Contact:
(Room Number) K2 123
University of Kelaniya
Sri Lanka
Current Position:
Senior Lecturer Grade I
Department of Fine Arts, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Academic Qualifications:
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2010 |
Doctorate in Musicology (on Therapeutic Aspects of South Asian Musics: Case Studies from Sri Lanka and North India), Department of Musicology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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2004 |
Master of Music (First Class), Faculty of Performing Arts, Banaras Hindu University, India. |
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2001 |
Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education, Staff Development Centre, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. |
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1998 |
Upadhi of Sangit Visharad, Bhatkhande Vidyapith, Lucknow, India. |
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1997 |
Post Graduate Diploma in Archaeology, Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology, University of Kelaniya. |
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1995 |
Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts (First Class honours), University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. |
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1991 |
Upadhi of Vadya Visharad, Bhatkhande Vidyapith, Lucknow, India. |
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1987 |
Certificate of National Music Examination, Examination Department of Sri Lanka. |
Awards:
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2005 |
Chinese Government Scholarship |
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2001 |
Awarded a research grant by the Research Consultancy & Ethics Committee of the University of Colombo for a research project on “An Anthropological Study of Sri Lankan musical instruments on their origin and development” |
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1994 |
Awarded the First place for Instrumental Music (Classical)-Violin at the Kala Ulela organized by the Arts Festival, University of Kelaniya |
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1992 |
Professional Violin player, Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation-National Service, Colombo |
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1986 |
Gold Medal for violin by the Ministry of Education, Colombo |
Research Interests:
Ethnomusicology (Applied/Engaged), Medical Ethnomusicology, Music Therapy, Music and
Healing Rituals, Music and Minority Studies
Fellowships:
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2024 |
Fellowship of International Balzan Price in Ethnomusicology from the Southern Asian Studies, Department of Music of Chicago University, USA. |
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2023 |
Fellowship of International Balzan Price in Ethnomusicology from the Southern Asian Studies, Department of Music of Chicago University, USA. |
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2019 |
Fellowship Receiver to attend the International Asia-Pacific Music Therapy Conference (IAPMTC) at the Beijing Normal University, China |
National and International Memberships:
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2021 to date |
External Member of the Board of Studies of the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Community Studies, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka |
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2022 to date |
Member of the Board of Studies of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya |
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2011-2015 |
Member of the Jury of the International Ethno Festival-Contest, Voices of the Golden Steppe in Astrakhan, Russia |
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2010-2015 |
Member of the Advisory Board of the State Musical Review of Children and Youngsters with Special Needs in Slovenia |
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2010-2020 |
Active Member of the Cultural and Ethnomusicological Society Folk Slovenia |
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2007-to date |
Active Member of the ICTMD participating several World Conferences and Study Group Symposia |
Publications
Books, Book Chapters & Encyclopedia Articles:
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2013 |
Music and Healing Rituals of Sri Lanka: Their Relevance for Community Music Therapy and Medical Ethnomusicology, Colombo: Godage Publishers. (ISBN 978-955-30-4034-3) |
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2021 |
»Transcultural Dynamics in the Experience of a Sri Lankan Musician in Slovenia«. In Music and Minorities: (Trans)cultural Dynamics in Slovenia After the Year 1991. Edited by Svanibor Pettan. Ljubljana: University of Ljubljana Press, Faculty of Arts. pp. 191-207. ISBN 978-961-06-0463-1 |
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2019 |
»Sri Lanka: History, Culture, and Geography of Music«. In The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture/Vol. 4. Ed. Janet Sturman. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publishers, USA. Pp. 2069-2073. ISBN 978-1-4833-1775-5 |
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2017 |
»Sangīta Chikitsāva, Ehi Pravanathā Hā Eyin Apa Samājayata Ethi Vädagathkama«. Sangeet. Journal of the Eastern Music Education II. Ed. by Nishad Handunpathirana. Colombo: Aesthetic Education Unit, Ministry of Education. Pp. 73-90 (ISSN 2478-0944) |
