Saturday, August 15, 2020 | 4 PM PDT
Manilatown Heritage Foundation
Ethnomusicologist DR. BERNARD ELLORIN presents a workshop on the Tagunggu ensembles of the Sulu Archipelago
Kommunity Kultura is back at Manilatown via Zoom! Please join us for our next workshop on Saturday, August 15th at 4pm.
Kommunity Kultura is our traditional Philippine music, movement and cultural education program usually taking place at San Francisco’s International Hotel Manilatown Center but coming to you on this date online via Zoom. Each of our family-friendly workshops focus on a new topic, are oftentimes hands-on, and are accessible to all ages and levels of ability.
This month we are thrilled to be presenting Ethnomusicologist Dr. Bernard Ellorin as he leads a comprehensive workshop on the Tagunggu Gong Ensemble music of the Sama, Bajau and Tausug ethnic groups of the Sulu Archipelago, Philippines. Dr. Ellorin will provide a general overview of the interconnectedness of the Tagunngu music and the Igal/Pangalay performing arts genres.
Participants will come away with a deeper understanding of the melodic and rhythmic patterns found in these group’s traditional repertoire as Dr. Ellorin presents an in-depth explanation of the musical practices of this region based on his ethno-graphic research with traditional native practitioners.
Please join us for this enlightening community event by registering on EventBrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kommunity-kultura-presents-ethnomusicologist-dr-bernard-ellorin-tickets-114361081072
Bernard Ellorin PhD. , is an adjunct faculty of music at Miramar College and MiraCosta College in San Diego County, California. He received his PhD in Ethnomusicology from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa in 2015. Ellorin’s academic and community work spans over 28 years of educating Filipino American and non-Filipino American communities on Filipino diasporic performing arts. From 2012-2013, Ellorin was a research fellow with the Fulbright Research and Study Abroad Program conducting a comparative study on the contemporary musics of the Sama-Bajau in Semporna Distrct, Sabah Malaysia and Batangas City, Philippines. He is currently the music director for the SAMAHAN Filipino American Performing Arts & Education Center and its Pakaraguian Kulintang Ensemble.
Kommunity Kultura is supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency.
And for more information about Kommunity Kultura or the Manilatown Heritage Foundation please email us at mhf@manilatown.org.
