SEM 2008 at Wesleyan

Please add a comment to this post so that your name (and what you will do) may be added to the list of performers in a concert showcasing SEM members working in Caribbean, and Central and South American music.

Performers

1. Welson Tremura. I am interested in performing as a solo artist (guitar and voice - MPB, SAMBA, BOSSA-NOVA-BAIAO) or with a group of our students during the 2008 SEM meeting (percussion, guitar, and voice - CHORO, MARACATU, COCO, SAMBA). The University of Florida has a long tradition in the studies of music and culture in Latin America. Please contact me directly for more specifics. For samples of recent performances please type Jacare Brazil at youtube. Sincerely. WT
2. Colleen Haas. I direct a performing ensemble here at Indiana University that plays Afro-Brazilian repertoire from the northeastern state of Bahia; i.e. samba-reggae and related song styles. The majority of members in the ensemble are graduate students in the ethnomusicology program at Indiana University. I would be willing to run a hands-on workshop with the assistance of the ensemble for conference attendees before the concert and then showcase those songs at the concert.I can bring some of the smaller drums and extra hand-held percussion instruments on the plane but I am wondering if Wesleyan has any of the larger isntruments, (surdos) (or smaller ones as well) that we could use.Let me know. thank you, Colleen
3. Julian Gerstin. I’m happy to join others on percussion on pretty much anything from the Caribbean or Brazil. A response to Colleen Haas: I’ve got two surdos you could borrow (the luxury of living nearby).
4. Shannon Dudley. I would like to play a couple of tunes on steel pan (double second), with Marisol Berríos-Miranda on keyboard, and a drummer/percussionist. If there are other interested pan players, either among SEM members or Wesleyan students, I could also help coordinate a larger pan ensemble.
5. Beto Gonzalez. I would love to join Colleen for the Afro-Brazilian group. I directed a large group at UCLA (currently on leave doing research). I have videos on YouTube under batUCLAda. Coming from CA might be difficult for me to bring much needed big drums though.I would also love to get a “roda de samba” happening. Jason Stanyek, Fred Moehn, Steve Pond, you hear me calling? I don’t think we’ll get shut down at Wesleyan like we did in Hawaii… Any other samba players interested please contact me betogonzalez@ucla.edu
6. Bill Carbone. I’m happy to join Shannon and anyone interested in steel pan or reggae (drumset is my strongest suit). I run the steel band at Wesleyan and also a non-official dub and reggae group. If anyone is interested in doing a bit of the dub/reggae side of things let me know and I’d be happy to facilitate it with lead sheets and by filling it in with undergraduates that might be interested.
7. Robin Moore. I would be willing to help out with a performance, especially of Spanish-based Caribbean music. I can sing and play hand percussion and rhythm guitar, as well as trumpet in a pinch.
8. Michael Birenbaum Quintero. I could put some percussion and/or vocals over any Spanish-based Caribbean music, too, guitar or tres if necessary. Robin, want to tirar un par de sones?
9. Fred Moehn. Hello all, I’d like to play a couple/few Brazilian sambas/bossas too (guitar/voice), Paulinho da Viola, perhaps, and the like, maybe some of the new stuff I researched last summer like Roberta Sa. Being joined by any of my colleagues already posting - Beto, Colleen, Welson, Jason, etc. - would be great. But I’d love to sing and play my guitar, if possible. Abracos, fred.
10. T.M. Scruggs. Well, I’d love to drag out a Nicaraguan marimba de arco, though it doesn’t usually play with other instruments but guitar and 4 stringer guitarilla, all in a deceptively difficult rhythm. However….for ex., after I do 60 seconds+ of a traditional folklore piece solo, maybe various of us could jam out on some well known (or at least known to all of us) cumbia.
    I also play (piano) forró accordion so if you all Brazilianists would like to head in a nortestino direction I’m all over it.
    Frankly, I can’t wait to hear Julian and his group do a free jazz-for-all Martinican tune! far out, man.
11. Angelina Tallaj. I would love to play a few Dominican pieces on the piano (if there is one). I feel like this is a totally unknown repertoire to most people. I can play a few danzas (2-3 minutes each). If more time, perhaps a waltz and a contemporary piece.
12. Lois Wilcken. I’ve been working in Brooklyn with Frisner Augustin and Makandal for years and years. SEM has accepted a panel consisting of four Haitianists, and I’ll bet at least a couple of other SEM regulars who are Haitianists will attend. I’ll put the word out to all and see what kind of performance we can cobble together. Can Wesleyan provide congas of various sizes? Possibly our panelist who teaches at Wesleyan has a traditional instrument on hand, but we use congas a lot in New York in lieu of Haitian drums. At any rate, we might be able to conjure up a few Vodou spirits. I think someone once called that “voodoo ethnomusicology.”
13. Raquel Paraíso. I would love to play a couple of Colombian bambucos, pasillos or guabinas on violin. It would be great to have a guitar, tiple or bandola player.
    I can play chorinhos as well. I have a book with some of Pixinguinha’s chorinhos that I can bring alone.
    Any one for Mexican sones? Ccalentano, some huasteco and abajeños, or Peruvian walzes.
    Any one for an Andean ensemble? I can play some sikureadas, huaynos or tonadas on zampoña/sicu. It would be great to have more sikuris and quena, charango, bombo, and guitar. Quién se apunta?
14. Rebecca Bodenheimer. I could lend vocals and/or clave to any Cuban/Spanish Caribbean-based piece. Or if anyone is up for a rumbita…
15. Emily Pinkerton. I would be interested in performing songs from Chile (as a soloist or in a small ensemble) songs from Chile, especially Violeta Parra compositions.
16. Alejandro L. Madrid. Throughout the years some of us have expressed an interest in doing a capoeira roda of sorts during SEM. Would anyone be interested in doing it this year? I can bring my berimbau…
17. Amelia Ingram. I would also be happy to help accompany Shannon and Bill on any steel pan or reggae tunes on my seconds (or wherever you need me). Also as an ex-Jacare member, I would be happy to help Welson on surdo, etc. I believe that Wesleyan has instruments available, just need to check with Eric.
18. Christian Vincent. In response to Alejandro I would be moved to perform in a capoeira roda, I have a berimbau and pandeiro I could bring. If someone needs accompanying in a batucada I can play tamborim, ganza or surdo. Any flamenco dancers or guitarists?
19. Cristian Amigo. I would like to perform on acoustic guitar, perhaps with a percussionist (frame drum, hand percussion) who can play softly and abstract, but with forward motion too, you dig?