Katherine Hagedorn

Katherine Johanna Hagedorn (October 16, 1961 – November 12, 2013) was an ethnomusicologist, born in Summit, New Jersey to a white family, who became a traditional Cuban drummer and Santeria priestess.

Katherine Hagedorn
Born
Katherine Johanna Hagedorn

(1961-10-16)October 16, 1961
Summit, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedNovember 12, 2013(2013-11-12) (aged 52)
NationalityUnited States
Alma materB.A. Tufts University, Spanish, Russian and English studies, minor in classical piano; Johns Hopkins University, master's degree, international relations; Brown University, master's and PhD in ethnomusicology
OccupationEthnomusicologist, Santeria priestess
EmployerPomona College
Known forResearch on Afro-Cuban religious and folkloric performance
Board member ofNational Society for Ethnomusicology
Spouse(s)Terry Ryan
Parent(s)Fred and Grace Hagedorn
AwardsWhite House fellow; California Professor of the Year award, 2000; Mellon New Directions Fellowship; Alan Merriam Prize, 2002

She spent her career as a Professor of Music at Pomona College in Claremont, California, where she directed the Ethnomusicology Program, served as co-coordinator of the Gender & Women’s Studies Program, and became an associate dean.[1] She also served as a "scholar-in-residence at Harvard University’s Center for the Study of World Religions and as a visiting professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara."[2]

Trained in languages and classical piano at Tufts University, Hagedorn earned an M.A. in Soviet Studies at Johns Hopkins University. She became a White House fellow, and worked on the Afghanistan desk at the State Department.[2]

Starting in 1989, Hagedorn traveled to Cuba to study the batá drum in Matanzas Province. There, she was initiated as a Santería priestess. At Pomona, she taught the batá drum, Tuvan throat singing, and directed a Balinese Gamelan ensemble. Her classes were described as "emphatically participatory, not to mention loud."[3]

Her best known work is Divine Utterances: The Performance of Afro-Cuban Santería.[4]

Works
  • Hagedorn, Katherine J. (2001). Divine utterances: the performance of Afro-Cuban Santería. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 156098922X.
  • Hagedorn, Katherine J. (2006). "Toward a Theology of Sound". Harvard Divinity Bulletin. 34 (2). Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  • "Katherine J. Hagedorn". Microsoft Academic Search. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2013.

References
  1. Bald, Anthony (November 15, 2013). "In Memoriam: Katherine Hagedorn". The Student Life. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  2. Wood, Mark (November 13, 2013). "In Memoriam: Professor of Music Katherine Hagedorn". Pomona College. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  3. Colker, David (November 18, 2013). "Katherine Hagedorn dies at 52; Pomona professor was Santeria priestess". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  4. Sampedro, Benita (2004). "Divine Utterances: The Performance of Afro-Cuban Santería by Katherine J. Hagedorn". Research in African Literatures. 35 (2): 203–04. doi:10.1353/ral.2004.0053. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
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