Matthew DelCiampo Curriculum Vitae Address: Email Address: Matthew DelCiampo Texas A&M University TAMU 4240 College Station, TX 77843-4240 mdelciampo@tamu.edu ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2016-present EDUCATION Lecturer, Texas A&M University Department of Performance Studies 2016 Ph.D. in Musicology Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL Dissertation: Listening to Locality: A Sense of Place in the Music of Sigur Rós, Dan Deacon, Sō Percussion and Nick Zammuto, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL Advisor: Denise Von Glahn 2012 M.M. in Ethnomusicology Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL Master s Thesis: Buying Spirituality: Commodity and Meaning in American Kirtan Music Advisor: Frank Gunderson 2010 B.M. in Music Management and Percussion Performance The Hartt School, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT; Graduated Summa Cum Laude Major Academic Paper for Degree Completion, The Hartt School, University of Hartford Advisor: Irene Conley ARTICLES FORTHCOMING DelCiampo, Matthew. Recorded in a Cabin in the Woods: Place, Publicity, and the Isolationist Narrative of Indie Music (forthcoming, MUSICultures). PUBLISHED REVIEWS DelCiampo, Matthew. Recording Review. Where (we) Live, by Sō Percussion. Journal of the Society for American Music 9, no. 4 (2015): 515-517. 1
DelCiampo, Matthew. Book Review. Florida Soul: From Racy Charles to KC and the Sunshine Band, by John Capouya (forthcoming, Florida Historical Quarterly). BOOKS UNDER REVIEW DelCiampo, Matthew. Listening for Locality: The Power of Place in Indie Music (under exclusive review, Indiana University Press). This work considers the role of place, nature, and environmentalism within American indie music. Combining ethnographic musical case studies with media and reception history analysis, I examine how three specific places the landscape, home, and the cabin in the woods operate within indie music narratives and reflect the place-based experiences common among white, middle- to upper-class Americans, who constitute the bulk of the genre s performers and audience. I theorize the concept of place formulation, which considers how a place is experienced, internally understood, outwardly projected, and perhaps misinterpreted. I consider within this genre-specific context how these place formulations are racialized, gendered, and positioned as proxies for nationalism, community affiliation, and socioeconomic privilege. The nexus of music, place, and culture often reflects existing hegemonic inequalities, sometimes subverts historical social structures, and always reveals the power of place within musical culture. REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS Recorded in a Cabin in the Woods: Place, Publicity, and the Isolationist Narrative within Indie Music. Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado (November 2017) Sigur Rós Imagined Iceland: Conflict, Representation, and Reality in Sound and Image. Sounding Out the Space Conference, Dublin, Ireland (November 2017) Participant in the American Musicological Society Popular Music Study Group s 2016 Junior Faculty Symposium, Cleveland, OH (June 2016) Sō Percussion, Princeton University, and Performing Where (we) Live. Locations and Dislocations: An Ecomusicological Conversation, Princeton, NJ (April 2016) Where (we) Live: Performing Place, Past and Present. Society for American Music Conference, Boston, MA; poster presentation (March 2016) Where (we) Live: Analyzing Memory, Narrative, and Place in the Music of Sō Percussion. Southeast Regional Graduate Conference, Tallahassee, FL (March 2015) Sigur Rós and the Soundtrack to Selling Planet Earth. International Association for the Study of Popular Music United States Annual Conference 2014, Chapel Hill, NC (March 2014) Real Beauty Turns : Beauty and Gender Perceptions in Mixed Media. Society for Ethnomusicology Southeast and Caribbean Chapter, Gainesville, FL (February 2014) A Place to Call Home: Broad Resonances from Local Places within Contemporary Popular Music. Ecomusicologies 2013: Ecosystems and Ecocriticism, Brisbane, Australia; presented virtually (November 2013) 2
The Soundtrack to an Idealized Nature Sigur Rós and the Promotion of the BBC s Planet Earth. The Southern Graduate Music Research Symposium, Athens, GA (September 2013) Representation and Experience in American Kirtan Music. Society for Ethnomusicology Southeast and Caribbean Chapter, The Dominican Republic (March 2012) Kirtan: Music, Meaning and Commodity. The Southern Graduate Music Research Symposium, Tallahassee, FL (September 2011) TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2016-present Lecturer, Texas A&M University, Department of Performance Studies Instructor of Record for MUSC/ANTH 324 Music in World Cultures; PERF 301 Performance in World Cultures; MUSC 226 History of Rock; MUSC 222 Music of the Americas (honors). 2012-2015 Graduate Teaching Assistant in Ethnomusicology, Florida State University College of Music Instructor of Record for MUH2019 Modern Popular Music; MUH2051 World Music Cultures; MUH3053 American Roots Music; MUH2012 Music and Western Culture, 19 th and 20 th Centuries. 2013-2015 Instructor, The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Florida State University Taught several courses in popular and world musics to the local lifelong learning community for six semesters. 2013-2015 Research Sponsor, The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, Florida State University Mentored undergraduate honors students in a one-on-one setting and assisted them in research practices and writing proficiency. PEDAGOGICAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY 2017 Participant, Flip Your Course Faculty Institute, Texas A&M University 2017 POSSE Plus Retreat Invited Guest Participated in retreat, titled Us vs. Them?: Division, Community, and Identity in American Society, convened by Texas A&M students involved with the POSSE Foundation a national organization dedicated to retention of college students from historically underserved communities. 2016 Aggie Ally Certification, Texas A&M University Completed a voluntary course dedicated to becoming allies of the LGBTQIA community. 2016 (fall semester) Participant in: Aggie Agora: Difficult Dialogues on Race Relations workshop and Pedagogy Project Lunch Forum 3
