We have BIG news! We are launching our first BBIA (Black, Brown, Indigenous, and Asian) Music Education Symposium January 26th-28th, […]
PRESS: New Albany professor, musician hosting new BBC radio show series
“Jon Silpayamanant, an adjunct professor at Indiana University Southeast, has spent his life dedicated to music — playing it, composing it and researching its history.
“Now, the IUS instructor is sharing his knowledge with the world through BBC.
“”How can what we know about western classical music be situated as part of a global history that includes other classical traditions, too?” Silpayamanant said in the radio show.”
April 3, MIDSEM 2022 Roundtable: Decolonizing the Music Ensemble
Jon will be participating in a Roundtable on Decolonizing the Music Ensemble at the MIDSEM 2022 Conference. 4:30-6:00 (presented in the […]
PRESENTATION: Hybridity and Anti-Colonial Orchestras @ A Postcolonial Recherche
Jon was the first guest speaker at a residency sponsored at A Postcolonial Recherche residency for 10 composers based in […]
PRESENTATION: Anti-Colonial Musical History, Theory, and Performance @ USC Thornton School of Music
On Monday, November 1 Jon gives a talk to students at USC Thornton School of Music. See details of the […]
Arabic Music Theory Bibliography (650-1650) project
The Arabic Music Theory Bibliography (650-1650) will catalogue works from the formation of the first Islamic state up to the […]
Panel: Seeing Ourselves in Asian American History through Film and Media
As part of the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival jon participated in a panel discussion titled, “Seeing Ourselves in Asian […]
Asian Americans on Celluloid: Learn Asian American Histories through Film
Jon has contributed two short guides for the Asian Americans on Celluloid project. The two guides are for Bontoc Eulogy […]