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HONK! A Street Band Renaissance of Music and Activism explores a
fast-growing and transnational movement of street
bands-particularly brass and percussion ensembles-and examines how
this exciting phenomenon mobilizes communities to reimagine public
spaces, protest injustice, and assert their activism. Through the
joy of participatory music making, HONK! bands foster active
musical engagement in street protests while encouraging grassroots
organization, representing a manifestation of cultural activity
that exists at the intersections of community, activism, and music.
This collection of twenty essays considers the parallels between
the diversity of these movements and the diversity of the musical
repertoire these bands play and share. In five parts, musicians,
activists, and scholars voiced in various local contexts cover a
range of themes and topics: History and Scope Repertoire, Pedagogy,
and Performance Inclusion and Organization Festival Organization
and Politics On the Front Lines of Protest The HONK! Festival of
Activist Street Bands began in Somerville, Massachusetts in 2006 as
an independent, non-commercial, street festival. It has since
spread to four continents. HONK! A Street Band Renaissance of Music
and Activism explores the phenomenon that inspires street bands and
musicians to change the world and provide musical, social, and
political alternatives in contemporary times. Visit the companion
webiste: http://www.honkrenaissance.net/
HONK! A Street Band Renaissance of Music and Activism explores a
fast-growing and transnational movement of street
bands-particularly brass and percussion ensembles-and examines how
this exciting phenomenon mobilizes communities to reimagine public
spaces, protest injustice, and assert their activism. Through the
joy of participatory music making, HONK! bands foster active
musical engagement in street protests while encouraging grassroots
organization, representing a manifestation of cultural activity
that exists at the intersections of community, activism, and music.
This collection of twenty essays considers the parallels between
the diversity of these movements and the diversity of the musical
repertoire these bands play and share. In five parts, musicians,
activists, and scholars voiced in various local contexts cover a
range of themes and topics: History and Scope Repertoire, Pedagogy,
and Performance Inclusion and Organization Festival Organization
and Politics On the Front Lines of Protest The HONK! Festival of
Activist Street Bands began in Somerville, Massachusetts in 2006 as
an independent, non-commercial, street festival. It has since
spread to four continents. HONK! A Street Band Renaissance of Music
and Activism explores the phenomenon that inspires street bands and
musicians to change the world and provide musical, social, and
political alternatives in contemporary times. Visit the companion
webiste: http://www.honkrenaissance.net/
Critical Brass tells the story of neofanfarrismo, an explosive
carnival brass band community turned activist musical movement in
Rio de Janeiro, as Brazil shifted from a country on the rise in the
2000s to one beset by various crises in the 2010s. Though
predominantly middle-class, neofanfarristas have creatively adapted
the critical theories of carnival to militate for a more democratic
city. Illuminating the tangible obstacles to musical movement
building, Andrew Snyder argues that festive activism with
privileged origins can promote real alternatives to the neoliberal
city, but meets many limits and contradictions in a society marked
by diverse inequalities.Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco, Professor
Emerita, NOVA University of Lisbon
Critical Brass tells the story of neofanfarrismo, an explosive
carnival brass band community turned activist musical movement in
Rio de Janeiro, as Brazil shifted from a country on the rise in the
2000s to one beset by various crises in the 2010s. Though
predominantly middle-class, neofanfarristas have creatively adapted
the critical theories of carnival to militate for a more democratic
city. Illuminating the tangible obstacles to musical movement
building, Andrew Snyder argues that festive activism with
privileged origins can promote real alternatives to the neoliberal
city, but meets many limits and contradictions in a society marked
by diverse inequalities.Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco, Professor
Emerita, NOVA University of Lisbon
In this book I tell some of my favorite stories from my time
working as a Pennsylvania State Trooper. I will tell you of my
first day on patrol and I will take you on a journey with me
through some of my most memorable incidents I investigated. Along
the way you will learn how I earned my nickname The Black Cloud.
This book covers how the revival that originated in Lakeland
Florida spread to and impacted thousands of people in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa). It also details the
day to day struggles people face living in the Congo.
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