Past Events

Mexico Meetups: Intangible LatAm Cultural Heritage

Thursday, October 15, 2020

3 p.m.

Grab a coffee and join us as we meet up with JavierLeón, director of the Latin American Music Center - LAMC at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and Cristina Amescua, researcher from the Center Regional and Multidisciplinary Studies at UNAM. We will be chatting about how intangible cultural heritage initiatives are unfolding in Mexico and compare and contrast it with the work happening in Perú in the same field.-----------Toma un café y únete a nosotros para reunirnos con Javier León, director del Centro de Música Latinoamericana de la Escuela de Música IU Jacobs, y Cristina Amescua, investigadora del Centro de Estudios Regionales y Multidisciplinarios de la UNAM. Charlaremos sobre cómo se están desarrollando las iniciativas de patrimonio cultural inmaterial en México y lo comparamos y contrastamos con el trabajo que se realiza en Perú en el mismo campo.

Book Presentation: Archives of Conjure by Solimar Otero

Thursday, October 22, 2020

4 p.m.

In Afrolatinx religious practices such as Cuban Espiritismo, Puerto Rican Santería, and Brazilian Candomblé, the dead tell stories. Communicating with and through mediums’ bodies, they give advice, make requests, and propose future rituals, creating a living archive that is coproduced by the dead. Solimar Otero's Archives of Conjure (Columbia University Press 2020), explores how Afrolatinx spirits guide collaborative spiritual-scholarly activist work through rituals and the creation of material culture. By examining spirit mediumship through a Caribbean cross-cultural poetics, she shows how divinities and ancestors serve as active agents in shaping the experiences of gender, sexuality, and race.

Lecture by Judith Rodríguez: “Im/positions: Nominalizing the Black Aesthetic in Puerto Rico”

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

4 p.m.

This paper engages the aesthetic modes of racial discourse in the Hispanophone Caribbean in order to understand the economy of desire which reproduces ethnonational representation in Puerto Rico. In doing so, this paper performs a double move that follows the significance of the aesthetic as an imposition of ethnonationalism on one end, and illuminates its interpellation of desire on the other. As such, this paper creates a push and pull effect that encapsulates a frame of reference for multiple histories and geographies that both reproduce and refuse ethnonationalism in general in Puerto Rico.

Beatrice Capote, “Iya la panza, panza, Iya”

Thursday, October 29, 2020

4 p.m.

Reyita: The Life of a Black Cuban Woman in the Twentieth Century written by Maria de Los Reyes Castillo Bueno, discusses the story of her grandmother, parents and her experience of slavery, prejudice, gender biases colorism and racism during the Cuban Independence War and the abolition of Slavery in 1898. This presentation will include a reading from the biographical novel “Reyita” followed by a Dance Performance dedicated to the embodiment of Reyita’s story.

Viewing and discussion of Afro-Peruvian Musical Theater Piece Karibú by the collective Teatro del Milenio

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

4 p.m.

In 2000, the newly formed music and theater collective Grupo Teatro del Milenio produced a short experimental play Karibú. Written collectively by the founding members of the group, the play critiqued the role that black performers have historically had in Peruvian society, simultaneously beloved and marginalized by the largely non-black audiences that claim their music as an expression of cultural diversity. In celebration of Teatro del Milenio’s 20th anniversary, this presentation will feature a virtual screening of a revival production of Karibú that took place in Atlanta in 2007 and will be accompanied by an introduction and post-screening discussion hosted by Javier León, who has worked with various members of the groups for more than fifteen years.

Latin American Ensemble

Thursday, November 12, 2020

8 p.m.

Director, Joe Galvin View Live: https://iumusiclive.music.indiana.edu/

Lecture by Sonia Lee: “We Cannot Separate Our Pain from Our Resistance”: Trauma and Political Activism in the Black and Brown Freedom Movements

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

4 p.m.

Salón Latino Chamber Music Series: Music by Afro-Latin American Composers

Thursday, November 19, 2020

8 p.m.

