Collection of be-bop, bluegrass, blues, country, jazz, rap, reggae, rock, zydeco
and other forms to be made available for research and education
NEW YORK, April 7, 2009 — Columbia University has joined in a cooperative agreement with the ARChive of Contemporary Music, the largest collection of popular music in the world, to integrate the resources of the archive into arts programming at the university and other educational and scholarly activities.
The partnership is between the archive, Columbia University Libraries and the Arts Initiative at Columbia. Holdings of the archive include the Keith Richards Blues Collection, endowed by Richards, and the 50,000 disc World Music collection. read more »
Event Start:
Thursday, December 4, 2008 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
301 Philosophy Hall (Graduate Student Lounge)
Bluegaku: Japanese Gagaku meets American Bluegrass
4 December, 2008, 8 pm
301 Philosophy Hall (Graduate Student Lounge)
The Columbia Gagaku Ensemble performs the classical repertoire of Japanese Imperial Court Music (gagaku, or "elegant music") on ancient and rare instruments. Columbia’s Bluegrass Band, Lion in the Grass, plays the music of Bill Monroe. Reception to follow.
"Lion in the Grass," Columbia's bluegrass ensemble was founded at Columbia in 2004, and has achieved a strong reputation on campus and in the community. Lion in the Grass plays at many campus functions throughout the year, and at neighborhood venues as well.
Toby King is the band's director, and can be reached at: jk560@columbia.edu. Auditions will be held Friday, September 5th, at 4:00 PM, in Dodge 112. (Enter Dodge from College Walk, not from the main entrance on the third floor).
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