Prof. (Dr.) M. L. Chinthaka Prageeth Meddegoda

Prof. (Dr.) Chinthaka Prageeth Meddegoda, lecturer on North Indian music (vocal) at the University of Visual and Performing Arts (UVPA) in Colombo since 2010, teaching theory and practice of Hindustani vocal music, supervising research projects of students, is also director of the Research Committee of UVPA. He is interested in popular and traditional music of various Asian cultures as well as in general issues of human society, philosophy and cultural studies. As a member of ICTM since 2013, secretary of the ICTM Study Group Musical Instruments, editorial board member of SIMP (book series of the ICTM Study Group Musical Instruments), the Asian-European Music Research Journal, and of “Sangeeth”, the Research Journal published by the Aesthetic Education Unit, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka, he tries to improve research structures throughout the country and beyond. He obtained a PhD Degree with thesis at the UPM Graduate School and the Music Department under supervision of Prof. Dr. Gisa Jähnichen during the period from 2012 to 2015. He was additionally trained as an audiovisual archivist, a book editor, and a conference organizer. Since then, he published several academic papers in this field and presented research outcomes on international conferences in many places of the world. During his studies in India, he learned Hindustani music (classical, semi classical, and folk) under several Gurus from Lucknow and Banaras, among them Dr. K K Kapur, Dr. S S Awasti, Prof. Ritwik Sanyal, Prof. Sarayu Sonni, Dr. Kavimandan, Pandit Channulal Mishra, Pandit Surendra Mohan Mishra, and Dr. Wanamala Parwatkar.

Research Interests:

North Indian Music, Southeast Asian Music, Audiovisual Archiving, Ethnomusicology, Organology, Qualitative Research Methods, Systematic Musicology, Popular Music Studies, Sociology of Music.

Publications:

