POSTPONED: UC San Diego Helen Edison Lecture Series: Music and the Border

PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. We apologize for the inconvenience. 

The border between The United States and Mexico has served as a creative catalyst for artists for more than a century, but perhaps never more than now as both the relationships and the barriers between both societies have grown. Join us for a lively and insightful discussion with three leading musicians on how they are reflecting on the border through their music, creating art that forges connections and a common community on both sides of the wall.

Moderated by radio journalist Betto Arcos, a regular contributor to NPR, BBC Radio 3 and LA’s KPCC the panel will feature:

• Arturo O’Farrill, multi-Grammy-winning composer, jazz pianist and professor of music at UCLA. His “Fandango at the Wall” was recorded at the border in Tijuana in 2018.
• Martha Gonzalez, co-founder and lead singer of Grammy award-winning band, Quetzal, and Associate Professor in Chicana/o Latina/o Studies at Scripps/Claremont Colleges.
• Jorge Castillo, founder and director of the Fandango Fronterizo festival and leader of the cross-border son jarocho ensemble, Radio Guacamaya.

This program is presented by UC San Diego in collaboration with the San Diego Public Library, San Diego Symphony, and San Diego Latino Film Festival. 

Lecture Series information: http://helenedison.ucsd.edu