PANEL ON "MUSICS OF FILIPINO AMERICA"

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February 5 and 6, Thursday and Friday, 2009
Tropical Renditions: Musics of Filipino America

This historic two-day conference features musical artists and musics produced in Filipino America, an imaginative and social sphere created by a history of contacts and convergences between two nations-the Philippines and U.S.- across the Pacific. Bringing together musicians and scholars of traditional and contemporary Philippine and American musical forms, this gathering will present glances of music composed and musical artists living in the Philippines, U.S., and other parts of the diaspora.

The concert and symposium will feature performances by Filipino jazz, hip hop and electronica musical artists as well as scholarly work that examines histories of cross-cultural music-making (1960s Latin soul), space and musical subculture (1990s hip hop in Los Angeles), traditional cultures (kulintang performance), and the figure of the Filipina/o in U.S. popular musical imaginaries (early 1900s military songs).

Participants include: Lakandiwa de Leon (co-producer of Beats, Rhymes, and Resistance); Theo Gonzalves (University of Hawaii, Manoa); Kuttin Kandi (legendary DJ, 5th Platoon & Anomolies) Maria Katindig-Dykes (legendary jazz vocalist); Ron Quesada (Kulintronica); Mary Talusan (Tufts University); Karen Tongson (University of Southern California); and Oliver Wang (California State University, Long Beach)

CONCERT: February 5, Thursday, 8:00 P.M.
Featuring musical performances by Maria Katindig-Dykes, Ron Quesada (Kulintronica), and Kuttin Kandi
Performance Lab, ARTS 166
Free and open to the public
Parking: $5 in Lot 1 (No fee with UC permit)

SYMPOSIUM: February 6, Friday, 1:00-5:00 P.M.
CHASS Interdisciplinary Building - South, room 1113
Free and open to the public
Parking: Permits available at the Information Kiosk

--O.W.