Jayendran (Jay) Pillay

Experience

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  Carleton College

  Sept 1991 - Aug 1992

  Minority Fellow

  Teaching ethnomusicology, researching music.

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  Middlebury College

  Sept 1992 - May 1996

  Assistant Professor of Music

  Teach courses, serve on the Administration committee, advise students, present student concerts, perform at faculty concerts.

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  Hampshire College

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2011

  Teach music courses, cross-disciplinary courses involving music, student advising, student recruitment, run a music ensemble e.g. steel band, perform concerts, present papers at conferences, conduct ethnographic research, serve of school committees e.g. Affirmative Action, represent the college at the Five College music meetings, raise money for the music program. Set up organizational structure to facilitate transfer of Hampshire/ 5 College students with University of kwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Gain clearance for funding from President Greg Prince, Dean of Students Mike Ford, and Board of Trustees. Vet quality of transfer students.

  • Associate Professor of World Music, Affirmative Action Officer/Rep

    Jan 1996 - Jan 2011

  • International Exchange Program Organizer: Hampshire College and Univ. kwaZulu-Natal

    Jan 2001 - May 2009
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  Tshwane University of Technology

  Jan 2012 - now

  Researcher-Consultant on World Music

  My project involves reviving some of the lost or forgotten music during the years of apartheid in South Africa.

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  Independent Consultant

  Aug 2017 - now

  Researcher in Music, Memory, and Alzheimer’s

  Make music the world over, understand humanity through the portal music, revive the memories of the Alzheimer’s patient through music. Teach music from K-12-Ph.D. Be creative in the arts and sciences.