Dr Janine Tiffe - A Woman of Steel!
Dr. Janine Tiffe is Assistant Professor of ethnomusicology at the Kent State University Glauser School of Music where she directs the African Ensemble and Steelband, and teaches courses in world, popular, and American musics. Prior to her appointment at KSU, she taught at Oklahoma City University. Her research interests include the African diaspora, particularly the Trinidadian steel band, as well as race & ethnicity, gender, dance, hip-hop, performance, musical migration, transmission, pedagogy, education, and community musicmaking.
Displaying her festive wings at the 50th anniversary commemoration of Minshall's Land of the Hummingbird exhibit at Stollmeyer Castle.
Dr. Tiffe has authored articles in Percussive Notes, Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century, Double Voicing and Multiplex Identities: Unpacking Hegemonic and Subaltern Discourses in the Caribbean, Positive Interferences: Unsettling Resonances in the Study of the Languages, Literatures and Cultures of the Greater Caribbean and Beyond, and Sweeter Voices Still: An LGBTQ Anthology from Middle America.
Under her directorship, the African Ensemble has performed at the International Society for Music Education conference in Glasgow, Scotland, and the College Music Society conference in Vancouver, Canada. Dr. Tiffe has performed with Women in Steel and Invaders Steel Orchestra; as a member of Azaguno, she performed for the 2002 FIFA World Cup ceremonies in Seoul, Korea. She is an active member of The Society for Ethnomusicology and Percussive Arts Society, and serves as Director of International Chapters for Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity. She is the DEIA Taskforce Chair for the Glauser School of Music.
Dr Tiffe with steel pans.
Dr. Tiffe holds a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from Florida State University, and M.A. in ethnomusicology from Kent State University, and a B.S. and B.A. in Zoology from Miami University. She is currently enrolled in the Advanced Pan Fellowship Programme at the University of Trinidad and Tobago.
Tiffe, J. L. (2021). “In Dialog with Ellie Mannette.” Interviewing the Caribbean. (Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 166-170). Kingston, Jamaica: The University of the West Indies Press.
Tiffe, J. L. (2019). “New Horizons – Florida Style: A Musical Ethnography of Pans de León in Tallahassee, Florida, USA.” Positive Interferences: Unsettling Resonances in the Study of the Languages, Literatures and Cultures of the Greater Caribbean and Beyond. (Vol. 2, pp. 349-358). Willemstad, Curaçao: University of Curaçao.
Tiffe, J. L. (2015). Interview with Steelpannist Mia Gormandy. Percussive Notes, 53(5), 44-46.
Tiffe, J. L. (2012). “Carnival Musics of Trinidad and Tobago: New Trends or Business Opportunity? Examining the Collaborative Relationship Between Pan and Calypso/Soca Composers and Arrangers.” Double voicing and multiplex identities: unpacking hegemonic and subaltern discourses in the Caribbean. (Vol. 2, pp. 333-336). Willemstad, Curaçao: University of Curaçao.
Tiffe, J. L. (2007). The Arrival of Steel Pan in the United States. Percussive Notes, 45(3), 10-17.
Tiffe, J. L. (2021). Hammer & Steel: A Musical Biography. Shaped By Steel: Landscapes, Lives and Legacies of a Global Industry. (ed. Louise Miskell & Gemma Almond, pp. 139-46). Swansea, Wales: Arts & Humanities Research Council.
