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Thailand, Laos, & Cambodia The final event of Music on the Move presents performers from five communities based in San Diego that use music and dance to preserve their cultural heritage. The program includes a musical ensemble directed by Prof. Supeena Adler representing the Thai-Lao and Cambodian communities of San Diego and featuring traditional instruments and dance. The Karen Organization of San Diego will present the traditional dance of the Karen people of Burma (Myanmar). And the Chamorro community, the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands, will be represented by community members and live performances by the Island Mist and Imahen Taotao Tano Dancers. Community Coordinator Supeena Insee Adler is a trained ethnomusicologist and an accomplished Thai musician. Raised in Northeast Thailand, near the Laos and Cambodian borders, she is fluent in Lao and Thai. She is currently an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Ethnomusicology at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, where–in addition to directing the Music of Thailand Ensemble–she serves as their world music instrument curator. Professor Adler has curated Thai music and dance events in Southern California with artists from North America and Thailand and performed in venues across the U.S. She holds a Ph.D. in music (ethnomusicology) and an M.A. in Southeast Asian studies from UC Riverside. She earned her B.F.A. in Thai classical music from Mahasarakham University, Thailand. For nearly two decades, she has volunteered to teach traditional Thai music at the Thai Buddhist Temple of San Diego, where she performs regularly. Burma (Myanmar) Karen Organization of San Diego (KOSD) is committed to the educational and social enhancement of various ethnic minority groups from Burma who reside in San Diego, California. Burma (known today as Myanmar) is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world, including eight main ethnic groups and more than 130 distinctive subgroups. However, today about half a million refugees are forced to live in neighboring and nearby countries such as Thailand, Bangladesh, India, and Malaysia. Some have been in the refugee camps for more than 30 years. The United States has resettled more than 12,000 refugees from Burma, including Karen, Karenni, Chin, Kachin, Shan, Mon, and Burmese peoples. The number of refugees from Burma has dramatically increased since 2007. In 2010, out of 73,000 total refugees admitted to the U.S., about 22% were refugees from Burma. Accordingly, the number of those who resettled in San Diego has also kept increasing; to date, more than 2,100 refugees from Burma have resettled in San Diego. Mariana Islands (Guam, Saipan, Tinian & Rota) Imåhen Taotao Tåno’, which means Images of the People of the Land, has a mission to preserve and perpetuate the CHamoru culture through various community services and events. It was established in 1999 by Tribal Council Member Rosemary Mantanoña, who the Guam Legislature recognizes as a Fafa’nå’gue or Certified CHamoru Cultural Practitioner. In 2022, Imåhen Taotao Tåno’ became a guma’ (cultural home) under Pa’a Taotao Tåno’, an honor bestowed on 14 recognized Certified CHamoru Cultural Practitioners in the Marianas, Japan, and the United States by First Master of CHamoru Dance, Saina Frank Rabon. Guma’ Imåhen Taotao Tåno’ strives to be a nurturing home for its members to acquire lifelong skills while learning the CHamoru culture to carry on for future generations. Imåhen Taotao Tåno’ members receive training in CHamoru singing, chanting, dancing, and weaving skills. They also gain knowledge of their history and language, an understanding of the values of inafa’maolek, and a sense of reciprocity and respect for the continuing legacy of the land’s indigenous people. By sharing a glimpse of their rich history and vibrant culture through songs, dance, and chants, audiences awaken to a time of their creation and continued existence. Community Coordinator Roseann Janice (Waller) Bouffiou is of the Lujan (Bitoot) family and Flores (Katson) clans. Now residing in San Diego, she was born and raised in Guam. Her parents, Rosa Flores Lujan Waller and Albert W. Waller played a founding role in establishing the territory’s tourism industry. Janice’s grandfather, Mariano LG Lujan, was a Chamorro blacksmith who passed on the culturally important practice of blacksmithing to generations of his family. In 1974 Janice won the title of Miss Guam International. She considers herself a lifetime ambassador for the Chamorro culture. Janice has had careers in the Navy, the airline industry, and real estate. At the same time, she dedicated her time to promoting Chamorro cultural awareness and goodwill through the House of Chamorros, the Chamorro Optimist Club of SD, the Chamorro Hands in Education Links Unity (CHELU), Pacific Islander Festival Association (PIFA), and Sons and Daughters of Guam Club. Janice is the lead singer and guitar player of two island-style acoustic bands, Island Mist (quartet) and a 10-member group called Island Mist & Friends, performing Chamorro, Hawaiian, traditional, nostalgic, and contemporary songs. Her lifelong dedication to her homeland shows her passion and love for her people, culture, and island. Island Mist members accompanying Janice are Lilly McDonald, Benni Benavente Schwab, and Robert Cabrera.

