Dr.
Peter Narváez
Honorary Research Professor
Department of Folklore
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NL CANADA
A1B 3X8
Email: badaxe7@gmail.com
Music Website: www.rowdyblues.com
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (1986) Indiana University, Folklore and
American Studies
M.A. (1967) Indiana University, Folklore
B.A. (1963) Drew University, History
FACULTY POSITIONS
2004-05 Professor, School of
Music (cross appointment), MUN
1996-05 Professor, Department of Folklore, MUN
1987-96 Associate Professor, Department of Folklore, MUN
1977-87 Assistant Professor, Department of Folklore, MUN
1974-77 Lecturer, Department of Folklore, MUN
RESEARCH: PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS AND EDITED
JOURNALS
Editor, Of Corpse: Death and Humor in Folklore
and Popular Culture. Logan, Utah: Utah State UP, 2003.
Editor with Pauline Greenhill, “Special Issue: Folklore in
Canada.” Journal of American Folklore 115.456
(2002).
Editor, The Good People: New Fairylore Essays. Second
edition [paperback edition with updated introduction and index].
Lexington: UP of Kentucky, 1997.
Editor with Anne-Marie Desdouits, Special issue, “Culture
Populaire et Rituels / Popular Culture and Rituals,”
Canadian Folklore Canadien 14.1 (1992).
Editor, The Good People: New Fairylore Essays. New York:
Garland, 1991.
Editor with Martin Laba, Media Sense: The Folklore-Popular
Culture Continuum. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State U
Popular P, 1986.
The Protest Songs of a Labor Union On Strike Against an
American Corporation in a Newfoundland Company Town; A Folkloristic
Analysis With Special References to Oral Folk History. Ann
Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms International, publication
no. 86-07-398, 1986.
Compiler with Magnus Einarsson-Mullarky. Folklore Archives of
the World. Folklore Forum Bibliographic and Special Series
#1. Bloomington: Folklore Forum, 1968.
ARTICLES IN JOURNALS AND BOOKS
With Holly Everett,
“‘Me and the Devil’: Legends of Niccolo Paganini
and Robert Johnson.” Contemporary Legend 4 n.s.
(2001 [published in 2003]): 20-47.
With Pauline Greenhill, “Introduction: Folklore in
Canada.” Journal of American Folklore 115.456
(2002): 116-28.
“‘I Think I Wrote a Folksong’: Popularity and
Regional Vernacular Anthems.” Journal of American
Folklore 115.456 (2002): 269-82.
With Pauline Greenhill, “Afterword: The Journal of
American Folklore and Americanist Versus Canadianist
Traditions.” Journal of American Folklore 115.456
(2002): 283-92.
“Unplugged: Blues Guitarists and the Myth of
Acousticity.” Guitar Cultures. Eds. Andy Bennett and
Kevin Dawe. Oxford: Berg, 2001. 27-44.
“Snapshot: ‘She's Gone Boys’: Songs in Response
to the Moratorium on Fishing in Newfoundland.” The
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: The United States and
Canada. Volume 3. Ed. Ellen Koskoff. New York: Garland, 2001.
1138-43.
“Broadsides.” The Broadside: Newsletter of the St.
John’s Folk Arts Council 5.1 (2001): 6-7.
“Sometimes Unplugged: Canadian Blues Guitarists and Issues of
Authenticity.” Changing Sounds: New Directions and
Configurations in Popular Music. Eds. Tony Mitchell and Peter
Doyle. Sydney: University of Technology, 2000. 150-56.
“Carlos del Junco, Blues Harp Virtuoso.” Canadian
Folk Music Bulletin 32:1 (March, 1998): 18-20.
“Black Fly Moan.” Canadian Folk Music Bulletin
32:1 (March, 1998): 10-11.
“The Marius Barbeau Medal for 1997.” Bulletin of
the Folklore Studies Association of Canada 22:1-4 (1998)
9-11.
“Highway 61 in African-American Blues, Bob
Dylan, and Canadian Film.” Music on Show: Issues of
Performance. Ed. Tarja Hautamäki and Helmi
Järviluoma. Tampere, Finland: University of Tampere,
Department of Folk Tradition, Publication 25, 1998. 233-48.
“‘She's Gone, Boys’: Vernacular Song Responses to
the Atlantic Fisheries Crisis.” Canadian Journal for
Traditional Music 24 (1997): 1-13.
