Ethnomusicology Program

March 3, 2023

ArtSci Roundup: Modern Music Ensemble, Brazilian Percussion, and more

This week, attend a Modern Music Ensemble performance, learn how creating great urban neighborhoods and environmental justice go hand in hand, witness聽percussionist Jeff Busch in a concert of Brazilian music, and more. March 7, 7:30 PM | Modern Music Ensemble, Meany Hall Cristina Vald茅s leads the 91探花Modern Music Ensemble in performances of works from the mid-20th century and beyond. Program includes pieces by Patricia Alessandrini, Kaija Saariaho, Christian Wolff, Huck Hodge, Sarah Hennies, and Huang Ruo. $10 tickets…

May 24, 2021

ArtSci Roundup: Vikram Prakash: “One Continuous Line: Art, Architecture and Urbanism of Aditya Prakash,” Center for Communication, Difference, and Equity Annual Conference:聽Quarantining While Black, and More

During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 91探花faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via UW-IT.聽 Spring Concert: Percussion Ensemble and 91探花Steel Band June 4, 7:30 PM |聽Online via YouTube The 91探花Percussion Ensemble (Bonnie Whiting, Chair of Percussion Studies and…

November 25, 2019

Arts 91探花Roundup: Professor Chadwick Allen presents Earthworks Rising, annual School of Music CarolFest,聽and more

This week in the arts,聽Three Sisters closes, Professor Shannon Dudley bridges campus and community, Burke Open Doors allows chatting with researchers, and more! Exhibition: In Plain Sight November 23 – April 26, 2020 | Henry Art Gallery This group exhibition engages artists whose work addresses narratives, communities, and histories that are typically hidden or invisible in our public space (both conceptually and literally defined). The presenting artists approach the exhibition鈥檚 theme from a range of directions, varying across all media…

May 8, 2019

ARTS 91探花Roundup: Peruvian Textiles, This Moment, Innovation the Nordic Way, International Experimental Music Ensemble, MFA Concert, and more!

This week in the arts, examine up-close a selection of Peruvian textiles from the Henry’s collection, attend a lecture about Nordic innovation at the Nordic Museum, go to a graduation exhibition at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, and more! From the Collection: Peruvian Textiles May 9, 6:30 pm | Henry Art Gallery Quipus, knotted strings used聽for record keeping, serve as an inspiration for Cecilia Vicu帽a. In this program, examine up-close聽a selection of Peruvian textiles from the Henry’s collection. Free – space…

March 1, 2019

Video: Amarilys R铆os shares the ‘bomba’ experience

Amarilys R铆os is a professional percussionist, singer and dancer from San Juan, Puerto Rico. In this video she gives an introduction to “bomba,” an Afro-Puerto Rican music and dance tradition in which dancers lead the drummer to sound out their improvised movements. 鈥淏omba is a way of expression and communication鈥� with key ingredients, explains R铆os. There are bomba drums with a lead drummer, singer, dancer and chorus. 鈥淓ach one is as important as the other,鈥� she said, and all…

May 16, 2018

Arts Roundup: Percussion Ensemble, 91探花Sings, and more

This week in the arts, attend a hilarious and surprising play, join in on the Percussion Studio鈥檚 and Choir鈥檚 end of year performances, and attend a Seattle-based ensemble鈥檚 innovative chamber music concert. Goldie, Max and Milk May 22 – May 27 | Glen Hughes Penthouse Theater Max, a single lesbian, just gave birth. She鈥檚 unemployed, with a house that鈥檚 falling apart, an ex on the loose, and no clue how to nurse her newborn. Can Goldie, an Orthodox Jewish lactation…

May 13, 2015

Arts Roundup: Dance, music 鈥� and a barnyard fungus

This week the MFA Dance Concert and Pilobolus take the lead. The School of Music also has a busy week, presenting the Voice Divisional Recital as well as Jazz Innovations and an evening of music from Zimbabwe with visiting artists Paul Mataruse and Clair Jones.

June 4, 2014

Back home again: 91探花ethnomusicologists return heritage music to its roots

Participants in the Association for Cultural Equity's music October 2013 repatriation ceremony perform and parade. The event, called the "All Our Friends Hill Country Blues Celebration," was held in Tate and Panola counties in Mississippi.

The 91探花School of Music’s Ethnomusicology Program is helping to bring roots and hill music collected decades ago by folklorist Alan Lomax back to its place of origin, with teaching materials and local ceremonies.