CMA/Jazz Faculty Spotlight

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Faculty members from Jazz Studies and Contemporary Musical Arts present a wide-ranging program that highlights the breadth and depth of the departments with a diverse range of music.

  1. khyal in Raga Marwa | Ho Guniyana Mila

    Text by Jagannathbua “Gunidas” Purohit

    Program note

    Ho guniyana mila is a “drut bandish”—a fast song—in the raga Marwa, set to a 12-beat rhythm called ektaal.  Marwa's melodic structure is based on a pentatonic scale displaced from the drone by a minor third, creating a vibrant bitonal effect within the dronal ambience.  The song text extols the virtues of music, saying “all good people come together / singing and playing / all wisdom is found in the seven notes / let everyone understand this! // Not all are virtuous, for / good people don’t praise themselves / service is the true meaning of virtue / so speaks ‘Gunidas’.


     
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  2. Viriditas: Whisper of the Rhine and Mountain Streams

    Program note

    Viriditas: Whisper of the Rhine and Mountain Streams represents an extraordinary blend of two diverse musical traditions - the ancient Chinese melodies and medieval Western improvisations. This piece intertwines the tranquil majesty of the ancient Chinese music "High Mountain and Flowing Water" with the mystical and spiritual essence drawn from the works of Hildegard von Bingen, the esteemed 12th-century German composer and mystic.

     
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  3. Eternal Ascent

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  4. Nal Yella Bo | Jebo

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  5. Jimmy Giuffre | The Listening

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  6. Herbie Nichols | The Gig

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  7. Johann Sebastian Bach | Realization of section 21d from St. John Passion

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  8. David Zoffer | Taking Action

    Lyrics by Vanessa Morris

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  9. Lautaro Mantilla | Tropicalismo Supremo

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