Latin American Music Seminar

Organised by the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)

The Latin American Music Seminar is a British forum for Latin American music research that meets twice yearly. Please contact Henry Stobart ([email protected]) if youwould like to be included on the mailing list, or if you wish to offer a presentation or to perform at a future seminar.

10.30am  Arrival/Welcome (Coffee/tea not provided)

10.40  Mahima Macchione (Kings College, London) The Caffè Martini in 1840s Milan: Epicentre of an Expanding Opera World

11.30  Ian Middleton (Brunel University of London) Serenading San Martin: Dialogue with the Divine through Brass Band Music

12.15pm  Sue Miller (Leeds Becket University) The Legacy of Cuban Music Performance in Paris: degrees of Latin ‘enracinement’ in mainstream French popular music

1.00Lunch break (Please bring a packed lunch or purchase locally)

2.15  Bonno Stobart (Independent researcher) Bachata: Developing the Dominican Sound

3.00  Veronica Pacheco (IRISE Visiting Faculty Fellow University of Denver) Indigenous Subversion and Politics of Participation in the Violin of the Nahua from Northern Veracruz, Mexico

3.45  LIVE MUSIC – Bachata songs performed by Santiago Campaña, Nestor Pedrales, Diego Echeverry, Jim le Messurier and Bonno Stobart

4.15  LIVE MUSIC – London Gaita Social Club (LGSC) - Afro-Indigenous music from Colombia, one of the origins for cumbia rhythms. Featuring gaita flutes, voices and drums. Contact: [email protected]

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We are grateful to the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) for their support of this seminar series  

Please consider supporting CLACS's mission to train the next generation of scholars in Latin American and Caribbean Studies: https://ilcs.sas.ac.uk/research-centres/centre-latin-american-caribbean-studies-clacs/support-clacs