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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Zili Misik performing at BU

BU Global Music Festival revives live festival experience on campus

Kendall Richards September 20, 2021
BU Arts Initiative brought together sounds from South America, Africa and Asia for Saturday's festival.
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Where are they now: Boston University alumni reflect on the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Colbi Edmonds April 7, 2021
BU School of Music alumni reflected on entering the highly-selective Boston Symphony Orchestra.
where's the orchestra ethnomusicology of latinidad virtual event hosted by the college of fine arts and graduate music society

The intersection of music, race: A discussion of musical history in CFA x Graduate Music Society colloquium

Ramsey Khalifeh March 17, 2021
Music scholar David Garcia of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill spoke about his research Thursday at the College of Fine Arts and Graduate Music Society event "Where’s the Orchestra?’: A Reckoning for a Nineteenth Century Musicology of Latinidad in the Age of Trump."
The Boston University Art Initiative hosted an Afro-Columbian concert on Friday entitled “Afro-Colombian Music, Culture and Politics.” LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Afro-Colombian band performs traditional music in virtual concert at BU

Molly Farrar November 23, 2020

Colombia has the biggest Black population in a Spanish-speaking country. Despite this, Afro-Colombian music and backgrounds are not well-documented in American society, according to Boston University assistant...

Boston University Professor of the Practice Musicology & Ethnomusicology Leland Clarke, shown in a 2017 concert, performed at the Black History Month concert at the College of Fine Arts Thursday. COURTESY OF LELAND CLARKE

Concert honoring Black History Month educates, entertains audiences

Madeline Humphrey February 10, 2020
The Mosaic Concert Series, hosted by the College of Fine Arts, held its first concert Thursday afternoon, bringing together BU students and faculty to create an impactful performance to honor Black History Month.
Gordon Dale will lead a class on Israeli music Wednesday at Boston University Hillel. PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Hillel course to view Israel through its music

Alix Jansma February 11, 2015

While the mighty competition between pen and sword is well known, some may say the flute is an even stronger contender. On Wednesday evening, Gordon Dale, a Ph.D. candidate in ethnomusicology at the...

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