Jonathan Ritter is assistant professor of ethnomusicology at the University of California, Riverside. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and his B.A. in American Indian Studies from the University of Minnesota. A specialist in indigenous and Afro-Hispanic musics of the Andean region, Ritter's current work explores the interplay of music, memory, and political violence in the traditional and folkloric music of Ayacucho, Peru in the context of the Shining Path guerrilla insurrection. Ritter is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including research funding from the Fulbright Institute for International Education and the… Wenner-Gren Foundation.