Jacqueline Avila Online Talk
"Sombra's Soundscape: Music, Silence, and Nostalgia in Alonso Ruizpalacios's 骋眉别谤辞蝉 (2014)"
Online on Monday, April 6, 2020
2:00 p.m听听| 听Free Zoom Call, Open to Everyone
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For access to Jacqueline's听recorded Zoom听presentation,听please e-mail Eric Hansen at听eric.a.hansen@colorado.edu.
This presentation navigates through the eclectic soundscape that shapes Mexico City and its ties to contemporary Mexican national identity and Mexican national cinema of the past. While displaying characteristics of the road movie genre, Alonso Ruizpalacios's听骋眉别谤辞蝉听(2014) supplies a new musical paradigm for understanding aural constructions of both Mexico City and the changing identity politics taking place on and off the silver screen.
听is Associate Professor in听. Her research focuses on film music and sound practice from the silent period to present, and the intersections of cultural identity, tradition, and modernity in the Hollywood and Mexican film industries. Dr. Avila was the recipient of the UC MEXUS Dissertation Research Grant, the American Musicological Society's Howard Mayer Brown Fellowship, the UC MEXUS Postdoctoral Fellowship (2014-15), and the University of New Mexico's Robert E. Greenleaf Visiting Library Scholar Award (2016). Her publications can be found in the听Journal of Film Music,听Latin American Music Review,听Opera Quarterly, and the听Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History. 听Dr. Avila听is the author of "."
, described by Filmmaker Magazine听as a "wry, visually audacious film" is the听winner of the Best First Feature award at the 2014听Berlin International Film Festival, the Best Cinematography award at a recent听Tribeca Film Festival, and was nominated to 12 Ariel Awards (Mexico鈥檚 top film award). Beautifully shot in black-and-white (and in 4:3 aspect ratio), this coming-of-age comedy pays homage to the French New Wave (the director names Monte Hellman's Two-Lane Black Top and Godard鈥檚 Bande A Part as key works) and American indie cinema (such as works by Jim Jarmusch), proving once again, the global reach of contemporary Mexican cinema.
This presentation is sponsored by the AMRC and the听Department听of Cinema Studies and Moving Image Arts.
Cancelled - George Lynn
The Minimalist听
Friday, April听17, 2020
4:30 p.m听听| 听
2425 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO
Free and open to the public
A concert including:听
Izzy Fincher
George Lynn: "Deploration"听
听听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听听"Violin alone"
J.S. Bach: "Cello Suite No. 1"
Ikigai Duo
George Lynn: "Cantabile for Oboe and Piano"听
听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听"Pastorale" and "Dialogue" from "Six Duets for Flute and Bassoon"
Astor Piazzolla: "Histoire Du Tango:" Bordel 1900, Caf茅 1930, Nightclub 1960 and Concert d'aujourd'hui
Persevering Legacy Concert听
Saturday, March 7, 2020
2:00听p.m听听| 听Grusin Music Hall in Imig Building, CU Boulder Campus
Free and open to the public
In celebration of Women's History Month, the College of Music presents "Persevering Legacy," a student concert that elevates stories of historically marginalized, diverse female composers to align classical music with social activism. 听The concert will feature student performances of music from the American Music Research Center's Hellen Walker-Hill collection and other female composers. Before the concert, starting at noon, join us for a workshop with members of the Museum of Boulder鈥檚 Inclusipedia project. This hands-on learning experience gives volunteers the necessary skills for creating and editing Wikipedia pages to add women and people of color from Boulder鈥檚 past and present to the website.
Ths听concert will feature performances by students Isabella Fincher, Asha Romeo, Dianna Link, Claire Gunsbury, Pedro d'Avila,听Reina Krumvieda, Randel Leung, Brice Smith, Gleyton Ladislau, Seth Bixler, Conrad Sclar, Ethan Blake, and Indigo Farmer.
Public Talk with Dr. Daniel Party
"The uses of V铆ctor Jara in Chilean Social Movements (2009-2019)"听
Monday, February 3, 2020
2:00 PM | CASE Building room E351, CU Boulder Campus
Free and open to the public
As has been widely noted, the Chilean social uprising of October 2019 had as an unofficial anthem V铆ctor Jara鈥� song 鈥淓l derecho de vivir en paz鈥�. To understand the significance of this gesture, in this presentation we trace the ways in which Jara and his music have been used in Chile since 2009. This diachronic approach allows us to foregrounds important shifts in Chilean leftist activism of the last decade.
