A spirited new multimedia exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution tells the story of salsa with the help of a UC Riverside associate professor of music. Xóchitl Chávez contributed research and writing about the genre’s history, luminaries, and cultural influence to the curation of “ ¡Puro Ritmo! The Musical Journey of...
Xóchitl C. Chávez, assistant professor of music at UCR, is a co-principal investigator.
For the past 20 years Tagumpay Mendoza De Leon has been teaching Filipino rondalla music at UCR.
Work includes field notes and observations of in-person and virtual research.
Fifteen UCR faculty members and staff offer tips on keeping a creative spirit in the age of COVID-19
The festival was born from a partnership between Paulo C. Chagas, professor with the University of California, Riverside’ Department of Music, and internationally renowned cellist Lars Hoefs.
