UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: Robert Garfias recordings (UW Ethnomusicology Student Concert), 1996-02-01

Overview of the Collection

Creator
University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
Title
UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: Robert Garfias recordings (UW Ethnomusicology Student Concert)
Dates
1996-02-01
Quantity
2 items  :  OT - 2 DATs (digital, stereo); 1 AIFF file and 1 WAV file (44.1 kHz, 16-bit); Duration: 1:56:05
Collection Number
1996002
Summary
"World Music Concert" produced by the UW Ethnomusicology Student Association, Brechemin Auditorium, UW Music Building, February 1, 1996.
Repository
University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Unrestricted: collection is open for research.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Robert Garfias was born in San Francisco in 1932, the child of Mexican-American parents. As a youngster he studied classical guitar and jazz saxophone. In high school he studied Western classical music composition, and he formed a jazz combo that played gigs for beatniks in the North Beach area of San Francisco, where he traveled in a circle of musicians that included Dave Brubeck, Vince Delgado, Vince Guaraldi, Harry Partch, and Bill Smith. During his career he founded the ethnomusicology program at the University of Washington; served as Dean of Arts at the University of California, Irvine, as a member of the Smithsonian Council, and as a presidential appointee to the U.S. National Council for the Arts; and conducted significant periods of fieldwork and language study in Japan, Okinawa, Korea, the Philippines, Mexico, Zimbabwe, Central America, Burma, Romania, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, and among Okinawans in the United States.

- Society for Ethnomusicology Newsletter (Vol. 7, No. 4, September 2013)

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Recorded by Mark Renner.

Performers: first half of concert - Jill Ann Johnson and Mary Sherhart (Balkan vocal music); Spirit House (acoustic instrumental music) with Elisa Taylor/belly dance; Mahonyera - Claire Jones, Sheree Seretse, Kevin Ugarte and Sooja Kelsey (Shona mbira music); second half of concert - all Okinawan music with Wataru Shinjo/sanshin, kokyu and vocal; Katsutoshi Miyagi/sanshin and vocal; Robert Garfias/fue; members of Okinawa Kenjin Kai/dance; Tokoyo Nipper/koto; Ethnomusicology students/taiko, sanshin, kokyu, sanba, vocals. (note: the didgeri dudes did not perform due to a medical emergency.)

See 96-1.1 OT for video recording of the same concert.

DATs transferred to digital files 8/2014 - 96-2.1.aif (1:22:31), 96-2.2.wav (33:34) (44.1 kHz, 16-bit)

Documentation: Concert program, "Seattle Weekly" review

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Balkan Peoples
  • Concerts
  • Ethnomusicology
  • Shona--Africa--Southern Africa
  • Video recordings in ethnomusicology

Geographical Names

  • Okinawa
  • Seattle (Wash.)
  • World

Form or Genre Terms

  • Video recordings

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Garfias, Robert (performer)
    • Johnson, Jill Ann (performer)
    • Miyagi, Katsutoshi (performer)
    • Sherhart, Mary (performer)
    • Shinjo, Wataru (performer)
    • Taylor, Elisa (performer)
    Corporate Names
    • Mahonyera (performer)
    • Spirit House (performer)
    • University of Washington Ethnomusicology Students Association (performer)