"Nowhere on the Pacific coast, not even in cosmopolitan
San Francisco, was there so diverse a mixture of racial groups,
so visible a contrast and so pronounced a separation among people,
in the 1920s" (Fogelson, Robert. 1967. The Fragmented Metropolis:
Los Angeles 1850-1930. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
Page 83).
Robert Fogelson's description of a 1920's Los Angeles
still rings true 80 years later. Los Angeles is, more than ever,
characterized by ethnic diversity and separation. UCLA is a case
in point. Nestled between the privileged neighborhoods of Westwood,
Brentwood, Beverly Hills, and Bel Air, UCLA appears to many Angelenos
as distant and removed, an ivory tower cordoned off from the real
world.
The UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive-the third largest
archive of its kind in the country-has long preserved and provided
access to musics from ethnically diverse populations. Since its
inception in 1961, the Archive has acquired many unique collections
of field recordings from around the world and has been noted for
its service to the discipline of ethnomusicology. In an effort
to expand its collection development policy and address the overarching
divide between UCLA and Los Angeles' communities-the Ethnomusicology
Archive and Kayamanan Ng Lahi Philippine Folk Arts have begun
a collaborative project entitled "Archiving Filipino-American
Music in Los Angeles" (AFAMILA). This year-long UCLA in LA
funded partnership has four main objectives: 1) expanding the
Archive's Filipino collections; 2) increasing access to recordings
already held by UCLA and the community; 3) producing a list of
Filipino sound recordings, audiovisual recordings, and other resources
that are currently a part of the Archive's holding; and 4) hosting
an end-of-the-project symposium at UCLA.
The Archive kicked off the AFAMILA project this
past September 6th and 7th by recording and documenting the 12th
annual Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture (FPAC). Presented
by the Association for the Advancement of Filipino American Arts
& Culture (Fil-AM ARTS) FPAC brings together artists, musicians,
dancers, and others with an interest in Philippino traditional
and/or contemporary artistic expression through dance, music,
theater, literature, photography, visual arts, film, video, and
cuisine.
This year's FPAC included performances by Joe Bataan,
Rachel Alejandro, Rex Navarrete, Honey Luv, Kayamanan Ng Lahi,
Giselle Tongi, Paolo Montalban,Maria Quiban, Marie Matiko, Peng,
Native Guns, Kayumanggi Project, Room to Improv, Invid, Deity,
and Pedro Gil. Higlights also included the 5th Annual FPAC Poetry
Slam, the 2nd Annual FPAC Amateur DJ Battle, and demonstrations
of various Filipino Martial Arts (e.g. Arnis, Eskrima, and Kali).
Besides FPAC, AFAMILA ethnographers have been busy
documenting a wide array of other Filipino American performances
in the Los Angeles area. See below for a selected listing of these
events.
Special thanks to our community partner Joel Jacinito
of KNL and to our crew of ethnographers: E.Mel, Amy Frishkey,
Kevin Miller, Jason Nable, and AFAMILA GSR Eleanor Lipat.
Contact John Vallier at archive@arts.ucla.edu
for more information about AFAMILA.
EVENTS DOCUMENTED BY AFAMILA
Compiled by Eleanor Lipat - June 2004
(AFAMILA recordings only; list does not include recordings deposited
by community members)
Click
here to view a Quicktime collage of out-takes from our AFAMILA
documentation efforts
August 5, 2003 - Danongan Kalanduyan Kulintang Music
and Dance lecture/demonstration - A lecture in the "Islam
in the Contemporary World" teacher training series at UCLA.
Presented by Barbara Gaerlan, the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian
Studies
September 6-7, 2003 - The 12th Annual Festival of
Philippine Arts and Culture - "Harmony: Pinag-isa, Agtonos,
Pakighi-usa" - Presented by FilAm ARTS, Association for the
Advancement of Filipino American Arts and Culture, A Pilipino
Artists Network Production - Point Fermin, San Pedro, CA
October 4, 2003 - "From Acapulco to Manila:
An Untold Pacific Rim Story" - Presented by Danza Florizcanto/USA
and Kayamanan Ng Lahi - Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Cal State L.A.,
CA
October 4, 2003 - The Third Annual Filipino American
Library Spirit Awards and Benefit Gala, "An Evening of Hot
Jazz, Song, and Dancing" - Presented by The Filipino American
Heritage Institute and the Filipino American Library - Milennium
Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles CA
October 9, 2003 - "Fowler Out Loud!: The Pakaraguian
Kulintang Ensemble and the Wat Thai Band" - Presented by
Jonathan Ritter, Fowler Out Loud! Series at the UCLA Fowler Museum
of Cultural History
October 16, 2003 - "Music of the Philippines,"
a guest lecture/demonstration by Bernard Ellorin, Eleanor Lipat,
and Mary Talusan for UCLA Ethnomusicology Prof. Helen Rees' course,
20C Musics of Asia.
