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| Education Ph.D. studies in ethnomusicology at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York City, September 2002-current D.M.A. studies in world music at the New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts, September 2000-May 2001 M.F.A., Jazz Instrumental Performance, 1990, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California B.M., Jazz Composition and Arranging, summa cum laude, 1987, Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts Private studies in North Indian Classical music theory and performance with Nityanand Haldipur (Mumbai, India, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 ), Devendra Murdeshwar (Mumbai, India, 1992-93), Amiya Dasgupta (Valencia, California, 1988-1990), Steve Gorn (New York, 1991-1992, 2000-2001), Dr. George Ruckert (Boston, Massachusetts, 1998-2001) Private studies in jazz with Jerry Bergonzi (1983-1987), Joe Viola (1985- 1987), George Garzone (1984-1985), James Newton (1988-1990), and Joe Lovano (1987) |
| Instruments Tenor, soprano, and alto saxophones; flute, clarinet, and North Indian flute (bansuri) |
| Summary of Qualifications College instructor; private instructor; professional performer, composer/arranger; session musician; recording artist |
| Experience College Instructor: * Adjunct lecturer, taught Jazz and Rock at John Jay College, New York, New York, 2004 * Guest lecturer in Indian music, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, May 2003 * Guest lecturer for “Rhythm and Groove” class, New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999 * Assistant teacher, New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts, September 2000-May 2001 * Assistant teacher, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, April 1989-May 1990 * Recital and lecture/demonstration on bansuri (Indian flute) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1998 Private teacher of woodwinds: * The Roosevelt School, Hyde Park, Massachusetts * The Rivers School, Weston, Massachusetts * The New School of Music, Cambridge, Massachusetts * Lexington High School, Lexington, Massachusetts * Independent private instruction on saxophone and bansuri Professional Performer: * Currently performing freelance in New York and Boston * Performed at Jazz Yatra Festival, Bombay, India, 2002 * Performed with Crosscurrent at the Regattabar Jazz Festival, Boston, Massachusetts, 1998, 2000 * Performed with Divya at: * The CRY Jazz Festival, Bombay, India, 1997 * Thailand International Jazz Festival, 1996 * Jazz Yatra festival, Bombay, India, 1996 * Tokyo Summer Jazz Festival, Tokyo, Japan, 1993 * Malaysian Jazz Festival, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1993 * Performed with James Newton at the Boston Globe Jazz Festival, Boston, Massachusetts, 1990 Managing editor of the newsletter for the Institute of Studies in American Music, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, 2004-current |
| Recordings Rituals, Crosscurrent, 2000, Laugh and Jangle Records By the Sea, Eric T. Johnson featuring Crosscurrent, 1997, Laugh and Jangle Records Kumbamela, Divya, 1997, Earthbeat Music Point of Balance, Steve Kirby, 1997, A-Records The Island, Eric T. Johnson featuring Crosscurrent, 1996, Laugh and Jangle Records Crosscurrent debut album, 1996, Laugh and Jangle Records California Institute of the Arts CD, 1990, Capitol Records |
| Research Projects * Paper: “Indian Music Within Hip Hop: Appropriations and Re-appropriations,” to be published in the 2004 seminar proceedings of History/Theory/Criticism of Hip-Hop, CUNY Graduate Center * Paper: “Hariprasad Chaurasia and Nityanand Haldipur: Stylistic Differences Within a Gharana,” presented at the Society for Ethnomusicology annual conference, Miami, Florida, 2003 * Paper: “Melodic Aspects of Latin Jazz Improvisation: Tipico Characteristics in Dave Valentin’s Flute Style,” New York, 2002 (unpublished) * Paper: “John Coltrane and the Integration of Indian Concepts in Jazz Improvisation,” Boston, Massachusetts, 2000 (unpublished) * Paper: “Western and Indian Influence in the Music of Bombay,” 1998, based on research in Bombay and work in the Bombay recording industry, 1992-93 (unpublished) |