A book review is presented for Choral Voices: Ethnographic Imagination of Sound and Sacrality, authored by Sebanti Chatterjee, by Jordan Hugh Sam.
Author Biography
Jordan Hugh Sam (he/him) is a Ph.D. student in Musicology at UCLA, having previously earned a M.M. degree in Choral Conducting (CU Boulder), and a BA degree in Music (Amherst College). His primary research focuses on choral singing at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and employs techniques from linguistic anthropology and sensory ethnography to study the organization of feeling, intercorporeality, and racial identity in group singing. He is particularly interested in methodological approaches uniting creative practice and academic scholarship and explores those interests as a researcher with the UCLA Peer Lab. He is also actively involved in projects that apply queer frameworks to the study of early music and video game music. Forthcoming publications include a co-authored article on post-colonial listening practices in Pikmin 3 and a book chapter on sonic affordances for queer play in FFXV. Additionally, Jordan maintains an active interest in pedagogy, serving as the Teaching Assistant Coordinator for Writing II in UCLA’s Writing Program. He also has an active career as a collaborative pianist, choir director, and music teacher.
