Elizabeth McLean Macy

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Elizabeth McLean Macy
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Liz Macy
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Biography


In English

Elizabeth McLean Macy holds a PhD in Ethnomusicology from UCLA, an MA in Ethnomusicology from UC Riverside, and a BA in Music from Colorado College. Her dissertation research

addressed the function of music tourism in post-disaster economies; in particular, it focused on the function of music tourism in the recovery and rebuilding of post-Katrina New Orleans and in Bali, Indonesia after the 2002 and 2005 terrorist bombings. Dr. Macy's current and ongoing research focuses on Balinese master musician I Made Lasmawan and his wife Ni Ketut Marni and the music and dance traditions of the village of Bangah di Baturiti in Bali. Currently a performing member and secretary of Denver's Gamelan Tunas Mekar (https://tunasmekar.org/), she began studying the music of Indonesia with Lasmawan in 1996.

She is a founding member of Sanggar Manik Galih (https://www.sanggarmanikgalih.org/), a transnational music and dance studio based in Bali and Colorado, the founder and manager of Gamelan Anak Manik Galih – the Denver Children’s Gamelan (https://www.sanggarmanikgalih.org/gamelan-anak-manik-galih-colorado), and teaches study abroad courses in Bali on Balinese music, arts, and culture.

Dr. Macy has previously held positions at the University of Denver, Skidmore College, Colorado College, UCLA, Chapman University and CalArts, and was the founder and director of Skidmore College's Gamelan Banyu Wali (an extension of Sanggar Manik Galih). She has taught courses on musics of the world, global pop, music of Southeast Asia, music and disaster, tourism, hip hop and the blues, music, race, and class, and African American musical heritage.

In her current position as Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at Metropolitan State University of Denver, Dr. Macy serves as Area Coordinator of Musicology and the department’s Global Music Ensembles. In Summer 2020 she developed a Visiting Artist Series on Music, Race, and Social Justice (https://msudenver.edu/music/events/mrsjvas/), which highlights the work of BIPOC musicians, performers, and scholars. Dr. Macy teaches courses on music and culture,

global popular musics, and Black music in the United States.

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