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2011 |
»Music Therapy - Sri Lankan Approaches«. In Methodology of Music Research Vol. 6. Approaches to Music Research: Between Practice and Epistemology. Eds. Leon Stefanija and Nico Schuler. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Germany. Pp. 229-236. (ISSN 1618-842X) |
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2009 |
»Cultural Policies and Minority Musics in Kosovo and Sri Lanka. What Can We Learn from a Comparative Study? « In Voices of the Weak: Music and Minorities, eds. Zuzana Jurkova & Lee Bidgood. Prague: Slovo21, Czech Republic. Pp. 24 - 33 (ISBN 978-80-254-4095-7) |
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2005 |
»Sannivēdana Kāryayehilā Sangītayē Samājayīya Bhūmikāva«. In Mediology. Ed. by Tudor Weerasinghe and Sri Ranjan. Horana: Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo. Pp. 208-218. ISSN 1800-0401 |
Journal Articles:
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2024 |
»Artistic Means and Therapeutic Effects in Sri Lankan Healing Rituals« In Saman Panapitya & Meddegoda (Eds.), Journal of Research in Music. Vol. 02, Issue 01. Faculty of Music: University of the Visual and Performing Arts. pp. 1-27 (DOI: 10.4038/jrm.v2i1.24/ E-ISSN: 2961-5666) |
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2023 |
»Artistic Means and Therapeutic Effects in Sri Lanan Healing Rituals«. In Mastnak, W. & Yang, J. (Eds.) Proceedings of the International Asia Pacific Music Therapy Congress, Beijing (in Chinese): ResearchGate. Pp. 79-104. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.18021.78568 |
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2019 |
»Indigenous Voices within the Majority-Minority Discourse in Sri Lanka« »Music, Migration and Minorities« In Muzikoloski Zbornik - Musicological Annual 55/2. University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Pp. 201-224 (ISSN 0580-373X) |
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2018 |
»Ethnomusicology of the Individual: Vishnuchittan Balaji between Tradition and Innovativeness«. (co-authored by Svanibor Pettan) In Muzikoloski Zbornik - Musicological Annual 54/1. Ljubljana: University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, pages 107-122 (ISSN: 0580-373X) |
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2017 |
»Opening Urban Social Spaces Through the Arts«. In Journal of Urban Culture Research, Vol. 15. Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University and Urban Research Plaza/ Urban Culture Research Center, Osaka City University, Bangkok, Thailand. Pp. 28-41 (ISSN 2228-8279) (Print) & ISSN 2408-1213 (Online) |
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2017 |
»Use of Applied Ethnomusicology for the Betterment of Children and Youngsters with Special Needs: A Case Study from Slovenia« In the Conference Proceedings of the First International Conference of Musical Heritage of Montenegro. Music Academy of the University of Montenegro, pages 31-46 (ISBN 978- 9940-9540-3-1) |
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2016 |
»Bali Healing Ritual in Sri Lanka from a Medical Ethnomusicology Perspective«. Muzikološki zbornik -15 Musicological Annual 52/2. Ljubljana: University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. pp. 121-136 (ISSN 0580-373X) |
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2015 |
»Etnomuzikologija pojedinca: indijski muzičar dr. V. Baladži između teorije i prakse«. (co-authored with Svanibor Pettan) In Muzika između teorije i prakse. Novi Sad: Akademija umetnosti, Serbia (ISBN 978-86-88191-64-7). Pp. 36-49 (in Serbian) |
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2012 |
»Merging of Cultural Beliefs, Music and Healing: Towards Medical Ethnomusicology in Sri Lanka«. In Music in Society, ed. Jasmina Talam et al. Sarajevo: Musicological Society of the FBiH and Academy of Music in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, pp. 277- 286. ISBN 978-9958-689-01-7/ COBISS BH-ID 17757190 |
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2011 |
»Music, Medicine and Culture: Ritual Healing Practices in Sri Lanka«. In Pax Sonoris: IV-V edition. Ed. E. M. Shishkina. Astrakhan: The Ministry of Culture of the Astrakhan Region, The State Folklore Centre, Russia. Pp. 70-75. (ISBN 978-5-902742-53-1 & ISSN 2222-4343). |
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2010 |
»On the Therapeutic Aspects of Indian Classical Music«. In Musik-, Tanz- und Kunsttherapie 1/12 (music, Dance and art therapy 1/12) Themenheft –Außereuropäische Musiktherapie (Special Issue - Extra-European music therapy), Karl Hörmann et al. Edition. Musik-, Tanz- und Kunsttherapie 1/12 (Music, Dance and Art Therapy 1/12), Münster: Hogrefe Verlag, Germany. Pp. 8-14. (ISSN: ISSN-L 0933-6885, ISSN-Online 2190-6254). |
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2010 |
»Community Music Therapy in Action: Healing through Pirit Chanting in Sri Lanka«. In The Proceedings of the 8th Academic Forum “Empowering Urban Culture and Creativity: Art, Publicity, and Transformation”, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University and Urban Research Plaza/ Urban Culture Research Center, Osaka City University, Bangkok, Thailand. Pp. 148-156 (ISSN 2228-8279). |
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2010 |
