Biography and education
2009: Ph.D. in Musicology with emphasis in Ethnomusicology, Florida State University
Dissertation: 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
Dissertation: 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
Research Interests
Featured scholarly/creative works
- 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.
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Research Accelerator Program, Division of Research. October 18, 2024 - November 8, 2024
Featured service activities
Texas State University Gamelan Ensemble, "Lipi Awan"
SAI Province Day
Catalyst Committee
Panelist
- Member
Fulbright Scholarship