Neil R. Coulter
Degrees
- Ph.D., Musicology-Ethnomusicology, Kent State University, 2007
- M.A., Ethnomusicology, Kent State University, 2000
- M.M., Saxophone Performance, Kent State University, 2000
- B.M., Music with elective studies in English Literature, Wheaton College, 1997
Current positions
- Ethnomusicologist
Other experience
- Instructor: Applied Ethnomusicology, GIAL, Dallas, Texas, 2006
- Instructor: Field of Ethnomusicology and the Anthropology of Music, GIAL, Dallas, Texas, 2002
- Graduate teaching assistant: Music as a World Phenomenon, Kent State University, (1997 – 2001)
Memberships
- Society for Ethnomusicology
- International Council for Traditional Music
Language proficiency
- Tok Pisin
- Alamblak
- German
- English
Research interests
- Music shift
- Language endangerment/death
- Music of Papua New Guinea
- Indigenous Christian hymnody
- Jazz
- Saxophone
Selected publications
Publications in SIL International Bibliography
2005. “Signifying Names and Places on the Alamblak Garamut: Some Initial Observations of a Traditional Sign System. ” Ethnodoxology 3(2): 15-19.
2003. “Response to ‘Ethnomusicology as Tool for the Christian Missionary. ” European Meetings in Ethnomusicology 10: 98-108. (co-author: Brian Schrag)
Selected papers presented
2006. “Last Speaker Ethnography: The Alamblak Garamut as an Example of Fishman’s Stage 8. ” Paper presented at the 51st Annual Conference of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Honolulu, Hawai’i, November 15-19, 2006.
2006. “Assessing Music Shift: Toward a Conceptual and Methodological Framework for Analysis and Action. ” Paper presented at the Global Consultation on Music and Missions, St. Paul, Minnesota, July 11-15, 2006.
2001. “Saintin’ the Trane: John Will-I-Am Coltrane’s Journey from Jazz Legend to Religious Icon in San Francisco. ” Paper presented at the 46th Annual Conference of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Detroit, Michigan, October 25-28, 2001.