»Music as a Medium of Treatment: A Case Study from Sri Lanka«. In Media and Diversity: Proceedings of the International Conference on Mass Medic Studies. Eds. Tudor Weerasinghe, Laban Hill et al. Colombo: Department of Mass Media, Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, pages 44-53. ISBN 978-955-9021-92-6 |
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2009 |
»Music and War in Sri Lanka«. In Militärmusik im Diskurs, Band 3, ed. Michael Schramm. Bonn: Bundesamt für Wehrverhaltung, Germany. Pp 93-106. (ISBN-13: 978-3- 00-028208-9) |
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2009 |
»Between Tradition and Modernity, Between East and West: Experiences with Music Therapy in Sri Lanka«. In Music in Society, ed. Ivan Čavlović. Sarajevo: Musicological Society of the FBiH and Academy of Music in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Pp. 208-219. (ISBN 978-9958-689-01-7/ COBISS.BH-ID17757190) |
National and International Contributions:
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2024- |
Honorary Patron of the Voices for Peace (World Muslim Choral Ensemble) |
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2024 |
Guest Speech at the Third International Symposium of the Study Group on Music and Allied Arts of Greater South Asia of the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance hosted by the Department of Dance, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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2022-to date |
Chairperson of the Sri Lankan National Committee at the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance (ICTMD) |
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2021-2023 |
Jury member of the State Music Awards Ceremony, Department of Cultural Affairs, Colombo |
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2018-2021 |
External Subject Expert of the Aptitude Practical Test of the Faculty of Music of the University of Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo |
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2017 - 2019 |
Jury Member: All-Island School Music Competition organized by the Ministry of Education, Colombo |
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2008- to date |
Advisory board member of the Human dignity and Humiliation Studies |
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2010-2020 |
Active Member of the Cultural and Ethnomusicological Society Folk Slovenia |
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2008-to date |
Official National Representative for Sri Lanka in the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance (ICTMD) |
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2004 & 2005 |
External Examiner of the B.A. (Hons.)- Final year students’ practical exams held at the Department of North Indian Music of the University of Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo |
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2003-2004 |
General Secretary of Culture, at the International House of Banaras Hindu University, India |
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1997 |
Active Participation in the Archaeological Excavation at Pilapitiya, Kelaniya conducted by the Archaeological Department of Sri Lanka with a collaboration of the French Mission of Archaeological Cooperation in Sri Lanka |
Positions Held:
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2021-to date |
Student Counsellor, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya |
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2024 - date |
Internship Coordinator of Performing Arts – Music, Department of Fine Arts, University of Kelaniya |
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2023 |
Coordinator of the Sarasavi HadasaraPehesaraniya Concert organized by the Arts Council of the University of Kelaniya sponsored by the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation |
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2022-date |
Coordinator, M.A in Music (Batch 07), Department of Fine Arts, University of Kelaniya |
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2020-2021 |
Coordinator of the COVID committee of student counselors of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya |
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2018-2019 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Musicology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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2008-2020 |
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Musicology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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2003, 2004 & 2009 |
Head, Department of Performing Arts of Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo |
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2010-2011 |
Member of the Anti-raging committee at the Sri Palee Campus in 2010 & 2011
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1999-2002 |
Senior Treasurer of the Arts Council of Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo, |
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1999-2001 |
Part-time Sub Warden of the Women’s Hostel, Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo |
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1999-2011 |
Lecturer, Department of Performing Arts of Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo |
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1996-1997 |
Temporary Lecturer at the Department of Fine Arts, University of Kelaniya |
