Selected Work by Juniper Hill

(electronic copies of articles and book chapters available upon request)

Books in progress

Sociocultural Enablers and Inhibitors of Musical Creativity: A Cross-Cultural Comparison. Monograph in progress.

The Oxford Handbook of Music Revivals, edited by Caroline Bithell and Juniper Hill. 30+ chapter volume forthcoming from Oxford University Press.

Journal Articles

"Ulkomaalaisen kokemuksia matkalta Suomalaiseen Kansanmusiikkiin." Musiikin Suunta (published by the Finnish Ethnomusicology Society), 2011, in press.

"The Influence of Conservatory Folk Music Programmes: The Sibelius Academy in Comparative Context." Ethnomusicology Forum 18 (2):205-239. Full text. Abstract

"Rebellious Pedagogy, Ideological Transformation, and Creative Freedom in Finnish Contemporary Folk Music ." Ethnomusicology 53 (1):86-114, 2009. Abstract

"'Global Folk Music' Fusions: The Reification of Transnational Relationships and the Ethics of Cross-Cultural Appropriations in Finnish Contemporary Folk Music." Yearbook for Traditional Music Vol. 39: 50-83, 2007. Abstract

"From Oppression to Opportunity to Expression: Intercultural Relations in the Indigenous Musics from an Ecuadorian Highland Community. Pacific Review of Ethnomusicology Vol. 12, Fall 2006. Full text. Abstract

Book Chapters

"Rethinking Processes of Musical Revival and Understanding Post-Revival Cultures," by Juniper Hill and Caroline Bithell. The Oxford Handbook of Music Revivals, edited by Caroline Bithell and Juniper Hill. Oxford University Press, forthcoming.

"Innovation and Cultural Activism through the Re-imagined Pasts of Finnish Music Revivals." The Oxford Handbook of Music Revivals, edited by Caroline Bithell and Juniper Hill. Oxford University Press, forthcoming.

"Imagining Creativity: An Ethnomusicological Perspective on How Belief Systems Encourage or Inhibit Creative Activities in Music." Musical Imaginations: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Creativity, Performance and Reception, edited by David Hargreaves, Dorothy Miell and Raymond McDonald. Oxford of University Press, 2012.

"Poikkikulttuurisen vaihdon historiaa: suomalainen ja ruotsalainen rallatus." Laulu kulttuurisena kommunikaationa, edited by Pekka Huttu-Hiltunen, Janne Seppänen, Eila Stepanova, Frog, and Riikka Nevalainen. Kuhmo, Finland: Runosong Academy and Juminkeko, pages 123-138, 2011.

"A History of Cross-Cultural Exchanges in Finnish and Swedish Diddling." Crossing Over: Fiddle and Dance Studies from around the North Atlantic, ed. Ian Russell, Anna Kearney Guigne, and Martin Lovelace. Aberdeen: Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, in association with the Folklore Department, Memorial University of Newfoundland, pages 68-80, 2010.

"Transformative Teaching Methods in Finnish Folk Music and Wilderness Education."  Musik im interkulturellen Dialog: Festschrift für Max Peter Baumann, edited by Karoline Oehme and Nevzat Çiftçi. Bamberg, Germany: University of Bamberg, pages 91-102, 2009.

"Musical Ironies in the Andes: Borrowing from the Other to Define the Self." Manifold Identities: Studies on Music and Minorities, edited by Ursula Hemetek, Gerda Lechleitner, Inna Naroditskaya and Anna Czekanowska. London: Cambridge Scholars Press, pp. 220-230, 2004. Abstract

Book reviews

Review essay. The Polish Dance in Scandinavia and Poland by Marta Ramsten and Spiritual Folk Singing: Nordic and Baltic Protestant Traditions by Kirsten Sass Bak and Svend Nielsen. Ethnomusicology 52 (1):132-136, 2008.

Selected Conference Presentations, Invited Lectures, and Workshops

[Title TBA].  Invited lecture, Faculty of Music, Cambridge University, UK, February 2012.

"Issues in Contemporary Folk Music"  guest seminar and American shape note singing workshop, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland, December 2011.

"Issues in Contemporary Folk Music."  Guest Seminar, University of Tampere, Finland, November 2011.

"The American Sacred Harp Tradition."  American Voices Symposium, University of Turku, Finland, October 2011.

"Creating Music Orally in Finland: Creative Strategies and Their Enabling Conditions." Tracking the Creative Process in Music International Conference, Lille, France, September 2011.

"Pedagogies of Improvisation in Finnish Contemporary Folk Music."  Invited Lecture, University of Lille-Nord, France, September 2011.

"Mistakes and Risks, Shame and Courage: A Comparison of Pedagogies and Learning Environments in Finland." British Forum for Ethnomusicology Annual Conference, Oxford, UK, April 2010.

American Shape Note Singing Workshop. Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, Ireland, October 2009.

“Institutional Restriction and Empowering of Creative Freedom: Examples from Finnish Music Education." Regulated Liberties: Negotiating Freedom in the Arts and Media, Turku, Finland, August 2009.