听is a scholar of popular music (Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania) whose main research interests are music under dictatorship, U.S. Latino music and migration, and gender studies. 听Dr. Party is Associate Professor at听Pontificia Universidad Cat贸lica de Chile.
He has published and presented widely on the uses and value of popular music for people living under authoritarian regimes, particularly under Pinochet's Chile and Franco's Spain. While most research on popular music and dictatorship deals with either state-sponsored music or protest songs, his听focuses on mainstream musics and musicians that remained detached from party politics.
His work on U.S. Latino popular music has focused on the impact of the Miami-based music industry and on migrant communities鈥� use of music as a 鈥渃ultural remittance.鈥�
Christmas Pictures
With the Broomfield Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 7:30 PM and
Sunday, December 15, 2019 at 3:00 PM
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听presents听, featuring three rare, early 20th century Christmas-themed听silent听films听arranged听by听.听听Also on the program is听Corelli鈥檚听Christmas Concerto, selections from听Tchaikovsky鈥檚听Nutcracker听ballet and听Humperdinck鈥檚听Hansel and Gretel, all conducted by Broomfield Symphony Music Director听David Brussel. 听
Tickets $4 - $22 at the door or听.听Call 303-718-0551听for more information. The听Broomfield Symphony is partnering with听听to collect food items for this concert! Bring a food item to the concert and you'll receive a $2.00 discount on your ticket at the door.听
The AMRC is home to several prominent听silent film score collections. For more information about these collections and to gain access to many of their听scores and materials please听visit听here.
Phantom Carriage
A Silent Film featuring live music by the听听(dir. by Rodney Sauer)
Sunday, November 17, 2019
2:00 PM |听, CU Boulder Campus
Free and open to the public
Hosted by the American Music Research Center and the听听in celebration of the recent听听gift by Rodney Sauer.
The last person to die on New Year鈥檚 Eve before the clock strikes twelve is doomed to take the reins of Death鈥檚 chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year. So says the legend that drives听听(K枚rkarlen in Swedish), directed in听1921 by the father of Swedish cinema, Victor Sj枚str枚m. The story, based on a novel by Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerl枚f, concerns an alcoholic, abusive ne鈥檈r-do-well (Sj枚str枚m himself) who is shown the error of his ways, and the pure-of-heart Salvation Army sister who believes in his redemption. This extraordinarily rich and innovative silent classic (which inspired Ingmar Bergman to make movies) is a Dickensian ghost story and a deeply moving morality tale, as well as a showcase for groundbreaking special effects.
The听听will perform听a score drawn from the听听to accompany the film. 听This听early fantasy/horror film, directed by听Victor Sj枚str枚m, is notable for its special effects and is considered to have been a key influence on听The Shining. 听It's a great vehicle for an exiting musical experience.听
Cantabile
A Place to Return To
Friday, November 8, 2019 at 7:30听pm
Sudnay, November 10, 2019 at 3 pm
First Congregational Church, 1128 Pine Street, Boulder
African American Music-At the Crossroads听
With Dr. Dwandalyn R. Reece, Dom Flemons and Friends
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Chancellor's Auditorium,听听on听CU Boulder campus
Free and Open to the Public
4:30 听At the Crossroads: African American Music-Making in American Life
A talk by Dr. Dwandalyn R. Reece, Smithsonian听National Museum of African American History and Culture
Drawing upon objects in the National Museum of African American History and Culture鈥檚 collection, where she is Curator of Music and Performing Arts,听Dr. Dwandalyn R. Reece will听present, "At the Crossroads: African American Music-Making in American Life,"听an听exploration of听how objects deepen our understanding of music in the United States, offering new ways to construct narratives about the social, cultural and historical meaning music holds in our daily lives.听The ways we engage with music is constantly evolving and the multiple worlds that music inhabits is a culture unto itself.听 Within this movement to document, preserve and interpret music鈥檚 existence, is a growing interest in music鈥檚 material culture, the tangible objects that are the material evidence of its existence.
5:30 听Black Banjo & Beyond Roundtable
A discusion with Dr. Dwandalyn R. Reece, Dom Flemons, Johnny Baier, and Otis Taylor
In conjunction with Dr. Reece's preceding听talk and the听听taking place on听November 9, 2019听at听,听the AMRC will present,听Black Banjo & Beyond Roundtable, a听discussion with Dr. Dwandalyn R. Reece,听听("The American Songster,"听Grammy Award听winner, and founding member of the听Carolina Chocolate Drops), Johnny Baier (Executive Director of the听), and听听(Roots Music Visionary and founder of the Trance Blues听Festival in Boulder, now in its 9th year).
