Chair, Department of Humanities
Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and Music Theory
Hillyer Hall 263
860.768.4240
rauche@hartford.edu
Education:
Ph.D., University of Illinois
M.M. (Piano), M.M. (Music Theory), and B.M. (Piano), New England Conservatory
Research:
Italian American Music, Native American Music, Global Pop, World Music
Publications (selected):
2010 Improvisation: Musical Process and Intellectual Practice, in Perspectives on Korean Music, Sanjo and Issues of Improvisation in Musical Traditions of Asia (the inaugural volume); published by The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Republic of Korea; vol. 1, pp.113-120, October
2010 The CMS Song (text by John Buccheri, music by Anthony T. Rauche), College Music Society 50th Anniversary Anthem, published in CMS: The First Fifty Years, by Mary Anne Rees; College Music Society, Appendix 13, pp. 191-93
2009 Gayageum, Twelve String Zither, and Samulnori, Percussion Ensemble, the first two volumes (each with a DVD) in the series, Encounters with Korean Traditional Music; translation and editing supervision; published by The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Republic of Korea, February
1999 Understanding Ethnic Identity Through Expressive Culture: An Interdisciplinary Approach, chapter co-authored with Profs. S. Edward Weinswig and Cheryl Curtis, in Interdisciplinary General Education, Questioning Outside the Lines, ed. Marcia Bundy Seabury, The College Board Press, New York, pp. 257-271
1994 Professions of Italian-American Women: Grooming for the Body, Singing for the Soul, in To See the Past More Clearly: The Enrichment of the Italian Heritage, 1890-1990, Essays from the Twenty-Third Annual Conference of the American Italian Historical Association, November 1990; ed. by Harral E. Landry, pp.116-124
1990 The Tarantella: Musical and Ethnic Identity for Italian-Americans, in Italian Americans In Transition, Essays from the Twenty-First Annual Conference of the American Italian Historical Association, October, 1988; ed. by Scelsa, LaGumina and Tomasi, June, chapter 16, pp.189-197
1988 Festa Italiana in Hartford, Connecticut: The Pastries, The Pizza, and the People Who ‘Parla Italiano’, in “We Gather Together” Food and Festival in American Life; American Material Culture and Folklife Series, University of Michigan Research Press; second printing, spring 1989; paperback edition, December 1989; reissued by Utah State University Press, 1991; chapter 13, pp.205-217
I advise students with interests in:
Music
Why you enjoy teaching Hillyer students:
They have great potential and spirit!
