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Habanero, habanera, what’s the difference?

4/10/2018 by Rebecca Bailey 2 Comments

Habanero, habanera, what’s the difference?

Afro-Cuban jazz sensation Daymé Arocena, performing at the Hop Thursday, April 12,  is the quintessential habanera - a female resident of Havana, which she sings about in "Me lleva la Habana (I come to Havana)": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1RksfBsu6w Habanera also refers to a 19th-century Cuban dance rhythm. Here's a classic habanera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jebIpYs2UUI The habanera infused early jazz - the first of many times American jazz would be saturated with Afro-Cuban musical elements - such as Scott Joplin's Solace … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hop Ensembles, HopNews, Music, Spring 2018, Videos, Visiting Artists Tagged With: Afro Cuban, barbary coast jazz ensemble, cuba, Dayme Arocena, ensembles, hop ensembles, jazz, Latin music, music, Spring 2018, Taylor Ho Bynum, visiting artists, world music

A dazzling voice of young Cuba, April 12

3/20/2018 by Rebecca Bailey Leave a Comment

A dazzling voice of young Cuba, April 12

Daymé Arocena, one of Cuba’s most dazzling singers to burst onto the international stage, makes her Hopkins Center for the Arts debut on Thursday, April 12, 7 pm, in Spaulding Auditorium. Her Hop appearance is part of a tour that takes her to cities throughout the US, including April 8 in Burlington, Vermont, and April 13 in Boston. While at Dartmouth, she also will take part in a free artist talk titled “Using Your Voice,” on Wednesday, April 11, at 5 pm, a conversation with Taylor Ho Bynum, director of the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvyTWRB4l4w From … [Read more...]

Filed Under: HopNews, Music, Spring 2018, Visiting Artists Tagged With: Afro Cuban, barbary coast jazz ensemble, cuba, Dayme Arocena, jazz, music, news, Spring 2018, Taylor Ho Bynum, visiting artists, world music

Cuban band plus visiting educators step up the salsa at free outdoor concert

7/27/2017 by Rebecca Bailey 1 Comment

Cuban band plus visiting educators step up the salsa at free outdoor concert

Photos by Rob Strong It was an unbeatable combination: Septeto Santiaguero, playing classic Cuban dance music, and Mexican educators on the Dartmouth campus as participants in the Inter-American Partnership for Education (IAPE),  an intensive workshop on English language instruction run by Dartmouth's Rassias Center. Fluent in salsa and other Latin dance styles, the young IAPE participants helped turn Septeto's July 26 free outdoor concert on the Dartmouth Green into an all-ages, all-dance-abilities party. Let's hope for the same perfect weather and great vibe on Wednesday, August 9, when … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Film, HopNews, Music, Outreach & Arts Education, Photos, Summer 2017, Uncategorized, Visiting Artists Tagged With: Community Venture Initiative, cuba, film, Free, Free For All, Latino, music, news, outreach, photos, Rassias Center, Septeto Santiaguero, Summer 2017, visiting artists, world music

From sheep to (Virginia) Woolf, from zydeco to Peter Pan: summer at the Hop begins June 29!

5/31/2017 by Rebecca Bailey Leave a Comment

From sheep to (Virginia) Woolf, from zydeco to Peter Pan: summer at the Hop begins June 29!

HANOVER, NH—Summer 2017 offers ample pickings at the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College, with five free performances on the Dartmouth Green, concerts by folk legend John Prine and rising star Rhiannon Giddens, and screen offerings include an edgy film series and a sneak preview by documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. In addition is the Summer 2017 crop of new and developing theatrical works offered throughout the summer through the Dartmouth Department of Theater, including an August series involving the New York Theatre Workshop. Thursday, June 29, 4:30 & 7 pm, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dartmouth Student Events, Dartmouth Theater, Film, HopNews, Music, Outreach & Arts Education, Summer 2017, Visiting Artists Tagged With: Ann Carlson, Corey Ledet, cuba, dartmouth film society, dartmouth students, dartmouth theater department, Doggie Hamlet, film, Free For All, grammys, jazz, master class, music, National Theatre Live, news, outreach, Peter Pan, Rocky Dawuni, Septeto Santiaguero, theater, visiting artists

Barbary Coasters past and present praise ‘The Classroom of Don’

10/10/2016 by Rebecca Bailey Leave a Comment

Barbary Coasters past and present praise ‘The Classroom of Don’

After 40 years at its helm, Don Glasgo will retire this spring as director of the Hop's Barbary Coast Jazz Band--but not before a fantastic final year that includes guest artist double-headers in the fall (October 22) and winter (February 10) shows. Former and current "Coasters" were eager to share their thoughts about the lasting  impact Glasgo and the Coast experience has had on them. Here are a few: Vaughn Halyard '81, CEO and Executive Producer/Director, StoryLounge Film Music and Entertainment: "I was blessed to be at Dartmouth during what I call the Appleton/Glasgo Dynasty. Don … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts Education, Fall 2016, Hop Ensembles, HopNews, Music Tagged With: Arturo O'Farrill, barbary coast jazz ensemble, cuba, dartmouth alumni, dartmouth students, ensembles, Fall 2016, grammys, gregorio uribe, hop ensembles, jazz, music, news

