by dajordan | Dec 7, 2022 | Featured News
How a Song Bridged Diné and Ndebele Worlds An anthropologist recounts a magical moment of songwriting collaboration between Diné (Navajo) and Ndebele artists gathered for the WOMAD Festival in South Africa. By Kristina Jacobsen Originally published November 30, 2022,...
by unmmusicadmin | Nov 7, 2022 | Featured News
Visiting Scholar Dr. Javier Marín-López to present on Colonial and Baroque Music in the Americas Visiting Scholar Dr. Javier Marín-López, Professor of Musicology at the University of Jaén, Spain, will present two lectures at UNM this month. He is a scholar specialized...
by unmmusicadmin | Oct 18, 2022 | Featured News
UNM Music Students and Faculty to Perform in the Santa Fe Opera’s Premiere of This Little Light of Mine Four graduate vocal performance students in the UNM Music Department have been invited to perform with the Santa Fe Opera. Mia Flora, Marshal Hollingsworth, Garrett...
by unmmusicadmin | Oct 5, 2022 | Featured News
Kristina Jacobsen to tour South Africa as singer-songwriter and ethnomusicologist This month, Dr. Kristina Jacobsen will travel to Johannesburg, South Africa, as a guest of the Diné-led jazz trio, DDAT, as both a singer-songwriter and ethnomusicologist to perform at...
by unmmusicadmin | Oct 4, 2022 | Featured News
Jacobsen signs pre-completion contract for “The Creative Ethnographer’s Notebook” (co-authored with Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor) a book for artists, ethnographers and qualitative researchers. How and when do anthropologists, educators, sociologists and...
by unmmusicadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Featured News
Pulitzer winning alumnus Raven Chacon to debut new composition, perform Tickets available for performances in Santa Fe, Albuquerque By Mary Beth King August 11, 2022 Pulitzer Prize winning Diné composer and sound artist Raven Chacon, who earned his Bachelor of Arts...