Singing on Solid Ground: Music Education in Post-Earthquake Haiti

  • Lauren Eldridge Stewart

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    Abstract

    The sonic aftershocks of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti continue to reverberate throughout the cultural landscape, particularly within the relatively small but long-standing mizik klasik community. In this article, I analyse the sometimes divergent performances of a composition that commemorates that tragedy. Haitian-American composer Sydney Guillaume wrote 'N'ap Debat' ('We're Hangin' On') from Los Angeles shortly after the earthquake. One performance of this work takes place far from the site of ruin, voiced by distant observers. The other performance happens in Haiti, sung by its survivors. Both performances transform rubble into ruin.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)194-200
    Number of pages7
    JournalTwentieth-Century Music
    Volume19
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jun 1 2022

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