Research · Writing · Recordings
Publications
Ethnomusicology, Brazilian music, Folia de Reis, Bossa Nova, samba, pedagogy, and digital collaboration.
Selected Publications
Book ChapterFolia de Reis Tradition: An Afro-Brazilian Experience in Rural BrazilChapter in Understanding America: The Essential Contributions of Afro-American Music to the Sociocultural Meaning of the Continent.ArticleReflections on Bossa Nova, An Ageless Musical StyleA discussion of Bossa Nova’s development, Brazilian identity, and international impact.ArticleA Música Brasileira: Experiência e Aprendizagem no ExteriorBrazilian music in an academic environment and its role in building programs through students, faculty, and community.ArticleA música caipira e o verso sagrado na Folia de ReisChristian values in Folia de Reis melodies and their relationship with Brazilian country music.ArticleA Influência Africana na Música Brasileira: SambaThe African-Brazilian legacy and its foundational contribution to Brazilian music and samba.BookBrazilian Folia de Reis: With an Open HeartA Brazilian spiritual journey through song, based on Tremura’s ethnomusicological research.CVCurriculum Vitae 2023Education, appointments, research, performances, publications, lectures, and professional activities.
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Research Areas
Music and religion; Brazilian folk and popular music; performance as research; traditional music in the age of global technology; pedagogy and world music; and digital technology in arts education.