin)
  • Student Representative: Dimitris Gkoulimaris (University of Texas at Austin)

Local Arrangements Coordinators

  • Dr. Andrés Amado (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
  • Ramiro Godina Valerio (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León)
  • Dr. Teresita Lozano (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)

2023 SEMSP Program Committee

  • Chair: Dr. Susan Hurley-Glowa (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
  • Dr. Teresita Lozano (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
  • Dr. Jessica Hajek (Our Lady of the Lake University)
  • Dimitris Gkoulimaris (University of Texas at Austin)

Schedule Draft

List of Virtual “Rooms”

  • Main Virtual “Lobby”
  • Breakout Room #1
  • Breakout Room #2
  • Breakout Room #3

Conference Schedule Overview

  • 8:00am – 8:30am – Introductory “Coffee” Hour (Main Lobby)
  • 8:45am – 10:15am – SESSION 1 (multiple rooms)
  • 10:30am – 12:00pm – SESSION 2 (multiple rooms)
  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm – Lunch Break
  • 1:15pm – 2:45pm – SESSION 3 (multiple rooms)
  • 3:00pm – 4:00pm – BUSINESS MEETING (Main Lobby)
  • 4:15pm – 5:15pm – KEYNOTE PRESENTATION (Main Lobby)
  • 5:30pm - Closing Remarks and “Virtual Reception” (Main Lobby)

Detailed Program Schedule

Introductory “Coffee”
8:00am – 8:30am
Main Virtual Lobby

  • Virtual Meet and Greet
  • Opening Remarks

Session 1
8:45am – 10:15am

1A – Room #1

Panel Title: New Modes, Meanings, and Cultural Interpretations in Asian Music Cultures
Chair/Moderator: Jacqueline Guevara (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Modality: Pre-recorded and Livestream

  • Min Lingkang (Soochow University), “Sinocentric Music Theory and the Misrecognition of Minority Modes: Diannan Mountain Songs by the Yi Minority Ethnic Composer Zhang Chao”
  • Devon Osamu Tipp (University of Pittsburgh), “Plucking Phoenix Feathers – Rebellion by Dismantling the Sho in Chatori Shimizu’s Crazy Embai (2022)”
  • Avery Wright (University of North Texas), “The Female as Fantasy: Romcoms, Masculinity, and Anisong”

1B – Room #2

Panel Title: Musical Traditions, Institutions, and Transnational Sustenance in Mexico
Chair/Moderator: Jacques Mendiola-Tagle (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Modality: Pre-recorded and Livestream

  • Oscar Arevalo Cavazos (Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila), “Digital preservation and dissemination of independent records’ production of Nuevo León: The case of CONARTE
  • Ramiro Godina Valerio (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León), “El mariachi sonidos de Monterrey en Laredo, Texas”
  • Eusebio Sánchez González (Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura, México), “Tzolkin: Eusebio Sánchez interpreta a la maestra Hilda Paredes”

1C – Room #3

Roundtable Title: “Decolonizing the Ethnomusicology Classroom: Perspectives from Music Educators in the University Space”
Chair/Moderator: Rachel Schuck (University of North Texas)
Modality: Livestream and Pre-recorded

Roundtable Participants:

  • Rachel Schuck (University of North Texas)
  • Vianey Rivera (University of North Texas)
  • Tzefira Jones (University of North Texas)
  • Discussant: Brandi Waller-Pace (Decolonizing the Music Room)

Session 2
10:30am – 12:00pm

2A – Room #1

Panel Title: “¡El mariachi de mi tierra! Y de tu tierra… Migración e internacionalización: revisitando el mariachi”
Chair/Moderator: Ramiro Godina Valerio (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León)
Modality: Livestream

  • Eduardo Martínez Muñoz (Universidad de Guanajuato), “Un día de vida. El Mariachi en Yugoslavia y su repercusión (1952-1956)”
  • Carlos Flores Claudio (Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo), “Aproximación histórica a la llegada del mariachi a la Ciudad de México”
  • José Ignacio Maldonado Cerano (Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo), “Para empezar a cantar…Aproximación historiográfica a los estudios del mariachi”