You are invited to the Intersections Concert Series featuring Slavic Soul Party: Balkan Brass Beats & Beyond, an exploration of Balkan Folk Music (12.07.23). Join UC San Diego for our Intersections Concert Series at Park & Market in the Guggenheim Theatre hosted by UC San Diego and New York-based violinist Yale Strom, one of the world’s leading ethnographer-artists of klezmer and Romani music and history. Fiery Balkan brass, throbbing funk grooves, Roma (Gypsy) accordion wizardry, and virtuoso jazz chops make Slavic Soul Party! NYC’s official #1 brass band for BalkanSoul GypsyFunk. SSP! pumps a strong Balkan brass sound through the filter of life in New York’s outer boroughs, making new music out of the unplanned results of immigration, proximity, and globalization. Over the past 15 years the band has released 7 full-length albums, and toured in the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Turkey, and Zimbabwe, from pasha’s palaces to dive bars, Carnegie Hall to Serbian schoolyards, festival stages to prison courtyards. The band’s music has fans on both sides of the Atlantic, and their tunes have been covered by Serbian brass stars, New Orleans funk stalwarts, and legendary street bands. SSP!’s Tuesday night residency in Brooklyn has become a destination for music fans from around the world, and is famous for “delivering a great time.” (New York Times) In September 2016 Ropeadope Records released "Slavic Soul Party! Plays Duke Ellington’s Far East Suite." SSP! re-imagines Duke Ellington’s iconic Far East Suite as an Eastern European brass band discovering an exotic American sound, reversing the “exotic tinge” and reveling in this subtle, funky, and brilliant music. Ellington’s suite (created with Billy Strayhorn) was inspired by a 1963 State Department tour that was cut short – they didn’t make it to the “Far East” – and serves as a perfect foil for SSP!’s blend of East European, Romani, and American sounds. Critics call it “a pretty heavenly match” (TimeOut NY) and say “parts of SSP’s reinterpretation sounds like a Bulgarian wedding, others like a gypsy jazz funeral in New Orleans. And yet… it all sounds like Duke Ellington.” (Wall St Journal). “Of all the NYC dance bands that draw on Eastern European music, Slavic Soul Party! is the coolest…. SSP! jumps from traditional songs to contemporary covers and originals, connecting the dots of a number of folk schools with surprising finesse… Its members seem acutely aware of the common principle that unites the traditions they borrow from: Music ought to move you.”—Cristina Black, TimeOut NY “Anytime musicians study traditions deeply, and then free themselves to follow their own whims, it’s a beautiful thing. But when it comes to the brass band fusion of Slavic Soul Party! that’s just the beginning. With razor-sharp precision, juggernaut force, and a healthy dose of playfulness, these guys start out in overdrive and never let up… Slavic Soul Party! offers a gutpunch to preconceptions about traditional music, world music, pop music, dance music, but I’ll tell you, this is one gutpunch you’ll enjoy.”—Banning Eyre, NPR’s All Things Considered More info: The Intersections Concert is a new interdisciplinary event series, presented by UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies, taking place at the multi-tenant, mixed-use business, arts, and educational office building in downtown San Diego’s East Village. Intersections offers new, diverse takes on traditional ideas and forms in a variety of disciplines, from artistic performances to educational lectures will take place at Park & Market’s state-of-the-art Guggenheim Theatre. Hosted by UC San Diego and New York-based violinist Yale Strom, one of the world's leading ethnographer-artists of klezmer and Romani music and history.

