The University of Pennsylvania Wind Ensemble will present its fall 2024 concert – Wind Ensemble in Disguise. The performance will feature pieces by Bach, Silvestri, Tchaikovsky, and Vaughan Williams – music originally written for orchestra, voice, and organ arranged or transcribed for wind band. The wind ensemble is also excited to include Penn Chorale in the concert as the groups join forces to perform Eric Whitacre’s Sleep and John Rutter’s Look to the Day. This event is free and open to the public.
Join Penn Chorale for an afternoon of music featuring works from Melissa Dunphy, Eric Whitacre, and others within the beautiful St. Mary's Church. This event is free and open to the public.
This talk traces the performance of Blackness in Christmas villancicos from Puebla de los Ángeles in the early 1600s. By situating this polyphonic genre within the listening experiences of the growing Afro-diasporic population in New Spain, the presentation reveals defiant voices and expressions of collective identity and the persistent efforts to silence them.