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Everyday Temple Chant in South Korean Chogye Sect Buddhism: An Analytical Study of the Personal Styles Cultivated by Monks (2022)
Journal Article
Mills, S., & Park, S.-H. (2022). Everyday Temple Chant in South Korean Chogye Sect Buddhism: An Analytical Study of the Personal Styles Cultivated by Monks

The Chogye sect is by far the largest Buddhist sect in South Korea, administering around 1700 temples scattered across the country. The resident monks in these temples offer daily rituals throughout the year, which anybody is welcome to attend. Here,... Read More about Everyday Temple Chant in South Korean Chogye Sect Buddhism: An Analytical Study of the Personal Styles Cultivated by Monks.

Memories of The Last Hwaraengi, Kim Junghee (2020)
Journal Article
Mills, S. (2020). Memories of The Last Hwaraengi, Kim Junghee. Han'gug eum'ag yeon'gu, 67, 279-320. https://doi.org/10.35983/sikm.2020.67.279

Kim Junghee, who passed away in sad circumstances in December 2019, was a leading light in the East Coast shaman ritual tradition－an extraordinarily skilled and dedicated man who played a vital role in leading his tradition's transition from the old... Read More about Memories of The Last Hwaraengi, Kim Junghee.

"Release Hitting": An Analytical Study Commemorating the Artistry of the South Korean Shaman Musician Kim Yongt'aek (2020)
Journal Article
Mills, S. (2020). "Release Hitting": An Analytical Study Commemorating the Artistry of the South Korean Shaman Musician Kim Yongt'aek. Analytical approaches to world music, 8(1), 1-47

Within the world of South Korean traditional music, the percussion-based ritual music performed by hereditary shaman troupes in the East Coast region is justly famed for the diversity and complexity of its rhythmic structures and the virtuosic patter... Read More about "Release Hitting": An Analytical Study Commemorating the Artistry of the South Korean Shaman Musician Kim Yongt'aek.

The Durham Oriental Music Festival and Chinese Music (2019)
Book Chapter
Mills, S., & Pratt, K. (2019). The Durham Oriental Music Festival and Chinese Music. In Y. Hui, & S. Wild (Eds.), Global perspectives of ethnomusicologicals in the Internet Age (250-305). Zhejiang University Press

The year 2016 marked the fortieth anniversary of a novel experiment in the modern cultural development of the United Kingdom, the first in a short series of unprecedented and subsequently unmatched festivals. More than forty years later it is still t... Read More about The Durham Oriental Music Festival and Chinese Music.

The Musical Faces of South Korea’s East Coast Shaman Tradition: An Exploration into Personal Style Formation and Expression (2017)
Journal Article
Mills, S. R., & Park, S. (2017). The Musical Faces of South Korea’s East Coast Shaman Tradition: An Exploration into Personal Style Formation and Expression. Ethnomusicology Forum, 26(1), 69-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/17411912.2017.1305283

The hereditary shamans of South Korea’s East Coast region foster a style of ritual that is well noted for its complex, often highly virtuosic, percussion music. Looking beyond the shared norms that hold this tradition together, this study valorises t... Read More about The Musical Faces of South Korea’s East Coast Shaman Tradition: An Exploration into Personal Style Formation and Expression.

Music in Korean Shaman Ritual (2017)
Book Chapter
Mills, S. (2017). Music in Korean Shaman Ritual. In H. Curti (Ed.), Eolssigu! the sounds of Korea (86-103). Ajuntament de Barcelona

'Local Heroes': Re-establishing Drums and Gongs in Ulleungdo’s Musical Life (2014)
Book Chapter
Mills, S. (2014). 'Local Heroes': Re-establishing Drums and Gongs in Ulleungdo’s Musical Life. In T. P. C. F. T. C. R. C. F. P. H. Chunyŏn (Ed.), Han’guk ŭmakhak-ŭi chip’yŏng : Hwang Chunyŏn kyosu chŏngnyŏn t’woeim kinyŏm = Musicology in Korea : a commemorative retirement collection for Professor Hwang Chunyŏn (419-430). Minsokwon

A small number of people have become widely known in South Korea as influential innovators and/or preservers of traditional percussion band music, having led the way to establishing it as an icon of Korean identity on the national level. Meanwhile, t... Read More about 'Local Heroes': Re-establishing Drums and Gongs in Ulleungdo’s Musical Life.

A Mysterious Island in the Digital Age: Technology and Musical Life in Ulleungdo, South Korea (2013)
Journal Article
Mills, S. R., & Park, S. (2013). A Mysterious Island in the Digital Age: Technology and Musical Life in Ulleungdo, South Korea. Ethnomusicology Forum, 22(2), 160-187. https://doi.org/10.1080/17411912.2012.713774

This paper contributes to the growing body of ethnomusicological research about music-making on small islands, focusing on the remote South Korean island of Ulleungdo (literally, ‘Mysterious Island’). Historically, a number of factors have conspired... Read More about A Mysterious Island in the Digital Age: Technology and Musical Life in Ulleungdo, South Korea.