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 [...]
Taken from the Ethnomusicology Forum Website September news:
2009 BFE Student Prize
The winner of the 2009 prize for the best student paper presented at the 2009 annual conference at Liverpool John Moores University goes to Sue Miller for her paper, “‘The Thieving Magpie’: Musical Borrowing, Quotes and Signifiers in Cuban Charanga Improvisation”. The panel thought [...]
I am currently teaching Cuban music courses for undergraduates at the University of Leeds and flute, saxophone and piano at Yorkshire College of Music.
I will also be musical director of a course in traditional Cuban dance music in Havana in 2010 (alongside veteran Charanga and Son musicians) so do contact me via the contacts page if you’re interested in this .
CD reviews of Out of Cuba: Latin American Music Takes Africa by Storm and ¡Cubalive! published in The World of Music Journal 48 (1) 2006, p151-154:
Record Reviews
Out of Cuba: Latin American Music takes Africa by Storm
From the World and Traditional Music Section of the British Library Sound Archive
Compilation and text by Janet Topp Fargion
Topic [...]
The Cuban Big Band: Seven, Leeds – 12th July 2009
Sue Miller has brought a lot of joy to Leeds in her time with bands like Charanga Del Norte, and her latest featuring 20+ able musicians, The Cuban Big Band. Our friend Ana Luisa, from Chile, is one of the 4 singers and we try to [...]
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La vie musicale et les enseignements musicaux en France
Les enseignements des musiques afro-cubaines à Paris :
Etude de Cas : Enquête à l’école ‘Abanico’ à Paris du 24 février au 8 mars 2003.
(Leisure and Culture in Contemporary France module French department, University of Leeds
Assessed Essay as part of my MA in Applied Translation)
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Written for the British Flute Society Magazine – PAN: March 2003
Afro
Cuban rhythm popular in the 1930s.
Bolero
A style of Cuban dance music in 4/4 time, which originated at the end of the 19th century in Santiago de Cuba. Originally performed by trova musicians on vocals, guitar bongos and rnaracas, the bolero style is now played by [...]