Invited Guest Lectures:
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2023 |
Guest lecture on Glasba, Vojna in Mir: Primer Šrilanke (Music, War and Peace: Example from Sri Lanka) at the Faculty of Arts of University of Ljubljana |
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2023 |
Music therapy session for stress management for newly entered medical students at the Faculty of Medicine (MBBS Batch 34), University of Kelaniya |
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2020 |
Guest lecture on the Role and Power of Traditional Music in Healing and Analyzing its Role as a Language of Mental Health at the University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda |
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2020 |
Guest lecture on Introduction to Musics of Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan Traditional Songs as a Subject of Informal Education for M.A. in Music students at the Faculty of Education of University of Maribor, Slovenia |
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2019 |
Master Workshop on North Indian Music and Its Effects on Moods at the Tian Jiabing Art Education Academy of the Beijing Normal University, China |
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2019 |
Invited lecture on Music therapy and Medical Ethnomusicology for Today, organized by the Center for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya |
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2019 |
Guest lecture on Music Education and Social Inclusion at the Department of Folklore of University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh |
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2019 |
Visiting Scholar invitation to deliver a speech on Music Therapy and Sri Lankan Cultural Specifics at the Western Institute for Social Research, Berkeley, USA. |
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2019 |
Guest lecture on Music and Healing Rituals of Sri Lanka at the Bangladesh Institute of Theatre Arts (BITA) in Bangladesh |
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2019 |
Guest lecture on Music and Healing Rituals of Sri Lanka at the Institute of Modern Languages, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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2019 |
Guest lecture on Music and Healing Rituals of Sri Lanka at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Bangladesh |
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2018 |
Guest lecture on New Directions in Ethnomusicology at the Department of Musicology of the University of Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo |
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2018 |
Guest lectures and workshops on following topics: Introduction to Sri Lanka and Sing Along: Singing Workshop, Introduction to Indian Music & Music and War in Sri Lanka for M.A. in Music students at the Faculty of Education of University of Maribor, Slovenia |
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2017 |
Guest lectures on Introduction to World Music: South Asia for M.A. in Music students at the Faculty of Education of University of Maribor, Slovenia |
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2016 |
Resource person for a Workshop on Sri Lankan Sing Along at the 10th International Symposium, “Music in Society”at the Academy of Music, Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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2015 |
Guest lecture on Music and Healing Rituals of Sri Lanka for M.A. in Music students at the Faculty of Education of University of Maribor, Slovenia |
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2014 |
Guest lecture cum demonstration on North Indian Classical Music at the international conference, Scholarship and Culture on the Music Denominator organized by the Mayis University Samsun State Conservatory, Turkey |
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2014 |
Guest lecture cum presentation on Classical, Semi-classical and Film Music of India for M.A. in Music students at the Department of Music, Faculty of Education of the University of Maribor, Slovenia |
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2013 |
Guest Speaker on Music, Healing Rituals, and Medical Ethnomusicology: Views from Sri Lanka at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China |
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2013 |
Invited lecture demonstration on Music and Healing Rituals of Sri Lanka at the Academy of Music of University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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2011 |
Invited guest lecture on Music and Healing in Sri Lanka to the Department of Music at the University of Pittsburgh, USA |
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2011 |
Guest lecture on Music and Healing Rituals: Towards Medical Ethnomusicology in Sri Lanka at the Music Academy, University of Novi Sad, Serbia |
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2010 |
Guest lecture on Music and Healing Rituals of Sri Lanka at the Bhatkhande Music Institute, University, Lucknow, India |
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2010 |
Guest lecture on Music and Healing Rituals of Sri Lanka at the Faculty of Performing Arts of Banaras Hindu University, India |
Service as a Reviewer, Editor and Chair
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09 January 2025 |
