When
Thursday, March 27, 6.00 pm - Center for Creative Photography Auditorium
Free Event, RSVP encouraged - Reception with refreshments will follow
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Join us for a public lecture from Dr. Russell C. Rodriguez from U.C. Santa Cruz. Professor Rodriguez focuses on the impact of technology on mariachi music, tracing the history and transition of the ensemble and changes within the practice of mariachi composition.
Russell C. Rodríguez is Assistant Professor in the Department of Music at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). He received his Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from UCSC. His research interests focus on expressive culture and cultural production within Greater Mexico. Rodríguez has worked over forty-five years as a mariachi musician in a transnational arts world. He has composed, arranged, and produced music for a variety of communal theater ensembles, including Teatro Campesino and Teatro Vision. Rodríguez has also worked in the public sector with the Alliance for California Traditional Arts and as a consultant for Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
Closest parkings: 2nd Street Garage & Park Ave Garage
Walking directions to the Center for Creative Photography from 2nd Street and Park Avenue garages