![]() Right now, I’m a postdoctoral fellow at the College of Holy Cross in Massachusetts, which is the state where I grew up. ![]() SW: I studied Ethnomusicology as an undergraduate at Wesleyan University and later got my masters and PhD in musicology at UCLA. I eventually picked up the guitar and percussion, and you know. And I studied piano and tried my hand at a few other things like violin and trumpet, but they didn’t stick. SW: Well, I guess my primary instrument is guitar, but I’ve dabbled in a bunch of things. JCV & SW in unison: “What instrument do you play?” Audio: Nação do Maracatu Porto Rico, “Tumaraca/Saudações aos 500 anos” (Youtube) (Spotify) JCV: But I only started playing maracatu seriously in 2011. So every Sunday, they took me to the neighborhood of Old Recife to participate in musical events that focused on maracatu and ciranda. JCV: In addition to popular music, my parents introduced me to local traditions. When did you start playing maracatu de baque virado? SW: Okay, we’re going to talk about that. So, I compose and play popular music with a number of different projects and I also play and lead a maracatu de baque virado ensemble, which is a music tradition native to Recife. So, in addition to your music education studies, have you kept playing music? JCV: Then I did a masters in Music Education at West Virginia University, followed by my doctoral studies at the University of Washington. JCV: Yes, I studied music education at the Federal University of Pernambuco and violin performance at Pernambucan Conservatory. SW: You studied in conservatory all the way through undergrad? So at the same time that I was playing Beethoven with the youth orchestra, they were playing Luiz Gonzaga and Black Sabbath for me at home. I studied violin at a conservatory, but at home, thanks to my parents, I was educated in popular culture and popular music. SW: Were you playing art music on the violin? JCV: Yes, I started playing music at 5 years old at an arts school, and then I picked up the violin at 7. JCV: Well, my primary instrument is violin, but I also play percussion and other instruments as well. SW & JCV in unison: What instrument do you play? SW: Okay, so I’m going to ask you what every single person asks you when they find out that you study and teach music. JCV: Yup, it's the best city in a straight line in the world. SW: That’s the capital of the state of Pernambuco, which is in the Northeast of Brazil, right? JCV: I was born and raised in Recife, Brazil. SW: So, Juliana, where are you from (he pretends not to know)? SW: How about we start by introducing ourselves? JCV: Right, we’re going to talk a bit about why we’re doing this and how we see it working. SW: Yes, it is, Juliana! Today we are going to introduce ourselves and the conceit of the podcast. In each episode we dive into a specific genre, song, artist, or issue in Brazilian music to try to understand how it works and what it means. JCV: Schuyler and I are music professors and musicians. SW: This is Massa, a podcast about Brazilian music and culture. ![]() Introduction Audio: Som da Massa, “Transcontinental Baião”
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