Chair of the Session, “Healing and Symbolism in Music and Dance” at the 48th World Conference of the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance (ICTMD), Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand |
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13 July 2024
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Session Chair of the Panel, “Re-imaginings and Re-tellings: Exile and Resistance of Music at the 3rd International Symposium of the Study Group on Music and Allied Arts of Greater South Asia of the ICTMD, Department of Dance, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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2024 |
Editorial Board Member of the Journal Musicological Annual 60/2. Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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2024 |
Reviewer of the Journal Musicological Annual 60/2 (2024). Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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2024 |
Reviewer: 24th International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPRC) 2024, Faculty of Graduate Studies University of Kelaniya |
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2024 |
Session chair: 24th International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPRC) 2024, Faculty of Graduate Studies University of Kelaniya |
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2024 |
Reviewer of the Desk Research Conference. Library, University of Kelaniya |
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19-20 January 2023 |
Panel Chair of the track “Art and Culture in Peace Building” at the 1st international Conference on Harmony and Reconciliation (ICHR 2022), University of Vavuniya |
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2023 |
Co-editor: Kalinga Dona, Lasanthi Manaranjanie & Svanibor Pettan, eds. 12th Symposium of the ICTMD Study Group on Music and Minorities with a joint day with the Study Group on Indigenous Music and Dance: Program & Abstracts. Vidyalankara Press: University of Kelaniya. |
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2023 |
Reviewer of the 6th International Conference on Humanities (ICH) 2023, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya |
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2023 |
Served as a Session Chair of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG) 2022 and contributed in strengthening research capacity of it at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Kelaniya. |
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2022 |
Served as a Session Chair of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG) 2021 held at the University of Kelaniya. |
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2022 |
Reviewer: Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, double-blind peer reviewed journal established in 1845. |
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2022 |
Reviewer: The 5th Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2022), Research Centre, Faculty of Humanities University of Kelaniya. |
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2022 |
Member of the Review Panel: 21st International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPRC). Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya. |
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2022 |
Reviewer of the University of Peradeniya Research Grant 2022 |
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2022 |
Reviewer of the publication, “Ethnomusicological Study of Buddhist Songs in Sinhala Cinema” |
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2022 |
Co-Chair of the 21st International Postgraduate Research Conference |
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2021 |
Evaluation Panel Member in the Session of Applied Arts in Communication of the Undergraduate Research Symposium, UVPA -2021 |
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2021 |
Served as a Reviewer and a Conference Member of the Online Research Symposium, FGS/UVPA-2021 organized by the C.de S. Kulathilake Center, University of the Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo. |
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2021 |
Served as a Panel Member of the Online Research Symposium of the FGS/UVPA-2021, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of the Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo. |
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2021 |
Served as a Member of the Review Committee for curriculum planning and new courses development of the existing B.A. (Honors) Degree Program at the Department of Fine Arts of the University of Kelaniya. |
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2021 |
Served as an Evaluation Panel Member of the Undergraduate Research Symposium-2021 of the C.de S. Kulathilake Archival and Research Unit of the UVPA. |
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2021 |
Served as an External Supervisor and an Examiner of the pool of the University of Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo. |
Conference Participation with Research Papers (a Selection)
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9-15 January 2025 |
”Fourfold Synergy for the Betterment of Children and Youngsters with Special Needs: An Applicable Approach from Slovenia” at the 48th World Conference of the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance, University of Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand. |
