Many members of Afoutayi Dance, Music and Arts Company originally hail from Haiti, but the company has been based in the Twin Cities for a few years. They brought their colorful, energetic music and dance to schools in the Twin Cities for a week in October.
2016-17 Class Notes Artist Sara Pajunen visited schools in Central Minnesota, the Arrowhead and the North Shore, sharing Finnish folk music and her own original composition.
As the Twin Cities plays host to a regional symposium sponsored by the International Society for Orthodox Church Music, Alison Young interviews board member David Lucs about the orthodox music tradition and about the music on offer during the symposium.
Gaosong V. Heu is a Hmong-American musician, storyteller, and actress who is trained in both western classical music and Hmong traditional music. She has been educating students about Hmong culture and music across the Twin Cities, as part of the 2015-16 Class Notes Artist program.
For 35 years, the Indian Music Society of Minnesota has been bringing the rich tradition of Indian classical music to local audiences.
As a composer, singer, instrumentalist, and leader, Lyz Jaakola is an extraordinary ambassador for Ojibwe-Anishinaabe music and culture. In this video, Jaakola takes us through various kinds of Ojibwe musical expression, and offering historical and traditional insights along the way.
Luther Gerlach, retired University of Minnesota professor of cultural anthropology, shares the music of native African cultures recorded in Kenya in the 1950s and 60s.
Classical MPR's Class Notes: Artist program kicked off this week. Ojibwe Anishinaabe musician and educator, Lyz Jaakola, spent a week in elementary schools in the Bemidji area giving educational performances.
