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Summary CURRICULUM VITAE of MICHAEL MORRIS

Born 24th January 1936;
Greencastle, Omagh, Co Tyrone, N.Ireland.

Areas of Activity and Experience:

1. Sound Art and Music Composition-Arrangement-Performance;
2. Audio Engineering and Music Recording;
3. University and College Lecturing (Communications);
4. Anthropological (Cultural and Philosophical) Research;
5. Alternative Healing (Oriental);

Chronology:

1. 1960 -'70: Audio-Sound Supervisor, RTE Television specialising in Traditional Irish Music (worked on all of Sean O'Riada's television programmes) and in Rock Music programmes.

2. 1970 -'72: Student Fellow and Research Assistant in the Anthropology Department and University Museum at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, USA.

3. 1972 -'74: Research Consultant in Media Communications at RTE, Dublin

4. 1974 - 78: Senior Research Fellow/Lecturer in Sociology - Communications, at University College Dublin.

5. 1978 - '82: College Lecturer in Media Communications, Dept. of Film and Broadcasting, DIT, Dublin.

6. 1982 -'84: Anthropological Research amongst the Hopi and Klamath Tribes in Oregon and Arizona, USA.

7. 1984 - '89: as 4 above.

8. 1989 - the present: development of the EarthSong Music Project.

Various Qualifications:

1. MA(U of Pa) in Cultural Anthropology (Native American Studies);

2. B.Soc.Sc. (NUI, 1st Hons) in Sociology with Psychology;

3. B. Arts in Archaeology and Philosophy;

4. Diploma Telecommunications, London City and Guilds;

5. Certificate Oriental Healing, Kushi Institute, Boston;

6. Extensive studies and training in the world's Wisdom Traditions, specialising in sacred ceremony, music and dance, including Sufi, Indo-Tibetan, Native American, Shinto.

7. Several period studying Native American culture, sacred dance and ritual, The Hopi of Arizona, Tarahumar of Mexico, Klamath of Oregon, Maya of Highland Guatemala.

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