Invited Talks

“¿Canción de protesta? ¿nueva? ¿social? Terminologías de la música contestataria en Colombia en tiempos de conflicto” [Protest Song? New Song? Social Song? Labelling Oppositional Music in Colombia in Times of Conflict]. New Song Movements Between Latin America and the World, virtual symposium, July 6, 2021.

“From Protest Song to Social Song: Music, Conflict, and Peace in Colombia.” International Studies Program Global Lunch, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, November 22, 2019.

“Bandas and Regional Identity in the Central Andes of Peru.” Symposium: Heritage and the Politics of Inclusion in Latin American Brass Bands, Bloomington, IN, November 6, 2019.

“De la canción protesta a la canción social: Música y política en Colombia, 1964-2014” [From Protest Song to Social Song: Music and Politics in Colombia, 1964-2014]. Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History, Bogotá, Colombia, September 17, 2014.

Conference Papers

“Searching for ‘Social Song’: Classifying Oppositional Music in Colombia Through Fifty Years of War.” Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Bloomington, IN, November 7, 2019.

“‘Una canción protesta entre comillas’: circulación mediática y recepción de la canción protesta colombiana en los años setenta” [‘A Quote, Unquote Protest Song’: Media Circulation and Reception of Colombian Protest Song in the 1970s]. International Association for the Study of Popular Music, Latin America Branch, San Juan, PR, June 14, 2018.

“Trading in the Political Pamphlet for the Peasant’s Poncho: Transformations in 1970s Colombian Protest Song.” Canadian Society for Traditional Music Annual Meeting, Regina, SK, May 25-26, 2018.

“Los límites de la canción protesta colombiana, años setenta” [The Limits of Colombian Protest Song in the 1970s]. National Congress of Colombian Musics, Ginebra, Colombia, April 27, 2018.

“‘The Combination of all Forms of Struggle’: Violence in Colombian Protest Song of the 1960s-70s.” Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Washington, D.C., November 9, 2016.

“Guns and Guitars: Music and Violence in Colombian Protest Song of the 1960s-70s.” Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Conference, Charlottesville, VA, March 5, 2016.

“Colombian Protest Song in the 1970s: From Commercial Trend to Censorship.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Austin, TX, December 3, 2015.

“Colombian Protest Song in the 1960s-70s: From Grass Roots to Commercial Viability.” Paper presented at the Songs of Social Protest Conference, Limerick, Ireland, April 29, 2015.

“The Legacy of Andean Folkloric-Popular Music in Colombian Canción Social.” Paper presented at the conference, Changing the Tune: Popular Music and Politics in the 21st Century, Strasbourg, France, June 8, 2013.

“Música Andina, Canción Social, and the Politics of Musical Performance in Colombia.” Paper presented at the XXXI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Washington, DC, June 1, 2013.

“Modes and Musico-Historical Identity in the Banda Repertoire of the Mantaro Valley, Peru.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Mexico City, November 22, 2009.

“Performance Style and Musical Aesthetics of the Andean Brass Band.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northern California Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Santa Rosa, CA, March 7, 2009.