CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL

James
E. Cunningham

Assistant Professor, Department
of Music

Graduate Faculty, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters

Office: AL-249

Phone: (561) 297-2208

Higher Education

University of Washington, Ph.D.
Music (Ethnomusicology), 1998.

San Diego State University, M.A.
Music, 1985.

San Diego State University, B.A.
World Music, 1983.

University of Oregon, Music Performance and Education,
1974-1977.

Experience

Florida Atlantic University,
Department of Music, Assistant. Professor, 2003-2007.

Cameron University,
Department of Music, Visiting Asst. Professor, 1999-2001.

University of North. Texas College
of Music, Adjunct Professor, Summer, 2000.

University of Washington, School of Music,
Adjunct Professor, Summer, 1999.

University of North Texas, College
of Music, Visiting
Assistant Professor, 1999.

University of Washington, American Indian
Studies Center,
Instructor, 1992–1998.

Graduate Teaching Asst., 1991–1994.

San Diego State University,
School of Music, Teaching Assistant, 1982-1985.

United States Army, Private First Class, 1972-1974.

REFEREED WORKS

Chapters in Books

Cunningham, James E. and
Pamela Amoss

“Song
Traditions of the Indian
Shaker Church”

In Spirit of the First People, Willie
Smythe ed.

University of Washington Press,
Seattle

1999

pp. 117-133

Professional Presentations

“The
Dynamics of the “Drum”: Rhythmic Ramifications in Powwow Song &
Dance.”

Society
for Ethnomusicology Annual Conference, Honolulu,
Hawaii, November 2006.

“The
‘Steady’ Beat of the Drums: Rhythmic Irregularity and its
Ramifications in Pow-Wow Drumming and Dance.”

Society
for Ethnomusicology Southeast and Caribbean Chapter Meeting, Boone, NC,
February, 2006.

“Persians and Tomahawks: Native American
Stereotype and Style (Representing the Exotic, Presenting the
Authentic).”Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Conference, Tucson, November 2004.

“Caught
Between A Hard and A Rock Place: Intellectual Property and the Popular Music
Classroom–Economics versus Education?” Battling for Ownership of
the Arts Conference, Boca Raton,
April 2004.

“Sound
and Space or the Space of Sound?”

Arts Society and Culture: Creating a
Space for Social Change Conference, Florida
Atlantic University,
March 2004.

“Empty Tipi Blues: Native Blues Expression in Southwest Oklahoma.”

Toronto 2000 Musical Intersections
Conference, November 2000.

“From
Ketélby to Black Lodge: Musical Stereotyping and Plains Musical
Style.”

T.H.E. (Theory, History, and
Ethnomusicology) Faculty Lecture Series, College
of Music, University of North Texas,
April 1999.

“Linguistic
Aspects of Didgeridoo Playing Technique.”

Linguistics and Literature Lectures, University of North Texas, March 1999.

“The
Creation of the ‘North American Didgeridoo Style:’ Contextual and
Stylistic Transformation of an Australian Aboriginal Musical Instrument.”
Society for Ethnomusicology Conference, Pittsburgh,
October 1997.

“Free
Spirits Catching Songs on the Red
Road: The Identification and Expression of Native
Elements in North American Popular Music.” Society for Ethnomusicology
Annual Conference, Toronto,
October 1996.

“Questions
of Automatic Authority and Authenticity: The Case of the Tlingit Paddling
Song.” Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Conference, Los Angeles, October 1995.

“The
Tlingit Paddling Song as an Example of Perils Encountered Teaching World Music
and Ethnomusicology Survey Courses from Record Liner Notes.” Society for
Ethnomusicology NW Region Conference, Eugene,
March 1995.

“Slahal:
The Bone Game.”

Society for
Ethnomusicology NW Region Conference, Seattle,
February 1993.

Professional Presentations

“Revival,
Reconstruction, Continuity and Change: The Salish First Salmon Ceremony.”
Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Conference, Seattle, October 1992.

“Musical
Instruments of the Northwest
Coast Indians: A
Classificatory Dilemma.”

Society for Ethnomusicology Northwest
Regional Conference, Seattle,
1992.

“The Australian Didgeridoo.”

Canadian
Music Educators Annual Conference, Vancouver,
1991.

“Form,
Style and Performance Practices in Andean Pan-Pipe Traditions: An Analytical
Overview from a Students Perspective.” Society for Ethnomusicology NW
Regional Conference, Vancouver,
B.C. 1991.

Music and Masks: A World View.”

Seattle Public Schools, Seattle,
1991.