You are invited to the Intersections Concert featuring Mariachi Garibaldi and Jeff Nevin (11.07.23). Join UC San Diego for our Intersections Concert Series at Park & Market in the Guggenheim Theatre hosted by UC San Diego and New York-based violinist Yale Strom, one of the world’s leading ethnographer-artists of klezmer and Romani music and history. Jeff Nevin Jeff Nevin studied conducting at the Pierre Monteux School with Charles Bruck and was conductor of the Southwestern College Symphony Orchestra from 2013-2021. While his professional work has leaned more towards performing as a mariachi musician, soloist and band leader, his experience in these areas combined with his training and expertise as a symphonic conductor gives him a unique perspective on the interpretation of Mexican symphonic music, including the works of Revueltas, Chavez, Moncayo, Galindo, Marquez and others. Mariachi Garibaldi From Southwestern College Performing ensemble from Southwestern College, the first school in the world to offer a college degree in mariachi music. Many former students have moved on to receive Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music, perform mariachi professionally including with some of the top mariachis in the country, and they are beginning to fill the great need for mariachi instructors that exists across the US today. Mariachi Garibaldi has been featured in both American and Mexican national news broadcasts and several documentaries, they have performed across the US and Mexico, and recently performed in Brazil (2019 & 2014), Egypt (2018), Belgium (2017), Germany (2016), India (2015), Canada (2015), Russia (2012 & 2009), France (2012 & 2010) and China (2010). More info: The Intersections Concert is a new interdisciplinary event series, presented by UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies, taking place at the multi-tenant, mixed-use business, arts, and educational office building in downtown San Diego’s East Village. Intersections offers new, diverse takes on traditional ideas and forms in a variety of disciplines, from artistic performances to educational lectures will take place at Park & Market’s state-of-the-art Guggenheim Theatre. Hosted by UC San Diego and New York-based violinist Yale Strom, one of the world's leading ethnographer-artists of klezmer and Romani music and history.

You are invited to the Intersections Concert featuring Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi (10.24.23). Join UC San Diego for our Intersections Concert Series at Park & Market in the Guggenheim Theatre hosted by UC San Diego and New York-based violinist Yale Strom, one of the world’s leading ethnographer-artists of klezmer and Romani music and history. Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi is a U.S.-based klezmer ensemble that was started in 1982. The original line up was Strom (violin), Andy Statman (clarinet and mandolin), Mark Dresser (bass), Ismail Butera (accordion) and Seido Salifoski (percussion). Concurrently, Strom led a klezmer ensemble based in California, originally called Zmiros, later Klazzj. Members included Jeff Pekarek, Fred Benedetti, Tripp Sprague, Gene Perry. Since 2006, both ensembles have been called Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi, but the website's lineup reflects the current New York based lineup: Peter Stan (accordion), Norbert Stachel (Eb, Bb, and bass clarinets, C and bass flutes, soprano & tenor saxophones, oboe, English Horn, ethnic winds), Elizabeth Schwartz (vocals), Sprocket (bass), Klezmatics co-founder David Licht (percussion) and Strom (violin and bandleader). Other artists appear as featured guests on the ensemble's 21st Century recordings, including panflutist Damian Draghici, Andy Statman, accordionist Lou Fanucchi, accordionist Ismail Butera, bassist Marty Confurius, bassist Mark Dresser, bassist Jim Whitney, trumpeter Bud Burridge, percussionists Benny Koonyevsky and Jim Mussen, pianist Diane Moser, Klezmatics co-founder Lorin Sklamberg, tsimbl player Alexander Fedoriouk and others. In October 2012, the ensemble released the book "Shpil: The Art of Playing Klezmer" (Scarecrow Press), a book that includes not only instruction for the individual - professional and amateur enthusiast - but a detailed history, suggested recordings and bibliography, and personalized instruction for violin (Yale Strom), accordion (Peter Stan), bass (Jeff Pekarek, from Strom's West Coast ensemble), reeds (Norbert Stachel), percussion (David Licht) and a rare chapter on how to sing klezmer vocals (Elizabeth Schwartz). What sets Hot Pstromi apart from other klezmer bands is much of the repertoire comes from Strom's many years of ethnographic research he has conducted in Eastern Europe. Many of the klezmer melodies and Yiddish songs come from Jews and Roma who played before and after the Holocaust that Strom interviewed and performed with. Strom's academic research can be found in his books: "The Book of Klezmer: The History, The Music, The Folklore from the 14th Century to the 21st, "Shpil: The Art of Playing Klezmer," "Dave Tarras: The King of Klezmer," and "The Absolutely Complete Klezmer Songbook." More info: The Intersections Concert is a new interdisciplinary event series, presented by UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies, taking place at the multi-tenant, mixed-use business, arts, and educational office building in downtown San Diego’s East Village. Intersections offers new, diverse takes on traditional ideas and forms in a variety of disciplines, from artistic performances to educational lectures will take place at Park & Market’s state-of-the-art Guggenheim Theatre. Hosted by UC San Diego and New York-based violinist Yale Strom, one of the world's leading ethnographer-artists of klezmer and Romani music and history.

