All NewsSnapshotsInternational Instruments at Ethnomusicology Conference Olivia DrakeNovember 11, 20082minEmily Pinkerton plays a 25-string Chilean guitarron during the Annual Meeting for the Society for Ethnomusicology held at Wesleyan Oct. 25-28. Eliot Bates MA '97, a visiting professor at the University of Maryland, plays an 'ud, a Middle-eastern instrument. More than 700 academic researchers, students, musicians and administrators gathered at the conference to discuss music and its influence. Jeff Jones and Shannon Dudley perform on steel pans. Gleide Cambria, a dancer from Brazil currently residing in Middletown, leads an Afro-Brazilian dance during the conference. (Photos by Bill Burkhart) The Ethnomusicology Conference also was featured in the Oct. 6 Wesleyan Connection. dancemusic Related Articles All NewsCampus News & Events March 27, 2024 Mike Mavredakis Hugo L. Black Lecturers Establish What’s at Stake When Free Expression on Campus is Imperiled All NewsArts & HumanitiesStudents March 25, 2024 Andrew Chatfield Art Comes to Life through Student Partnership with the Center for the Arts All NewsAlumni March 25, 2024 Steve Scarpa True ‘Blue’: James Kaplan ’73 Documents a Key Collaboration in Jazz History