We are looking forward to presenting some of our ongoing research in an a presentation titled "#QuédateEnCasa y Huapango! Diasporic Community and Musical Wellbeing in Streamed Live Performances of Música Huasteca" for the "Sounds of the Pandemic" International Online Conference hosted by Università di Firenze, on Dec. 1-17, 2020. Registration is free until Dec 14, get more information at Sounds of the Pandemic
The POnTE MASCARILLA initiative is a comprehensive survey of the varied musical responses to the COVID-19 pandemic within Latin American and Latino-American communities. Principal investigators: Daniel Margolies - Professor and History Department Chair at Virginia Wesleyan University. Founder and Artistic Director of the Festival of Texas Fiddling J.A. Strub - University of Texas -Austin. Founder and Director of the Gran Encuentro de Huapango en Texas