"The Reification of Transnational Relationships and the Ethics of Cross-Cultural Appropriations in Finnish Contemporary Folk Music."  Invited Lecture. Department of Musicology, University of Helsinki, Finland, September 2008.

"Five Centuries of Cross-Cultural Exchanges in Swedish and Finnish Diddling." North Atlantic Fiddle Convention, St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada, August 2008.

"Becoming 'Artists:' Transforming Finnish Folk Music into an Art Music." British Forum for Ethnomusicology Conference, Cardiff, Wales, April 2008.

"Mediating Oral Traditions through Institutionalization: Finnish Folk Music at the Sibelius Academy and beyond." Finnish Ethnomusicological Society Conference, Tampere, Finland, March 2008.

"'Rescuing Creativity' by Recapturing the Creative Processes of Past: Reactionary Pedagogy in Institutionalized Finnish Folk Music Education." International Council for Traditional Music World Congress, Vienna, Austria, July 2007. Abstract

"The Transformative Experience of Transgressing Comfort Zones: Pedagogical Techniques from Outward Bound and Finnish Folk Music Education." Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, November, 2006. Abstract

"Non-Normative Genders and Renegotiated Performance Processes: Challenging Norms of Gender and Sexuality On and Off the Stage." Panel chaired and organized by Juniper Hill, Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, November, 2006. Abstract

"Nordic Contemporary Folk Music: Transnational Hierarchies and Identities in Cross-Cultural Fusions." Invited Lecture, International Relations Lecture Series, Oldenburg Center, Pomona College, Claremont, California, September 2006.

"'The Ancient Is Avant-garde:' Inspirations from an Imagined Past in Contemporary Finnish Folk Music." International Council for Traditional Music World Congress, Sheffield, UK, August 2005. Abstract

"Institutionalization and Improvisation: Impacts of Ideology on Folk Music-Art Music Boundaries in Finland." Society for Ethnomusicology, Tucson, Arizona, November 2004. Abstract

"Folk Music's Changing Relationships with Folk Dance and Modern Dance in Finland." Moving Boundaries: The Symbiotic Relationship between Music and Dance, Society for Ethnomusicology Pre-Conference Symposium, Tucson, Arizona, November 2004. Abstract

Solo performance of Finnish folk music on traditional Finnish woodwind instruments and voice. 50th Annual Fulbright Berlin Seminar, Berlin, Germany, March 2004.

"Professionalization of Finnish Folk Music at the Sibelius Academy and Its Impact on Amateur Music-making." Invited lecture. Winter Seminar of the Folk Music and Popular Music Research School of the Finnish National Academy, Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea, January 2004.

"Finnish Attitudes Towards New Folk Music: Multiculturalism, Nationalism, and Individualism." Society for Ethnomusicology Southern California Chapter, Los Angeles, CA, February 2003. Abstract

"Cross-Cultural and Cross-Temporal Fusions in Contemporary Finnish Folk Music." Invited lecture. Svenskt Visarkiv Centre for Swedish Folk Music and Jazz Research, Stockholm, Sweden, October 2002.

"Musical Ironies in the Andes: Borrowing from the Other to Define the Self." International Council of Traditional Music, Music and Minorities Study Group Meeting, Lublin, Poland, July 2002.

"Global Travel and the Return Home: Money, Creative Exploration, and Protecting the Indigenous Other in Andean Music." International Council of Traditional Music, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, July 2001. Abstract

"Contradance, Northern Music, Old-Time Music, and Ideology in Contemporary Los Angeles." Society for Ethnomusicology Southern California Chapter, Santa Barbara, CA, February 2001.

"Choques (Culture Clashes): The Effects of Music Commercialization and World Travel on Local Indigenous Communities in the Northern Andes." Society for Ethnomusicology, Toronto, Canada, October 2000. Abstract

"Voices on the Internet: Sexuality, Gender and Politics in Listeners' Interpretations of Popular Music." Thinking Gender Conference, Los Angeles, February 2000. Abstract

Recordings

Super Devoiche Bulgarian Women's Choir. SuperDevoiche. CD. Los Angeles: Skaska Productions, 2002. (Arranged singing for Bulgarian women's choir with J. Hill singing mezzo soprano.)

Anthony Braxton. Composition No. 173. CD. New York: Black Saint Records, 1996. (Experimental jazz composed/directed by A. Braxton with J. Hill on clarinet.)

Theses and Dissertations

"From Ancient to Avant-Garde to Global: Creative Processes and Institutionalization in Finnish Contemporary Folk Music." Dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles, 2005. Committee: Timothy Rice (co-chair), Anthony Seeger (co-chair), Helen Rees, Robert Fink. Abstract

"Empowerment through Music in Intercultural Contact in the Andes." M.A. Paper, University of California, Los Angeles, 2001. Committee: Anthony Seeger (chair), A. Jihad Racy, Helen Rees.

"Redefining Musical Tradition in the Northern Andes." B.A. Honors Thesis, Wesleyan University, 1998. Advisor: Gage Averill.