“The Songs of a Newfoundland Strike.” Lessons of
Work: Essays in Honor of Archie Green. Eds. Robert McCarl and
Lori Taylor. Submitted to press.
“African-American Highway Blues.” Perspectives in
Popular Music. Tempura, Finland: International Association for
the Study of Popular Music, in press.
“‘From New York City Down to the Gulf of Mexico’:
Highway 61 in African-American Blues, Bob Dylan, and Canadian
Film.” New York Folklore 22 (1996 [published in
1997]), 1-36.
Editor and author, “A Tribute: Kenneth S. Goldstein, Record
Producer.” Journal of American Folklore 109 (1996):
450-63.
“Producing Blues Recordings: Kenneth S. Goldstein Interviewed
by Peter Narváez.” Journal of American
Folklore 109 (1996): 451-57.
“Fairies.” American Folklore: An Encyclopedia.
Ed. Jan Harold Brunvand. New York: Garland, 1996. 239-41
“‘Tricks and Fun’: Narratives of Pleasure at
Newfoundland Wakes.” Folk Narrative and World View.
Ed. Ingo Schneider and Petra Streng. London: Peter Lang, 1996.
533-55.
“Chuck Berry as Postmodern Composer-Performer.”
Folklore, Literature, and Cultural Theory: Collected
Essays. Ed. Cathy Lynn Preston. New York: Garland, 1995.
169-186.
“Increase Mather’s Illustrious Providences: The First
American Folklore Collection.” Fields of Folklore: Essays
in Honor of Kenneth S. Goldstein. Ed. Roger D. Abrahams.
Bloomington, IN: Trickster P, 1995. 198-213.
“‘Sonny’s Dream’: Popularity, Folksong, and
Regional Anthems.” Popular Music Perspectives III.
Popular Music and Social Reality, Ed. Peter Wicke. Berlin:
Electronic Publication of Forschungszentrum Populär Musik der
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the International
Association for the Study of Popular Music, 1995. 85-97.
“Newfoundland Vernacular Song.” Popular Music :
Style and Identity. Ed. Will Straw, Stacey Johnson, Rebecca
Sullivan and Paul Friedlander. Montréal, Québec: The
Centre for Research on Canadian Cultural Industries and
Institutions, 1995. 215-19.
“Radio as Anthropomorphized Polyseme.”
Fréquence—Frequency 1.2 (1994): 25-35.
“The Influences of Hispanic Music Cultures on
African-American Blues Musicians.” Center for Black Music
Research Journal 14.2 (1994): 203-24.
“’ Tricks and Fun’: Subversive Pleasures at
Newfoundland Wakes.” Western Folklore 53 (1994):
263-93.
“Living Blues Journal: The Paradoxical Aesthetics of the
Blues Revival.” Transforming Tradition: Folk Music
Revivals Examined. Ed. Neil V. Rosenberg. Urbana: U of
Illinois P, 1993. 241-57.
“‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’ to ‘Popular
Music’: A Proposal to Change the Name of the Section.”
Ethnopop 3.1 (Fall, 1992): 4-5.
“Folkloristics, Cultural Studies and Popular Culture.”
Canadian Folklore Canadien 14.1 (1992): 15-30.
“Never the Wiser: Fairylore and Berry Picking in
Newfoundland.” The World & I (July, 1992):
612-21.
“President’s Report—Massification, Folklore, and
Hockey: A Plea for Time.” Bulletin of the Folklore
Studies Association of Canada 16.1-2 (1992): 3-6.
“Current Blues Recordings: Review Essay.” Journal
of American Folklore 104.414 (1991): 509-22.
“Folk Talk and Hard Facts: The Role of Ted Russell’s
‘Uncle Mose’ on the Fishermen’s Broadcast.”
Studies in Newfoundland Folklore: Community and Process.
Ed. Gerald Thomas and J.D.A. Widdowson. St. John’s:
Breakwater, 1991. 191-212.
“Welcoming Remarks.” Beyond the Printed Word: The
Evolution of Canada’s Broadcast News Heritage. Ed.
Richard Lochead. Kingston, Ontario: Quarry P, 1991. 13.
“Newfoundland Berry Pickers ‘In the Fairies’:
Maintaining Spatial, Temporal, and Moral Boundaries Through
Legendry.” The Good People: New Fairylore Essays.
