katharine (katchie) cartwright, ph.d. ACADEMICS
Photo by Sharon Hall
link to northwest vista college
fine
& performing arts calendar
link to cartwright/oppenheim news
& events
new! website for the society for ethnomusicology - southern plains chapter (founded 2008)
2009 profile in northwest
vista college's laRevista
book
January
2008 release: "Guess
These People Wonder What I'm Singing": Quotation and Reference in
Ella Fitzgerald's "St. Louis Blues," in Ramblin
On My Mind: New Perspectives on the Blues, edited by
David Evans (University of Illinois Press).
"A superb overview of blues scholarship that is followed by
a rich and diverse set of essays. There could be no stronger group of
scholars assembled to deal with this topic. Many of the contributors have
devoted a lifetime to the blues. Their combined research is a truly awesome
tribute to the global importance of blues."--William Ferris, Joel
R. Williamson Distinguished Professor of History, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
December 14-16, 2007: Presentation on "Intercultural Improvisation: Lessons from John Cage" at the annual conference of the International Society for Improvised Music (Northwestern University, Evanston).
October 25-28, 2007: Presentation on "Dhanashree Pandit-Rai's Hindustani-Jazz Collaborations" at the 52nd annual conference of the Society for Ethnomusicology (Ohio State University, Columbus); part of a panel on "Rhythm, Tradition and Innovation: Jazz and Improvisation in Cuba, India, Peru" chaired by Julian Gerstin, Keene State College/Marlboro College.
teaching
Since
2006: Associate professor of music at Northwest
Vista College in San Antonio, Texas. Directing ensembles: Orquesta
Vista (Latin jazz band), Northwest Winds (wind ensemble),
and Vista Voices (chamber choir). Teaching improvisation, aural
skills, voice, and flute.
workshops and residencies
June
1-24, 2006: Fulbright
in American studies at the Conservatoire
National Supérieur de Musique in Beirut, Lebanon.
New works, workshops and performances of the music of John Cage. Click
for
more information.
April 8-21, 2006: Fulbright in jazz studies at the Ionian University in Corfu, Greece. Click to read about the program.
November 14-24, 2005: Fulbright in jazz singing/vocal improvisation with the Ionian University in Corfu, Greece. Click to read about the program.
July 25-31, 2005: Jazz singing/improvisation workshop at the Summer Jazz Academy of the Ionian University in Corfu, Greece. Contact the University for information, registration, and downloadable application. Application deadline: May 31, 2005.
Dr. Cartwright has performed and given workshops in West Africa, South Asia, the Middle East, South America, Europe, and the Caribbean. As a Fulbright Senior Specialist, she offers residencies and seminars at academic institutions abroad. Click for a profile of Cartwright, or to request more information or curriculum vitae..
an artist's perspectives
A
Mumbai of the Mind: Ferlinghetti Improvisations: What was Ferlinghetti
doing in Mumbai? (click for pdf)
harriton carved wax HCW 032 (2004).
La
Faute de la Musique: Songs of John Cage: What kinds of Cages had
we gotten ourselves into? (click for pdf)
harriton carved wax HCW 031 (2004).
gender and music
"NewMusicBox
asks: How does gender affect your music?" (online)
Response
in NewMusicBox 38/4/2 (June 2002).
sisters
in jazz
"Sisters
in Jazz and Beyond: Through Mentorship, Musicianship and Mobility"
(onlne)
Jazz Education
Journal (May 2001).
Click for more information on Sisters
in Jazz.
john cage and improvisation
“Structuring
Freedom: Lessons from John Cage”
(pdf)
Paper (lecture-demonstration) presented at the Annual Meeting of the International
Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ), Conservatoire de Paris (June
25, 2000)
dissertation
"Quotation
and Reference in Jazz Performance: Ella Fitzgerald's 'St. Louis Blues,'
1957-1979"
Ph. D. dissertation, The Graduate School of The City University of New
York (1998)..
moodle
Offerings
include online
courses in improvisational traditions of the world
(with course navigation in the language of your choice, including Greek,
Arabic, Russian, Japanese, etc.). Click for a course
list. Email
for more information and enrollment
contact to request curriculum vitae, information on Fulbright residencies, and academic bookings.