November 1, 2003 - Kulintang music and dance presentation
by Bernard Ellorin, Eleanor Lipat, Geraldine Santos, and Mitchell
Yangson - Presented by the Manaois Systems International, World
Kali Jukune Do Martial Arts Association to celebrate the opening
of a new center in Huntington Park
November 7, 2003 - "24K:A Night of Jazz and
Rhythm" - Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, CA - Featuring
jazz artists Eddie Katindig, Louie Reyes, Tateng Katindig, Lara
Avengoza, Eddi Coligado, Paolo dela Fuente; directed by Jet Montelibano
November 7, 2003 - University of the Philippines
Concert Chorus - San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
November 11, 2003 - Veterans Day Parade and Community
Health Fair - Historic Filipino Town, St. Columban Church - Los
Angeles, CA
November 11, 2003 - UCR-Gluck Rondalla Ensemble
- Performance at a Riverside hospital rehabilitation center -
Riverside, CA
November 11, 2003 - University of the Philippines
Concert Chorus - Don Powell Theater, San Diego State University
November 23, 2003 - Interview with Back 2 Back,
musicians of Sessions, and director Jet Montelibano, conducted
by Eleanor Lipat - Wesleyan Church, Norwalk, CA
November 25, 2003 - Cherisse Nadal, lecture on Filipino-American
popular music - Music 008 Popular Music Cultures of the US - Prof.
Christi-Anne Castro - University of California, Riverside
November 29, 2003 - "A Back to Back Concert,"
Filipino popular music starring Erick Lerma, Mike Mandap, Sessions,
Mastaplann, and directed by Jet Montelibano, with musical direction
by Christian Buado - Church of Scientology International Celebrity
Centre - Los Angeles, CA
February 7, 2004 - Fil-Am ARTS The Love Bazaar -
Historic Filipinotown, LA, CA
February 15, 2004 - "Romantic Musical Moments"
- Aima Maria Labra-Makk - The Raquel's Residence - 56 E. Fremont
Place, Los Angeles CA 90005
Saturday, February 28, 2004 - UCLA Pilipino Alumni
Association - "Teach-In" on Pilipino Studies at UCLA
Time: 10am - 3pm - UCLA Campus (exact location TBA) - Oral Histories:
Alumni, faculty, students talk about the history of developing
Filipino student organizations like Samahang and the PCN, fighting
for Tagalog, expanding Asian American Studies and Southeast Asian
studies.
Saturday, March 6, 2004 - Immij (female R&B
singing group) - Time: 12 noon - 4pm (Immij's time slot TBA) -
3rd Annual Women's Festival of the Arts - The Ebell Club, 290
Cerritos Avenue, Long Beach - http://www.2ndcitycouncil.org/pagetwo.html
March 6, 2004 - X-Syndrome - The El Rey Theatre
- Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, CA
March 6, 2004 - Fil Am ARTS "Babae" Bazaar
- Historic Filipinotown, LA, CA
March 21, 2004 - St. Columban's Church Sunday Tagalog
Mass
April 3, 2004 - Loma Lane-Doublegrove Block Rosary
Group - Pabasa ng Pasyong Mahal
April 4, 2004 - St. Columban's Church Palm Sunday
Mass
April 8, 2004 - St. Columban's Church Maundy Thursday
Mass
April 9, 2004 - St. Columban's Church Good Friday
Service
April 9, 2004 - Pabasa at Villafranca Residence,
Our Lady of Lourdes Rosary Group - Baldwin Park, CA
April 10, 2004 - St. Columban's Church Easter Vigil
Service
April 11, 2004 - St. Columban's Church Salubong
Procession - Easter Sunrise Service - Easter Evening Tagalog Service
April 17, 2004 - Pilipino Alumni Association of
UCLA Fourth Annual Benefit Dinner - Culver City Radisson Hotel,
Los Angeles, CA
April 24, 2004 - Thanksgiving Celebration/Philippine
Fiesta for Bishop Oscar Solis - St. Genevieve High School
May 1, 2004 - SIPA 32nd Anniversary Awards Benefit
Dinner and VIP Reception - Los Angeles Marriott Downtown, Los
Angeles, CA
May 8, 2004 - The AFAMILA Festival - Archiving Filipino
American Music in Los Angeles - UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive Courtyard,
Schoenberg Music Building, Los Angeles, CA
May 22, 2004 - UCLA Samahang Pilipino Annual Pilipino
Culture Night - Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
May 26, 2004 - Mayor Hahn's Los Angeles Asian Pacific-Islander
American Heritage Month Reception - Peterson Automotive Museum,
Los Angeles, CA
May 29, 2004 - St. Columban's Church Flores De Mayo
Celebration
LOS ANGELES FILIPINO
AMERICAN COMMUNITY LINKS
Advancement of Filipino American Arts & Culture
(FilAm ARTS) - http://www.filamarts.org/
TheFlavorOnline.com: "the online source for
Pinoy Pop Culture" - http://www.theflavoronline.com/
Filipino American Library - http://www.filipinoamericanlibrary.org/
AFAMILA FESTIVAL
The AFAMILA Festival
Saturday, May 8, 2004
1:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
UCLA Ethnomusicology Courtyard, Schoenberg Music Building
We hope you were
able to join us in celebrating a year of documenting Filipino
American culture for future generations of researchers and community
members. This event was free and open to the public.
