Gene Lai Attends Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting

2017 Dec 1

Gene Lai was one of several Wesleyan students and recent alumni to attend the 62nd Annual Meeting for the Society for Ethnomusicology, Oct. 26-29 in Denver, Colo. Founded in 1955, the Society for Ethnomusicology is a global, interdisciplinary network of individuals and institutions engaged in the study of music across all cultural contexts and historical periods.

Lai, a PhD candidate in Ethnomusicology, presented his paper, “Uniquely Singapore: Revitalizing a Tamil Folk Music Tradition in the Lion City.”