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Mountain West Center for
Regional Studies
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Utah State University
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Musicians and Scholars

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Musicians

Phillip Bimstein is an alternative classical composer who lives in Utah. He will premiere a new work, titled "Red Rock Rondo," on June 15. He will also participate in a session on songwriting and another on how he created "Red Rock Rondo."

Sarah Sample is an up-and-coming singer-songwriter who has lived all over the country and currently resides in Austin, Texas. She attended Utah State University and has a broad following in Logan. She will perform on Wednesday evening, June 14.

The Snake River Singers are a traditional pow wow drum in the northern style. They are from Fort Hall, Idaho, the home of the Shoshone and Bannock Tribes and play for pow wows and other events across the West. They will perform in the Native American concert on June 16.

The Todí Neesh Zheé Singers are from Kayenta, Arizona, and sing the popular Two-Step and Skip Dance music of the Navajo Nation. They will perform in the Native American concert and discuss Navajo music during daytime sessions.

Cowboy Celtic The music of David Wilkie and Cowboy Celtic has been called a "beautiful evocation of just how much Celtic music inspired the melodies played around the campfires in the wild, Wild West." Over the last ten years, David Wilkie has devoted much of his time to one of his favorite passions -- the seeking out of Celtic origins of traditional cowboy music.

Scholars
Drusilla Gould, an expert on Shoshone language and culture, will teach part of the Native American music course and will lecture on Shoshone music. She will also perform as a member of the Snake River Singers.

Dr. Charlotte Heth, a renowned ethnomusicologist in Native American music and dance, will deliver the keynote address and will teach the course on Native American music.

Lynn Huenemann, a cultural anthropologist and educator who has lived and taught on several Indian reservations, will lecture on Navajo and Lakota music.

Hal Cannon