Music of Southeast Asia

Program Type:

Celebration Month, Featured, Cultural Appreciation

Age Group:

Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Event Details

Bernard Ellorin, PhD, will explore the music of Southeast Asia, a region known for the conservation of  indigenous, colonial, and post colonial heritages. From gong ensembles to improvisatory singing, this presentation focuses on music from diverse communities of practice. Divided between land and sea, Southeast Asian music reflects the landscape and belief systems of the people.

Ellorin received a BA from the University of California, Los Angeles and earned his MA and PhD in ethnomusicology from the University of Hawaii, Manoa. Ellorin’s academic and community work spans over 30 years of educating Filipino American and non-Filipino American communities on Filipino diasporic performing arts. From 2012-2013, Ellorin was a research fellow with the Fulbright Research and Study Abroad Program conducting a comparative study on the contemporary musics of the Sama-Bajau in Semporna District, Sabah Malaysia and Batangas City, Philippines.

This San Diego Oasis presentation is free to attend thanks to the generous support of the Friends of the Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Branch Library.

 

Accessibility

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