This Salón Latino celebrates the music of Afro-Latin American composers and showcases a sampling of their rarely performed chamber works, including new arrangements. This concert is just one of many events offered to the IU community through the Afrolatin Coalition in the Arts Series, a month-long interdisciplinary initiative coordinated and sponsored by Indiana University’s Latin American Music Center (LAMC), Latino Studies Department (LATS), Graduate Mentoring Center (GMC), and Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS). Tonight’s concert turns the focus of this series to the world of art music and offers a diverse sampling of pieces written by four composers who address Afrolatin culture in their works. Register for the concert here. Download the program supplement (program notes & performer bios) here.

A Conversation on Memórias Afro-Atlânticas (Afro-Atlantic Legacies)

Friday, November 20, 2020

7 p.m.

Ethnomusicologists and filmmakers Cassio Nobre and Xavier Vatin, along with director Gabriela Barreto, will join IUB faculty members Maria Hamilton Abegunde and Solimar Otero in conversation about this new documentary examining the impact of linguist Lorenzo Dow Turner's work with Candomblé communities in Bahia, Brazil. Those registered for this event will receive a link to screen the film from November 13-21.

Jacqueline Avila: Memorias de oro: Music, Memory, and Mexicanidad in Pixar's Coco (2017)

Thursday, March 04, 2021

4 p.m.

Michael Birenbaum Quintero: "Political / Apolitical / Impolitical: Affective Politics in Black Colombia"

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

4 p.m.

David García: "Where's the Orchestra?": Trumpism and Hauntological Reckonings of Latinidad and Music in the Early Nineteenth-Century United States

Thursday, April 01, 2021

4 p.m.

Salón Latino Chamber Music Series: Viola Music of Latin America

Friday, April 09, 2021

8 p.m.

Music by José Pablo Moncayo, Juan Orrego-Salas, and Astor Piazzolla performed by Edward Gazouleas (viola) and Aram Arakelyan (piano).

Fernando Rios: Izalco and Itzqueye: Salvadoran Nueva Canción Groups and the Central American Peace and Solidarity Movement in Washington DC

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

4 p.m.

Latin American Ensemble - Spring Concert

Friday, April 23, 2021

8 p.m.

The IU Latin American Ensemble's La Orquesta Escuela Vieja is thrilled to be back after a brief hiatus to perform our spring concert for you via live stream. Join us virtually for an evening of classic Cuban dance music: Danzon, Charanga, Chachacha, and Salsa. Clear some space in your living room, grab your dancing shoes, and turn up the volume!

BLEMF21 | Choral Music from Guatemala

Thursday, May 13, 2021

8 p.m.

The first of two BLEMF programs featuring music from the IU Lilly Library Guatemalan Manuscripts, curated by Paul Borg. Join us for an evening of choral music directed by Dr. Carolann Buff, featuring a mass ordinary and several motets from the manuscripts. Thursday, May 13 |8pm YouTube Premiere

BLEMF21 | Forgotten Clefs

Friday, May 14, 2021

8 p.m.

The second concert of BLEMF's Lilly Library Guatemalan Manuscript Project will be presented by Forgotten Clefs Renaissance Wind Band. Join us for an evening of wind band music recorded at the Monroe County History Center with a pre-concert lecture by Paul Borg (Indiana University). Friday, May 13 | 8 PMYouTube Premiere (Link Available Soon!)

BLEMF21 | Tembembe Ensamble Continuo - Laberinto en la guitarra

Saturday, May 15, 2021

7:30 p.m.

In partnership with the IU Latin American Music Center, BLEMF is excited to present Tembembe Ensamble Continuo as the final concert of BLEMF21. Their program, Laberinto en la guitarra will feature music for guitar from Spain and New Spain, alongside traditional music from Mexico. Saturday, May 15 | 7:30 PM Conversation, 8 PM ConcertYouTube Premiere (LINK) 7:30pm Conversation with Eloy Cruz (Tembembe Ensamble Continuo) and Javier León (IU Latin American Music Center) | 8pm Concert Premiere - Laberinto en la Guitarra

Salón latino: Santa María de Iquique

Thursday, September 30, 2021

8 p.m.

