Friday, 4/26/2024
5:00pm | Iger
Ithaca Music Forum: In Whose Voice? The Stakes of Bollywood Vocalities in Aspirational India
with Prof. Anaar Desai-Stephens from the Eastman School of Music.
In Whose Voice? The Stakes of Bollywood Vocalities in Aspirational India.
Abstract:
The songs of Bollywood, the Hindi-language film industry, have long been sung by “playback singers” whose distinctive voices have granted them a form of aural celebrity.
Sunday, 4/28/2024 4:00pm | Ford Hall Jazz Vocal Ensemble Free, open to the public
JVE's theme for this concert is "Steps, Ahead." We're taking BIG STEPS FORWARD in our programming choices . . . like tackling Coltrane's "Giant Steps" . . . and doing a piece by the group Steps Ahead.