Nick Rudd Music Fund

The School of Music at the University of Illinois is pleased to announce a new gift fund in honor of the memory of Nick Rudd that advances programming of the Robert E. Brown Center for World Music. A beloved figure of Champaign-Urbana’s music community, guitarist Nick Rudd’s joy of improvised music, the jazz avant-garde, progressive rock, and music traditions of the world will be celebrated in annual concerts billed “Nick Rudd Music Experience.”

Musicology Colloquium: Philip Ewell

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Event Date: 
November 16, 2020 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
online event
Address: 
contact Prof. Michael Silvers: msilvers [at] illinois.edu
Description: 

Musicology Colloquium: Philip Ewell

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Musicology Colloquium: David Irving

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Event Date: 
October 19, 2020 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
online event
Address: 
contact Prof. Michael Silvers: msilvers [at] illinois.edu
Description: 

Music and Indigenous American Rights in the 16th Century:
New Perspectives on the Campaigns of Bartolomé de las Casas

David R. M. Irving
ICREA & Institució Milà i Fontanals de Recerca en Humanitats (CSIC)

The atrocities committed in the Spanish invasion of the Americas and the staggering loss of Indigenous American lives in the sixteenth century triggered a decades-long campaign for Indigenous rights by the Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas (1484–1566). In his vast written output and in speeches to multiple courts, he argued for the dignity and rationality of Indigenous cultures, based on over thirty years’ experience of living in the Americas. He asserted that war against Indigenous peoples and the use of force in evangelization were illegal and sinful, thus directly challenging the political, economic, moral, and theological bases of Spanish colonialism. His campaigns resulted in some reforms, and in 1542 the Spanish crown outlawed all enslavement of Indigenous Americans. Although these laws were not extended to enslaved Africans, Las Casas’ views underwent a profound transformation over the course of his life, and he ultimately argued for equal freedoms for Indigenous Americans and Africans alike.

The place of music in Las Casas’ voluminous writings has been largely overlooked by musicologists and ethnomusicologists. While some scholars have cited several of Las Casas’ observations on Indigenous performing arts, there remain many other musical references that appear in fleeting and abstract ways throughout his historical, philosophical, and comparative-ethnographic oeuvre. This colloquium aims to bring new musicological attention to Las Casas and interrogate how he used music in his legal, theological, and philosophical arguments for the common humanity and rationality of Indigenous Americans, as part of the earliest debates about global human rights.

Admission: 
free event
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C-U Folk and Roots Festival 2020

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Event Date: 
October 23, 2020 - 12:00pm - October 24, 2020 - 11:59pm
Venue: 
online event
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12th Annual Festival Goes Online October 23-24, 2020

With everyone’s health and safety in mind, the Champaign-Urbana Folk and Roots Festival will be presented online this fall.

FEATURING Dom Flemons, Nikki D and the Sisters of Thunder, Hot Club of Cowtown, Kyshonna Armstrong, Jake Blount, and more.

PLEASE NOTE:
Robert E. Brown Center for World Music is scheduled to premiere a short video at the Folk and Roots Festival on Friday, October 23rd at 7pm.

The project highlights unique instruments of the world presented by four international artists based in Urbana-Champaign. Denis Chiaramonte, Jean-René Balekita, I Ketut Gede Asnawa, and Joy Yang introduce themselves and instruments they play, which are then featured in a final work realized by Jason Finkelman, program coordinator for the center.

Updates provided on the link below.

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Learning Latin American Dance

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Event Date: 
December 2, 2020 - 6:00pm - 7:15pm
Venue: 
online event
Description: 

Learning Latin American Dance with CLACS and La Casa Cultural Latina

Krannert Center is pleased to join forces with the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) and La Casa Cultural Latina for a free, six-part learning series featuring instructor Yoel Cortes-Peña. These virtual programs, which will be live-streamed on Facebook Sep 23-Dec 2, 2020, and archived on the CLACS Media Space Channel for later viewing, will offer three lessons each of bachata- and salsa-style dancing featuring fundamentals, footwork, and partner work.

Sep 23: Bachata fundamentals
Oct 7: Bachata footwork
Oct 21: Bachata partner work
Nov 4: Salsa fundamentals
Nov 18: Salsa footwork
Dec 2: Salsa partner work

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/CLACSatIllinois
CLACS Media Space Channel: https://clacs.illinois.edu/future-events

If you require any accommodations for these sessions, please contact Krannert Center at kcpa-eventsoffice@illinois.edu at least one week in advance.

Each session in this series will last approximately 60 minutes.

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Learning Latin American Dance

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Event Date: 
November 18, 2020 - 6:00pm - 7:15pm
Venue: 
online event
Description: 

Learning Latin American Dance with CLACS and La Casa Cultural Latina

Krannert Center is pleased to join forces with the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) and La Casa Cultural Latina for a free, six-part learning series featuring instructor Yoel Cortes-Peña. These virtual programs, which will be live-streamed on Facebook Sep 23-Dec 2, 2020, and archived on the CLACS Media Space Channel for later viewing, will offer three lessons each of bachata- and salsa-style dancing featuring fundamentals, footwork, and partner work.