Ed. Peter Narváez. New York: Garland, 1991. 336-68.
“‘I’ve Gotten Soppy’: Send-Off Parties as
Rites of Passage in the Occupational Folklife of CBC
Reporters.” American Behavioral Scientist 33.3
(1990): 339-52.
“Blues.” A Hundred Years on Record: An Appreciation
of Recorded Sound. Ed. Michael Gray. London: Rococo
Publishing, 1989. 102-04.
The Fairy Faith. Published transcription of national
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio programme,
“Ideas,” written and recorded by Peter Narváez,
produced by John Doyle, June 29, 1989. Toronto: CBC Enterprises,
Publication 11-293, 1989.
“Introduction: Fans-A Special Section.” Culture and
Tradition 11 (1987): 37-40.
“Newfoundland Berry Pickers ‘In the Fairies’: The
Maintenance of Spatial and Temporal Boundaries Through
Legendry.” Lore and Language 6.1 (1987): 15-49.
With Martin Laba, “Introduction: The Folklore-Popular Culture
Continuum.” Media Sense: The Folklore-Popular Culture
Continuum. Ed. Peter Narváez and Martin Laba. Bowling
Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State U Popular P, 1986. 1-8.
“Joseph R. Smallwood, The Barrelman, The Broadcaster
as Folklorist.” Media Sense: The Folklore-Popular Culture
Continuum. Ed. Peter Narváez and Martin Laba. Bowling
Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State U Popular P, 1986. 47-64.
“The Newfie Bullet—The Nostalgic Use of
Folklore.” Media Sense: The Folklore-Popular Culture
Continuum. Ed. Peter Narváez and Martin Laba. Bowling
Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State U Popular P, 1986. 65-76.
“The Folklore of ‘Old Foolishness’: Newfoundland
Media Legends.” Canadian Literature 108 (Spring,
1986): 125-43.
“Broadcast Materials in Atlantic Archives.”
Bulletin of the Association for the Study of Canadian Radio and
Television 25 (1985): 15-16.
“Folksong.” Encyclopedia of Newfoundland. Vol.
2. Ed. Joseph R. Smallwood. St. John’s: Newfoundland Book
Publishers, 1984. 249-52.
“Joseph R. Smallwood, ‘The Barrelman’: The
Broadcaster as Folklorist.” Canadian Folklore
Canadien 5.1-2 (1983): 60-78.
“‘The Wabash Cannonball’ Parodic Song
Cycle.” Canadian Folk Music Bulletin 16.4 (1982):
26.
“On Rovers and Ron, Reflex and Revival.” The
Muse 33.5 (1982): 12-13.
“On Rovers and Ron: Reflex and Revival in the Music of
Newfoundland.” This Magazine 1.2 (1982): 9-12.
With Philip Hiscock, “Broadcast Materials in the Memorial
University of Newfoundland Folklore and Language Archive.”
Bulletin of the Association for the Study of Canadian Radio and
Television 15 (1982): 16-20.
“Afro-American and Mexican Street Singers: An Ethno-
Historical Hypothesis.” Southern Folklore Quarterly
42 (1978): 73-84.
“Oral History in Newfoundland.” Atlantic
Association of Historians Newsletter 9 (1979): 3-5.
“Country Music in Diffusion: Juxtaposition and Syncretism in
the Popular Music of Newfoundland.” Journal of Country
Music 7.2 (1978): 93-101.
“The Folk Parodist.” Canadian Folk Music
Journal 5 (1977): 32-37.
“Country and Western in Diffusion: Juxtaposition and
Syncretism in the Popular Music of Newfoundland.” Culture
and Tradition 2 (1977): 107-114.
“The Hillsville Tragedy in Court Record, Mass Media and Folk
Balladry: A Problem in Historical Documentation.”
Keystone Folklore Quarterly 16 (1971): 1-38.
RESEARCH: AUDIO, AUDIO-VISUAL PRODUCTIONS
SOUND RECORDINGS
Performer, songwriter: Some Good
Blues. Amber Music CD 4141. St. John’s: Amber Music,
2002.
Recordist, producer, author of notes: Skip James in
Concert—1968, Pts. 1 and 2. Document Records, 2 CDs DOCD
5633-5634. Vienna, Austria: Document Records, 1999.
