Academic Background
Ph.D. (Ethnomusicology) – University of Maryland, USA
M.A. (Education) – University of Maryland, USA
Diploma (Advanced Hindi) – Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Diploma (Intermediate Hindi) – Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
B.A. (South Asian Studies) – University of Wisconsin, USA
B.A. (Fine Arts Major with Minor in Anthropology) – Temple University, USA
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Dr. Janice Protopapas (Gurleen Kaur) is a Canadian American ethnomusicologist who specializes in research and study of Gurmat Sangeet from both theoretical and practical perspectives. As an ethnographer, musician and practitioner, and initiated Sikh, she researches Sikh music as a lived experience and as a tool of invoking and reenacting an historical consciousness. She holds a doctorate in ethnomusicology from University of Maryland along with thirty-five years of research and study in Indian classical music and Sanskrit studies from Varanasi, India. A disciple of the late Shrimati Mangala Tiwari (Hindustani Shastriya Sangeet, Gwalior gharana)and Dr. Gurnam Singh (under whom she studied Gurmat Sangeet), she teaches Sikh devotional music as a both a musical and spiritual discipline instilling in the students the need for deep study of the shabad (The Word) as a interpersonal method of self-discovery. Deeply invested in educating the academic world about Sikh Sacred Music, she writes prolifically and presents papers at numerous academic conferences internationally on topics related to both the theoretical and practical aspects of Gurmat Sangeet. Please refer to her website with details on publications and recordings: www.janprotopapas.com.