Bruce Cook, ethnomusicologist
PhD (ABD) Dissertation Topic: The Healing Power of Sound in the Native American Church: A Collaborative Ethnography with a Navajo Roadman and Community. UC Davis
D.M.A. Piano Performance: 1996, University of Colorado, Boulder
Professor of Music and Anthropology, Diablo Valley College (since 1996)
Courses taught:
All levels of piano
Piano pedagogy
Ethnomusicology
Native Americans of North America
Honors, Awards
Music Department Graduate Fellowships, UC Davis (2003–07)
George and Dorothy Zolk Fellowship, UC Davis (2005–06)
Who's Who in American Education
Who's Who in North America
1989 Arizona Teacher of the Year
Advisory Board, The International Journal of Humanities and Peace
Graduate Fellowships, University of Colorado, Boulder (1994–96)
W.I.C.H.E. Grants, University of Washington (1989–1991)
1983 "Best of Boulder" in chamber music category, Boulder Colorado
Professional Organizations
MTAC
SEM
Publications
2002 “FASHIONING IDENTITY AND OVERCOMING ILLUSIONS OF CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS SINGULARITY AT THE 2002 GNAWA WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL.” The International Journal of Humanities and Peace. Flagstaff, Arizona.
2002. “GLOBAL CONCERNS AND SACRED MUSICS IN A 21ST CENTURY MOROCCAN MUSIC FESTIVAL.” The International Journal of Humanities and Peace. Flagstaff, Arizona.
2001. “THE 2002 FEZ FESTIVAL OF WORLD SACRED MUSIC: AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL IN MOROCCO EMBODIES AND REFLECTS SUFI TRADITIONS AND SPIRIT.” The International Journal of Humanities and Peace. Flagstaff, AZ.
2000. “AN EXPLORATION OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MUSIC AND NON-ORDINARY STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE FUNCTION OF MUSIC IN HOLOTROPIC BREATHWORK.” KOLNER STUDIEN ZUR MUSIK IN ERZIEHUNG UND THERAPIE. Band 4: Music As A Human Resource: Drafts and Developments. Laufer, Chesky and Ellis, Editors. Verlag Christoph Dohr: Koln.
1996. "MULTICULTURAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN EDUCATION AND THE TRANSITIONAL EXPERIENCE”. The International Journal of Humanities and Peace, Vol.. 3, No.1. Flagstaff, Arizona.
1995. CULTURAL METAPHOR AND MUSIC: AN ACCOUNT OF A SYNCRETIC BICULTURAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN A NAVAJO HIGH SCHOOL. American Music Research Center Journal, College of Music, University of Colorado at Boulder, Vol.. 5.