Dr. Christina Giacona
Email: cgiacona@ou.edu
Education
Ph.D. in Sociocultural Anthropology and Linguistics, ABD current
The University of Oklahoma, Department of Anthropology – Norman, OK
Dissertation: Intercultural Music and the Work of Anna Gritts Kilpatrick and Jack Frederick Kilpatrick
D.M.A. in Music Performance, 2009
The University of Oklahoma, School of Music – Norman, OK
Dissertation: A Study of Comparative Interpretations by Stanley Drucker, Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, Håkan Rosengren, and John Bruce Yeh of the clarinet concerto by Carl Nielsen
M.A. in Sociocultural Anthropology, 2016
The University of Oklahoma, Department of Anthropology – Norman, OK
Thesis: Singing Redface: The Misappropriation of American Indian Culture in Popular Music
M.M. in Music Performance with Honors, 2005
The University of New Mexico, Department of Music – Albuquerque, NM
B.M. in Music Performance, 2003
California State University–Northridge, Department of Music – Northridge, CA
Teaching Appointments
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 2009 – present
School of Music – Lecturer on American Indian Music, 2009 – present
Center for Independent and Distance Learning – Online Course Developer and Lecturer, 2016 – present
Film and Media Studies – Affiliate Faculty, 2017 – present
Courses Taught:
Native American Music (with online class option)
American Popular Music (with online class option)
Music in Culture
Understanding Music (with online class option)
World Music (with online class option)
Service:
Producer of the Ruggles Native American Music Series, 2016 – present
Second Producer of the Ruggles Native American Music Series, 2014 – 2016
Mentor for new online teaching faculty, 2016 – present
Faculty Board Member for the Native Crossroads Film Festival, 2017 – present
Faculty Advisor for the student organization American Indian Business Leaders, 2018 – present
The University of Central Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, 2016 – 2017
Academy of Contemporary Music – Visiting Lecturer
Courses Taught:
Cultural Studies
Music Culture
Recording Session Producing
Service:
Industry Mentor – Women in the Studio – Oklahoma City Branch, 2016 – 2017
Thomas Edison State University, Online, 2013 – 2020
School of Arts and Sciences – Course Developer and Mentor
Courses Taught:
Introduction to the Humanities III: Music
The Music of War and Peace
Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, OK, 2008 – 2009
College of Fine Arts, Division of Music – Adjunct Professor
Courses Taught:
Applied Lessons for Clarinet and Saxophone
Woodwind Methods and Techniques
Professional Appointments
Onyx Lane Music, Oklahoma City, OK: 2015 – present
Co- Founder, Producer, Conductor, and Score Supervisor
The Los Angeles New Music Ensemble, Los Angeles, CA: 2007 – 2014
Executive Director and Conductor
Publications
In Production, “Marvin Rainwater and the Pale Faced Indian: How Cover Songs Appropriated a Story of Cultural Appropriation” chapter in Indigenous Celebrity, in production by University of Manitoba Press, anticipated release Spring 2021.
Published, “She Had Some Horses: Gritty, Personal, Sexual Religious Mantras,” The Literary Encyclopedia, January 1, 2019.
Published, The Indigenous Music of Turtle Island: Native American Music in North America, Textbook published by Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, January 1, 2018.
Submitted, Lesson Plan for the Smithsonian Folkways: “The American Indian Flute: The Origins and Performance of the Plains Style Music and Dance.” August 31, 2016.
Published (Thesis), Singing Redface: The Misappropriation of American Indian Culture in Popular Music, December 15, 2016.
Published, “A Tribe Called Red Remixes Sonic Stereotypes,” Article in Sounding Out!, February 13, 2014.
Published, “Review of the 2009 Clarinet Symposium,” Article in The Clarinet, April 2010.
Published (Dissertation), A Study of Comparative Interpretations by Stanley Drucker, Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, Håkan Rosengren, and John Bruce Yeh of the clarinet concerto by Carl Nielsen, May 15, 2009.
Consultant, Clarinet for Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, August 9, 2010.
Consultant, A Practical Approach to the Clarinet in three volumes, 2008.
