Paul F Berliner
| Title: | Arts and Sciences Professor of Music |
| Office Location: | 105 Mary Duke Biddle |
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| Email Address: | paul.berliner@duke.edu |
Education
- PhD Music Wesleyan University, CT, 1974
- PhD Doctor in Humane Letters (Honorary) DePaul University, Chicago, IL, 2003
- MA Music Wesleyan University, CT, 1970
- BA Philosophy Antioch College, OH, 1969
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- Feature article in Duke Dialogue, December 2007
- Distinguished Professorship Award: Arts and Science Professor of Music in Trinity College of Music, Duke University, December, 2006
- The Langford Lectureship Award, 2006
- Distinguished Visitor Award, School of Music, University of Toronto, December, 2005
- Certificate of Appreciation for “Outstanding Service to Jazz Education”, International Association of Jazz Educators, 1996
- A feature article about Thinking in Jazz appears in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Volume XLI, Number 28, March 28, 1995
- Alan Merriam Prize for Outstanding Book in Ethnomusicology, The Society for Ethnomusicology, 1995
- ARSC Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research for “Best Research in the Field of Recorded Jazz and Blues”, The Association for Recorded Sound Collections, 1995
- Exemplar in Music Teaching Award, Northwestern University, 1995
- Finalist distinction in category of “Adult Non-Fiction 1995”, The Society of Midland Authors, 1995
- Outstanding Academic Books 1995, Choice Citation, 1995
- Associated Student Government Faculty Honor Roll, Northwestern University, 1994-1995
- ASCAP Deems Taylor Award in the category of “Outstanding Books about Music in 1978”, 1978
Recent Professional Work:
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- P.F. Berliner. The Art of Mbira: A Biography of Musical Knowledge Featuring the Repertory and Artistic Practices of Mbira Master Cosmas Magaya. 2007 . (in progress)
- P.F. Berliner. Victory and Sorrow: The Life and Music of Jazz Prodigy Booker T. Little. 2007 . (in progress)
- P.F. Berliner. "“Art Farmer on Jazz Learning and Improvisation”." Jazzforschung / Jazz Research Volume 39 (December, 2007).
- P.F. Berliner, Afropop Worldwide Interview [Improvisation in Jazz and Zimbabwean Music]. (2007). [Ethnomusicologist%20Paul%20Berliner%20considers%20improvisers%20in%20jazz%20and%20Zimbabwean%20mbira%20music]
Commissions:
- Commissions, 2007/12/14
- Commissions, 2007/12/14
- Commissions, 2007/12/14
- Commissions, 2007/12/14
- Commissions, 2007/12/14
Performances, Residences Invited Lectures/ Performances guest lecture, University of North Carolina Ethnomusicology Seminar, Oct.10 ’07 guest lecture, University of Oslo, Norway, May 11, ’07 Residencies University of Bergen (Greig Academy of Music), Norway May 7-10, 2007 Oct 1-5, 2007 University of Trondheim, Norway Sept 24-28, 2007 University of Trondheim special events: 1. Tues 24’ 07 Mbira Performance with Mbira Master Cosmas Magaya for Norwegian Church Aid “Food and Trade” Conference 2. Wed 25 ’07 Mbira Performance with Cosmas Magaya for University of Trondheim Program in Cultural Translation 3. Wed 25 ’07 Performance and Interview with Cosmas Magaya for Norway’s National Public Radio Program ‘Jungel Music’ with Sigbjørn Nedland, host 4. Thurs 25 ‘07 Guest lecture with Cosmas Magaya about challenges of cross-cultural collaborative research for University of Trondheim Program in Cultural Translation 5. Thurs 25 ‘07 Guest lectures at for University of Trondheim, Music Department courses, “African Music ” and “History of Jazz Guitar” 6. Sept 29 ‘07 Mbira performance with Cosmas Magaya at jazz jam session with Bjorn Alterhaug’s jazz band, Hurtingruten, ‘Finnmarken.’
Performances:
- Music Performance Highlights, 2007/12/16
As a musician, the author has toured internationally and recorded with the Paul Winter Consort, which featured him as a soloist in its debut performances at Carnegie Hall and The Bottom Line in NYC, and the Harumi Dome, Tokyo. He has also toured and recorded with his own jazz-world music fusion ensemble, KUDU. Additionally, the author is a thirty-year musical associate of the members of the famed Zimbabwean mbira ensemble "Mhuri yekwaRwizi" and has collaborated with the artists on performance tours of England and Europe. In the fall of 1999, he organized a two-month national American tour for an all-star Zimbabwean mbira ensemble--the first mbira ensemble to be heard in the States--and traveled with the group as performer and tour manager. The tour and the history of the author's mbira music research were the subjects of a March 17, 2000 NPR special on the program 'AfroPop Worldwide'. The author subsequently joined the group for a residency of lectures, performances and community outreach programs at Stanford University, Stanford CA, May 12-20, 2002. - Mbira performance with Cosmas Magaya at jazz jam session with Bjorn Alterhaug’s jazz band, Hurtingruten, ‘Finnmarken’, University of Trondheim, Norway, September 29, 2007
- Mbira Performance with Cosmas Magaya for University of Trondheim Program in Cultural Translation, University of Trondheim, Norway, September 25, 2007
- Performance and Interview with Cosmas Magaya for Norway’s National Public Radio Program ‘Jungel Music’ with Sigbjørn Nedland, host, University of Trondheim, Norway, September 25, 2007
- Mbira Performance with Mbira Master Cosmas Magaya for Norwegian Church Aid “Food and Trade” Conference, University of Trondheim, Norway, September 24, 2007
- Performance of mbira music with MUS 120 “African Mbira Music” class for Duke/Africa’s “Cultural Extravaganza”, Duke University, March 31, 2007
- Performance of mbira music with MUS 120 “African Mbira Music” class at Duke International Students’ “Springternational Festival”, Duke University, March 30, 2007
- Guest artist with Zimbabwean Mbira Masters Cosmas Magaya and Beauler Dyoko, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, November 11, 2006
Performance and lecture/demonstration - Guest artist with Zimbabwean Mbira Masters Cosmas Magaya and Beauler Dyoko, Lilly Artist Series, Denison University, Granville, OH, November 9, 2006
Performance and lecture/demonstration - Guest artist with Zimbabwean Mbira Masters Cosmas Magaya and Beauler Dyoko, November 7-18, 2004
Tour including performances at Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL; DePaul University, Chicago; Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; African Studies Association Annual Meetings and The Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro and The Sound Café in New Orleans; Boston University; New England Conservatory of Music, Boston; and the World Music Institute (Symphony Space Thalia Theatre), New York City - Guest artist with Zimbabwean Mbira Masters Cosmas Magaya and Beauler Dyoko, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago World Music Festival, September 18, 2004
Performance and lecture/demonstration - Library in Flames, 2002 - 2004
(based on stories from the manuscript The Heart that Remembers). Researched, scripted and performed by the author. Initially creating Library as a multi-media performance piece, the author subsequently adapted it for theatre with the assistance of Director Jeff Storer, Theatre Department, Duke University. Productions have been staged at Stanford University, The University of California at Berkeley, Duke University, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Wesleyan University, CT, and New York University
Other Activities:
- Interview for NPR Afropop Worldwide program, ‘Improvisation II’, February 2, 2006