Luis-Manuel Garcia

EDUCATION

University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Ph.D. Ethnomusicology (09.2004—present)
Primary Field: Electronic Dance Music
Areas of Research: Popular Music Studies, Intimacy and Affect Theory, Publicness and Crowds, Queerness/Gender Studies,
Secondary Field: Vocal Practices of Georgia (Republic)

University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M.A. Musicology (09.2002— 04.2004)
Disciplines: Popular Music, Musical Anthropology, Historical Musicology
Fields of concentration: Electronic Dance Music, Authenticity and Cultural Value
Secondary Fields: Medieval Notation and Plainchant

University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
B.A. Music History and Culture (09.1999— 04.2002)
Areas of Interest: Popular Music, Georgian Vocal Polyphony, Medieval Notation and Performance Practice.

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
B.Mus. Early Music Vocal Performance (09.1997—05.1999)
Transferred to University of Toronto

EXPERIENCE

University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Teaching Assistant (01.2006-03.2006)

For MUSI 10200—Introduction to World Music, worked with Professor Travis A. Jackson in an undergraduate course that provides a global survey of musical traditions, along with a problematization of the concept of World Music. Responsibilities included planning and teaching three lecture sessions, marking quizzes and exams, and contributing to the course's Chalk website.

University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Research Assistant (05.2004—08.2004)

Assisted Professor Mary Ann Parker in the preparation of the second edition of the Routledge George Frideric Handel: A Guide to Research. Responsibilities included creation and management of large EndNote databases; manuscript layout and formatting; proofreading.

University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Teaching Assistant (01.2004— 04.2004)

For HMU226H1S—Historical Survey II, assisted Professor R. Elliott in teaching survey of western art music from 1750 to present. Included planning and teaching weekly tutorials; marking tests, quizzes and written work; providing individual tutelage when necessary; and determining final grades.

University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Guest Lecturer (11.26.2003)

For MUS300--Music, Media and Technology (Professor C. Cain), presented a 2-hour lecture on glitch art/music, and its aesthetics to an undergraduate class of approximatey 250 students. This also included preparing and submitting exam questions.

University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Teaching Assistant (09.2002— 12.2002)

For HMU2251F—Historical Survey I, assisted Professor John Haines with survey course covering pre-historic music to eighteenth-century. Included planning and teaching weekly tutorials; marking tests, quizzes and written work; providing individual tutelage when necessary; and determining final grades.

PUBLICATIONS

forthcoming

Review of Unplayed Melodies: Javanese Gamelan and the Genesis of Music Theory by Marc Perlman. Music Theory Spectrum (forthcoming).

2005

"On and On: Repetition as Process and Pleasure in Electronic Dance Music." Music Theory Online 11 (4). <http://www.music-theory.org/mto/>

2003

Review of Music, Body and Desire in Medieval Culture: Hildegard of Bingen to Chaucer by Bruce W. Holsinger. Discourses in Music 4 (2). <http://www.discourses.ca/>

CONFERENCE PAPERS

2006

"Vazaleen, Affect and Utopia: Sliding Public Spheres into Private Places". Paper read at the Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM), November 16-19, Honolulu, Hawaii.

2005

"The soft pink meaning(s): multiple readings and the Soft Pink Truth". Paper read at the Meeting of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM-Intl), July 25-30, Rome, Italy.

2004

"On and On: Repetition as Process and Pleasure in Electronic Dance Music". Paper read at the Joint Meeting of the Society for Music Theory (SMT) and the American Musicological Society (AMS), November 13, Seattle, Washington.

"Dancing with the Wrong Crowd: Identity and Genre Politics among Electronic Dance Musics". Paper read at the Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM), November 5, Tucson, Arizona.

2003

"Future Music: Discourses of Modernism, Futurism and Intellectualism in Techno". Paper read at the Music Graduate Students' Association Conference, April 12, at University of Toronto, Canada.

AWARDS, HONOURS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2006-2007

ALT Assistanceship in Paris (09.2006-06.2007)
College IT and Study Abroad Program
University of Chicago
Provides for airfare, lodging and living stipend for 10 months in Paris as well as an office at the University of Chicago's Paris Center, in exchange for service as IT support to UCParis Center.

2004-present

Century Fellowship (09.2004-06.2010)
Division of the Humanities
University of Chicago
5-year fellowship

2003-2004

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (06.2003-05.2004)
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Government of Ontario

Canada Graduate Scholarship (09.2003-08.2004)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Government of Canada
(declined by recipient because OGS and CGS are mutually exclusive)

Gordon Cressey Student Leadership Award (awarded 03.2004)
University of Toronto Alumni Association
Criteria: excellence in student leadership and involvement in extra-curricular activities

2002-2003

Tuition Waiver and Graduate Fellowship (09.2002-05.2003)
University of Toronto

1997-1999

Faculty Award (09.1997-05.1999)
Indiana University

Honors Division Scholarship (09.1997-05.1999)
Indiana University

UNIVERSITY/ PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2003-2004

Co-President, Music Graduate Students Association
University of Toronto

Graduate Representative, Decanal Selection Committee
University of Toronto

2002-2003

Graduate Student Union Representative, Music Graduate Students Association
University of Toronto

2001-2002

Undergraduate Representative, Professorial Selection Committee (Musicology/Ethnomusicology)
University of  Toronto

1998-1999

Director of Publicity, IU-OUT GLBT Student Association
Indiana Unviersity

1997-1998

Director of Education, IU-OUT GLBT Student Association
Indiana University

LANGUAGES

speaking

Excellent/Fluent: Spanish, French
Good: Italian
Fair: German

reading

Excellent: Spanish, French, Italian
Good: German, Latin (medieval and classical), Catalan, Georgian
Fair: Portuguese, Provencal

writing

Excellent: Spanish, French
Good: German, Italian, Latin (medieval and classical)
Fair: Georgian

MEMBERSHIPS

American Musicological Society (AMS)
Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM)
Society for Music Theory (SMT)
International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM)