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| Resumé Manuel Monestel #12F Urb. Malaga Sabanilla, Montes de Oca Costa Rica (506) 2240639 P.O. Box 506-2050 [email protected] Manuel Monestel was born in 1950 in San Pedro de Moneste de Oca, Costa Rica. For the last 30 years he has been involved in musical research, music production and music performance. He has produced 10 music discs and 25 international tours with his band Cantoamérica. Besides, his experience as a musical producer is based on 20 concerts and festivals held in different theatres as Teatro Melico Salazar and Teatro Nacional as well as other music spaces in Costa Rica. He also produces radio shows on musical topics for the University of Costa Rica radio station. In 2005 his book “ Ritmo, Canción e Identidad” was published by the Universidad Estatal a Distancia Press. EDUCATION M.A., Arts - University of Costa Rica. 2004 Licenciatura , Sociology - University of Costa Rica. 1980 B.A., Sociology – University of Costa Rica 1978 Related coursework: Methods of Reasearch in Popular Culture- Universidade Estadual da Bahia, Brasil, 1985 SKILLS • Computer Programs as Sonar, Cubase and other related to music making and music composition • Languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese and French PRIZES AND AWARDS: 2000: Annual ACAM (Costa Rican Association of Musical Authors) award for the promotion of calypso limonense music. 2006: IASPM (International Association for the Study of Popular Music) award for the book “Ritmo, Canción e Identidad”. 2008: Golden Lamp award for cultural work and artistic creation. PUBLICATIONS: More than twenty articles on topics related to Sociology of Music and Ethnomusicology published in: Newspapers as La Nación, Tiempos del Mundo Magazines as Aportes, Ventana, Popular Music ( Cambridge University Press UK), Revista Nacional de Cultura de la UNED Books “Ritmo, Canción e Identidad: El Calypso Limonense”, Editorial de la Universidad Estatal a Distancia 2005. ACADEMIC AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES Research Assistant, UCR 1971 Research Assistant, CONARE National Counsel of University Principals 1974 Head Researcher, Oficina de Investigación Institucional UNED 1977 Head of Oficina de Extensión Cultural UNED 1989 Audiovisual Producer, UNED 1995 Radiofonic Producer, Radio U UCR 1998 Professor, Escuela de Música UCR 2001 Professor, Escuela de Teatro UCR 2004 Professor, ICADS 1989-2008 Guest Researcher, Centro de Investigaciones Históricas de América Central CIHAC UCR 2002-2003 Guest Professor, Associated Colleges of the Midwest ACM, 2005, 2006, 2008 SOME ARTICLES ¡CALYPSO! Herencia y creación Revista Ancora – La Nación , Costa Rica 2007 The Calypso Limonense of Costa Rica – Regional Footprints_ The Travels and Travails of Early Caribbean Migrants- Published by Latin American- Caribbean Centre and The University of the West Indies, Jamaica 2006 A pesar de usted: La canción amenaza el poder. Suplemento Cultural UNA, Costa Rica, 2006 La Industria Cultural: El Caso de la música- El Caimán Barbudo – Cuba- 2005 Música Afrocaribeña: El caso del Calypso- Nuestra Música y Danzas Tradicionales _ Serie Culturas Populares Comp. By Giselle Chang- UNESCO 2003 Mi práctica artística y su relación con la identidad cultural costarricense en tiempos de globalización. Suplemento Cultural Número 64, UNA, Costa Rica , 2000 La herencia afrocaribeña, La Nación 1999 La población afrocostarricense anglófona, Informe Estado de la Región, Costa Rica, 1999 Las canciones de hoy: ¿Resucitar a los muertos? Revista Fronteras No.3 Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica 1996 La Costa Rica Negra, su historia a través del calypso. Revista Nacional de Cultura. UNED Costa Rica, 1992 A Song for Peace in Central America. Popular Music, #62 Cambridge University Press, 1987 BOOKS: “Ritmo Canción e Identidad: Una historia socioculturaldel calypso limonense”. EUNED. Universidad Estatal a Distancia Press. 2005 CRONOLOGY OF MOST RELEVANT ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES: 1983-present-25 international musical tours with Cantoamerica, Orquesta de la Papaya and as a soloist in the Americas, Europe and Asia 1980-present- Head of music band Cantoamérica . Music project related to the afro descendant Caribbean musical heritage in Costa Rica. 1978- Guitarrist and singer with music band Tayacán 1974-Head of music band Erome, DISCOGRAPHY: WITH CANTOAMÉRICA 1982: Seguirá el amor Discos Pentagrama , México 1985: Haciendo el día Discos Pentagrama México 1986: Cantoamérica Discos Norsud Records Italia 1988: Buscando esa bella flor Kaiso Music Costa Rica 1990: Canto de la tierra Kaiso Music Costa Rica 1995: Por las calles de la vida Kaiso Music Costa Rica 1997: Aribarumba Kaiso Music Costa Rica 2000: Calypsonians Kaiso Music Costa Rica 2002: Palalé Pot Kaiso Music Costa Rica 2003: Vamos Cantoamérica DYM Alemania 2007: Vientos del Caribe Papaya Music Costa Rica AS A SOLOIST: 2003: One Pant Man Papaya Music Costa Rica PARTICIPATION IN OTHER ARTISTS AND COLLECTIVE RECORDINGS: 1981: La Nueva Canción Costarricense con Cantoamérica, Adrián Goizueta, Duo Octubre y otros. 1983: Victor Y Alejandra Enigrac Nicaragua 1986: Festival Olof Palme in memoriam con Mercedes Sosa , Quilapayún, Gonzaguinha, Lilia Vera, Holly Near y otros. 1995: Costa Rica Sampler con Juan Carlos Ureña, Brillanticos y otros. 1999: Cantos por la esperanza y la vida (disco para victimas del huracán Mitch) con Carlos Mejía Godoy, Adrián Goizueta, Guillermo Anderson, Luis Enrique, Alvaro Torres y Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy. 2000: Mestizando Patricia Saravia 2002: Nuestro Canto (Festival Amubis) con Esteban Monge, María Pretiz, Luis Angel Castro, Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy, Juan Carlos Ureña. 2006: Vamos Football, DYM Germany 2006: Beginner's Guide To World Music (2006 World Cup Limited Edition) England |
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