Sep 23: Bachata fundamentals
Oct 7: Bachata footwork
Oct 21: Bachata partner work
Nov 4: Salsa fundamentals
Nov 18: Salsa footwork
Dec 2: Salsa partner work

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/CLACSatIllinois
CLACS Media Space Channel: https://clacs.illinois.edu/future-events

If you require any accommodations for these sessions, please contact Krannert Center at kcpa-eventsoffice@illinois.edu at least one week in advance.

Each session in this series will last approximately 60 minutes.

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Learning Latin American Dance

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Event Date: 
November 4, 2020 - 6:00pm - 7:15pm
Venue: 
online event
Description: 

Learning Latin American Dance with CLACS and La Casa Cultural Latina

Krannert Center is pleased to join forces with the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) and La Casa Cultural Latina for a free, six-part learning series featuring instructor Yoel Cortes-Peña. These virtual programs, which will be live-streamed on Facebook Sep 23-Dec 2, 2020, and archived on the CLACS Media Space Channel for later viewing, will offer three lessons each of bachata- and salsa-style dancing featuring fundamentals, footwork, and partner work.

Sep 23: Bachata fundamentals
Oct 7: Bachata footwork
Oct 21: Bachata partner work
Nov 4: Salsa fundamentals
Nov 18: Salsa footwork
Dec 2: Salsa partner work

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/CLACSatIllinois
CLACS Media Space Channel: https://clacs.illinois.edu/future-events

If you require any accommodations for these sessions, please contact Krannert Center at kcpa-eventsoffice@illinois.edu at least one week in advance.

Each session in this series will last approximately 60 minutes.

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Learning Latin American Dance

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Event Date: 
October 21, 2020 - 6:00pm - 7:15pm
Venue: 
online event
Description: 

Learning Latin American Dance with CLACS and La Casa Cultural Latina

Krannert Center is pleased to join forces with the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) and La Casa Cultural Latina for a free, six-part learning series featuring instructor Yoel Cortes-Peña. These virtual programs, which will be live-streamed on Facebook Sep 23-Dec 2, 2020, and archived on the CLACS Media Space Channel for later viewing, will offer three lessons each of bachata- and salsa-style dancing featuring fundamentals, footwork, and partner work.

Sep 23: Bachata fundamentals
Oct 7: Bachata footwork
Oct 21: Bachata partner work
Nov 4: Salsa fundamentals
Nov 18: Salsa footwork
Dec 2: Salsa partner work

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/CLACSatIllinois
CLACS Media Space Channel: https://clacs.illinois.edu/future-events

If you require any accommodations for these sessions, please contact Krannert Center at kcpa-eventsoffice@illinois.edu at least one week in advance.

Each session in this series will last approximately 60 minutes.

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Learning Latin American Dance

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Event Date: 
October 7, 2020 - 6:00pm - 7:15pm
Venue: 
online event
Description: 

Learning Latin American Dance with CLACS and La Casa Cultural Latina

Krannert Center is pleased to join forces with the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) and La Casa Cultural Latina for a free, six-part learning series featuring instructor Yoel Cortes-Peña. These virtual programs, which will be live-streamed on Facebook Sep 23-Dec 2, 2020, and archived on the CLACS Media Space Channel for later viewing, will offer three lessons each of bachata- and salsa-style dancing featuring fundamentals, footwork, and partner work.

Sep 23: Bachata fundamentals
Oct 7: Bachata footwork
Oct 21: Bachata partner work
Nov 4: Salsa fundamentals
Nov 18: Salsa footwork
Dec 2: Salsa partner work

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/CLACSatIllinois
CLACS Media Space Channel: https://clacs.illinois.edu/future-events

If you require any accommodations for these sessions, please contact Krannert Center at kcpa-eventsoffice@illinois.edu at least one week in advance.

Each session in this series will last approximately 60 minutes.

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Passing On Stories - Cheick Hamala Diabate

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Event Date: 
September 29, 2020 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Venue: 
Zoom (registration required)
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A Special Event presented by the Center for African Studies - celebrating 50 years 1970-2020.

PASSING ON STORIES
An Evening Fireside

FEATURING MALIAN GRIOT CHEICK HAMALA DIABATE

Throughout Africa storytelling has been an essential mode of preserving historical narratives and codifying truths and social and cultural values. Stories often end with memorable messages for listeners, as guidance in addressing the variety of problems encountered in everyday living. Join us with stories from the Griot and others near the proverbial fireside for an evening of African folk storytelling.

A Zoom Meeting Event
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://illinois.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMlcuuoqTgoHNUxPtPy41I9kTRQBl...

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

"No matter how long the night, the day is sure to come."
–Congolese Proverb

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