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Tara Browner is a retired Professor in the Department of Ethnomusicology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), part of the College of Letters and Science. Her work focuses on Indigenous music studies, particularly American Indian music in Western compositions, Pow-wow culture in North America and Europe, and Native American flute performance.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Music History (Musicology), University of Michigan
- M.M. in Music, University of Colorado, Boulder
- B.A. in Music, California State University, Sacramento
Her research explores cultural preservation and contemporary ideologies through music. Current projects examine Pow-wow culture’s global manifestations in Northern Europe. She has published extensively in journals like Ethnomusicology and American Music, and edited key anthologies including Music of the First Nations (2009). Beyond academia, she is a Grammy Awards screening committee member, a Pow-wow dancer in the Women’s Southern Cloth tradition, and a professional percussionist/timpanist.
No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned, but her contributions to Indigenous music scholarship are internationally recognized. Advising and grant details are not provided in the text. She has no listed labs or teams, though her research collaborations are implied through conference presentations and editorial work.
