Department of Music, Trinity College, Hartford CT 06106
Tel.: (860) 297-4201 Fax: (860) 297-5380 e-mail: lise.waxer@trincoll.edu

CURRENT STATUS
Assistant Professor, Department of Music, Trinity College, Hartford.

EDUCATION
1998 Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1991 Master's (M.A.) in Ethnomusicology, York University, Toronto
1987 Bachelor with honours (B.Mus.) in Music History and Literature, University of Toronto

1) Salsa and other Latin American and Caribbean popular music styles
2) Afro-American, mestizo, and indigenous music traditions of Latin America, 
    especially Colombia and Cuba
3) North and South Indian classical music and dance traditions
4) Jazz
5) Sub-Saharan African music traditions and popular styles

GRANTS and AWARDS
1999 Community Learning Course Development Grant, Office of the Dean of Faculty,
                Trinity College, Hartford
1994, 1995 Doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
                Ottawa
1994 Project Grant, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, New York City
1994 International Fellowship, American Association of University Women, Washington D.C.
1994 Nellie M. Signor Grant, University of Illinois, Urbana
1994 Dissertation Research Grant, University of Illinois, Urbana
1994 Charles Seeger Prize, Society for Ethnomusicology, best graduate student paper: "Llegó la salsa: Thirty 
                Years of Popular Music in Caracas"
1993 List of Best Instructors (voted by students), University of Illinois, Urbana
1992 Tinker Foundation Grant for Latin American Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana
University of Illinois Fellowship, Urbana
1989, 1990 Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Toronto
1989, 1990 York University research and thesis grants, Toronto
1986 Godfrey Ridout Scholarship, University of Toronto
1983 Elizabeth Burton Scholarship, University of Toronto

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
           World Music and Basic Musicianship courses, Trinity College, Hartford (Sept. 1997 - )
           Design and teaching of courses in World Music, Latin America and Caribbean music,
           South Asian Music, African music, music appreciation, and basic music theory. Direction of a Latin ensemble.

COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Introduction to World Music, University of Illinois, Urbana, (June-August 1993)

TEACHING ASSISTANT

I / World music and general musicianship courses, University of Illinois (Sept/92-April/94)
II/ Introductory music and musicianship courses, York University (Sept/88-May/89, Sept/89-May/90)

Consultancies
RESEARCH CONSULTANT
Latin Nights (documentary film), Toronto (April-August 1991)
CONSULTANT and WORKSHOP COORDINATOR
World of Music, Art, and Dance (W.O.M.A.D.) festival, Toronto (Aug. 1989-Aug. 1991)

Radio
BROADCASTER and PRODUCER
Jazz and world music programs, CIUT-FM radio, Toronto (March 1986-August 1991)
Produced and hosted 2 weekly radio programs, on world music traditions (1986-89) and jazz (1987-91).

Performance
MUSICAL DIRECTOR and PERCUSSIONIST, Salsafication (Trinity College Latin Band) Hartford, 1998 -
PIANIST, Magenta Latin Jazz (Latin jazz), Cali, Colombia, 1995-96
MUSICAL DIRECTOR and PIANIST, Adelante (salsa band), Urbana, 1993-94 and 1996-97
STEEL PAN PLAYER, with AfroPan Steelband, Toronto, 1987 and 1989
DANCER, with Flaming Dono Drum and Dance Group (Ghanaian dance), Toronto, 1989

SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
Books
The City of Musical Memory: Records, Salsa Grooves and Local Popular Culture in Colombia. Hanover:
University Press of New England, for Wesleyan University Press, forthcoming 2001.
Situating Salsa: Global Markets and Local Meanings in Latin Popular Music, ed. Lise Waxer. New
York: Garland press, forthcoming 2001.

Chapters in Books
"Cuban Musicians in New York," "Puerto Rican Musicians in New York." The American
Musical Atlas, ed. by Jeff Todd Titon. New York: Schirmer, forthcoming.

Biographical entries on Don Azpiazú, Ruben Blades, Willie Colón, Celia Cruz, Xavier Cugat, Pedro Flores, Juan Luis Guerra, Rafael Hernández, Irakere, Mighty Sparrow, Eddie Palmieri, Pérez Prado, Tito Puente, Louie Ramírez, Arsenio Rodríguez, Tito Rodriguez, Mongo Santamaría, Cal Tjader, and Los Van Van. Commissioned for The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, rev. ed., edited by Stanley Sadie.London: MacMillan, forthcoming.

Entries on "Salsa" and "Colombian Music." Commissioned for The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, rev. ed., edited by Stanley Sadie. London: MacMillan, forthcoming.

"Consuming Memories: The Record-Centred Salsa Scene in Cali." 
In Sound Identities: Popular
Music and the Cultural Politics of Education, edited by Cameron McCarthy et al. New York: Paul Lang, in press 1999, pp. 235-252.

"Just Hangin’ Out and Playing Guitar: Music and Individualism." In Community of Music, ed. by
Bruno Nettl et al. Champaign: Elephant and Cat, 1993, pp.133-148.

Articles in Refereed Journals
"Las Caleñas Son Como Las Flores: All-Women Salsa Bands in Cali, Colombia," Ethnomusicology, vol. 45/2 (2001), forthcoming.

"En Congo, Bongó y Campana: The Rise of Colombian Salsa," Latin American Music Review, vol. 21/2 (2000), forthcoming

"Of Mambo Kings and Songs of Love: Dance Music in Havana and New York City from the 1930s-1950s." Latin American Music Review vol. 15/2 (1994): 139-176.

"Traditional Music in a Modern Society: Dr. Tapan Kumar Bhattacharrya." Canadian Folk Music Journal vol. 15 (1987): 38-44.

