DALE
A. OLSEN, Distinguished Research Professor
of Ethnomusicology, Director of the Center
for Music of the Americas, and Director
of the Summer Program in Vietnam. He received
B.A. and M.A. degrees in historical musicology
and flute performance from the University
of Minnesota and the Ph.D. from the University
of California, Los Angeles.
A
former Peace Corps Volunteer in Santiago,
Chile, where he performed as principal flutist
in the Philharmonic Orchestra of Chile in
the late 1960s, he has since conducted fieldwork
in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela in South America;
China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam in Asia;
Aotearoa, Fiji, Rarotonga, and Tonga in
Polynesia; and elsewhere around the world.
He has received funding from NEH, Fulbright,
Japan Foundation, and FSU for research and
performance, and has lectured and performed
concerts in many countries. He holds an
artist diploma (natori) in the Japanese
Kinko-ryû shakuhachi and also performs
on numerous Andean instruments.
Dr.
Olsen has more than one-hundred publications,
including the following books: Music
of the Warao of Venezuela: Song People of
the Rain Forest (winner of the 1997
Merriam Prize for the "Most Outstanding
Book in Ethnomusicology"); Musics
of Many Cultures: Study Guide and Workbook
(4th edition); Music of El Dorado: The
Ethnomusicology of Ancient South American
Cultures; The Garland Handbook
of Latin American Music; and The
Chrysanthemum and the Song: Music, Memory,
and Identity in the South American Japanese
Diaspora. He also edited Music
of Latin America (Study Guide in series
Sounds of the World); co-edited Volume 2
of the Garland Encyclopedia of World
Music; and was Recording Review Editor
for Ethnomusicology. His articles
have appeared in the Journal of the
American Musical Instrument Society,
Asian Music Journal, Ethnomusicology,
Latin American Music Review, College
Music Symposium, and Journal of
Latin American Lore. He has also contributed
many book chapters.
Dr.
Olsen has served on the Council, Board of
Directors, and as First Vice President of
the Society for Ethnomusicology; as the
Board Member for Ethnomusicology and President
of The College Music Society; as President
of the Florida Folklore Society; and as
President of the Southeastern-Caribbean
Chapter of SEM.
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