FSU Middle for Tunes of the Americas offers ‘Seminole Legends and Songs’

Florida Point out University’s Middle for Songs of the Americas will existing “Seminole Legends and Songs” at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, at Blue Tavern in Tallahassee’s Midtown.

“Seminole Legends and Tunes,” the initial concert of the American Musicological Society’s (AMS) Lots of Musics of The usa collection, will aspect Seminole artist Brian Zepeda and take a look at the musical traditions and narratives of the Seminole Tribe of Florida.

Zepeda will existing classic tales and songs that narrate his people’s loaded historical past and lively existing.

“As a Seminole Tribal Council liaison, member of the Florida Folklife Council and featured performer at the Florida Folklife Festival, Zepeda has very long been a big pressure in community-going through audio and folklore jobs below in Florida,” explained Panayotis League, director of the Center for Music of the Americas (CMA). “We’re honored to welcome him to FSU.”

Zepeda phone calls himself “a regular Seminole arts trainer and student” who aims to “share as significantly as I can of my indigenous society though preserving its critical main.”

He will include things like some of his entire world-renowned beadwork at Thursday’s function.

“Zepeda brings an enriching software that calls on his regular Seminole tribal roots and their expression in track and word,” said Gregory Jones, affiliate dean of the University of Audio. “All should arrive and learn extra about Seminole traditions that inspire so considerably in our university.”

The function is the outcome of a collaboration among the CMA and the AMS’s Southern chapter. Members of the Southern chapter include things like students, professors, amateurs and learners, like these from FSU.

The CMA promotes the scholarship, performance and dissemination of songs broadly recognized all through the entirety of the American Hemisphere.

The AMS celebration collection is produced achievable in portion by the Countrywide Writing Project’s “Building a Extra Fantastic Union” grant application. The program is funded by the Nationwide Endowment for the Humanities, which delivers grants to humanities companies to help them recover from operational disruptions introduced on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The AMS concert series focuses on distinctive musical traditions from about the United States in the course of various historic eras,” stated Sarah Eyerly, director of the Early Music System in the FSU Higher education of Music and coordinator of musicology. “The collection eventually explores our country’s deep and assorted history leading up to the 250th anniversary, in 2026, of our country’s founding.” For much more info, pay a visit to manymusics.amsmusicology.org.