#CPPMusicCouches S1 Ep3: Jessie Vallejo

Dr. Jessie M. Vallejo is a musicologist, violinist, and mariachi musician. Dr. Vallejo is the Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology and Director of Mariachi Ensembles (Los Broncos y Los Caballeros) in Cal Poly Pomona’s Music Department. In this episode, we went over how to approach fieldwork in music, how she kept the school mariachis active during the fall semester, and baking pies!

Featured Works:

The Ethnomusicologists' Cookbook Volume II (with recipes by Dr. Vallejo): https://bit.ly/2ZCDaDT

¡Así Kotama! The Flutes of Otavalo, Ecuador (co-produced and liner notes by Dr. Vallejo): https://s.si.edu/3pBGM3y

Intergalactic Pachamama: Kichwa Cosmology vs. Western Astrophysics: https://s.si.edu/2OVbSX7

The Cultural Toll of the Cholera Epidemic in Otavalo, Ecuador: https://s.si.edu/3bwFlye

Revitalising language through music: a case study of music and culturally grounded pedagogy in two Kanien’ke:ha (Mohawk) language immersion programmes (email Dr. Vallejo for a free copy): https://bit.ly/3k9zu5U

Cal Poly Pomona Department of Music Homepage: https://www.cpp.edu/class/music/index.shtml

#CPPMusicCouches Homepage: https://www.cpp.edu/class/music/podcast.shtml

Theme music composed by Sarah Wallin-Huff and used by permission.

Student Host: Henry Ly

Editor: Sarah Wallin-Huff

Design: Teresa Kelly