UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology announces events for winter 2010
The UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology offers a series of events for the public's enjoyment throughout the year. Programs include performances of high artistic accomplishment in various genres directed by faculty of national and international renown, as well as academic lectures, conferences and symposia. For updated information and confirmation of events, the public may call 310-206-3033 or visit www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu . This concert features the UCLA Jazz Orchestra, directed by Charley Harrison; the UCLA Latin Jazz Ensemble, directed by Bobby Rodriguez; and the UCLA Contemporary Jazz Ensemble, directed by Kenny Burrell and James Newton. Steven Feld is distinguished professor of anthropology and music at the University of New Mexico. Since 1975, his acoustemology studies and visual/sound art projects and have focused on Papua New Guinea, Japan, southern Europe and Ghana. Feld will show and discuss his film "A Por Por Funeral for Ashirifie," part of his just-released DVD trilogy titled "Jazz Cosmopolitanism in Accra, Ghana." Por Por music (pronounced "paw paw") is named for the honking sound of antique squeeze-bulb car horns, ubiquitous on the wooden lorries of Ghana's early transport history.
