Rob's publications include:
Music Video "One Takes"
What follows is a small collection of songs I enjoy singing and accompanying with the cello. I started doing these a couple of years ago. Here are three of them. I hope you enjoy them.
What follows is a small collection of songs I enjoy singing and accompanying with the cello. I started doing these a couple of years ago. Here are three of them. I hope you enjoy them.
Collaborations:
Harvest of Shadows
In 2013 I collaborated with award-winning photographer / videographer Matt Black on a short film project for MSNBC, "Harvest of Shadows". It was an honor to contribute to the soundtrack of this film focusing on the lives of immigrant field workers in the Central Valley of California. Here is a link to the Vimeo version of the film.
In 2013 I collaborated with award-winning photographer / videographer Matt Black on a short film project for MSNBC, "Harvest of Shadows". It was an honor to contribute to the soundtrack of this film focusing on the lives of immigrant field workers in the Central Valley of California. Here is a link to the Vimeo version of the film.
Publications in Ethnomusicology
Ph.D. Dissertation (2009), University of California at Santa Barbara.
"Ganti Andung, Gabe Ende (Replacing Laments, Becoming Hymns): The Changing Voice of Grief in the Pre-funeral Wakes of Protestant Toba Batak (North Sumatra, Indonesia)."
[From the Abstract]: This dissertation is a multifaceted investigation of the ways in which Protestant Toba Batak (North Sumatra, Indonesia) mourn their dead through song during the pre-funeral wake period preceding the
burial of older Toba Batak. It investigates the way in which a musical practice contains and conveys meaning, cultural value and identity to members of that community in the present day.
To see more, or to order the dissertation for yourself, please follow this link to UMI ProQuest.
OR To read the full dissertation in .pdf format, click here.
Articles and Reviews
"Referencing, Reframing, and (Re)presenting Grief Through Pop Laments in Toba Batak (North Sumatra, Indonesia)." In Etnomusikologi. Vol. 1, No. 3: 310-318. 2006.
"Tu Dia Ho, Dung Mate Ho?": Manifestasi dan Mediasi Disonansi Kognitif dalam Konteks Lagu-lagu Ratapan di Kalangan Kristen Protestan Batak Toba." In Etnomusikologi. Vol. 2, No. 1: 10-18. 2006.
Review of: Worship and Mission for the Global Church: An Ethnodoxology Handbook (James Krabill, gen. ed.); and Creating Local Arts Together: A Manual to Help Communities Reach Their Kingdom Goals (Brian Schrag). Published in Global Forum for Arts and Christian Faith, Vol. 2, No. 1 (published online).
Ph.D. Dissertation (2009), University of California at Santa Barbara.
"Ganti Andung, Gabe Ende (Replacing Laments, Becoming Hymns): The Changing Voice of Grief in the Pre-funeral Wakes of Protestant Toba Batak (North Sumatra, Indonesia)."
[From the Abstract]: This dissertation is a multifaceted investigation of the ways in which Protestant Toba Batak (North Sumatra, Indonesia) mourn their dead through song during the pre-funeral wake period preceding the
burial of older Toba Batak. It investigates the way in which a musical practice contains and conveys meaning, cultural value and identity to members of that community in the present day.
To see more, or to order the dissertation for yourself, please follow this link to UMI ProQuest.
OR To read the full dissertation in .pdf format, click here.
Articles and Reviews
"Referencing, Reframing, and (Re)presenting Grief Through Pop Laments in Toba Batak (North Sumatra, Indonesia)." In Etnomusikologi. Vol. 1, No. 3: 310-318. 2006.
"Tu Dia Ho, Dung Mate Ho?": Manifestasi dan Mediasi Disonansi Kognitif dalam Konteks Lagu-lagu Ratapan di Kalangan Kristen Protestan Batak Toba." In Etnomusikologi. Vol. 2, No. 1: 10-18. 2006.
Review of: Worship and Mission for the Global Church: An Ethnodoxology Handbook (James Krabill, gen. ed.); and Creating Local Arts Together: A Manual to Help Communities Reach Their Kingdom Goals (Brian Schrag). Published in Global Forum for Arts and Christian Faith, Vol. 2, No. 1 (published online).