Kalin Kirilov - Presentations

“Analytical Approaches to Balkan Folk Music,” Second International Scientific Conference: Science, Education, and Innovations in the Arts,
Academy of Music, Dance, and Fine Arts, Plodviv, Bulgaria, October 2019
“Transcription and Balkan Music,” Fifth International Conference on Analytical Approaches to World Music (AAWM), Aristotle University,

Thessaloniki, Greece, June 2018
“Asymmetrical Meters, Combined Metric Groups, Heterometric Rows, Polymeters, and Megameters in Bulgarian Folk Music,” 37th Annual

Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, March 2018
“Balkan Arts, Folklore, Culture, and History,” Change the Conversation United World College Annual Conference, UWC-USA, Montezuma,

NM, February 2018
“An Analytical Approach to Harmonized Bulgarian Village Style Repertoires,” 59th Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology,

Pittsburgh, PA, November 2014

“Harmony in Bulgarian Music: Village Style Accompaniment from the 1920s to the 1990s,” Third International Conference on Analytical

Approaches to World Music, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK, July 2014

“Tradition and Innovation in Bulgarian Concert Wedding Music: Analysis of Petar Ralchev’s Bulgarian Suite,” 35th Annual Meeting of the

Society for Music Theory, New Orleans, LA, November 2012

“Modal Harmony in Bulgarian Choral Music: Analysis of Trend-Setting Obrabotki from the 1950s-1980s,” Ninth Joint Meeting of North

American and Bulgarian Scholars held by the Bulgarian Studies Association and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, May 2012

“Rhythmic and Metric Aspects of Contemporary Bulgarian Wedding Music,” Second International Conference on Analytical Approaches to

World Music, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, May 2012

“Beyond the Bulgarian Hemiolas: Advanced Metric Concepts in Bulgarian Music,” Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the West Coast

Conference of Music Theory and Analysis, University of Oregon, Eugene, March 2012

“Krassimir Kyurkchiiski’s Choral Arrangements: The Avant-Garde Approach to Bulgarian Choral Obrabotki,” International Conference

“Beyond the Centres: Musical Avant Gardes since 1950,” Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, July 2010

“Petar Ralchev’s Bulgarian Suite: Explorations of Asymmetry, Modality, and Rhythmic Dissonances,” West Coast Conference for Music

Theory and Analysis, University of Oregon, Eugene, March 2010

“Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares: Decoding the Mystery,” First International Conference on Analytical Approaches to World Music,

University of Massachusetts Amherst, February 2010

“A Bifurcated Approach to Analysis of Chopin’s Mazurkas,” International Conference “Music Analysis Today: Crisis or (R)evolution?,”

Université de Strasbourg, France, November 2009

“Revival of Bulgarian Folk Music during Socialism and the Post-Socialist Transition: Music and Cultural Identity,” International Conference

“Musical Heritage: Movement and Contacts,” Université de Montréal, Canada, October 2009

“Development of Harmonic Languages in Bulgarian Choral Obrabotki,” The New England Conference of Music Theorists, Yale University,

New Haven, CT, April 2009

“Analysis of Bulgarian Wedding Music: An Insider’s Perspective,” Northeast Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Yale University,

New Haven, CT, April 2009

“Analysis of Bulgarian Choral Obrabotki,” Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, April 2009
“Asymmetrical Meters in Bulgarian Music: Hypermeter, Combined Metric Groups, Heterometric Rows, and Megameters,” Music Theory

Society of New York State, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, April 2009

“Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares: Hidden Harmony in Bulgarian Choral Arrangements,” West Conference of Music Theory and Analysis,

University of Washington, Seattle, March 2008

“Analytical Approaches to Bulgarian Wedding Music: Meters, Melody, and Harmony,” Northwest Chapter of the Society for

Ethnomusicology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, March 2008

“Professional Musical Practices of the Bulgarian Vlachs from Northwestern Bulgaria: Lautari and Brass Bands,” Western States Folklore

Conference, University of Oregon, Eugene, April 2005

“Musical Practices of the Bulgarian Vlachs from Northwestern Bulgaria,” Northwest Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology,