Articles

• Meddegoda, Chinthaka Prageeth (2020). The Parsi Theater as a Cultural Channel between South and Southeast Asian Cities. Journal of Urban Culture Research, 20: 44-53. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14456/jucr.2020.3.
• Meddegoda, Chinthaka Prageeth (2019). The Cultural Function of the Horanawa. Double Reeds along the Great Silk Road. Ed. by Gisa Jähnichen and Terada Yoshitaka. Berlin: Logos, 81-96.
• Meddegoda, Chinthaka Prageeth (2019). Playing Non-Music on the Sri Lankan Horanawa. Studia Instrumentorum Musicae Popularis (New Series) VI. Ed. by Gisa Jähnichen. Berlin: Logos, 189-206.
• Meddegoda, Chinthaka Prageeth (2019). “”Ghazal””. The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture. Edited by Janet Sturman. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications: 1017-1018.
• Meddegoda, Chinthaka P. and G. Jähnichen (2019). Field Report: The Orang Kling of Sumatra’s West Coast and their Musical Self. Voicing the Unheard: Music as Windows for Minorities. Edited by Yves Defrance. Paris: L’Harmattan:185-208.
• Meddegoda, C. P.; K. C. Nadler and G. Jähnichen (2019). Moving and Moved Singers: Non-Vocal Embodiments of Vocal Expressions in the Era of Mass Media. El Oído Pensante, 7 (1): 1-26.
• Meddegoda, Chinthaka Prageeth (2018). Musical instruments in local taxonomies: The Case of Sri Lankan String Instruments as Perceived through Internet Sources. Música em Contexto, 12 (1): 21-33.
• Meddegoda, Chinthaka P. (2018). Oral Teaching systems versus Ongoing Canonization in Hindustani Vocal Practice. AEMR-EJ, 2: 53-64.
• Meddegoda, Chinthaka Prageeth, Ahmad Faudzi Musib, Thongbang Homsombat, Gisa Jähnichen & Xiao Mei (2018). Innovation and Human Failure in Small-Scale Archives – What Do We Need to Learn from Each Other? IASA Journal 48, 57-71.
• Meddegoda, Chinthaka Prageeth (2017). The Story of a Failed Business Concept: Intensifying a Drum Production in Sri Lanka. Studia Instrumentorum Musicae Popularis V, edited by Gisa Jähnichen. Münster; MV-Wissenschaft, 231 -250.
• Meddegoda, Chinthaka P. (2016). Appropriation of Hindustani Musical Elements in Vocal Parts of Malay Ghazal. Malaysian Journal of Performing and Visual Arts, 2 (2): 43-70.
• Meddegoda, Chinthaka Prageeth (2016). ගසල්: ගායන විශේෂයක්ද නැතහොත් කාව්‍ය විශේෂයක්ද? (Ghazal: Poetry or Singing Style?). සංගීත් (Sangeeth), ed. by N. Handunpathirana, vol. 1: 124–133. Battaramulla: Aesthetic Education Unit (සෞන්දර්ය අධ්‍යාපන අංශය).
• Meddegoda, Chinthaka Prageeth (2016). Instrumental Ghazal Melayu: A Functional Analysis. Studia Instrumentorum Musicae Popularis V. Edited by Gisa Jähnichen. Münster; MV-Wissenschaft, 187-202.
• Meddegoda, Chinthaka Prageeth, Gisa Jähnichen & Ruwin Rangeeth Dias (2015). Experiencing the Viola in Hindustani Classical Music. Journal of the American Viola Society, 31, 29-37.
• Meddegoda, Chinthaka Prageeth (2015). Appropriation of Tabla in Malay Ghazal. Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on the Performing Arts of Southeast Asia (PASEA), 14-20 June, 2014, Denpasar. Edited by Mohd Anis Mohd Nor. Kuala Lumpur: University Malaya Press.
• Meddegoda, Chinthaka Prageeth (2015). Ethnic Labelling: Malaysian Perception on Indian Performing Arts and its Impact on Malay Music. Music: Ethics and the Community. UPM Book Series on Music Research, edited by Gisa Jähnichen, Made Mantle Hood and Chinthaka P. Meddegoda, vol. 7: 103-116.
• Meddegoda, Chinthaka Prageeth, Ahmad Faudzi Musib and Gisa Jähnichen (2014). The Audiovisual Research Collection for Performing Arts (ARCPA) at Universiti Putra Malaysia: Negotiating Ethical Issues in Social Sciences. IASA Journal, 43, 53-59.
• Meddegoda, Chinthaka Prageeth (2014). Voice Cultures in Hindustani Classical Music. Music and Mind. UPM Book Series on Music Research, 6. Edited by Gisa Jähnichen, Made Mantle Hood and Chinthaka P. Meddegoda. Serdang: UPM Press, 71–88.
• Meddegoda, Chinthaka Prageeth & Gisa Jähnichen (2014). A Metaphorical Study on Teaching Individual Creativity in Asia: Indian Ālāp and Vietnamese Dạo. International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 4 (4). Special Issue on Contemporary Issues in Social Science, 306-315.
• Meddegoda, Chinthaka Prageeth (2013). Adaptation of the Harmonium in Malaysia: Indian or British Heritage? Studia Instrumentorum Musicae Popularis III (New Series). Edited by Gisa Jähnichen. Münster: MV-Wissenschaft, 219–238.
• Meddegoda, Chinthaka P., Ruwin R. Dias (2013). Interaction of Musicians and Audience during Performances of Hindustani Classical Music. (Music + Dance) Environment. UPM Book Series on Music Research, 5. Edited by Gisa Jähnichen and Chinthaka Meddegoda. Serdang: UPM Press, 83–94.

Upcoming Articles

• Meddegoda, Chinthaka Prageeth (2020). Selective Tolerance of Hindustani Music Practices in Malay Musical Life. Collection of Essays. Edited by Yoshitaka Terada. Osaka: Museum for Ethnography (Printing in Progress).
• Meddegoda, Chinthaka Prageeth (2020). Hindustani Classical Music
  in Sri Lanka: A Dominating Minority Music or an Imposed Musical Ideology? Proceedings of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Minorities. Edited by Ursula Hemetek. Vienna: University of the Arts. (15 pp.). (Printing in progress).
• Meddegoda, Chinthaka Prageeth (2020). Hindustani Classical Music in Sri Lanka: A Dominating Minority Music or an Imposed Musical Ideology? AEMR-J, 6 (Printing in progress).

Editions

• Jähnichen, Gisa, Made Mantle Hood and Chinthaka P. Meddegoda, eds. (2015). Music: Ethics and the Community. UPM Book Series on Music Research, 7. Serdang: UPM Press.
• Jähnichen, Gisa, Made Mantle Hood and Chinthaka Prageeth Meddegoda, eds. (2014). Music & Mind. UPM Book Series on Music Research, 6. Serdang: UPM Press.
• Jähnichen, Gisa & Chinthaka Meddegoda, eds. (2013). (Music + Dance) Environment. UPM Book Series on Music Research, 5. Serdang: UPM Press.

Monographs

• Meddegoda, Chinthaka Prageeth and Gisa Jähnichen (2016). Hindustani Traces in Malay Ghazal – ‘A song, so old and yet still famous’. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars.

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