A History of Dominican Music in the U.S.

FAIN: MT-253276-17

CUNY Research Foundation, City College (New York, NY 10031-9101)
Ramona Hernandez (Project Director: June 2016 to May 2021)

Prototyping of a website exploring the variety of Dominican music and its genres in the United States.

The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute (CUNY DSI) requests support from the NEH in the amount of $99,999 for A History of Dominican Music in the U.S., to prototype an online platform that will narrate the history of Dominican music in the United States from the 1920s to the present. A History of Dominican Music in the U.S. will expose broad American audiences to the cultural contributions and influences that Dominican musicians have had in the U.S. for almost 100 years. The current version of the project will focus on cities where Dominicans have had historically a large presence such as Boston, Miami, New York, Providence, and Washington D.C.; however, the interactive components of the site will yield other cities where Dominican music culture existed and currently takes place.

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Collecting Dominican Music Memories (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Collecting Dominican Music Memories
Abstract: The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute (CUNYDSI) and the Bronx Music Heritage Center (BMHC) will host an open house on Thursday, August 24, from 7pm to 9pm to record testimonies and photograph memorabilia about the history of Dominican music in New York City from active or retired Dominican composers, musicians, singers, dancers, promoters and Dominican music-lovers that have participated in the New York Dominican music scene during the last one-hundred years. All genres and manifestations of Dominican music are welcomed, from the most traditional ones to the most recent. The open house will be held at the Bronx Music Heritage Center, located at? 1303 Louis Niñé Boulevard in the Bronx. Admission is free, but space is limited, and registration is required; individuals or organizations can register at https://dominican-music-memories.eventbrite.com. For more information on the open house, please contact CUNY DSI by phone at 212-650-7496 or by email at dsi@ccny.cuny.edu. Those interested in bringing memorabilia but who are unable to make it to the open house may contact CUNY DSI Archivist Jessy Pérez directly at jperez2@ccny.cuny.edu.
Author: CUNY Dominican Studies Institute
Date: 08/24/2017
Location: Bronx Music Heritage Center
Primary URL: https://dominican-music-memories.eventbrite.com

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