***Free Filipino Food!
***Premiere screening of video highlights from Fil Am performances
in Southern California, 2003-2004.
***Open listening/viewing of Filipino and Fil Am cultural recordings
in the Ethnomusicology Archive.
***Live performances: traditional, folk, rock, pop, hip-hop, Philippine
martial arts and spoken word.
FESTIVAL PROGRAM*
1:00 p.m. DJ E.T. spins, free Filipino food
2:00 p.m. *The Pakaraguian Kulintang Ensemble (indigenous gong
music)
2:30 p.m. *Presentation: AFAMILA, UCLA in LA
3:00 p.m. Kayamanan Ng Lahi (traditional folk dance)
3:30 p.m. *The Balagtasan Collective (spoken word)
4:00 p.m. *Moonbella13 (hip hop/pop/electronic/R&B blend)
4:30 p.m. *Mike Mandap and Erick Lerma (pop)
5:00 p.m. Abalos Pros (comedic dance troupe)
5:30 p.m. Sayaw Ng Silangan of UCLA (traditional folk dance)
6:00 p.m. *Manaois Systems International (Pilipino combative arts)
6:30 p.m. INVID (rock)
*Please note change in time slot from original schedule!
Schoenberg Music Building is located on Charles
E. Young Drive near the corner of Hilgard and Westholme on the
east side of the UCLA campus. Parking at nearby Lot 2 is $7.
DIRECTIONS: From the 405 Fwy take the Wilshire Blvd
exit East toward UCLA and turn left onto Glendon, make a quick
right onto Lindbrook, and turn left onto Hilgard to Westholme.
Or, from the 405 Fwy take the Sunset Blvd exit East
toward UCLA and turn right onto Hilgard to Westholme.
For more information contact us at: archive@arts.ucla.edu
or (310)825-1695.
More information about AFAMILA is available at http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/Archive/afamila.htm
SPEND THE DAY AT UCLA: Two exciting community events
in the same day!
Support the AFAMILA Event CO-SPONSORS by attending
the API Community Agency Day.
SATURDAY, MAY 8th 8:45 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
UCLA Campus, Public Policy Building, Room 2355
FREE AND ALL ARE WELCOME!!
Students of the CSULA, UCLA, and USC Asian Pacific
Islander (API) Caucuses, the NASW Southern California API Social
Work Council (SCAPISWC) and the UCLA Asian Pacific Coalition &
Asian American Studies Center present:
The Fifth Annual API Community Agency Day and SCAPISWC
Social Work Graduation Celebration
· Learn about the current issues pertaining to APIs
· Learn about the careers available in the API communities
· Learn about current job/internship opportunities at participating
API agencies
· Celebrate the accomplishments of the SCAPISWC student
graduates from CSULA, CSULB, UCLA, and USC
If you are interested in attending, please RSVP by Friday, April
25th to Lianne Urada at urada@sppsr.ucla.edu or (310) 206-2697
or use the registration form.
***Breakfast and lunch will be provided if you register for the
event***
For the past five years, the UCLA SPPSR Asian Pacific
Islander Caucus, in collaboration with the NASW Southern California
API Social Work Council (SCAPISWC) and the UCLA Asian Pacific
Coalition, has organized and hosted the Asian Pacific Islander
Community Agency Day. API Agency Day has been committed to increasing
visibility to the unique needs of the Asian and Pacific Islander
community.
