A Colloquium
Music in Oman: Politics, Identity, Time, and Space in the Sultanate
Featuring:
Mozart in Muscat: Politics, Performance, and Patronage in Oman
Nasser Al-Taee
Director of Education and Outreach, Royal Opera House, Muscat
African Identities, Afro-Omani Music, and the Official Constructions of a Musical Past
Majid Al Harthy
Assistant Professor of Music/Musicology/Ethnomusicology, Sultan Qaboos University
The Musical Design of National Space and Time in Oman
Anne K. Rasmussen
Associate Professor of Music and Ethnomusicology, Chair of the Department of Music, The College of William and Mary
2010-2011 Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Research Fellow
Moderated by D.A. Sonneborn, Associate Director, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian Institution