MUSIC OF THE 21ST CENTURY
2002-2003: Tania León

Tuesday, April 1, 2003
9:00 PM Showing of the film Buena Vista Social Club,
Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media,
Watson Forum
   
Wednesday, April 2, 2003
All day Rehearsals with the composer
   
Thursday, April 3, 2003
1:00 PM Convocation with Tania Leon
Performing Arts Center
Thompson Recital Hall
 
Friday, April 4, 2003
7:30 PM CONCERT - Chamber Music of Tania León
Performing Arts Center
Thompson Recital Hall
   
Saturday, April 5, 2003 - Symposium
Cultural Intersections in Latin American Art Music:
The Music of Tania León
Watson Forum, Pullman Center for Contemporary Media
9:15 AM Tania León 1: Musicality and Language
Moderator: Candida Jaquez, Indiana University Bloomington

James Briscoe, Butler University
"Tania León: A Language of Multiple Cultures"

Emmanuel Harris II, DePauw University
"Music in Cuban Literature"
10:30 AM Tania León II: The Artist and the Caribbean
Moderator: Matthew Balensuela, DePauw University

Donna Reiner, Phoenix Museum of History
"The Colors of Culture: Characteristics of Selected Works of Tania Justina León"

Leslie James, DePauw University
"The Role of the Artist in the Caribbean: The Case of Reggae Music and Bob Marley"
1:30 PM Nationalisms in Latin American Music
Moderator: Glen Kuecker, DePauw University

Mario Rey, East Carolina University
"Negritud and Afro-Cubanism: The Construction of a Syncretic Identity in the 20th Century Art Music of Cuba"

Luiz Fernando-Lopez, Indiana University Bloomington
"Musique cannibale: The Performance, Reception, and Transmission of Villa-Lobos's Music in the 1920's"

Aurelio de la Vega, California State University, Northridge
"Positive and Negative Aspects of Nationalism"
3:30 PM Roundtable Discussion - "Latin American Art Music in the 21st Century"

Gerard Behague, The University of Texas at Austin
Tania León, composer, Brooklyn College, New York
Roque Cordero, composer, Illinois State University at Normal
Carmen Tellez, Indiana University, Bloomington
6:00 PM Dinner for symposium participants and invited guests
Union Building
Room 231/232

Keynote Address:
Gerard Behague, The University of Texas at Austin
Virginia Murchison Regents Professor of Fine Arts
Editor, Latin American Music Review
Sunday, April 6, 2003
3:00 PM CONCERT - Chamber Music of Tania León
Performing Arts Center
Thompson Recital Hall