Join the UCLA academic community and Filipinx American performing artists at a symposium to celebrate the launch of the UCLA Danongan Kalanduyan Collection, which brings the rich living heritage of indigenous Philippine music to California. This collection honors Danongan Kalanduyan (1947-2016), kulintang master musician and NEA National Heritage Fellow, who taught and performed with virtually all the kulintang ensembles in the United States. Donated to the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive by the Kalanduyan family in 2022, this collection of audio and video recordings documenting kulintang gong music and dance around the world is now freely accessible to the public on the California Revealed website.
The symposium schedule includes a premiere screening of selected videos included in the Kalanduyan Collection and a panel titled "American Kulintang: Cultural Transmission and Innovation over 50 Years," presented by UCLA Ethnomusicology alumni Mary Talusan, Eleanor Lipat-Chesler, and Bernard Ellorin. The Pakaraguian Kulintang Ensemble, featuring Kalanduyan’s students and his granddaughter Kim Kalanduyan, will offer a live performance of Southern Philippine music and dance, followed by a hands-on community performance workshop. Music Alive in the Archive is a rare opportunity for UCLA and the broader community to explore the legacy of this master artist and to promote the study of Philippine heritage for many generations to come.
For more information contact: mrussell@schoolofmusic.ucla.edu