E-mail: Jennifer.Fraser@oberlin.edu Office: Bibbins 206 Office Phone: (440) 775-6904 Address: 77 W. College St. Oberlin, OH 44074 Back to: Division of Musicology		Jennifer Anne Fraser Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology Education: Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney (1996) Master of Arts, Ethnomusicology, Brown University (1998) PhD, Musicology, University of Illinois (2007) Professional Affiliations: Adjunct Professor (2003), Teaching Assistant (2000-03, 2005), Guest Lecturer (2000-03, 2005), Performance Ensemble Instructor and Director of the West Sumatran Gong and Drum Ensemble (2001-03, 2005-06), University of Illinois; Guest Lecturer, Millikin University (2002-03, 2006); Program Assistant, Center for World Music, University of Illinois (2006-present); Education Assistant, Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois (2002-03, 2005-06); Ethnographic experience in West Sumatra and Jakarta, Indonesia (2003-04), College of Indonesia Arts, West Sumatra (1998-99), Bali, Indonesia (1994-95). Publications: “Talempong Transformations: Cultural Politics and Aesthetics,” in Mambangkik Batang Tarandam, Kumpulan Makalah Seminar Internasional Kebudayaan Minangkabau 2004 (Collection of Papers from International Seminar on Minangkabau Culture), Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. “Discovering the Music of Indonesia,” CD Series Review, Bijdragen tot de taal-, land-en Volkenkunde. 160 (1): 160-175, 2004.  “Talempong: West Sumatran Music,” Swara Bendhe, 6(March 2004): 8-10. “Tracing Talempong in West Sumatra,” Latitudes, 44 (September 2004): 50-56. Presentations: “From the Highlands to the Metropolis: Traversing Aesthetic and Discursive Distance in West Sumatra” Paper presented at the Society of Ethnomusicology, 51st Annual Meeting, November 2006, Honolulu, Hawaii. “Custom for Hire: the Performance of Ethnicity at Cosmopolitan Minangkabau Weddings.” Paper presented at the Society for Ethnomusicology, 50th Annual Meeting, November 2005, Atlanta, Georgia. “Transformasi Talempong: Politik Kebudayaan dan Estetika (Talempong Transformations: Cultural Politics and Aesthetics].” Paper presented in Indonesian at International Seminar on Minangkabau Culture, Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. November 2004. “Penahanan Perbedaan: Instansi Pemerinth, Perubahan Estetika Musik, dan Penyajian Etnis Minangkabau (Containing Diversity: State institutions, musical aesthetics, and the performance of ethinicity in West Sumatra, Indonesia.)” Colloquium paper presenting research results at College of Indonesian Arts, West Sumatra. October 2004. “From the Village to the State: a Minangkabau Musical Genre and the Indonesian College of the Arts.” Paper presented at Southeast Asia Student Conference, Northern Illinois University. March 2002. “Identities of Queerness.” Paper presented at the Society of Ethnomusicology, 42nd Annual Meeting, October 1997. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.