“Learning the Didgeridoo: One of the Many
Reasons for Circular Breathing.”

Society for Ethnomusicology NW Region, Seattle, February 1990.

“Mandailing Drum Ensembles of Pakantan.”

Society for Ethnomusicology Conference,
Vancouver,
October 1985.

Funded Research

Principal
investigator, Dorothy
F. Schmidt
College of Arts and
Letters 2005 Summer Stipend for creation of a proposal for music
conceptually-based music appreciation text.

Principal
investigator, Dorothy
F. Schmidt
College of Arts and Letters
2004 Summer Stipend for development of large-enrollment music appreciation
course, Music Appreciation: Concept, Context, and Culture.

Fieldwork

South
Florida: Seminole and Mikasukee Tribes (Traditional Music,
Contemporary Intertribal Pow-wow) 2004-present.

Southwest
Oklahoma: Cherokee, Kiowa, Apache (Intertribal Pow-wow, Fire
Dance, Hand Game, Native American Popular Music) 1999-2001.

Washington State and British Columbia:
Coast Salish, Yakima,
1990–1998.

North and
West Sumatra, Indonesia: Batak, Mandailing,
Minangkabao. 1985.

California: Kummeyai
(Bird Dance) 1983-1988.

Research Works In Progress

“Empty Tipi Blues.”

(Preparation for publication submission
to academic journal)

“Persians and Tomahawks.”

(Preparation for publication submission
to academic journal)

“Music
Appreciation: Concept, Context, and Culture”

(Text
prospectus for publication submission to McGraw-Hill Publishers, Spring 2006)

Reviews Conducted

Review of proposal for appreciation text Talking About Music, by Larry Worster

For
Bedford/St. Martins Publishers, March 2006.

Comparative review of appreciation text Listen, Brief 5th Ed., by Joseph Kerman

For Bedford/St. Martin’s
Publishers, October 2005.

CREATIVE
ACTIVITY

Commercial Recordings

Echo of Thunder (Hallmark Hall of Fame Special)

Didgeridoo
recording, CBS Television, May 1998.

Under the Earth Tones: Ambient Didgeridoo Meditations

Artist,
Producer, Didgeri Dudes, Folklife Records, 1996.

Didgeri Dudes: Jamie & Brian

Composer,
Artist, Producer, Didgeri Dudes, Didgeri Dudes Records, 1995.

Times Like These

Percussionist,
Anna K., Earth Tone Records, 1990.

Burning Bridges

Percussionist,
Burning Bridges, Accretions Records, 1987.

Drop ‘Em, Solitary Confinement

The Trowsers,
Blues Economique Records, 1983-1984.

Performance of
Original and Creative Works

Meta-Morphi 3 for Saxophones and
Didgeridoo, Cunningham and Gillis, 2005.

Convo
Series Opening Concert, “Glen Gillis and Friends”, September 11,
2005, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon,
Canada.

Grey Whale Migration,
Cunningham 1995, Fast Food, Cunningham
2005.

FAU Faculty Showcase, April 1, 2005.

Gallery Opening, Cunningham
2005.

southXeast Exhibition, Schmidt Center
Gallery, Boca Raton, February 10, 2005.

Sub-Variations on B-A-C-H, Stuart Dempster, 2001.

Premier,
Didgeri Dudes and Friends, Seattle Bach
Festival Town
Hall Concert, November 10, 2001.

Meta-Morphi 2 for Didgeridoo, Alto, & Tenor Sax, Cunningham
& Glen Gillis, 2001.

National Saxophone Alliance
NE Chapter Conference, Dayton, Ohio,
March 2001.

Bi-Cyclic for Bamboo Didgeridoo & Double Bass, Cunningham, 2000.

World Music Workshop Concert, Cameron University,
May 2000.

Meta-Morphi 1 for Didgeridoo and Saxes, Cunningham & Glen
Gillis, 2000.

National Saxophone Alliance
Conference, Tucson, Arizona, March 2000.

OctoNervosa Alpha, Cunningham & Timothy Crowley, 1999.

(electro-acoustic piece for didgeridoo, saxophone,
and interactive computer) Cameron
University Faculty
Recital, September 1999.

Stairwell From Heaven, Cunningham, 1999.

Environmental Education
Science & Technology Building, University
of North Texas, April
1999.

Creative Works In
Progress

“Time
and Timbre”

Artist/Producer
for CD of original experimental didgeridoo music for Wisdom Records (Anticipated
release date Fall 2006)

Supportive Creative
Endeavors

Musical
Director, The Land of Hearts
Desire and The Cat and the Moon, FAU Department of Theatre, Fall 2005.