Recordist, producer, author of notes: Dorman Ralph.
SingSong Records, CD SS 9908-04. St. John’s: SingSong
Records, 1999.
Recordist, producer, author of notes with Neil V. Rosenberg:
Ray Johnson, A Breath of Newfoundland. Pigeon Inlet
Records, LP PIP 738. St. John’s: Pigeon Inlet Productions,
1982.
Technical assistant, with Kelly Russell, for recording: Emile
Benoit, It Comes from the Heart. Pigeon Inlet Records, LP
PIP 731. St. John’s: Pigeon Inlet Productions, 1982.
Recordist, producer, author of notes: Come Hell or High Water:
Songs of the Buchans Miners. Breakwater Recording LP 1001. St.
John’s: Breakwater Books, 1977.
TELEVISION PROGRAMMES
Interviewee and respondent
“Urban Legends,” thirty minute segment of national
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation programme Benmergui
Live, January 29, 1996.
Interviewee and respondent “Halloween and Superstitious
Beliefs,” hour-long segment of national Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation series Newsworld, October 26, 1990.
Research consultant for “Satanic Panic,” broadcast as a
programme of the regional Canadian Broadcasting Corporation series
On Camera, March 22, 1990.
Interviewee, with Philip Hiscock: MUN ETV video production, for
series “At MUN,” “The Memorial University of
Newfoundland Folklore and Language Archive,” 1982.
Research consultant and co-producer with Neil V. Rosenberg: MUN ETV
video production, “Wilf Doyle and His Family,”
1979.
RADIO PROGRAMMES
Performer, “Singers and Songwriters in Concert at the LSPU
Hall,” Canadian Broadcasting Corporation series The
Performance Hour, November 6, 2001.
Researcher, scriptwriter and announcer “Japanese
Blues,” Canadian Broadcasting Corporation series The
Performance Hour, St. John’s, September 18, 1999.
Researcher, scriptwriter and announcer “Australian
Blues,” Canadian Broadcasting Corporation series The
Performance Hour, St. John’s, September 11, 1999.
Researcher, scriptwriter and announcer “Australian Aboriginal
Blues,” Canadian Broadcasting Corporation series The
Performance Hour, St. John’s, September 4, 1999.
Researcher, scriptwriter and announcer “The Blues of Skip
James,” Canadian Broadcasting Corporation series The
Performance Hour, St. John’s, August 28, 1999.
Researcher, scriptwriter and announcer “Dorman Ralph:
Newfoundland Traditional Musician,” Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation series The Performance Hour, St. John’s,
August 21, 1999.
Performer, “The Blues of Peter Narváez and Darrell
Cooper,” Canadian Broadcasting Corporation series
Keynotes, St. John’s, October 18, 1997.
Researcher, interviewer, writer, “Joseph Smallwood,”
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation series The Finest Kind,
St. John’s, September 9, 1996.
Researcher and commentator with Barbara Rieti and host Anita Best,
“Fairies in Newfoundland,” Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation series Little Ball of Yarn, St. John’s,
October 1, 1995.
Researcher and commentator with Anita Best and host Peter Gzowski,
“Moratorium Songs,” Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
programme Morningside, St. John’s, March 2,
1995.
Planner and commentator with Roy O’Brien and host Anne
Budgell for “Songs About the Fisheries Crisis,”
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation programme Radio Noon,
St. John’s, January 9, 1995.
Researcher, scriptwriter and announcer “The Notodden [Norway]
Blues Festival,” Canadian Broadcasting Corporation series
The Performance Hour, St. John’s, October 29,
1994.
Concert performer with The Cookstown Jukes, musical ensemble,
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation series The Performance
Hour, St. John’s, October 8, 1994.
Interviewee for “The Story of ‘Sonny’s
Dream,’” segment of regional Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation programme On the Go, St. John’s,
September 26, 1990.
Host and researcher, “Mary Muckle, Folk Lullabies,”
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation special, St. John’s, June
30, 1990.
Consultant and informant “Black Humour that Heals,”
national Canadian Broadcasting Corporation series Open
House, May 19, 1990.
Performer with Scott Goudie, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
series Keynotes, St. John’s, May 19, 1990.
Researcher, scriptwriter and announcer “The Fairy
Faith,” national Canadian Broadcasting Corporation series
Ideas, June 29, 1989.
