A forum for the appreciation of all things related to the classical music of Latin America.
Born in Indiana in 1906, David Van Vactor received his bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University in 1928. He spent the following year in Vienna composing and studying the flute with Josef Niedermeyer, the principal flutist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. He returned to the US and became the first flutist of the Chicago Civic Orchestra. …
Last night saw the conclusion of the Latin American Art Music Festival at the University of Kansas. I gave the keynote speech about the re-imagination of musical Pan-Americanism, and immediately afterward, I conducted KU music students in a performance of four works that our Cayambis Sinfonietta had previously presented on our 2024 concert last fall. …
Yesterday (Sunday), there were several performance events that took place; for instance, one of these was a program of Latin American classical music that was presented by KU music department alumni. You can watch this, as well as all of the other recent performances, on the KU School of Music YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@KUSchoolofMusic You can …