Presenter, Invited Panelist, and Guest Lecturer
Paper Presenter, Intercultural Mediation and the Rediscovered Compositions of Cherokee Composer Jack Frederick Kilpatrick, Society of Ethnomusicology 2019 Annual Meeting, Indiana University, (Bloomington) November 7, 2019
Paper Presenter, A Tribe Called Red's Electric Powwow: The Importance of Hypermetric Structure in the Creation of a New Genre, Society of Ethnomusicology 2016 Annual Meeting, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and the George Washington University, (Washington D.C.) November 10, 2016
Guest Lecturer, Boley STEAM Camp – The City of Boley, Music and Sound Scoring, (Boley, OK) August 3, 2016
Paper Presenter, Singing Redface: Examining “Indian Outlaw” and the Evolving Face of the Hollywood ‘Injun’ Stereotype, American Indian Workshop Center for American Studies, University of Southern Denmark, (Odense, Denmark) May 26, 2016
Guest Lecturer, Boley STEAM Camp – The City of Boley, American Indian Popular Music, (Boley, OK) August 6, 2015
Guest Lecturer, The Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma, The Effects of Stereotyping on Contemporary Music Production, (Oklahoma City, OK) May 8, 2014
Guest Lecturer, The Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma, How Traditional Indian Classical Music influenced the Beatles, (Oklahoma City, OK) March 6, 2014
Paper Presenter, A Tribe Called Red: Reversing Stereotypes Through Remix
University of Oklahoma, Music and Culture Seminar, (Norman, OK) April 21, 2014
Society of Ethnomusicology 2013 Conference, (Indianapolis, IN) November 14, 2013
Transnationalism and Minority Cultures: The Mid-America Conference, (Norman, OK) September 27, 2013
University of Oklahoma Norton Lecture Series, (Norman, OK) September 18, 2013
SEMSP 2013 conference, (Dallas, TX) April 6, 2013
Paper Presenter, Teaching Digital Natives, Teaching Scholar’s Initiative, (Norman, OK) October 19, 2012
Invited Panelist, Is New Music as Communicative as Music of the Common Practice Period, College Music Society Pacific Southwest Chapter Conference, (Los Angeles CA), March 20, 2010
Paper Presenter, Indian Courtship Rituals and Contemporary Counterparts, Eighth Native American Symposium and Film Festival, (Duncan OK) November 4, 2009
Invited Panelist, Music in a Changing Society, 2009 College Music Society South Central Chapter Conference, (Norman OK) March 14, 2009
Paper Presenter, Defining 21st Century Performance: The Implications of Dynamic Movement on the Need for Collaboration, 2009 College Music Society South Central Chapter Conference, (Norman OK) March 14, 2009
Selected Performances
Ruggles Native American Music Concert Series
Quese IMC (Producer), March 14, 2021
Super Indian - Created by Arigon Starr (Producer), September 24, 2020
Native Voices Over the Airwaves: The Indians for Indians Hour Show (Producer), November 14, 2019
Music of the Haudenosaunee (Producer), March 7, 2019
An Evening of Cherokee Music (Producer), October 18, 2018
Native American Rock and Blues with Smilin’ Vic (Producer), April 5-7 2018
Oklahoma Fancy Dancers (Producer) September 30, 2017
Joy Harjo: American Indian Returnings (Second Producer), October 5, 2016
Timothy Nevaquaya: Native American Flute (Second Producer), March 1, 2016
Native Crossroads Film Festival – A Day in Santa Fe, Norman, OK
The 1931 silent film A Day in Santa Fe performed with live experimental music by violinist Laura Ortman and Emmy-awarding winning composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate.
Director and Performer, April 7, 2018
Reprise performance: October 7, 2018 in Tulsa, OK
Fort Smith Symphony/Earquake, Fort Smith, AR
World premier of Patrick Conlon’s Concerto: Dubstep For the End of Time
Invited soloist, April 2017
New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, New York, NY
Invited Artist, April 2013
The Los Angeles New Music Ensemble (Director and Performer)
Bootleg Bar – West Coast/East Coast: Prominent Composers from New York to San Francisco who created the music that killed modernism, Los Angeles, CA, January 2012
Poetry and Protest concert tour – Four fusions of music and protest that continue the cultural and political power of music for a new generation, Southern California, June-July 2010
Make Music New York – Mid-Town Minimalism for Central Park, New York, NY, June 2010
More Than Music, Classical Hip Hop Crossover – Los Angeles New Music Ensemble with Mixologist DJ Journey, MC Moe Roc, and R&B Singer Sophia May, New York, NY, April 2010
Spaceland - LANME Does Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA, February 2010
Dark Images, Bright Words – A haunting yet beautiful memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. with performances of Berio’s O King and other works by composers inspired by great poets and speakers, Los Angeles, CA, June 2008
Grants
Western History Collections, Dale Society Fellow, June/July 2019
World Literature Today, Neustadt Fellow, August 2018
Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame and Archives, Research Fellow, July 2018
Residency at the Library of Congress, National Endowment for the Humanities Research Grant, June 2017
Transformative Learning Grant, ACM@UCO Assistant Producer Project, 2016 – 2017
Society of Ethnomusicology Conference, OU School of Music Travel, November 2016
Society of Ethnomusicology Conference, Friends of Music Travel Grant, November 2013
New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, Friends of Music Travel Grant, March 2013
Certifications
“On Native Grounds” National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Scholar Institute Program – Washington D.C. National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Scholar and Library of Congress Fellow, Completed June 30, 2017
Smithsonian Folkways Certification – Bloomington, IN
Indiana University Certification in World Music Pedagogy, Completed July 29, 2016
Board of Directors and Voting Memberships