Researcher, scriptwriter and announcer for “The Traditional
Roots of Chuck Berry’s Songs,” Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation series Goosebumps, St. John’s, January
22, 1988.
Researcher, scriptwriter and announcer for
“‘Sonny’s Dream’: The Fate and History of a
Newfoundland Song,” Canadian Broadcasting Corporation series
Goosebumps, St. John’s, January 22, 1988.
Researcher, scriptwriter and announcer “Humour in Rhythm and
Blues,” Canadian Broadcasting Corporation series Good for
a Laugh, St. John’s, August 15, 1987.
Researcher, scriptwriter and announcer series “Lyrical Themes
in Blues,” Canadian Broadcasting Corporation series
Goosebumps, St. John’s, April 5, 12, 19, 26, and May
3, 1986.
With Denis Parker, researcher, scriptwriter and announcer two-part
series “A History of the Blues,” Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation series A Few of the Best, St. John’s,
August 17, 24, 1986.
ARCHIVAL DEPOSITIONS
Recordings of Rising Tide Theatre,
Mike and Mary Hayes, Joe Cook, and Crooked Stovepipe (St.
John’s), MUNFLA 97-727, 1997.
Songs, poetry, and harmonica instrumentals of Angus Lane (Buchans);
MUNFLA 83-152, 1983.
Folk music interview with singer-musician Jamie Snider (St.
John’s); MUNFLA 83-23, 1983.
“Some Slick,” musical drama by Mack Furlong, Paul
Steffler, Denis Parker, Brian Downey, and the Mummers Troupe;
MUNFLA 82-244, 1982.
Folk music interview with singer-musicans Michael Hayes and Mary
Hayes, and musician Joe Cook; MUNFLA 82-243, 1982.
Folk music interview with African-American blues singer Bob Johnson
(Shrevesport, Louisiana); MUNFLA 82-188, 1982.
Folksongs and harmonica instrumentals of David, Gladys, and Michael
Coffey (Cuslett); MUNFLA 82-187, 1982.
Occupational history interview with Joseph R. Smallwood concerning
radio broadcasting career; MUNFLA 82-185, 1982.
Occupational history interview with actor-dramatist-producer David
Ross concerning the role of folklore in Newfoundland radio drama;
MUNFLA 82-170, 1982.
With Neil Rosenberg, folk music interview with singer-musician Ray
Johnson (Job’s Cove); MUNFLA 82-83, 1982.
Music from original St. John’s dramas as performed by Jim
Payne, Janice Spence, and Rick Boland; MUNFLA 81-511, 1981.
Folk music interviews with singer-musician Dorman Ralph (White
Bay); MUNFLA 80-495, 1980; 82-186, 1982; 83-185, 1983.
Folk music interview with singer Hugh Clark (St. Lawrence); MUNFLA
80-494, 1980.
Folk music interview with accordionist Edward Corcoran (Mortier);
MUNFLA 80-493, 1980.
Occupational history interview with Daniel J. Stoyles (Bell
Island); MUNFLA 79-592, 1979.
Folk music interviewer with singer-musician Denis Ryan; MUNFLA
79-591, 1979.
Occupational history interviews with Esau Mercer (Bay Roberts) and
Joseph Boland (Newtown); MUNFLA 79-489, 1979.
(With Neil Rosenberg) folk music interview with singer-musician
Wilf Doyle (Conception Harbour); MUNFLA 79-12, 1979.
Occupational history interview with music store proprietor Roy
O’Brien (St. John’s); MUNFLA 79-3, 1979.
Occupational history interview with Kenneth S. Goldstein regarding
his career as a producer of blues records; MUNFLA 78-490, 1978.
Occupational folklife collected from various residents of Buchans,
Newfoundland; MUNFLA 76-393, 1976.
Folksongs and life history of Daniel Wyatt Tate (Hillsville,
Virginia); University of Texas Folklore Archive, Austin, 1967.
Traditional songs and cuatro music of Naranjito, Puerto Rico;
Archives of Traditional Music, Indiana University, 1964.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL, CRITICAL AND CREATIVE
ACTIVITIES
International Representative, Quality Review Committee for the
review of the Department of Folklore (Béaloideas),
University College Cork, Ireland, January-February, 2004.
Sound Recordings Editor, Journal of American Folklore,
1995-2004.
