Annoucement
The Latin American Music Center and the School of Music at Indiana University, with support from the United States Information Agency (USIA,) announce Crossroads of Traditions: The Second Inter-American Composition Workshop, for composers from Latin America and the United States. Crossroads of Traditions receives the co-sponsorship of Indiana University's Public Radio Station WFIU and the collaboration of IU Art Museum and the Mathers Museum.
The workshop will be held for three weeks from June 24 to July 14, 1996, at the Indiana University campus in Bloomington. Participation in the Associate Composer category is open this year to applicants from Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and the United States. Attendance as a Conference Participant is open to all other composers and interdisciplinary scholars interested in the subject of this workshop.
The Inter-American Composition Workshop aims to provide an environment for intensive and directed exchange of creative ideas and advanced composition techniques.
The subject for the 1996 workshop will be the interaction of the composer with his or her acknowledged tradition and with that of other cultures and historical periods. In general terms, it is understood that composers themselves define what constitutes their tradition. The participants will explore ethnic and popular music of the Americas and their influence on current art music, as well as the relations of contemporary music with that of earlier historical periods and with recent traditions handed down by the modernist movements of our century.
The participants will be guided in their projects and discussions by distinguished composers, conductors, instrumentalists, musicologists, music theorists, ethnomusicologists, and anthropologists. They will also have the opportunity to explore specific traditional and popular instruments and techniques in practical sessions with recognized artists.
For more information, write to
Latin American Music Center
Attn. Crossroads of Tradition
School of Music Indiana University
Bloomington IN 47405
fax (812) 855-4936
email xroads@indiana.edu
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