Dr. Bakriges is active internationally, both performing as a pianist and composer
and presenting research at symposia and conferences. He has published articles in
the Leeds College of Music Journal, Research Proceedings Yearbook, International Association of Jazz Educators, the online Journal of the School of Visual Arts, and is a contributing author in two books published by University of Mississippi
Press: Jazz Planet: Transnational Studies of the ‘Sound of Surprise,’ and Cross the Water Blues: African American Music in Europe. His research interests currently focus on the interdisciplinary impact of American
jazz and blues culture on global artistic media, the materials and the technical means
used by artists to create works of art. In the Department of Music, Dr. Bakriges teaches
World Music.
Ph.D. in Musicology/Ethnomusicology (2001), York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dissertation: African American Musical Avant-Gardism
M.A. in World Music/Musicology (1995), Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
Thesis: The October Revolution in Jazz: Critical Reception of the ‘New Thing’
M.A. in International Politics and Economics (1985), University of Detroit, Detroit,
Michigan Thesis: The Human Dimension of Japanese Economic Performance
B.A., Honors College (1980), University of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan
Faculty Bursary to Ellsworth, ME; Elms College, 2012
Faculty Bursary to New York, NY, 2011 and to Rowe, MA; Putney School, 2012
Faculty Bursary to Milton Keynes, United Kingdom; Elms College, 2010
Faculty Bursary to Monmouth, New Jersey; Elms College, 2010
Arts/Humanities-Academic Affairs Award to U of Colorado, Boulder, CO; Elms College,
2010
Calvin Grant, Artist-In-Residence for Mid-South UCC Conference, St. Louis, MO, 2009-11
Faculty Bursary to Denver, CO; Elms College, 2008 ARSC Book Award, Association for
Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research
“Cross the Water Blues:” African American Music in Europe, ed. Neil Wynn. University
Press of Mississippi, 2008
World fest Houston Film Festival, Platinum Remi Award, “Joy Dawns Again,” 2007
Faculty Professional Development Bursary to New York; Elms College, 2006
International Association of Jazz Educators, Outstanding Service to Jazz Education,
2005
Faculty Bursary to Gloucester, U.K.; Elms College, 2004
Faculty Professional Development Bursary to New York; Castleton State College, 2003
Professional Development Bursary to The Czech Republic; York University, 2000
Faculty of Graduate Studies Fieldwork Grant; York University, 1997
International Student Merit Scholarship; York University, 1995-1997
Faculty of Graduate Studies Development Grant Paris, France; York University, 1996
Performance Award, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Delhi Chapter, India, 1992
Meet the Composer Grant. Composers Performance Fund. NY, 1992
Peace Award, International Arts Festival, Istanbul Technical University. Turkey, 1991
Philip Morris International Performance Arts Grant. Istanbul, Turkey, 1991
New York State Decentralization Arts Grant, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1991