You are invited to the Intersections Concert featuring Bach, Blakely and Beyond with the Don Byron Quartet (09.21.23). Join UC San Diego for our Intersections Concert Series at Park & Market in the Guggenheim Theatre hosted by UC San Diego and New York-based violinist Yale Strom, one of the world’s leading ethnographer-artists of klezmer and Romani music and history. Ft. Don Byron (clarinet, sax), David Gilmore (guitar), Dezron Douglas (bass) & Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums) Don Byron has been a singular voice in an astounding range of musical contexts, exploring widely divergent traditions while continually striving for what he calls "a sound above genre." As clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, arranger, and social critic, he redefines every genre of music he plays, be it classical, salsa, hip-hop, funk, rhythm & blues, klezmer, or any jazz style from swing and bop to cutting-edge downtown improvisation. An inspired eclectic, Byron has performed an array of musical styles with great success. Byron first attained a measure of notoriety for playing Klezmer, specifically the music of the late Mickey Katz. While the novelty of a black man playing Jewish music was enough to grab the attention of critics, it was Byron’s jazz-related work that ultimately made him a major figure. Byron is an exceptional clarinetist from a technical perspective; he also possesses a profound imagination that best manifests itself in his multifarious compositions. At heart, Byron is a conceptualist. Each succeeding album seems based on a different stylistic approach, from the free jazz/classical leanings of his first album, "Tuskegee Experiments" (Nonesuch, 1992), to the hip-hop/funk of "Nu Blaxpoitation" (Blue Note, 1998). Byron’s composition “There Goes the Neighborhood” was commissioned by the Kronos Quartet and premiered in London in 1994. He’s also composed for silent film, served as the director of jazz for the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and scored for television. Byron was born and raised in New York City, the son of a mailman who also occasionally played bass in calypso bands, and a mother who dabbled on piano. As a child, Byron developed asthma; his doctor suggested he take up a wind instrument as therapy. Byron chose clarinet. His South Bronx neighborhood had a sizeable Jewish population, which partly explains his fascination with Klezmer. Byron was encouraged by his parents to learn about all different kinds of music, from Leonard Bernstein to Dizzy Gillespie. Byron’s models on clarinet included Tony Scott, Artie Shaw, and especially Jimmy Hamilton. As an improviser, Joe Henderson was a prominent influence. As a teenager, Byron studied clarinet with Joe Allard. Byron attended the New England Conservatory of Music, where he studied with George Russell. While at NEC, Byron was recruited to play in Hankus Netsky’s Klezmer Conservatory Band. Byron moved from Boston back to New York in the mid-’80s, where he began playing with several of the city’s more prominent jazz avant-gardists, including David Murray, Craig Harris, and Hamiet Bluiett. A year after recording "Tuskegee Experiments," Byron made "Plays the Music of Mickey Katz" (Nonesuch), which put something of an end to his Klezmer career (at least in terms of recording). Byron’s career built steadily over the course of the ’90s. By the end of the decade he had signed with Blue Note records. While hardly a radical, Byron is an original voice within the bounds of whatever style he happens to embrace. ~ Chris Kelsey More info: The Intersections Concert is a new interdisciplinary event series, presented by UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies, taking place at the multi-tenant, mixed-use business, arts, and educational office building in downtown San Diego’s East Village. Intersections offers new, diverse takes on traditional ideas and forms in a variety of disciplines, from artistic performances to educational lectures will take place at Park & Market’s state-of-the-art Guggenheim Theatre. Hosted by UC San Diego and New York-based violinist Yale Strom, one of the world's leading ethnographer-artists of klezmer and Romani music and history.