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Paul Berliner
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Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor Emeritus |
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105 Mary Duke Biddle, Durham, NC 27708 |
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paul.berliner@duke.edu |
Education
- Ph.D. Wesleyan University, 1974
- PhD Doctor in Humane Letters (Honorary) DePaul University, Chicago, IL, 2003
- M.A. Wesleyan University, 1970
- B.A. Antioch College, 1969
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- Leeds International Jazz Conference (March 25-27, 2010), December 2010
- Fellow, National Humanities Center, 0 2010
- 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
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences, June, 2004
- Fellows, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 0 2004
- Fellowships for University Teachers, National Endowment for the Humanities, 0 2002
- External Faculty Fellowship, Stanford Humanities Center, 0 2001
- Certificate of Appreciation for “Outstanding Service to Jazz Education”, International Association of Jazz Educators, 1996
- Fellow, National Humanities Center, 0 1996
- Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 0 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, Society for Ethnomusicology, 0 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: (More...)
Articles - Berliner, PF. "“Art Farmer on Jazz Learning and Improvisation”." Jazzforschung / Jazz Research Volume 39 (December, 2007).
- Berliner, PF. "Afropop Worldwide Interview [Improvisation in Jazz and Zimbabwean Music]." (2007). [Ethnomusicologist]
Articles in Books - Berliner, PF. "photograph of mbira performance techique." appears in Christine Lucia’s book, Music notation: A South African Guide Unisa Press 2010.
Recordings - Berliner, PF. Playing it forward. January, 2007 . (Interview by Jacob Dagger) [html]
- Berliner, PF. The Heart that Remembers: A Tale of Zimbabwe’s Musicians in a Time of War. 2007 . (in progress)
Commissions: - Paul F. Berliner: Performances, 1991 - 1999, 1999/01/01
with Cosmas Magaya; Bjorn Alterhaug; KUDU; Howard Levy Group; Joan Wildman Group; Paul Berliner
- Paul F. Berliner: Solo Performances, 1994 - 1995, 1995/01/01
with Paul Berliner
Performances: - An Evening of Mbira Music, Paul Berliner and Mbira Master Cosmas Magaya, Duke Coffee House, undefined, 2010
Other Activities: - The Soul of Mbira and Zimbabwe: Shona Mbira Music, 2002/01/01
with Paul Berliner
- Earth: Voices of A Planet (The Paul Winter Consort), 1989/01/01
with Paul Berliner
- Claudia Schmidt, 1979/01/01
with Paul Berliner
- The Sun Rises Late Here, 1979/01/01
with Paul Berliner
- Common Ground (The Paul Winter Consort), 1978/01/01
with Paul Berliner
- Shona Mbira Music, 1977/01/01
with Paul Berliner
- The Soul of Mbira, 1973/01/01
with Paul Berliner
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