DR. KATHLEEN JOYCE-GRENDAHL
Virginia
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTE ASSOCIATION.
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Dr. Kathleen Joyce-Grendahl graduated from the University of Arizona with a doctor of musical arts degree in classical flute performance,
with a minor in music theory.
Diverging from the norm in dissertation topics in a classical flute program, she chose to write her doctoral dissertation on the Native American flute,
something that has become her life's work. She has lectured and performed all over the world on the topic of Native American music and culture.
She has presented/performed at multiple National Flute Association conventions; the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.; New York University;
at the Kei Kona Te Ha Me Te Wairua festival in Rotorua, New Zealand, in a series of master classes and workshops celebrating Maori, Scottish,
and Native American cultures and musical traditions; and at the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, to name just a few.
She has also worked with Tim R. Crawford in publishing three editions of the book entitled, Flute Magic: An Introduction to the Native American Flute.
Dr. Joyce-Grendahl, with organist Dr. Marijim Thoene, can be heard performing Jay Vosk’s Songs of Creation for Native American flute and organ on a
CD of organ music entitled Mystics and Spirits, available from Raven Compact Discs and the Organ Historical Society. In addition, Dr. Joyce-Grendahl
consulted on Terrence Malick's film, The New World, released in January 2006, an epic adventure set amid the encounter of European and Native American
cultures during the founding of the Jamestown Settlement in 1607. The accomplished cast includes Colin Farrell, Christian Bale, Christopher Plummer,
and Wes Studi, to name a few. Dr. Joyce-Grendahl, an ethnomusicologist whose area of expertise is Native American music and culture,
consulted with the directors and producers with regard to the music and flutes used by the Native Americans of the southeastern United States,
as well as providing guidance in flute-playing skills to the character of Pocahontas.
Also an active ethnomusicologist with an established national and international reputation in the field, Dr. Joyce-Grendahl’s areas of specialization
include Native America, Appalachia (bluegrass and old-time musics), Norway, global popular musics, world aerophones, and Celtic music and culture.
She specializes in playing the following instruments: Native American flute, Norwegian overtone flute, the Chinese dizi, Irish flute, Irish penny whistle,
and bluegrass mandolin. She recently had an article published in The College Board Advanced Placement Music Theory Guide entitled,
"Listening to the Planet: Including the World Element in the Advanced Placement Music Theory Curriculum."
In addition, Dr. Joyce-Grendahl is the executive director of the International Native American Flute Association, (www.inafa.org),
an organization whose goal is to foster the preservation, appreciation, and advancement of the Native American flute. This organization distributes
a quarterly publication, Voice of the Wind, for which she writes, edits, and publishes. She has also sat on the screening committee for the
GRAMMY Awards category for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) - Best Native American Music Recording.
She is also an advisory board member for the Native American Music Awards - the NAMMYs. Presently, Dr. Joyce-Grendahl has her own column
in Flute Focus Magazine, published out of Albany, New Zealand, in which she writes about the Native American flute and Native American
music and culture.
Education
Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Flute Performance, with a minor in Music Theory; Master of Arts degree in Ethnomusicology (ABD);
Master of Music degree in Flute Performance; Bachelor of Music degree in flute performance
Other Affiliations
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (GRAMMYS); Native American Music Association (NAMMYS);
Society for Ethnomusicology; Americana Music Association; Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America;
International Bluegrass Music Association; College Music Society; National Flute Association; Golden Key National Honor Society;
National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors; and Sigma Alpha Iota.
For more info:
www.inafa.org
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