(Last updated : 2023-03-06 12:19:27)
  GILLAN, Matthew A.

   Professor

   Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
■ Academic Background
1. 2004/10
Degree Acquisition
SOAS, University of London, Ph.D (Music)
2. 1999/09
Degree Acquisition
SOAS, University of London, M. mus Distinction
3. 1993/07
Degree Acquisition
Bristol university, B.Sc hon
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■ #Professional Background
1. Major coordinator (music), Department of Humanities Major: Music, Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts
2. 2015/04~ Director, Sacred Music Center, ICU
3. 2010/04~2011/03 Director, Sacred Music Center, International Christian University
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■ #Books and Articles
1. Book Folk and Songs in Japan and Beyond - Ethnomusicological Essays in Honour of David W. Hughes   (Collaboration) 2022/06
2. Book Vocal Identities & Pedagogies of the Voice in Twentieth-Century Ryukyuan Classical Music  pp.98-120 (Collaboration) 2022/06
3. Book Japan: modern and contemporary performance practice. The SAGE international encyclopedia of music and culture 1,pp.1230-1232 (Collaboration) 2019
4. Book Songs, Language and Culture: Ryukyuan Languages in the Okinawan uta-sanshin tradition.
Edited by Takao Katsuragi and John C. Maher. Minority Language Revitalization - Contemporary Approaches pp.236-268 (Collaboration) 2016/12
5. Book 'Ryukyuan languages in Ryukuan music' in Patrick Heinrich, Shinsho Miyara, Michinori Shimoji (Eds.) Handbook of the Ryukyuan Languages - History, Structure, and Use, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, pp. 685-702. Handbook of the Ryukyuan Languages pp.685-702 (Single) 2015
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■ #Academic Conference Presentation
1. 2018/07/30 Sankyoku magazine and the representation of the shakuhachi as a ritual instrument in early 20th century Japan (Shakuhachi Symposium)
2. 2016/08/25 Constructing the Singing Voice – vocal style, aesthetics, and the body in Okinawan Music (ICTM Study Group for the Musics of East Asia)
3. 2016/06 Constructions of Space, Sound and Community through Song Monuments in Okinawa (12th International Small Islands Cultures Conference)
4. 2016/04 Listening to the voice in Kumiudui – between speech, song and prosody (British Forum for Ethnomusicology annual conference)
5. 2015/06/27 Transmission and change of the voice in Okinawan traditional music (Okinawa Bunka Kyoukai)
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■ #Lectures
1. 2010/01/29 Songs for Gods, Ancestors and People – Okinawan ritual music in the 21st century
2. 2007/02 Okinawa no popyur? ongaku [Okinawan pop music]
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■ #Academic Society Memberships
1. 2008~ Society for Ethnomusicology
2. 2006~ International Council for Traditional Music
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■ Educational Achievements
● Practice example of education method
1. "Giving hands-on experience of playing various musical instruments, 2007/9 - present"
2. "Helping students give multi-media presentations about musical performance, 2007/9- present"
3. "Using Moodle for providing students updated information about the class, 2008/4 ? present"
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■ #Social Activities
1. 2008/04~ Okinawan music group
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■ #Exhibitions, Concerts and Athletic Meets
1. 2016/06/10 Sacred Voices (International Christian University)
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■ #Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research Researcher Number
50468550