Musical Director, The
Frogs, FAU Department of Theatre, Spring 2005.

Musical Director, Ubu
Roi!, FAU Theater Department, Fall 2003.

Coordinator,
Native American Student Association Annual Pow-wow Lawton, Oklahoma,
2000 & 2001.

Didgeridoo
Panel Coordinator, Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle, 1993–1998.

Coordinator:
First Nations Coastal Gathering, University
of Washington, 1994.

Concert
Coordinator: Center for World Music, San
Diego State Univ., 1979-1985.

TEACHING

Courses Developed and Taught at FAU (listed alphabetically)

·
American Popular Music and Culture

·
Gateway to Musical Perception

·
Graduate Commercial Music History

·
History and Appreciation of Music

·
Introduction To Graduate Research

·
Introduction To Music History

·
Music Appreciation: Concept, Culture, and Context

·
Music Cultures of the World

·
Music of Western Civilization I & II

·
Ph.D. Music Core: Concepts, Culture, and Creation
(Comparative Studies)

·
Rock and Roll in American Society

·
Topic Research (BA Senior Project preparation)

·
World Music Ensemble

·
World Music Survey

Courses Taught at Other Universities (listed alphabetically)

·
American Indian Popular Music (American Indian
Studies)

·
American Indian Song and Dance Traditions (American
Indian Studies)

·
American Popular Music and Culture

·
Music and the Human Imagination

·
Music Cultures of the World: Africa, the Americas and Oceania

·
Music Cultures of the World: Asia and the Middle East

·
Music in Contemporary Life: Non-Western Music

·
Music Theory Fundamentals

·
Musical Traditions of Native North
America (American Indian Studies)

·
Musical Worlds of the Pacific
Northwest Indians (American Indian Studies)

·
North Sumatran Ensemble

·
Philosophical and Aesthetic Universes (Anthropology)

·
Popular Music in American Culture

·
Teaching the Music of Native North
America I (Music Education)

·
Teaching the Music of Native North
America II: Traditions in Change

·
The History of Jazz

·
World Music Performance Workshop

Thesis Advising

Thesis Advisor, Patrice Risi, Fall 2005- Spring 2006.

Committee Member, “Conversations with
Chaos”, Adam Campbell, Spring 2005.

Committee
Member, “The Choral Compositions of James Stayton”, Jim Stayton,
Spring 2005.

Thesis
Advisor, “Bernstein’s Unanswered Question: A Journey From
Linguistic Deep Structure to the Metaphysics of Music”, Naomi Thomas,
Spring 2003.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Professional Organizations

Program Committee, Society for Ethnomusicology Southeast and Caribbean Chapter Annual meeting, 2007.

Member, Society for
Ethnomusicology, 1985-present.

Member, Society for Ethnomusicology Southeast and Caribbean
Chapter,

2003-present.

Faculty
Advisor, Native American Students, Cameron
University, 1999-2001.

Secretary/Treasurer,
Society for Ethnomusicology Northwest Chapter, 1991–1992.

President,
Ethnomusicology Students Association, University of Washington,
1989–1991.

Conference Panel Chair

“Reconceptualizing
‘Indigeneity’”, Society for Ethnomusicology SE and Caribbean
Chapter Regional Conference, Boone,
NC, February 2006.

“Adaptation
and Negotiation”, Society for Ethnomusicology SE and Caribbean Chapter
Regional Conference, Atlanta,
February 2004.

“Battling
for Ownership of the Arts”, Boca
Raton, April 2004.

Department College and University Committees

·
School of the Arts Advisory Committee, 2005-2007.

·
Department of Music Graduate Committee, 2004-2007.

·
Department of Music Curriculum Committee, 2003-2005.

·
Department of Music Commercial Music Program
Committee, 2004-2007.

Departmental Service

·
Reconstruction of undergraduate core curriculum in
History Area.

·
Creation of undergraduate senior project Topic
Research course.

·
Administration of graduate entrance and comprehensive
examinations.

·
Preparation of departmental writing style and writing
guidelines.

·
Development of music core for Ph.D. Program in Fine
and Performing Arts.

·
Departmental audio visual equipment management and
training.

·
Department facilities and equipment storage
management.

Administrative Responsibilities

·
Ethnomusicology and Appreciation Area, 2004-2006.

·
History, Literature, and Ethnomusicology Area,
2004-2005.

LANGUAGES

Speaking and
Reading Knowledge

·
German

Reading Knowledge

·
French