"You Can Use That in the Church?" Musical Contextualization & the Sinhala Church: A Masters' Thesis in Ethnomusicology. Bethel University, St. Paul, M by Balonek, Michael T.

"You Can Use That in the Church?" Musical Contextualization & the Sinhala Church: A Masters' Thesis in Ethnomusicology. Bethel University, St. Paul, M (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781463759063)

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"You Can Use That in the Church?" Musical Contextualization & the Sinhala Church: A Masters' Thesis in Ethnomusicology. Bethel University, St. Paul, M by Balonek, Michael T.

"You Can Use That in the Church?" Musical Contextualization & the Sinhala Church: A Masters' Thesis in Ethnomusicology. Bethel University, St. Paul, M

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"You Can Use That in the Church?" Musical Contextualization & the Sinhala Church: A Masters' Thesis in Ethnomusicology. Bethel University, St. Paul, M by Balonek, Michael T.

"You Can Use That in the Church?" Musical Contextualization & the Sinhala Church: A Masters' Thesis in Ethnomusicology. Bethel University, St. Paul, M

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Format: Paperback
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The Sri Lankan culture is rich with art, music, and design, nearly all of which have been excluded from Christian use for centuries. The Protestant Church in Sri Lanka almost exclusively looks, sounds, and feels Western. Local Christians have, however, in recent times begun to see the need that they have for making their times of worship relevant to the people in their communities. Among the aspects that could be 'contextualized' is the music used by the Christian community for times of worship. Though it is still by no means the norm, leaders in churches of various denominations have indeed been striving towards a more culturally relevant time of musical worship.The purpose of this study is to give possible practical ideas as to how one can incorporate local styles of music into the Sinhala-speaking Sri Lankan church. I look at ideas that have been tried, and report the stories given by Sri Lankan Christians as to what their church/organization has done in the area of incorporating local styles of music. ***For files from the accompanying CD, after purchasing the book, please contact the author at michaelbalonek (at) yahoo (dot) com***

Author: Michael T. Balonek
ISBN-10: 1463759061
ISBN-13: 9781463759063
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 07/29/2011
Pages: 178
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.46d
By Michael T. Balonek
By Michael T. Balonek
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Originally hailing from Brockport, NY, Michael T. Balonek holds a Masters' Degree in Ethnomusicology from Bethel University (St. Paul, MN). This degree took him to Sri Lanka and India where he studied local music, specializing in indigenous drumming. In 2011, Mr. Balonek published the first ever lesson book for the Thammattama - one of Sri Lanka's drums ("Sri Lankan Drumming: The Thammattama"). Prior to studying ethnomusicology, Michael received his BM in Music Education from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam (NY). At the time of this most recent publication ("Musical Contextualization and the Sinhala Church"), Michael and his wife Amanda (to whom he owes many photo credits) have two sons, Micaiah and Samuel, and are currently planning their next trip overseas.

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