The LAMC invites you to a performance of the profound and celebrated cantata Santa Maria de Iquique, a work acclaimed by historians and musicologists alike as a masterpiece and exemplar of nueva canción, a musical movement whose themes of social justice, human rights, and freedoms still resonate loudly in today’s world. This concert, which will conclude with a performance of two other well-loved nueva canción pieces, is free and open to the public

The Latinx Artist Showcase

Monday, October 11, 2021

7 p.m.

The Office of Inclusion, Equity, Diversity & Justice at the Jacobs School of Music and the Office of the Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator at the Eskenazi School are proud to present their inaugural Latinx Artist Showcase to celebrate Latinx Heritage Month. We are planning a fun-filled celebration of Latinx culture and heritage through music dance, poetry, and art. IU artists, musicians, poets and dancers interested in participating can sign up using the form here.

Jazz @ the BCT: Latin Jazz Ensemble

Monday, October 11, 2021

8 p.m.

Wayne Wallace, Director; Joe Galvin, Rhythm Section Coach

Salón Latino: Mariachi Perla del Medio Oeste

Saturday, November 13, 2021

8 p.m.

The Latin American Music Center cordially invites you to a performance by the Mariachi Perla del Medio Oeste on Saturday, November 13, 2021 at 8pm in Auer Hall (Jacobs School of Music). This event is part of the Salón Latino Chamber Music Series and is free and open to the public. Mariachi Perla del Medio Oeste was created in 2018 as a joint initiative between Latin American Music Center at the Jacobs School of Music, the La Casa/Latino Cultural Center and the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology. The group is a volunteer ensemble committed to the cultivation and promotion of Mexican-American, Mexican and Latin American music and culture, both within IU and the larger Southern Indiana region. Its members include IU undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff, as well as members of the larger Bloomington community. Over the years, the mariachi has counted with the participation of musicians originally from the United States, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Hong Kong, Peru, Spain, and Venezuela.

Latin American Ensemble

Friday, December 10, 2021

8 p.m.

End of semester concert by the Latin American Ensemble. The concert will feature folkloric and popular dance music from Cuba and other parts of the Caribbean. Dancing encouraged. Co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

Concert Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

Sunday, January 23, 2022

4 p.m.

The Jacobs Diversity & Equity Committee would like to invite you to a concert celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. King with readings and performances by Jacobs faculty and students. Featuring a performance from Santa María de Iquique (1969) by Chilean composer Luis Advis.

Ana Alonso Minutti: Writing as an Affective Practice: Mario Lavista, a Relational Composer

Friday, February 11, 2022, 12:30 p.m.—Friday, February 11, 2022, 2 p.m.

Ana R. Alonso-Minutti is associate professor of music, a faculty affiliate of the Latin American and Iberian Institute, and a research associate of the Southwest Hispanic Research Institute at the University of New Mexico. She graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in music from the Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, Mexico, and earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in musicology from the University of California, Davis. Alonso-Minutti’s scholarship focuses on experimental and avant-garde expressions, music traditions from Mexico and the U.S.-Mexico border, and music history pedagogy. Among her research areas are Latina/Chicana feminist and queer theories, critical race studies, and decolonial methodologies.

Salón Latino Chamber Music Series: An Evening Celebrating Roque Cordero (1917-2008)

Thursday, February 24, 2022

8 p.m.

A lecture recital with visiting artists Tuyen Tonnu, piano and Marie Labonville, musicologist. Featuing Paul Borg, piano.

JAZZ @ THE BCT – Miguel Zenón Quartet (guest artists)

Monday, March 21, 2022

8 p.m.

Multiple Grammy nominee and Guggenheim and MacArthur fellow Miguel Zenón represents a select group of musicians who have masterfully balanced and blended the often contradictory poles of innovation and tradition. Widely considered one of the most groundbreaking and influential saxophonists and composers of his generation, he has developed a unique voice as a conceptualist, concentrating his efforts on perfecting a fine mix of jazz and his many musical influences.

