Speakers/Chautauqua Catalog

Name Dr. Cipriano Vigil
Email cipriano505@windstream.net
Phone 575/581-4520
Address Box 747
El Rito, NM  87530
US
Biographical Info Cipriano Vigil's vast knowledge of New Mexico music comes from personal experience and a Ph.D. in Musicology. He teaches at Northern New Mexico Community College. *Please read the booking guidelines before applying for funds. Speaker must be contacted by host to arrange presentation date*
Program Title RITUAL AND TRADITIONAL FOLK MUSIC AND SONG OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO
Program Description
Cipriano Vigil, a native of Chamisal in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, is the living embodiment of Nuevo Mexicano ritual music. As a boy, he learned from the previous generations of musicians at bailes (dances) and at entriegas, matrimonios y difuntos (christenings, marriages and funerals.) He takes you back to the encircling institutions where these village rituals bound families and neighbors together in responsibility for each other. His songs in the nueva canción tradition (related to U.S. protest and labor songs) address poignant issues of today.
Series Art, Music and Dance
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