Contributors to this Volume

Abstract

ANDREW ALTER is an Associate Professor in Music Studies at Macquarie University in Sydney. He teaches and undertakes research in a diverse range of sub-disciplines including popular music studies, ethnomusicology, composition, and music theory. His research focuses on traditional and popular music in India and Indonesia as well as world music practice in Australia. Andrew has published two books on traditional music of the Himalayas in which he explores connections between ritual action, musical sound, and geographical space.