Michael T Balonek

Auteur van "You Can Use That in the Church?" Musical Contextualization & the Sinhala Church: A Masters' Thesis in Ethnomusicology. Bethel University, St. Paul, MN. 2009

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Fotografie: Michael Balonek and the North Indian Sarod

Allahabad (2) Contextualization (1) cross-cultural (1) Cultuur (2) drumming (1) ethnodoxology (1) Etnomusicologie (3) Feest- en gedenkdagen (1) Festival (2) Hindu (2) Holi-Phagwa (1) India (2) Kerk (1) kinderboek (3) Kumbh Mela (1) lessen (1) Muziek (1) Organologie (1) religieus (1) Sinhalese (1) Sri Lanka (2) thammattama (1) Traditioneel (1) Uttar Pradesh (1) Wereldmuziek (2)

Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: USA
Opleiding: Bethel University, St Paul, Minnesota, USA (MA|Ethnomusicology)
State University of New York, Potsdam (BM|Music Education/Voice)
Beroepen: ethnomusicologist
ethnodoxologist
music educator
musician
Organisaties: International Council of EthnoDoxologists
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Society for Ethnomusicology
Korte biografie: Originally hailing from Brockport, NY, Michael T. Balonek holds a Masters' Degree in Ethnomusicology from Bethel University (St. Paul, MN). This degree took him to Sri Lanka and India where he studied local music, specializing in indigenous drumming. In 2011, Mr. Balonek published the first ever lesson book for the Thammattama - one of Sri Lanka's drums ("Sri Lankan Drumming: The Thammattama"). Prior to studying ethnomusicology, Michael received his BM in Music Education from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam (NY). At the time of his most recent publication ("Musical Contextualization and the Sinhala Church"), Michael and his wife Amanda (to whom he owes many photo credits) have two sons, Micaiah and Samuel, and are currently (as of the writing of this bio) living in India.