DR. JOSE S. BUENCONSEJO
Associate Professor
Music Research Department
College of Music, University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City 1101

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Telefax: College of Music, (+63-2) 929-6963


Education
Bachelor of Music, Musicology, UP College of Music
Master's degree, University of Hawaii, 1993
Ph.D. in Music, University of Pennsylvania, 1999

José S. Buenconsejo studied musicology at the University of the Philippines, the University of Hawaii, and at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned his doctorate in 1999. Recipient of grants from the East-West Center, Asian Cultural Council, and Mellon Foundation (Dissertation Fellowship), Dr. Buenconsejo has published a book, Songs and Gifts at the Frontier: Person and Exchange in the Agusan Manobo Possession Ritual (Routledge, 2002). He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania,the University of Hong Kong (while on a postdoctoral fellowship), and the University of the Philippines where he is Associate Professor in the College of Music.He is currently doing research on the phenomenology of music and completing a book manuscript entitled, Music's Presence: the Impact of Objects in the Shaping of Music.He currently serves as liaison officer for the Philippines in the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM).