Publications

Publications

Performing Câmpia: Processes of Ethnic Identification in Transylvanian Folk Music

  • Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Minnesota. 2019

“Roumanie: Musique du Maramureș / Romania: Music from Maramureș.”

  • Yearbook for Traditional Music, Vol. 50. Tong Soon Lee, Ed. Cambridge: International Council for Traditional Music and Cambridge University Press. 2018 (audio review)

“Negotiating Identities and Cultural Representations: The Practice and Patronage of Roma-Transylvanian Folk Violinist Florin Codoba.”

  • Europa Orientalis 15. Marija Wakounig and Ferdinand Kühnel, Eds. Vienna: Lit. Verlag, Institute of Austrian History at the University of Vienna. 2014

Interviews

Interviews

“Colleen Bertsch”

  • Tanchaz Talk podcast interview with Kalman “Öcsi” Magyar, August 21, 2020

Colleen Bertsch Digs Deep Into Her Romanian Research during Covid-19 Times”

  • Twin Cities Weekend (PRX) and Minnesota Music Profiles (KBEM) radio interview with Phil Nusbaum, May 2020

“Regional Spotlight: Orkestar Bez Ime”

  • Classical MPR radio interview with Steve Staruch, December 12, 2019

Eastern European Christmas Traditions Staged as Kolyada by Orkestar Bez Ime and Others

  • Twin Cities Weekend (PRX) and Minnesota Music Profiles (KBEM) radio interview with Phil Nussbaum, December 2019

“Romanian Carolers Meet American Ethnic Orchestra”

  • Twin Cities Weekend (PRX) and Minnesota Music Profiles (KBEM) radio interview with Phil Nussbaum, December 2017

“Transylvanian Ethnomusicology with Colleen Bertsch”

  • Composer Quest podcast interview with Charlie McCarron, 2015

Credentials

Credentials

Ph.D. University of Minnesota, Musicology & Ethnomusicology (2019)

M.A. University of Minnesota, Musicology & Ethnomusicology (2012)

B.M. University of Minnesota, Music Education (1999)

B.M. Concordia College, Moorhead, Music Performance (1997)