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13-19 July 2023
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»Spaces and Places of Music, Healing, Health and Wellbing in Education« at the 47th World Conference of the International Council for Traditional Music, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana. |
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21-27 July 2022
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Participation in the Plenary Round-table titled Music, Research, and War at Home at the 46th ICTM World Conference, The New University of Lisbon, Portugal. |
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26-27 May 2022
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“Round-Table Discussion on Creative Interactions in Cultural Traditions: A Euro-Asian Perspective on Elemental Music and Dance in Education” at the International Conference Creative Interactions 2022, University of Music and Performing Arts, Munich, Germany. |
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26-28 August 2021
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“Pirit Chant – A Buddhist Sound Practice in Sri Lanka” At the Music-Religion Spirituality - International Multidisciplinary Symposium, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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23-24 August 2021
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“The State Musical Review of Children and Youngsters with Special Needs: Lessons from Slovenia” At the Access To and Through Education Conference – 2021, The Centre for Disability Studies (CDS) and the Coordinating Centre for Students with Disabilities (CCSD) of the University of Kelaniya and the Centre for Disability Research, Education & Practice (CEDREP) of the University of Colombo. |
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28 August 2020
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Round-table Discussion on »Music and Minorities« In the Experiences of Individual Musicians in Slovenia of Today. At the International Multidisciplinary Symposium, Music and Minorities: (Trans)cultural Dynamics in Slovenia after 1991, City Museum Ljubljana. Slovenia. |
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27 August 2020
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»Transcultural Dynamics in the Experiences of a Sri Lankan musician in Slovenia« At the International Multidisciplinary Symposium, Music and Minorities: (Trans)cultural Dynamics in Slovenia after 1991, City Museum Ljubljana. Slovenia. |
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18-22 September 2019 |
»Artistic Means and Therapeutic Effects in Sri Lankan Healing Rituals« The Asia-Pacific Congress at the Research Centre of Arts Therapies, Beijing Normal University, China. |
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11-17 July 2019 |
»Is There a Sustainable Future for the Indigenous Vedda Minority of Sri Lanka?« A Panel Presentation on »Music, Minorities, and Migrations« 45th ICTM World Conference, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. |
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23-25 August 2018
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»Indigenous Voices within the Majority-Minority Discourse in Sri Lanka« at the International Multidisciplinary Symposium, »Sounds of Minorities in National Contexts« At the Geographical Museum ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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23-30 July 2018
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»Music and Minorities in the Context of the Cultural and Ethnomusicological Society Folk Slovenia: An Autoethnographic Approach« at the ICTM Joint Symposium of the Study Group on Music and Minorities and the Study Group on Music and Gender”, Department of Folk Music Research and Ethnomusicology, University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, Austria. |
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22 November 2017
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»Traditional Music and Healing: An Insight into the Folk Rituals of Sri Lanka« at the 2nd International Symposium of “Folk Music and Performance: Evaluating our Inheritance and Ensuring a Lasting Bequest”, National Theatre, Kathmandu, Nepal. |
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30 August – 01 September 2017 |
»Use of Applied Ethnomusicology for the Betterment of Children and Youngsters with Special Needs: A Case Study from Slovenia« International conference »Music Heritage of Montenegro«, Music Academy of the University of Montenegro. |
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7-8 March 2017
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“Opening Urban Social Spaces through the Arts” 15th Urban Research Forum Bangkok, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University. Thailand. |
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20-22 October 2016
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»Sri Lankan Sing Along: Teaching and Learning Methods of Songs« 10th International Symposium "Music in Society", Academy of Music in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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19-24 September 2016 |
»Creating Vibrant Spaces for and through the Arts« 27th Annual Conference of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies “Cities at Risk – From Humiliation to Dignity”. Inter-University Center, Dubrovnik, Croatia. |
