9th Symposium of Interconnected Arts and Music Performance
Curated by Patricia Zarate Perez
Creating a space to explore the multidimensionality of music and the connections between creativity, improvisation, science, spirituality, and the broader human experience.
10:00 a.m. Why We Animals Sing
Dr. Brian Farrell, Monique and Philip Lehner Professor for the Study of Latin America; professor of biology and curator of entomology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
11:00 a.m. The Enigma of Creativity: Myths and Secrets
Dr. David Carrasco, Neil L. Rudenstine, professor of the study of Latin America, with a joint appointment to the Department of Anthropology in the faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
12:00 p.m. A Wayne Shorter Celebration: Zero Gravity and Beyond
Carolina Shorter, advisor, Berklee Global Jazz Institute, and Danilo Pérez, founder and artistic director, Berklee Global Jazz Institute
2:00 p.m. Musical Borrowings in an Unequal World
Dr. Sindhumathi Revuluri, associate vice president for academic affairs and dean of graduate studies, Berklee College of Music
3:00 p.m. The Role of Music in Repairing Our History
Yvette Modestin, founder/executive director, Encuentro Diaspora Afro, Boston, Massachusetts
4:00 p.m. Rhythms of Heritage: An Afro-Brazilian Drumming Experience
Marcus Santos, contemporary percussionist and educator from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; faculty, New England Conservatory