Musicantica focuses mainly on the music from Southern Italy?s oral tradition at the same time outr eaching for a more contemporary musical idea that can be indicated as Mediterranean World-Music. By oral tradition it is intended music, poetry, and ritual passed on from generation to generation by untrained musicians belonging to generally less known segments of Italian society such as the peasant?s world, fishermen, or street vendors. Musicanticafinds a remarkable freshness in traditional music and believes in its contemporary continuation despite various attempts by Italian artist?s to crystallize it or confine it in more or less faithful renditions or misuse it in popular music cultural operations. Continuity is possible because each musical process in time is historical, part of a relentless process of development, productive confrontation with every day life and a continuous discourse between current innovation and past sedimentation. Musicantica?s repertoire includes, therefore, both traditional as well as original compositions. The connection between the southern Italian tradition, the individual experiences as immigrants in Southern California, and the symbolic remembrance of the sounds of their respective birthplaces is evident in the artists? various improvisations and re-adaptations of older material.
Cosponsored by the SDSU School of Music and Dance and the
Monday, March 16 - 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
For more information, please call: (619) 363-3007
Cosponsored by the SDSU School of Music and Dance and the
Monday, March 16 - 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
For more information, please call: (619) 363-3007