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30-31 October 2015
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»Ethnomusicology of an Individual: Indian Musician Dr. V. Balaji between Theory and Practice« First Science and Art Symposium "Music between Theory and Practice", Academy of Arts, Novi Sad, Serbia. |
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03-09 September 2013
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»East Meeting West in Slovenia: Indian Music Impact on a Central-European Country« The 2nd International Scientific Ethnomusicological Congress "East and West: Ethnic Identity and Traditional Musical Heritage as a Dialogue of Civilizations and Cultures", Astrakhan, Russia. |
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11-17 July 2013
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»Indian Music in Slovenia through the eyes of a South Asian Researcher« 42nd ICTM World Conference, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Shanghai, China. |
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19-30 July 2010
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»Curing Arterial Hypertension with Indian Classical Music: An Experiment in Applied Ethnomusicology« 6th symposium of ICTM Study Group Music and Minorities and 2nd symposium of Study Group Applied Ethnomusicology, Hanoi, Vietnam. |
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23-24 September 2008 |
»Music and War in Sri Lanka« Symposium Musik in Fremdwahrnehmung und Eigenbild, Bonn, Germany. |
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24 May – 1 June 2008 |
»Cultural Policies and Minority Musics in Kosovo and Sri Lanka. What Can We Learn from a Comparative Study?« (with Prof. Svanibor Pettan), 5th Meeting of the Study Group Music and Minorities Prague, Czech Republic. |
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May 8-9 2008
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»Music Therapy: Sri Lankan Approaches« International Musicological Conference "Approaches to Music Research: Between Practice and Epistemology", Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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4 -11 July 2007
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»Sri Lankan Folk Music and Human Health« 39th World Conference of the ICTM, Vienna, Austria. |
Creative Works (a Selection)
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2013 |
Musical Images of Sri Lanka (Glasbene Podobe Šrilanke) CD produced in Slovenia to promote Sri Lankan music in Europe. (Two albums in English and Slovene) |
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24 November 2018 |
Performance at the Annual Concert of the Folk Slovenia Society, Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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01-05 June 2017 |
Concert of Sri Lankan music at the 31st International University Music Festival (FIMU Festival) in Belfort, France. |
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28-30 September 2017 |
Performance at the Opening Ceremony of the International Symposium, Musics Matter! Ethnomusicology and Its Socio-Political Relevance held in Vienna, Austria. |
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24-26 August 2017 |
Sri Lankan Music concert at the 29th International Festival, Nights in Old Ljubljana Town held in Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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20-24 July 2016 |
Concert of Sri Lankan music at the 50th International Folklore Festival held in Zagreb, Croatia. |
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13-17 August 2016 |
Concert of Sri Lankan Music at the Jeff Festival at the Museum Koper, Slovenia. |
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08 April 2016 |
Šri Lanka Glasbeno putovanje (Sri Lanka: Musical Journey) at the Ethnographic Museum, Zagreb, Croatia. |
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11 June 2014 |
Charity Evening with Sri Lankan Music to assist people affected by the Conflict in Sri Lanka in Graz, Austria. |
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20 September 2014 |
Concert of Slavic Songs, Music and Dance Traditions of the Slavs in the Modern World held at the National History Museum in Astrakhan Russia. |
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04 February 2014 |
Musical Performances at the 66th Anniversary of Independence Day of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka held in Vienna, Austria |
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04 February 2013 |
Concert of Sri Lankan Music at the 65th Anniversary of Independence of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka held in Vienna, Austria. |
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31 October 2014 |
Concert of Indian Music at the Vth aNother Festival in Vienna Concert Hall, Austria.
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05 September 2013 |
Performance of Sri Lankan music at the International Ethno-Festival, Voices of the Golden Steppe at the Astrakhan State Philharmonic Hall, Astrakhan, Russia.
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07 December 2013 |
Concert of Sri Lankan music at the Red Hall of the Mayor’s house in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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