Thursday, March 30th

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM – REGISTRATION
School of Music Building, South Lobby

Welcome Remarks

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM
Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center
Carlos Carrillo (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

Panel Session 1

9:45 AM – 11:15 AM – Música e identidad
Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center
Moderator, Jaime Bofill

La folía de Borinquen: género musical e identidad en Puerto Rico colonial / musical genre and identity in colonial Puerto Rico.
Carlos Ramírez (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

Singing the Nation: Colonialism, Cultural Identity, and Didacticism in Monserrate Deliz’s Puerto Rican Folk Song Collection Renadío.
Luis Pabón Rico (Harvard University)

Thinking Electroacoustic Sounds: Liquidity and Identity in the Music of Luis Quintana.
Noel Torres-Rivera (University of Missouri-Kansas City)

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM – Lunch Break (lunch on your own)

12:00 PM – 12:15 PM – Momento Musical
Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center

ALBERTO GUIDOBALDI: Elegy 
William Satterfield, viola
JULIO QUIÑONES: et in hora mortis nostrae
Jun Hyuk Lee, violoncello

Panel Session 2

12:15 PM – 1:45 PM – Sobre estudios musicales puertorriqueños
Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center
Moderator, Hugo Vieras Vargas
Edgardo Díaz Díaz (Retired CUNY, Independent Scholar)
Ángel “Chuco” Quintero (Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras)
Emanuel Dufrasne-González (Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico)

1:45 PM – 2:00 PM – BREAK

Panel Session 3

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM – Sobre música popular
Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center
Moderator, Mike Silvers

The intersection of music, dance, race, and class in the Club Mayagüezano.
Juan Eduardo Wolf (University of Oregon)

Plena and Collective Historical Memories in Contemporary Puerto Rico.
Hugo Vieras Vargas (New College of Florida)

Concert 1 – Álea 21

Smith Recital Hall
8:00 PM Vanguardias al corazón del Trópico, Álea 21
Manuel Ceide, director (Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico)

Friday, March 31st

Panel Session 4

9:45 AM – 11:15 AM – Sobre reggaetón
Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center
Moderator, Carlos Ramírez

Resistencias históricas contra nuevas estéticas: Comentarios
Alfonso Fuentes (Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico)

“El perreo intenso acaba de comenzar:” Una mirada retrospectiva al verano del 2019.
Jaime O. Bofill Calero. (Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico)

Reggaetón as a Tool for Transnational Social Mobilization.
Maya A. Rodríguez-Reyes (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM – LUNCH BREAK

12:15 PM – 12:30 PM – Momento Musical

JACK DELANO: Siete duos en forma de canon
Heather Beckman, violin
Joshelle Conley, violin

Panel Session 5

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM – Made in Puerto Rico: Studies in Popular Music
Moderator, Jaime Bofill
Hugo Viera Vargas
Erroll Montes
Noel Allende
Noraliz Ruiz

1:30 PM -1:45 PM – BREAK

Panel Session 6

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM – Sobre creación y gestión cultural
Moderator, Noel Torres (UMKC)
Kathleen Jones (Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico)
Johanny Navarro, composer

Workshop 1

3:00 PM – 4:50 PM – Improvisers Exchange Workshop with Roco Córdova and Giovanni Pérez
Orchestra Rehearsal Room, Krannert Center

Concert 2 – Alfonso Fuentes Colón

6:00 PM – Alfonso Fuentes Colón, TROPICAL, Recital de piano de improvisaciones
Music Building Auditorium
Co-sponsored by Improvisers Exchange

Concert 3 – Alberto Rodríguez, guitar

8:00 PM – La voz puertorriqueña ante la guitarra classica
Alberto Rodríguez, guitar
Smith Memorial Hall

Saturday, April 1st

Workshop 2 – Álea 21

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM – Workshop: Construir aquello que no existe
Álea 21 
Manuel Ceide y Liliana González Moreno (Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico)
Music Building Auditorium

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM – LUNCH BREAK

Workshop 3

1:00 PM – 3:30 PM – Bomba y Plena Workshop: Bomba d’Aquí
Spurlock Museum
The Spurlock Museum acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

Concert 4 – Illinois Modern Ensemble

4:00 PM – Illinois Modern Ensemble: Generaciones
Smith Recital Hall

Concert 5 – Roco Córdova & Giovanni Pérez

6:00 PM – Eterno Presente Del Sentido: Composición En Tiempo Real
Roco Córdova, Giovanni Pérez, and guests
Smith Recital Hall
Co-sponsored by Improvisers Exchange

Concert 6 – Armando Bayolo

8:00 PM – Armando Bayolo: Mi Alma Latina
Smith Memorial Hall

Sunday, April 2nd

Panel Session 7

Illinois Street Residence Hall

10:00 AM – 1:00 PM – Futuros Creativos and Luncheon
Illinois Street Residence Hall, Room 94A/B (lower level)
Moderator, Carlos Carrillo
Maximiano Valdés (Music Director of the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra)
José Camuy (Executive Director of Pro Arte Musical)
Pedro Emanuel Franco Fraticelli (Conversaciones Simbióticas)

MillerComm2023 Lecture

2:00 PM – 3:15 PM – Playing Across the Tofu Curtain and Other Conversing Intersections
MillerComm2023 Visiting Artist Tianhui Ng (Mount Holyoke College),
in conversation with Mike Silvers (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Spurlock Museum

Concert 7 – Victory Players

4:00 PM – EL PUERTO RICO | THE RICH PORT
Victory Players, Tianhui Ng, conductor
Smith Memorial Hall

Closing Remarks

Carlos Carrillo, host

All events are free and open to the public.