Faculty Profile

Vivek Virani

Title
Assistant Professor
Department
Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology
College
College of Music

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 2016. 
Major: Ethnomusicology
Dissertation Title: Find the True Country: Devotional Music and the Self in India's National Culture
MA, University of California, Los Angeles, 2012. 
Major: Ethnomusicology
BA, University of Virginia, 2008. 
Major: Music





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
MUCS 3100Z.001, Critical Studies in Music and Society Colloquium, Spring 2024 
MUET 5900.703, Special Problems in Ethnomusicology, Spring 2024 
MUET 5230.001, World Music Analysis, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    MUCS 3100Z.001, Critical Studies in Music and Society Colloquium, Fall 2023  SPOT
                    

                    MUET 6010.001, Current Issues in Ethnomusicology, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUET 2000.001, Global Pop: Music, Media, and Society, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUET 5210.001, Seminar in Ethnomusicology, Fall 2023  SPOT
                    

                    MUET 6010.001, Current Issues in Ethnomusicology, Spring 2022  SPOT
                    

                    MUGC 5930.703, Research Problem in Lieu of Thesis, Spring 2022 
                    

                    MUET 5210.001, Seminar in Ethnomusicology, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUET 5230.001, World Music Analysis, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUGC 6950.730, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2021 
                    

                    MUET 2000.001, Global Perspectives in Popular Music, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUET 4500.001, Introduction to Ethnomusicology, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUET 5500.001, Introduction to Ethnomusicology, Fall 2021  SPOT
                    

                    MUET 5900.701, Special Problems in Ethnomusicology, Fall 8W2 2021 
                    

                    MUET 5900.704, Special Problems in Ethnomusicology, Fall 2021 
                    

                    MUET 3090.001, Music of India, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUET 5090.001, Music of India, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUET 5090.900, Music of India, Spring 2021 
                    

                    MUET 5230.001, World Music Analysis, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUET 6010.001, Current Issues in Ethnomusicology, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUET 4500.001, Introduction to Ethnomusicology, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUET 5500.001, Introduction to Ethnomusicology, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUET 5500.002, Introduction to Ethnomusicology, Fall 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    MUGC 5950.726, Master's Thesis, Fall 2020 
                    

                    MUET 5210.001, Seminar in Ethnomusicology, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUGC 5950.711, Master's Thesis, Spring 2020 
                    

                    MUET 3090.001, Music of India, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    MUET 5090.001, Music of India, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    MUMH 4920.700, Senior Thesis in Music History, Spring 2020 
                    

                    MUET 4500.001, Introduction to Ethnomusicology, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUET 5500.001, Introduction to Ethnomusicology, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUGC 5930.703, Research Problem in Lieu of Thesis, Fall 2019 
                    

                    MUET 2000.001, Global Perspectives in Popular Music, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUET 5230.001, World Music Analysis, Spring 2019  SPOT
                    

                    MUET 6010.001, Current Issues in Ethnomusicology, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    MUET 2000.001, Global Perspectives in Popular Music, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUET 5210.001, Seminar in Ethnomusicology, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    MUET 5210.791, Seminar in Ethnomusicology, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    MUET 2000.001, Global Perspectives in Popular Music, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUET 3090.001, Music of India, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUET 5090.001, Music of India, Spring 2018  SPOT
                    

                    MUET 2000.001, Global Perspectives in Popular Music, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUET 4500.001, Introduction to Ethnomusicology, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUET 5500.001, Introduction to Ethnomusicology, Fall 2017  SPOT
                    

                    MUET 5230.001, Ethnomusicology Transcription and Analysis, Spring 2017  SPOT
                    

                    MUET 4500.001, Introduction to Ethnomusicology, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUET 5500.001, Introduction to Ethnomusicology, Spring 2017  SPOT
                    

                    MUET 4500.001, Introduction to Ethnomusicology, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUET 5500.001, Introduction to Ethnomusicology, Fall 2016  SPOT
                    

                    MUET 3070.001, Studies in Asian Music, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUET 5070.001, Studies in Asian Music, Fall 2016  SPOT

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Book Chapter
Virani, V.  (2019). Dual Consciousness and Unconsciousness: The Structure and Spirituality of Poly-Metric Tabla Compositions. Music and Consciousness 2: Words, Practices, Modalities.  Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/music-and-consciousness-2-9780198804352
Virani, V.  (2018). Casteism and Cultural Capital: Social and Spiritual Reform through Kabir-Singing in North India. Songs of Social Protest: International Perspectives. 152-167.  London: Rowman and Littlefield International. https://rowman.com/isbn/9781786601254/songs-of-social-protest-international-perspectives
Journal Article
Virani, V.  (2022). From Satsaṅg to Stage: Negotiating Aesthetic Theologies and Aspirational Subjectivities in a North Indian Bhajan Competition. Ethnomusicology. 66(1), 106-137. https://www.ethnomusicology.org/page/Pub_Journal
Personal Essay
Virani, V.  (2021). An Inside Look: Vivek Virani. World Music: A Global Journey (5th edition).  New York: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/World-Music-A-Global-Journey/Miller-Shahriari/p/book/9780367423148



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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