2B – Room #2

Panel Title: Refined Visions in Defining, Teaching, and Assessing Music
Chair/Moderator: Ruth Tomada (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Modality: Livestream

  • Stephen Parkhurst (Dallas International University), “Is Deaf Song a Heightened Form of Communication?”
  • Jessica C. Hajek (Our Lady of the Lake University), “Adapting Performance-Based Assessments for a World Music Survey: Toward More Collaborative Knowledge Outcomes in the 21st-century College Classroom”
  • Anna Piatigorsky (University of Texas at Austin), “Examining Empire: The Local Music Exam and the Contested Space of Western Music Education in India, 1904-1925”

2C – Room #3

Roundtable Title: “Documenting Chicanx Cultural Production via San Anto’s West Side Sound”
Chair/Moderator: Sylvia Mendoza (University of Texas at San Antonio)
Modality: Pre-recorded

Roundtable Participants:

  • Sylvia Mendoza (University of Texas at San Antonio)
  • Gloria Gonzales (University of Texas at San Antonio)
  • Stephanie Rodriguez (University of Texas at San Antonio)
  • Justin Salinas (Friends of Sound Record Shop)

Lunch Break and Performances
12:00pm – 1:00pm

Featured Performances during the Lunch Hour
Pre-recorded and Available on SEMSP 2023 Website

  • University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Ensembles
    Mariachi Aztlán performances
  • Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Ensembles
    Eastern Music
    Norteño Music

Session 3
1:15pm – 2:45pm

3A – Room #1

Panel Title: Discovering Musical Networks Old and New within US Borders
Chair/Moderator: Oscar Arevalo Cavazos (Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila)
Modality: Pre-recorded and Livestream

  • Anya Ezhevskaya (Dallas International University), “Russian Authored Song in America: A Study of Liminality in Campout Festivals”
  • Nico Schüler (Texas State University), “Rediscovering Networks for African-American Artists in the late 19th century”
  • Alec Norkey (University of California, Los Angeles), “Working Conditions, Networking, Musical Aesthetic: Exploring Gendered Minoritarian Experiences within the Classical Music Profession”

3B – Room #2

Panel Title: Musical Crossings of Physical and Metaphysical Borders in Latin America
Chair/Moderator: Stephanie Perez (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Modality: Livestream

  • Vicky Mogollón Montagne (University of Texas at Austin), “Worshipping with Salsa Malandra: Espiritismo Marialioncero Ceremonies in a Caracas Cemetery”
  • Teresita Lozano (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley), “The Transborder Hauntings of the Holy Coyote: Ghost Smuggling Ballads, Hauntology, and the Migrant Experience”
  • Mercedes Payán (University of Texas at Austin), “Mujeres del Viento Florido Featuring Lila Downs: Indigenous Women’s Identities, Co-Authorship, and Cross-Border Musical Feminisms”

3C – Room #3

Panel Title: Shifting Soundscapes, Styles, and Sonic Meanings in New Musical Contexts
Chair/Moderator: John Hernandez (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Modality: Livestream

  • Chris Troutman (Dallas International University), “Bass Problems: Compositional Techniques for Integrating Throat-Singing into Siberian Ethno-Rock Genres”
  • Jeongin Lee (University of Texas at Austin), “Performing Peace and (Re)Making Pasts: Peace Music Festivals in the Demilitarized Soundscape”
  • Constanza Fuentes Landaeta (University of Texas at Austin), “Chilean Cumbia: History, Style, and Meaning”

SEMSP Business Meeting
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Main Virtual Lobby

  • Business meeting will include initiation of new SEMSP President for 2023/2024
  • Election of new Vice President
  • Election or re-election of Webmaster, Treasurer, and Student Representative
  • Selection of Conference Host for in person meeting 2024
  • Add new members to the SEMSP listserv

Keynote Presentation
4:15pm – 5:15pm

  • Dr. Jacqueline Avila (University of Texas at Austin), “Musical Pastiche, Nostalgia, and the Shaping of Latinx Identity in Popular Streaming Media”

Closing “Reception” and Networking
5:30pm – 6:30pm
Main Virtual Lobby

  • Virtual reception and networking opportunity for faculty and students
  • This “Reception” is meant to foster community and connection across institutions.