Photo: (left to right) Dr. Dwandalyn R. Reece, Dom Flemons, Johnny Baier, and Otis Taylor
Cuban Music with Luis Barber铆a听
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 3pm
Chancellor's Auditorium Reception Area,听听on听CU Boulder campus
Free and Open to the Public
Limited Seating
A founding member of the legendary Cuban collective听Habana听Abierta, guitarist, composer, producer, and arranger听Luis听Barber铆a听is known for his intricate guitar work and his innovative usage of听Afro-Cuban rhythms听and his reinvention of 听classic Cuban genres such as bolero and rumba. 听As a solo artist, he has produced three albums including听A Full,听which won best record in the fusion category in Cuba's national music awards, Cubadisco. 听His most recent album,听Fuerza y Luz, was released in October 2018. 听
No-No Boy听in Concert
With Julian Saporiti and Emilia Halvorsen
Friday, October 11, 2019
7:30 pm |听, Imig Music Building听on听CU Boulder campus
Free and open to the public
This performance is sponsored by a grant from the Roser Visiting Artist Endowment
NPR has described听No-No Boy听as"An act of revisionist subversion."听
NY Music Daily wrote after听that "Saporiti鈥檚 tunesmithing ranks with any of the real visionaries of this era."
听is an immersive multimedia work combining original folk songs, storytelling, and projected archival images, bridging a divide between art and scholarship. Taking inspiration from his own family鈥檚 history living through the Vietnam War, as well as interviews with World War II Japanese Incarceration camp survivors and other stories of Asian American experience, Nashville born songwriter Julian Saporiti has transformed years of doctoral research at Brown University into an innovative concert / dissertation, all in an effort to bring this work to a broader audience.
2018 saw the release of the first听听and an ambitious national tour which largely focused on sharing the collection of songs Saporiti had written about WWII Japanese American Incarceration and the links he saw between that history, his family story and today's immigration policies. In the spring of 2019, Saporiti expanded the project鈥檚 scope, embarking with longtime collaborator and photographer Diego Luis and their Brown colleague Juan Betancourt on a trip to the Mexican border. Playing concerts for asylum seekers and aid workers in Laredo, Crystal City (former home of a WWII Internment Camp), and Dilley, TX (current home to the largest family detention center), the experience was jarring, impactful and created an eery sense of deja-vu, walking through and making music amongst overlapping histories, surrounded by lessons seemingly unlearned.听
Public Talk with Julian Saporiti听
"Transforming Scholarship Into Song"
Monday, October 7, 2019
2:00 pm | Music Theater in the听听on听CU Boulder campus
Free and open to the public
This talk is sponsored by a grant from the Roser Visiting Artist Endowment
Doctoral candidate Julian Saporiti will discuss how his dissertation project at Brown University "No-No Boy" which examines musical cultures of transpacific and Asian refugee communities has turned into a multimedia work incorporating film, photography, museum curation and songwriting. Saporiti will show a short film about about jazz in Japanese American Incarceration Camps as well as perform a couple of original songs inspired by his research and discuss his process. He will be joined by one of his collaborators Emilia Halvorsen who will also discuss how she has added embroidery and costume design into the project.听
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McIntosh County Shouters
Presented by NAACP Boulder County
Sunday, June听23, 2019
2:30 - 5:30 pm |听Macky Auditorium听on听CU Boulder campus
Free (with registration) and welcoming to children and families
Tickets:听
On Sunday afternoon June 23, 2:30 pm, the NAACP Boulder County will present the McIntosh County Shouters at Macky Auditorium. Seeing them perform at Macky is a once in a lifetime occurrence as members are aging,听dwindling in numbers,听and their Gullahah Geechee way of life is disappearing. Condos and high rise buildings are replacing the farm and coastal areas of their once quiet island off the coast of Georgia.
The McIntosh County Shouters are Master Artists of the Ring Shout, a nearly extinct art form carried to the United States by enslaved Africans. The Ring Shout is the oldest known African American performance tradition remaining on the North American continent. It is a historical narrative expressed in the oral tradition of sound, song, and movement, a unique fusion of dance, song, and percussion.听