I’m in the US at the Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) Conference in Philadelphia and presenting my work on a panel led by Professor Robin Moore so do contact me if you’re there….
I’m in the US at the Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) Conference in Philadelphia and presenting my work on a panel led by Professor Robin Moore so do contact me if you’re there….
This is my homage to Melquiades Fundora who died on 14 February 2009
I have played alongside him with La Sublime in Havana in 2006 and 2007 and this performance at the Cabaret Nacional in Havana on April 6th 2009 was a tribute to him as one of the founders of Orquesta Sublime in 1955.
Melquiades Fundora [...]
Caribbean and Latin American Music Study Day
Saturday 12 November 2011
University of Huddersfield
School of Music, Humanities and Media, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH
Guest Speaker Dr Henry Stobart (Royal Holloway, University of London)
CALL FOR PAPERS
Just discovered a tape of my postgraduate recital at LCM from 1994 – here’s the rough recording of my Bill Evans tribute ‘When I Fall in Love’
Review of Robin Moore’s book Music and Revolution: Cultural Change in Socialist Cuba in Cultural Politics Journal Volume 03 Issue 02 July 2007, p265 -268:
BOOK REVIEW
Cultural Policy and Music Making in Revolutionary Cuba
Sue Miller
Music and Revolution: Cultural Change in Socialist Cuba, by Robin D. Moore, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of [...]
Carrying on with the puns Look Back in Charanga pays homage to all the greats of Cuban popular music, in particular to the legendary Richard Egües from Orquesta Aragón.
Bandleader and charanga flute improviser Sue Miller studied flute improvisation with Richard Egües in Havana in 2000 and 2001 and has since worked with some of Cuba’s finest traditional charanga players. This recording pays homage to the great charanga flute players and musicians past and present who have developed the Danzón, Mambo, Chachachá and the Pachanga
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Estrellas Cubanas performed the Danzon Amalia Batista by Rodrigo Prats at the Danzon Festival in Havana in 2007 – do contact me if you’re interested in promoting an exchange project between Estrellas Cubanas and Charanga del Norte.
Performances in Havana: March and April 2009:
I guested with various veteran bands such as Charanga de Oro, Orquesta Sublime and Estrellas Cubanas as part of the International Danzón Festival. I also gave an invited lecture in Spanish on the history of Charanga de Norte and on my research into Cuban Charanga at the [...]