Evergreen College, Olympia, WA, April 2003

Guest Lectures

“Performing Techniques and Improvisation in Balkan Music,” World Music Ensemble, Department of Music, Towson University, MD,

March 2020
“Bulgarian Folklore,” Dora Gabe Bulgarian School of Baltimore, February 2020
“Style, Ornamentation, and Improvisation in Balkan Music,” World Music Ensemble, Department of Music, Towson University, MD,

October 2019
“Bubamara: Style, Performing Techniques, and Improvisation in Serbian Romani Music,” World Music Ensemble, Department of Music,

Towson University, MD, April 2018
“Style in Bulgarian Music,” MUSC 202, Department of Music, Towson University, November 2018
“Characteristics of Bulgarian Music,” MUSC 202, Department of Music, Towson University, November 2018
“Bulgarian Folklore Regions,” Dora Gabe Bulgarian School of Baltimore, November 2017
“Becoming a Bulgarian Musician,” Balkan Music and Dance Workshop, East European Folklife Center, Iroquois Springs, NY, August 2015

“Bubamara: Rubato Techniques and Variations in Serbian Romani Music,” MUSC 170/370: Percussion Ensemble, Department of

Music,Towson University, MD, May 2015

“Balkan Meters, Ornamentation, and Free-Rhythm Improvisation, MUSC 170/370: World Music Ensemble, Department of Music, Towson

University, MD, April 2015

“Tango Improvisation,” MUSC 463: Music of Latin America, Department of Music, Towson University, MD, May 2014

“Folk Music of Bulgaria,” Center for Traditional Music and Dance, Vashon Island High School, Vashon, WA, March 2014

“Meters, Scales, and Folklore Regions of Bulgaria,” Center for Traditional Music and Dance,Vashon Island High School, Vashon, WA,

March 2014

“Bulgarian Folk Music during the Socialist Period,” MUSC 113: World Music, Department of Music, Towson University, April 2011

“Balkan Accordion Styles,” COFAC Colloquium #12, Ruth Marder Theatre, Center for the Arts, Towson University, November 2010

"Approaches to Bulgarian Asymmetrical Meters,” A Day of Bulgarian Culture at Mount Holyoke College, Blancher Hall, Holyoke, MA,

March 2010

“Understanding Bulgarian Music” and “Battle of the Bands: Bulgarian Blues,” Pre-Concert Lectures, 2009-2010 World Music & Dance

Series of the Susquehanna Folk Music Society, Harrisburg, PA, March 2010

“Harmony in Bulgarian Choral Arrangements,” UMass Music Theory Lecture Series, Department of Music, University of Massachusetts

Amherst, December 2008

“Music of the Balkans,” MUS 358: Music in World Cultures, University of Oregon, May 2008, October 2007, July 2007, November 2006,

November 2005, November 2004

“Meters, Scales, and Harmony in Bulgarian Music,” Public Lecture, School of Music, University of Oregon, October 2007

“Musical Characteristics of Balkan Music,” MUS 453/533: Folk Music of the Balkans, University of Oregon, April 2005

“The Music of Ivo Papazov,” MUS 176/276: Introduction to Ethnomusicology, University of California, Santa Barbara, November 2005

“Learning Bulgarian Wedding Style,” Pre-Concert Lecture, Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, November 2005

“Improvisation in Bulgarian Music,” PFSM 34900: Woodwind Class, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, November 2005

“Understanding Bulgarian Asymmetrical Meters,” MUS 3113: Jazz Improvisation III, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, October 2005

“Structure of Bulgarian Wedding Music,” Pre-Concert Lecture, Center for Cultural Exchange,Portland, ME, October, 2005

“Bulgarian Romany (Gypsy) Music,” Pre-Concert Lecture, Sebastopol Community Center, Voice of Roma, CA, October 2005

“Bulgarian Folk Music and Bulgarian Wedding Music,” Lecture, Department of Ethnomusicology, University of California, Los Angeles,

October 2005

“Bulgarian Wedding Music,” Pre-Concert Lecture, Center for World Performance Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI,

October,2003

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