The AMRC听gears听up for a full semester of events,听with offerings from听a wide-range of American musics.
No-No Boy's Julian Saporiti (pictured left) and Emilia Halvorson听will be on campus in residency,听culminating听with their widely-anticipated听concert on Friday, October 11.听Saporiti and Halvorson have combined their doctoral research at Brown University to听present听an immersive, multimedia concert听about听World War II Japanese internment camp survivors and other Asian American experiences.听
NPR describes听No-No Boy听as听"An act of revisionist subversion," NY Music Daily writes that "Saporiti鈥檚 tunesmithing ranks with any of the real visionaries of this era," and 听肠濒补颈尘蝉,听"No-No Boy鈥檚 work might best be described as an audiovisual soundtrack of the Asian American experience.听 This multi-media project of music and archival images takes us on a journey to the stories of our parents, our ancestors and ourselves in ways that we haven鈥檛 yet experienced...armed with scholarship and creativity, to carry forward the discussion around loss, resilience, and identity."听
Saporiti will present, "Transforming Scholarship into Song"听on October 7. 听His presentation will听examine听how his "No-No Boy Project," which examines听musical cultures of transpacific and Asian refugee communities, has turned into a multimedia work incorporating film, photography, museum curation and songwriting.
Later in the semester, on November 5, the Center will welcome听Dr. Dwandalyn R. Reece听from the听Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. 听Dr. Reece will kick-off "African American Music - At the Crossroads" with her presentation about听the听growing interest in music鈥檚 material culture,听the tangible objects that are the material evidence of its existence,听and how objects deepen our understanding of music. 听
Directly after Reece's presentation that day,听and听in conjunction with听the听, is the听Black Banjo & Beyond Roundtable, a听discussion with Dr. Dwandalyn R. Reece,听听("The American Songster,"听Grammy Award听winner, founding member of the听Carolina Chocolate Drops and pictured right), Johnny Baier (Executive Director of the听), and听听(Roots Music Visionary and founder of the Trance Blues Jam Festival in Boulder, now in its 9th year).
Don't miss听Cuban Music with听Luis Barber铆a听on November 6!听 Barber铆a is one of the founding members of the legendary Cuban听collective听听and is a听Cuban听national music award听winner for his albulm, A Full.
To top听things off, the AMRC听will host听"Phantom Carriage" on Sunday, November 17听with听the听听to听celebrate听of the recent听听gift by Rodney Sauer. 听This听1921 silent film听tells the听story of the听driver of a ghostly carriage on New Year's Eve who forces a drunken man to look back at his wasted life and听features听live music by the听听(directed听by Rodney Sauer.)
We hope you will join us for as many of these events possible!
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