Pancho Villa From a Safe Distance

Thursday, March 31, 2022

7 p.m.

Please join us at a performance of Pancho Villa from a Safe Distance on March 31, 2022, 7 pm, at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in downtown Bloomington. A genre-bending theatrical production and live musical performance, Pancho Villa From a Safe Distance is a bilingual cross-border opera about the life and death of the Mexican Revolutionary icon Pancho Villa. The opera is an insightful examination of the Mexican-American and Latinx impact on the culture and politics of our nation, contributing to the current and timely conversation about borders, migration and national belonging. With musical and visual performances by visionary composer Graham Reynolds, and featuring Beto Martinez, Paul Sanchez, and Liz Cass., the opera has been performed to rave reviews across the United States and Canada. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to see it live. The event is free but ticketed, pick up your tickets today BCT box office. See you there!

Latin American Music Center Spring Festival

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, 7 p.m.—Monday, April 18, 2022, 8 p.m.

This week, the Latin American Music Center is featuring an incredible Spring Festival with a fascinating collection of musics and ensembles. Click the link for more info about the events. The festival kicks off on Wednesday with a performance by Sergio Ospina's Latin jazz trio at The Blockhouse Bar. Other highlights include an afro-peruvian dance workshop, IU’s mariachi band, Jacobs’ Brazilian, Latin American, and Latin jazz ensembles, and a rather unique event about Colombian bullerengue music.

Migdalia Cruz - Does Size Matter? The Architecture of Theater as Found Object

Thursday, September 01, 2022

4 p.m.

Award-winning playwright and librettist Migdalia Cruz will lead a workshop focusing on creating new works for the theatre and features a keynote presentation with Migdalia Cruz and one of her collaborators, scenic designer Professor Regina García.

Migdalia Cruz - Scenes from the Fornés Playwriting Workshop

Friday, September 09, 2022

7 p.m.

Award-winning playwright and librettist Migdalia Cruz will lead a playwriting workshop, following the tradition of environmental pedagogy created by her teacher and mentor María Irene Fornés. The playwriting workshop culminates with dramatic readings of short works created in the workshop that will be directed by guest artist Cándido Tirado.

Mariachi Perla del Medio Oeste at Festival de Otoño

Saturday, September 17, 2022

10 a.m.

Join Mariachi Perla del Medio Oeste at the 2022 Festival de otoño at Switchyard Park!

A Concert in Honor of Carmen Helena Téllez

Sunday, September 25, 2022, 4 p.m.—Sunday, September 25, 2022, 5:30 p.m.

A concert in honor of Carmen Helena Téllez

String Music of Rocío Sanz Quirós

Thursday, October 06, 2022

8 p.m.

Listen to the string music of Rocío Sanz Quirós.

Músicas experimentales latinoamericanas de la era atómica

Thursday, October 13, 2022

9 p.m.

On the 80th anniversary of the School of Musical Arts University of Costa Rica, the Historical Musical Archives at the University of Costa Rica and the Latin American Music Center (IU Jacobs School of Music) come together to share and promote the legacy of composers from Latin America. The collaboration continues after the LAMC’s “String Music of Rocío Sanz Quirós” event from Thursday, October 06.

Salón Latino Chamber Music Series - Visiting Artists: Duo Pilger/Fialkow (Brazil)

Thursday, November 10, 2022

8 p.m.

Please join the Latin Grammy-nominated Duo Pilger/Fialkow for an evening of music by some of Brazil's most noted composers, past and present, including the U.S. premiere of Sonata para violoncelo e piano: "Figuras de 22" by Marcos Lucas (b. 1964). This event is free and open to the public.

Latin American Ensemble: End-of-semester Concert

Saturday, December 03, 2022

8 p.m.

IU’s Latin American Ensemble, directed by Dr. Joe Galvin, performs their fall concert on Saturday, December 3rd at 8pm in MC066, free and open to the public.