What We Do

The VMC engages with folk and traditional music and dance from around the world: "vernaculars" that are learned, taught, shared, and passed-on by ear and in the memory, with the arts of improvisation and performance practice, ​and with practice-based research and publication about them, as they intersect with history, culture, and community. The VMC is likewise dedicated to the study of the "vernacular" processes by which music and dance can be taught and passed on as a community-building activity, as well as assisting in the ongoing cultivation of arts in the American Southwest, across the country, and around the globe.
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