THE HERITAGE GAZETTE
A weekly read of what moved in the traditional singing of the Americas: festivals, archive releases, research, awards, losses and revivals, each item dated and linked to its source.
Every week one item follows music crossing borders: exchanges, joint performances, policy and research. The Gazette reads its sources in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French, and publishes in English and Spanish.
WEEKLY READ
MUSIC DIPLOMACY
VOICE OF THE MONTH
KEY FIGURES
ARCHIVE
TRADITIONAL MUSIC LAB
A ready-made module that professors adopt inside a course they already teach. In four to six weeks, students map one living singing tradition in their own city: they interview a person who carries it, record with consent, and map its ecosystem of artists, teachers, places, communities, archives and money.
Every map is open, credited to its students, professor and university, and updated by the next class. Each one ends with a note on what would help the tradition it describes. The best students become VTA Fellows and mentor the next cohort.
The method builds on the music ecosystem work of Shain Shapiro and the Center for Music Ecosystems.
COMING SOON
MAP A LIVING TRADITION
FIELDWORK
ECOSYSTEM MAPS
VTA FELLOWS
OPEN MAPS
MUSIC DIPLOMACY WEEK
Nothing travels farther than a song. Every semester, classes, choirs and community groups across the Americas are paired. Each group learns the other’s traditional song and, during the Week, sings it back online to the people it came from, while the person who carries the song answers back.
Masterclasses, a final concert and a documentary keep the spirit of the original Music Diplomacy Week. Every pair’s story is published in the Gazette as a Singing Story.
COMING SOON
SONG PAIRS
SONG CARDS
ONLINE MASTERCLASSES
SINGING STORIES
BRING A SONG HOME
Miami’s families carry songs from every country of the Americas. Together with a Miami community choir, we invite members and their families to record an elder singing a song from home. A phone recording is enough.
Every recording travels with the singer’s consent and credit. We transcribe, translate and catalog each song, and every season the choir brings one or two of them to the stage. These songs then travel on through Music Diplomacy Week.
COMING SOON
SONGS FROM HOME
FAMILY RECORDINGS
CONSENT & CREDIT
CHOIR CONCERTS
A MIAMI ARCHIVE
Open call for institutions, singers, musicians, content creators, digital artists, writers, bloggers, music reviewers, researchers, scholars, non-profit/grants experts, or anyone simply interested in traditional singing. Let’s get together and create something meaningful.