Faculty Profile for Dr. Holly Wissler
Dr. Holly Wissler
Asst Professor of Instruction — School of Music
Lampasas 307
phone: (512) 245-7820
Biography Section
Biography and Education
2009: Ph.D. in Musicology with emphasis in Ethnomusicology, Florida State UniversityDissertation: From Grief and Joy We Sing: Social and Cosmic Regenerative Processes in the Songs of Q’eros, Peru. Funding: Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Grant
1999: M.A. Master of Arts in Music History, University of IdahoThesis: An Outsider Inside: Ritual, Music, and Dance in the Qoyllur Rit’i Festival of the Peruvian Andes.
1998: M.M. Master of Music in Classical Flute Performance, University of Idaho
Teaching Interests
Music History, World Music Cultures, Fine Arts, EthnomusicologyResearch Interests
RESEARCH SPECIALIZATIONSIndigenous Andes and Amazon culture, Inca Empire and Peru History, Applied Ethnomusicology, Indigenous Theory, Spanish, Quechua, Western Classical Music History, Deaf culture
Selected Scholarly/Creative Work
- Wissler, H. (2018). “’Where Dead People Walk’: Repatriation of Fifty Years of Audio-Visual Archives to Q’eros, Peru.”. In The Oxford Handbook of Musical Repatriation. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190659806.013.6
- Wissler, H. (2015). Andes to Amazon on the River Q’eros: Indigenous Voice in Grassroots Tourism, Safeguarding, and Ownership Projects of the Q’eros and Wachiperi Peoples.”. In The Oxford Handbook of Applied Ethnomusicology. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199351701.013.15
- Organizer, Sound of India.
September 24, 2024.
Performances:
- Music Concert. September 24, 2024 Performing Arts Center, Texas State University.
- Wissler, H. (2015). “La Comunidad Wachiperi en el Festival de Tradiciones Populares del Smithsonian, Washington, D.C., 2015. Willka Nina, (3).
- Wissler, H. (2015). “Music” and “Dance.” In Encyclopedia of the Incas (pp. 110-112 (Dance), 200-203 (Music)). Lanham, MD, U.S.: Altamira Press.
Selected Service Activities
Other
Texas State University Gamelan Ensemble, "Lipi Awan"
2022-Present
Other
SAI Province Day
February 1, 2025-February 1, 2025
Other
Catalyst Committee
October 18, 2022-October 18, 2022
Other
Panelist
October 16, 2022-October 16, 2022
Member
Fulbright Scholarship
September 2021-November 2021