Susie Ibarra.1 SHARIFF KABUNSUAN FESTIVAL (COTABATO CITY, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES) An annual kulintang music and dance festival that celebrates the local introduction of Islam and promotes peace and tolerance among tribes and religions. Each village involved also participates in a Boat Parade, drifting down the Rio Grande waving sumptuous colored flags. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2 LOBOC CHILDREN'S CHOIR The Loboc Children's Choir or LCC is a school-based choir composed of thirty schoolchildren of the Loboc Central Elementary School, in Loboc, Bohol, Philippines. The children are between the ages of nine and thirteen years old. WITH MUSICAL DIRECTOR MRS MRS - Modifiable Representation System. An integration of logic programming into Lisp. ["A Modifiable Representation System", M. Genesereth et al, HPP 80-22, CS Dept Stanford U 1980]. . ALMA Alma (älmä`, ăl`mə), city (1991 pop. 25,910), S central Que., Canada, on the Saguenay River. In 1954 its name was shortened from St. Joseph d'Alma. There are granite quarries in the region, and the town has pulp and paper and aluminum plants. FERNANDO-TALDO (LOBOC, BOHOL, PHILIPPINES) This small-town choir, based on an island in the Visayas cluster, was established in 1980. It's since performed a traditional choral repertoire--including both religious and secular songs--in the Philippines, Shanghai, Hangzho, Hong Kong, and Barcelona. When I attended a rehearsal in January, the choir sang around me in a circle. It was angelic. 3 THE KALANDUYAN FAMILY PERFORMING TRADITIONAL MAGUINDANAON KULINTANG GONG MUSIC (COTABATO CITY, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES) I've been making my own field recordings of music performed by the family of my kulintang teacher, Danongan Kalanduyan, but other documentation is accessible at www.kulintang.com. Each person in the community has his or her own song--about gathering, courting, harvesting, or healing--and their renditions regularly prompt the participation of other community members. 4 CHILDREN'S PIN PEAT GONG ENSEMBLE PERFORMING FOR THE CAMBODIAN KING OF BUDDHIST MONKS (WAT THMEY MONASTERY, THE KILLING FIELDS, SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA) In January, the ensemble performed next to a giant glass shrine containing the bones and skulls of Khmer Rouge victims. A genuinely moving experience. 5 RIZE, ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK (FORSTER BROTHERS ENTERTAINMENT) David LaChapelle's movie is a compelling documentary about the culture of Krumping and Clowning, dance forms born of struggle in Watts, Los Angeles. Their African origins are clearly visible and the jazzlike improvisational language on display is highly developed. The sound track, full of hip-hop grooves and laidback and driving rhythms, is entrancing. 6 AMADOU Am´a`dou n. 1. A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. & MARIAM, DIMANCHE A BAMAKO (NONESUCH none·such also non·such n. 1. A person or thing without equal. 2. See black medic. none ) A great recording by this Malian couple, who met in the local school for the blind. Their musical background is Malian blues, but this record (produced by Mano ma·no n. pl. ma·nos A hand-held stone or roller for grinding corn or other grains on a metate. [Spanish, hand, mano, from Latin manus, hand; see manner.] Chao) is perfect world beat pop. 7 JOHN ZORN, "NECRONOMICON" (TZADIK) This beautiful piece for string quartet, from Zorn's album Magick mag·ick n. An action or effort undertaken because of a personal need to effect change, especially as associated with Wicca or Wiccan beliefs. [Variant of magic. (2004), is one of my absolute favorites, expressing beauty, tension, refinement, chaos, and soul. 8 TANIA LEON, MOMENTUM, TUMBAO, AND MISTICA (WATERWORKS PERFORMANCE SERIES, AARON DAVIS HALL Aaron Davis Hall is a Performing Arts Center located in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. History Aaron Davis Hall was founded in 1981 and is located on the campus of the City College of New York, between West 133rd and 135th Streets on Convent Avenue. Convent Ave. , CITY COLLEGE, NEW YORK) Cuban composer and conductor Leon shared a part of herself through this September's concert of works in progress for piano, revealing inspirations that include Tito Puente and Celia Cruz, and a heritage melding both African and Spanish cultures. 9 MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY, CAVE OF THE HEART (SUMMERSCAPE, BARD COLLEGE, ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, NY) With breathtaking set design by Isamu Noguchi and music by Samuel Barber, this July performance represented a powerful collaborative vision. 10 FRED FRITH & CAMEL ZEKRI, GUITAR DUET (NANCY, FRANCE France (frăns, Fr. fräNs), officially French Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 60,656,000), 211,207 sq mi (547,026 sq km), W Europe. ) At an experimental music festival in Nancy in May, Frith frith n. Scots A firth. [Alteration of firth.] Frith woods or wooded country collectively. See also forest. and Zekri performed an incredible concert--organic and soulful--that mixed Algerian folk with experimental improvisation. NEW YORK-BASED PERCUSSIONIST AND COMPOSER SUSIE IBARRA PERFORMS JAZZ, AVANT-GARDE, AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN GONG MUSIC. (SEE CONTRIBUTORS.) |
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