Ann Morrison Spinney

Assistant Professor, Music and Irish Studies

B.M., Clarinet Performance, Oberlin College Conservatory, 1984
M.M., Music History and Literature, Northwestern University, 1986
PhD., Music, Harvard University, 1997

Selected Publications

"Music, Medeolinuwok, and Missionaries in Maine." In: Music in American Religious Experience. Edited by Philip V. Bohlman and Edith Blumhofer, 57-82. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.

"Native American Music and Dance." In: Encyclopedia of New England Culture. Edited by Burt Feintuch and David Waters, 451-452. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005.

"Passamaquoddy Social and Ceremonial Songs." In: Algonquian Spirit: Contemporary Translation of the Algonquian Literatures of North America. Edited by Brian Swann, 84-98. University of Nebraska Press, 2005.

"The Distant Native Voice: Recordings Review Essay." The World Of Music, Vol. 46/1 (2004), pages 151-154.

"Dance Songs and Questions of Intercultural Influence in Wabanaki Ceremonial Life." Papers of the Thirtieth Algonquian Conference. Edited by David H. Pentland, 334-350. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba, 1999.

"Christians, Kyries, and Kci Niwesq: Passamaquoddy Catholic Songs in Historical Perspective." European Review of Native American Studies, 10 no. 2 (1996): 15-21.

Selected Research Papers

"Enya's Worlds: Negotiating Global, Local, and Postcolonial contexts in music." Presented at the Women in Irish Culture and History conference, University College Dublin, October 2006.

"Celtic Woman as Avatar." Presented at the annual meeting of the American Conference of Irish Studies, St. Louis MI, April 2006.

"'Green Suede Shoes:' A Scheme for Analyzing Traditional Music Hybrids." Presented at the American Conference of Irish Studies New England Region Convention, Canton MA, October 2005.

"Capturing the Structure of Musically-Based Subcultures: the case of 'Emo'. With David Cunningham and Emilie Hardman. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta GA, August 2003.

"Contextualizing 'Celtic Punk.'" Presented at the meeting of the Northeast Chapter, Society for Ethnomusicology, Brookline MA, April 2003.

"Dance Songs and Questions of Inter-cultural Influence in Wabanaki Ceremonial Life." Presented at the Thirtieth Algonquian Conference, Boston MA, October 1998.

"Going For The Juggler: Colonial European Views of Algonquian Shamans." Presented at the annual meeting of the American Musicological Society, Phoenix AZ, October 1997.

"Aqanute: Perspectives on the Wabanaki Welcoming Ceremonies." Presented at the Hudson Museum, University of Maine at Orono, October 1996.

"Captive Melodies: Native Americans, Ethnographers, and the Indianist Movement in American Fine Art Music." Presented at the meeting of the Northeast Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Tufts University, Medford MA, April 1993.

Course Syllabi

MU030 History of Rock n Roll and Popular Musics in the United States

MU301 Introduction to Musics of the World

MU305 Native North American Song

MU330 Introduction to Irish Folk Music

MU340/EN184 The Ballad Tradition

Contact Information

Name: Ann Morrison Spinney
Electronic Mail: spinnean@bc.edu
Office: Lyons Hall Room 419
Phone: 617-552-4786 (2-4786 on campus)