Viral-worthy videos from the Coast

5/13/2016 by Rebecca Bailey Leave a Comment

Viral-worthy videos from the Coast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uWeRApWYR4 Clearly, these guys have fun. For a second year in a row, the seniors of the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble, working with a student videographer, have come up with a fun, irreverent video to spread the word about their annual Senior Feature Concert—this year on Thursday, May 19, 7 pm, in Spaulding Auditorium. Catch the fun as departing Coast seniors Kimberly Hassel, Moises Silva and Kathyrn Waychoff get silly in a digital landscape from the group's March music exchange to Cuba! Kudos to videographer Max von Hippel '19. And in case you missed it, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hop Ensembles, Music, Spring 2016, Videos Tagged With: barbary coast jazz ensemble, cuba, dartmouth students, ensembles, hop ensembles, music, spring 2016, video

Drums on the move: Percussion Ensemble meets Amarna

5/12/2016 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Drums on the move: Percussion Ensemble meets Amarna

On the warm spring evening of Tuesday, May 10, the big blue house at 23 East Wheelock Street was alive with the sound of drumming. The World Music Percussion Music Ensemble generously shared some of their rehearsal time with Amarna Undergraduate Society. Members of Amarna were treated to a sneak preview of the WMPE repertoire for the upcoming concert on May 25. at 7 pm. Members of the ensemble talked about the history of the music and broke it down into parts, so the students could understand the complex rhythms that interact to make the beautiful beats from Africa, the Caribbean and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hop Ensembles, Inside View, Interviews, Music, Spring 2016 Tagged With: barbary coast jazz ensemble, cuba, dartmouth students, interviews, jazz, music, spring 2016

“I’ll always play”: The Coast’s Kathryn Waychoff

5/11/2016 by Rebecca Bailey Leave a Comment

“I’ll always play”: The Coast’s Kathryn Waychoff

This is the third of three profiles of the graduating seniors who will be featured in the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble's spring concert on Thursday, May 19. The photo above, taken  by Hannah O'Flynn '15 during the Coast's March music exchange trip to Cuba, shows Kathryn Waychoff '16, at front, with Coast director Don Glasgo and fellow Coast seniors Kimberly Hassel and Moises Silva.  Kathyrn Waychoff '16, from Bethesda, MD, plays trumpet with the Coast. Double-majoring in Engineering Sciences and Physics, she plans to remain at Dartmouth a fifth year to complete a Bachelors of Engineering in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts Education, Dartmouth Student Events, Hop Ensembles, Inside View, Interviews, Music, Spring 2016 Tagged With: barbary coast jazz ensemble, cuba, dartmouth students, ensembles, hop ensembles, inside view, spring 2016

“Developing my own sound and personality”: The Coast’s Moises Silva

5/10/2016 by Rebecca Bailey Leave a Comment

“Developing my own sound and personality”: The Coast’s Moises Silva

This is the second of three profiles of the graduating seniors who will be featured in the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble's spring concert on Thursday, May 19. The photo above, by Hannah O'Flynn '15, shows Moises Silva '16 during the Coast's March music exchange trip to Cuba. Moises Silva '16, who plays drums in the Coast, is from Los Angeles, CA, and is pursuing a BA in Engineering Sciences and BE in Mechanical Engineering. After graduation, he goes on to a job as a vehicle engineer for Northrop Grumman. During his time at Dartmouth, he said, “I grew from a hobby drummer into a real … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts Education, Hop Ensembles, Inside View, Interviews, Music, Spring 2016 Tagged With: barbary coast jazz ensemble, cuba, ensembles, hop ensembles, inside view, music, spring 2016, travel

Spring music break in Cuba!

4/18/2016 by Rebecca Bailey 4 Comments

Spring music break in Cuba!

From March 18 through 25, Dartmouth College’s Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble experienced one of Cuba’s greatest contributions to world culture, its music. Accompanied by guest artists Gregorio Uribe and William Rodriguez, Coast Director Don Glasgo and 23 undergraduate Coast members plus staff and friends toured the cities of Havana and Matanzas, performing six times.  Four of those performances were "cultural exchanges" in which Cuban ensembles performed for the Coast, and vice versa. Three of those exchanges were with students from conservatories in Havana and Matanzas, while the fourth involved … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts Education, Dartmouth Student Events, Hop Ensembles, Music, Photos, Spring 2016 Tagged With: barbary coast jazz ensemble, cuba, ensembles, gregorio uribe, spring 2016, william rodriguez

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