CURATION AND PROGRAMMING Symposia and Concerts Organized 2014 Co-chair, The Interdisciplinary Performance Symposium, Florida State University Won a university grant to host and organize the symposium, which featured presenters in music, dance, theatre, and visual arts from Florida State University and other universities. 2012-2015 Director, the Annual Rainbow Concert, Florida State University (2013-2015) Designed and managed the concerts, which featured a guest artist and over one hundred student participants. 2015-2015 Assistant, Center for Music of the Americas and the Annual Rainbow Concert, Florida State University Organized and coordinated events associated with the Center, including residencies by international musicians Ezequiel Torres on 9/6/12-9/7/12, Ensamble Serenata on 9/10/13-9/12/13. CREATIVE ACTIVITY Dance Positions, Festivals, and Creative Projects 2017 Querencia (dance film) Composed original music and acted as dramaturge. 2016 Musician Intern, the 2016 American Dance Festival, Durham, NC. 2016 Musician, the Texas Dance Improvisation Festival. Hosted by Sam Houston State University 2016 Original Composition for Opposing Forces Performed January 2016 at Florida State University and at the 2016 Chicago Fringe Festival; Supported by an award from the Florida State University School of Dance/Friends of Dance Organization 2015-2016 Dance Accompanist and Musicians Coordinator, Dance Department, Wesleyan University Accompanied modern, contemporary, and West African dance classes, managed musician schedules, and served as liaison between faculty and musicians. 2010-2015 Dance Accompanist, Florida State University School of Dance Accompanied modern, contemporary, and Graham technique classes. Performance Experience 2005-present Freelance Percussionist Perform in many contexts including orchestras, concert bands, dance companies, steel bands, and salsa bands. Groups have included: The New 4
Britain Symphony (CT), The Nutmeg Symphony (CT), New London Symphony (CT), Full Force Dance Theatre (CT), Free Improvisation Ensemble (CT), Rhumba Kali (FL), Omnimusica (FL), Latin Attitude (FL), Sekaa Gong Hanuman Agung Balinese Gamelan (FL), Irish Fiddling Ensemble (FL), BCS Irish Players (TX). 2008 West African Drumming and Dance Participant Three-week residency in Ghana, West Africa, studying and performing traditional African drumming and xylophone playing with internationally recognized educators and performers Emmanuel K. Agbeli and Bernard Woma. SERVICE EXPERIENCE Department Committees and University Working Groups, Texas A&M University Climate Council, Department of Performance Studies Outreach Committee, Department of Performance Studies Undergraduate Student Success Committee, Department of Performance Studies Member, Performance and Culture Working Group, supported through the Glasscock Center for Humanities Research Department and University Service, Florida State University 2014-2015 Representative, The 23 rd Congress of Graduate Students, Florida State University. Advocated on behalf of graduate students from the College of Music, voted on proposed legislation, and served on the 2015-2016 Budget Committee. 2011-2015 Communications Coordinator and Peer Mentor, Society for Musicology, Florida State University. Service to the Profession and Community 2015-present Program and Communications Committee, Society for Ethnomusicology, Ecomusicology SIG. 2014 Peer Reviewer, American Music, quarterly journal published by the University of Illinois Press. 2014 Program Committee, Ecomusics and Ecomusicologies 2014: Dialogues in Asheville, NC. 2014 Program Committee, Southern Graduate Music Research Symposium 2014 in Tallahassee, FL. 5
2013 Invited Guest Speaker, Advisory Committee on Cultural Competency, State of Connecticut Judicial Branch, May 17, 2013. Presented to the Committee regarding musical and cultural diversity and inclusion. 2007-2008 Member, Board of Directors, The Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra (CT) Participated in Board deliberations on issues relating to the governance, fundraising efforts, and programming of the Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra. Researched funding and sponsorships and assisted in grant-writing. AWARDS AND HONORS 2014-2015 Carol F. and Richard P. Krebs Research Fellow, Florida State University. 2014 The Graduate School at Florida State University funding for Interdisciplinary Performance Symposium. 2014 The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Florida State University Scholarship. 2013-2014 Curtis Mayes Research Fellow, Florida State University. 2012-2015 Carol F. and Richard P. Krebs Scholarship, Florida State University. 2010-2015 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Florida State University. 2010 University Libraries & Mortensen Library Board of Visitors Student Employee Merit Award 2010, The Hartt School, University of Hartford. 2009 The Alexander Lepak Memorial Percussion Scholarship, The Hartt School, University of Hartford. INSTRUMENTAL PROFICIENCIES Classical Percussion and Drumset (Benjamin Toth, Sal Ranniello); Afro-Cuban and Salsa Percussion (John Amira and José Papo Carrasco); West African (focus on Ghanaian) Drumming (Joe Galeota, Emmanuel Agbeli, Bernard Woma); Samba Batucada, Brazilian Percussion and Ritmicá (Rogerio Boccato); Middle-Eastern Frame Drumming (Shane Shanahan); Steelband (Benjamin Toth, Murray Mast); Irish Bodhrán (Colonel Timothy D. Kerns, USAR-Ret.) REFERENCES (available upon request) 6