Audio-Visual Editor, Ethnologies [formerly Canadian
Folklore Canadien], 1992-2004.
Member, Editorial Board, Perfect Beat (Australian journal
of ethnomusicology), 1996-2004.
Member, Executive Board, Canadian Society for Traditional Music,
1995-2004.
Member, Executive Committee, Research Centre for the Study of
Music, Media, and Place (MMaP), 2003-2004.
Member, Australian-Canadian Music Research Group (with Beverley
Diamond [MUN], Philip Hayward [Macquarie University], Mark Evans
[Macquarie University]), 2003-2004.
Co-Convenor “Popular Music Section,” American Folklore
Society, 1992-2003.
Member, Ethnomusicology Program Committee, MUN, 2003-2004.
Paper presented, “Great Big Mistake: Fandom, Stockwell Day
and Spoiled Identity.” “Practising Popular
Music,” International Meeting of the International
Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM), McGill
University, Montréal Québec, July 2003.
Paper presented, “Who Owns Traditional Music? Whoever Gets
There First.” Symposium: “Who Owns Traditional Music? A
Dialogue,” Research Centre for the Study of Music, Media, and
Place, MUN, April 2003.
Paper presented, “Regendering the Blues.” Canadian
Society for Traditional Music Annual Conference, MUN, November
2002.
Paper presented, “The Continuing Significance of the Folk
Society Model.” American Folklore Society, 2002 Annual
Meeting, Rochester, New York, October 2002.
Paper presented, “Satanic Pacts and Musical Prowess:
‘Urbane’ and ‘Urban’ Legends of Niccolo
Paganini and Robert Johnson.” International Association for
the Study of Popular Music, Canadian Chapter 2002 Conference,
“Sounds of the City,” Montréal Québec,
May 2002.
Paper presented, “‘Me and the Devil’: Legends of
Niccolo Paganini and Robert Johnson.” International Society
for Contemporary Legend Research, 19th International Conference,
San Antonio, Texas, June 2001.
Member, Headship Search Committee, Department of Sociology, MUN,
Winter, 2002.
Member, Blues Award Committee, Juno Awards, 1994-2004.
Member, Judges Panel, East Coast Music Awards, 1994, 1997, 2000,
2001.
Member, Judges Committee, FACTOR Music Grants, 1993-2001, 2003.
MUCEP student grant sponsor, 1994-2003.
Concert performance, East Coast Music Awards Showcase, February,
2004.
Concert performance (Peter Narváez Trio), “For
Folk’s Sake: A Fundraiser for Culture & Tradition,”
D.F. Cook Recital Hall, School of Music, MUN, November 14,
2003.
Concert performance, South Coast Blues Festival, Dunnville,
Ontario, August 1, 2, 3, 2003.
Concert performance, Atlantic Scene Arts Festival, National Arts
Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, March 2, 2003.
Concert performance, Annual Fundraiser, Mary Griffiths Memorial
Bursary, March 1999-2003.
Concert performance, Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival,
Bannerman Park , St. John’s, August 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001,
2002.
Concert performance, Blues, Brews and Barbecue Festival,
Northampton, Massachusetts, June 22, 2002.
Member, Canada Research Chair in Traditional Music of Newfoundland
and Labrador Search Committee, MUN, 2001.
External assessor, position of full professor, for Dr. Carole
Carpenter, Division of Humanities, York University, November,
2001.
Concert performance, Whalin’ the Blues Festival, Victoria
Park, St. John’s, July 2001.
Concert performance, Opening Night, Mile One Stadium, St.
John’s, May 24, 2001.
Representative, SingSong Records, accepted lifetime achievement
award (Stompin’ Tom Connors Award) for the late Dorman Ralph,
Charlottetown, PEI, February 9, 2001.
Concert performance, Peace-a-Chord, Bannerman Park, St.
John’s, August 2000.
External assessor, position of associate professor, for Dr. Rinaldo
Walcott, Division of Humanities, York University, February,
2000.
Member, Executive Board, St. John’s Folk Arts Council,
1997-2000 .
Member, Awards Board, Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council,
1996-2000.
Concert performance with Steve Hussey, Art Gallery of Newfoundland
and Labrador, St. John’s Arts and Culture Centre, October 31,
1999.
Concert performance, The Phenomenon of Singing: International
Academic Symposium II, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St.