Other Articles
"Record Grooves and Salsa Dance Moves: The Viejoteca Phenomenon in Cali, Colombia", Popular Music (Cambridge) 20/1 (2001, forthcoming)

"Oscar Valdés: Un nuevo rumbo con Diákara." La Palabra vol. 4/47 (March 1996): 12-13. (Cali: Universidad del Valle.)

Reviews
Review of Tito Puente: The Making of Latin Music, by Steven Loza. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1999). Latin American Music Review vol. 21/2 (2000), forthcoming.

Review of Listening to Salsa: Gender, Latin Popular Music, and Puerto Rican Cultures, by Frances R. Aparicio. (Hanover: University Press of New England, for Wesleyan University Press, 1998.) Latin American Music Review 20/1 (1999): 148-157.

Ph.D Dissertation
"Cali Pachanguero: A Social History of Salsa in a Colombian City." University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1998.

Master’s Thesis
"Latin Popular Musicians in Toronto: Issues of Ethnicity and Cross-Cultural Integration." York University, 1991.

PRESENTATIONS
Professional Papers (* by invitation)

* "Record Grooves and Salsa Dance Moves: The Viejoteca Phenomenon in Cali, Colombia." Ethnomusicology Graduate Colloquium, Wesleyan University, Middletown, April 14, 1999.

"Salsa, Champeta and Rap: Black Sounds and Black Identities in Afro-Colombia." Presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Pittsburgh, October 24, 1997.

"Salsa in Cali: Popular Identity and Local Style in a Hemispheric Musical Culture." Presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Toronto, October 29, 1996.

"Llegó la Salsa: Thirty Years of Popular Music in Caracas." Presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, in Oxford, Mississippi, November 1993. Awarded Charles Seeger Prize for best graduate student paper.

"Appropriation, Ethnicity, and the Negotiation of Insider-Outsider Roles in Latin Popular Music Performance." Presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Chicago, October 1991.

"'Bringing Music to the People': W.O.M.A.D. and the Democratization of World Music." Presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Cambridge, Mass., October 1989.

Lectures (*invited)
*"Ears to the Pavement: Studying World Music in the City." Invited lecture at Trinity College San Francisco campus, February 22, 1999.

"All-Women Salsa Bands in Cali—Lessons from the Field." Presented at the Trinity College Women’s Center, Hartford, November 19, 1998.

*"The Roots of Salsa and Merengue." Invited lecture for undergraduate resident hall cultural series, Wesleyan University, Middletown, November 12, 1998.

*"Music of Puerto Rico: From Rafael Hernández to Rafael Cortijo and Beyond." Invited lecture for History Department (HIST378), Trinity College, Hartford, October 29, 1998.

*"Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Music," Invited lecture for Latin American Studies Program (LACS102), Trinity College, Hartford, October 1, 1998.

*"Cuban Music Before and After the Revolution." Invited lecture for Ethnomusicology Program, York University, Toronto, November 2, 1996.

Professional Panels and Events (*invited)
Organizer and speaker, "Music Matters: Musical Expression in the Experience of Migratory and Diasporic Processes," special community panel, Migrations/Diaspora Series, Trinity College and Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, October 13, 1998.
Organizer and moderator, "The Beat of Bachannal" panel, World Conference on Carnival, Trinity College, Hartford, September 10, 1998.

*Host and moderator, colloquium by Dr. Ruth Glasser, "Puerto Rican Musicians in New York, 1920s-40s," Guakia Cultural Center, Hartford, May 30, 1998.

*Panelist, "The Future of Community Learning," Center for Collaborative Teaching and
Research Faculty Panel Discussion, Trinity College, Hartford, March 9, 1998.

*"Music and Identities in Post-colonial Latin America and the Caribbean," Decolonization
Series, Trinity College, Hartford, November 13, 1997.

*Presenter and discussion moderator for Flamenco, Black Orpheus, and Our Latin Thing, Latin American and Spanish Film Series, Trinity College, Hartford, 1997 and 1998.

Other Talks (*invited)
*"Building Our American Mosaic: Notes on the Value of Teaching World Music." Keynote speaker, Lambda Psi Delta Second National Meeting, April 9, 1999.
*"La salsa y otros ritmos latinos." Presentation for W. Burr Elementary School bilingual education program, Hartford, April 7, 1999.

FIELD RESEARCH

1998          Trinidad: Member of research group studying Trinidadian Carnival (8 days)
1994-1996  Colombia: Ethnographic research on the social history of salsa music in
                 Cali, also Colombian folkloric traditions and current musical trends
1995          Havana, Cuba: Trips in April and December, to interview and study with
                 musicians from various generations of Cuban popular music.
1992          Caracas, Venezuela: Two-month field research on the history of
                 Venezuelan salsa.
1989-1991  Toronto, Canada: Ethnographic research with Latin musicians in Toronto,
                 tracing issues of ethnic identity within a multicultural urban environment.
1988          Nepal, India Ten months of informal research and travel

1992 ER-HU, with Hin-Yang Chan, University of Illinois, Urbana
1991 ANDEAN PANPIPE, with Prof. Thomas Turino, University of Illinois, Urbana
1991 SHONA MBIRA, with Patricia Sandler, University of Illinois, Urbana
1990 LATIN PIANO and PERCUSSION, with Frank Falco, Memo Acevedo, Toronto
1989 GHANAIAN DANCE, with Helen Mensah and Abraham Adzenyah, Toronto
1986 TABLA, with Pandit Sharda Sahai, Toronto
1985-1986 JAZZ PIANO, with Mark Eisenman, and at York University summer jazz  clinic, Toronto
1977-1985 CLASSICAL PIANO, with Linda Küttis, Boris Lysenko, Toronto