John’s, July 2, 1999.
Chair and member (with Terry Kelly, Mark Murphy, Maureen Innis, Jim
Payne, and Hugh Scott), “Songwriters in the Round,”
Dorman Ralph Memorial Benefit, LSPU Hall, April 25, 1999.
Consultant, Westviking College, Bay St. George, Diploma of Applied
Arts in Music and Production, May, 1996.
Consultant, “When Cod was King,” exhibit, South Street
Seaport Museum, New York, New York, January 24-May 1, 1996.
External assessor, position of full professor, for Dr. Gary Butler,
Division of Humanities, York University, March, 1995.
Teaching Supervisor for three graduate students, Graduate Program
in Teaching, School of Graduate Studies, MUN, 1994-1995.
Concert performance with The Cookstown Jukes, 25th Anniversary
Concert of the Department of Folklore, MUN, September 17, 1994.
Concert performance, Notodden Blues Festival, Notodden, Norway,
August 19-20, 1994.
Concert performance, Fund Raising Committee for the National
Student Conference, MUN, February 20, 1994.
Member, ad hoc Interdisciplinary Ethics Review Committee, 1994.
Folklore Consultant, National Geographic Society, 1993-1995.
Folklore Consultant, Polestar Communications, “An Ocean of
Diamonds” Project (folk revival film), Watertown
Massachusetts, 1993-1998.
Member, MUN Arts Computer Committee, 1993-1997.
Canadian Representative, Board of Representatives, International
Association for the Study of Popular Music, 1993-1996.
Member, Executive, MUN Faculty Association, 1992-1995.
Member, MUN Faculty Association Communications Committee,
1991-1995.
Honorary Consultant to Canada Post Corporation, “Folklore
Stamps,” November, 1993.
Chair, MUN Arts Research Committee, 1992-1993.
Past President, Folklore Studies Association of Canada,
1992-1993.
Member, Mary A. Griffiths Bursary Committee, MUN, 1992-1993.
Member, MUN Faculty Association Joint Employment Equity Committee,
1992.
Member, Council of the School of General and Continuing Studies,
1991-1995.
Member, MUN Arts Research Committee, 1991-1994.
President, Folklore Studies Association of Canada, 1991-1992.
Member, Presidential Selection Committee, Distinguished Teacher
Award, 1990-1992.
President-elect, Folklore Studies Association of Canada,
1990-1991.
External assessor, position of full professor, for Dr. Christopher
D. Geist, Department of Popular Culture, Bowling Green State
University, Bowling Green, Ohio, January, 1990.
Past National President, Association for the Study of Canadian
Radio and Television, 1989.
National President, Association for the Study of Canadian Radio and
Television, 1987-1988.
Member, MUN Performing Arts Archive Committee, 1985-1989.
National Executive Member, Association for the Study of Canadian
Radio and Television, 1984-1987.
Chairperson, Atlantic Region, Association for the Study of Canadian
Radio and Television, 1983-1989.
Member, MUN Undergraduate Studies Committee, Faculty of Arts,
1982-1989.
Vice-President, Resource Foundation for the Arts, 1981-1982.
Treasurer, MUN Film Society, 1979-1980.
Performer of music and sound effects with Robert Joy,
“Sisters of the Silver Scalpel” (film), CODCO and the
Newfoundland Independent Filmmakers Cooperative, 1978.
Newfoundland Vice-President, Archival Association of Atlantic
Canada, 1977-1980.
Member, Board of Directors, Resource Foundation for the Arts,
1977-1980.
HONORARY CITATIONS
Lifetime Achievement Award for
Contributions to the Folk Arts in Newfoundland and Labador, Folk
Arts Society, 2010.
Ethnologies (journal) issue (30.2) "In Honour of
Peter Narváez," 2008.
Marius Barbeau Medal, Lifetime Achievement Award for Contributions
to Canadian Folkloristics, Folklore Studies Association of Canada,
2006.
East Coast Music Awards Nominee, 2003, “Blues Artist of the
Year.”
Music Industry Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Nominee,
2002, “Blues Artist of the Year.”
James Wade, “Peter Narváez,” Encyclopedia of
Newfoundland. Vol. 4. Ed. Cyril F. Poole. St. John’s:
Harry Cuff Publications Limited, 1993. 12.
