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Every other year, the Massachusetts Cultural Council awards\u00a0 Artist Fellowships\u00a0<\/a>in the traditional arts, recognizing individuals for their\u00a0artistic excellence, authenticity, and deep roots in\u00a0traditional culture.\u00a0Among the\u00a0awardees this year is Irish-American button-accordion player Joe Derrane\u00a0(Randolph, MA),\u00a0who is also a National Heritage Fellow<\/a>.<\/div>\n
JOE DERRANE, Irish American accordion player<\/strong><\/div>\n

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Joe Derrane<\/a> is a living legend in the Irish traditional music community. Born in\u00a0\u00a0Boston\u00a0to Irish immigrant parents,\u00a0Derrane\u00a0developed an early affinity for the button accordion and Irish traditional music.\u00a0At age 14, he was\u00a0playing regularly\u00a0in the ballroom dance scene that was booming in the Dudley Street section of Roxbury.\u00a0At age 17,\u00a0Derrane\u00a0recorded the first in a\u00a0series of 78-rpm recordings, which have since become legendary in the Irish music world.\u00a0Decades later, Derrane’s musicianship\u00a0is\u00a0marked by his unique ornamentation, vigor, and flawless execution.\u00a0\u00a0In addition to his virtuosity on the button box, Derrane\u00a0is known for his tune compositions, many of which have entered the repertoire of Irish musicians on both sides of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n

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YARY LIVAN, Cambodian ceramicist<\/strong><\/p>\n

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An MCC Artist Fellowship also went to\u00a0 Yary Livan <\/a>(Lowell, MA), master of traditional Cambodian ceramics and kiln building. His work draws on the rich heritage of Cambodian culture, including influences from ancient imperial Khmer kiln sites,\u00a0such as Angkor Wat<\/a>, and incorporates Khmer imagery, relief carving, and design. Livan recently served as master artist in MCC’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program, passing on what he knows of kbach<\/a><\/em>, the basic element of design in Khmer art, to apprentice Samnang Khoeun. The two are building a smokeless wood-burning kiln on the grounds of Lowell National Historical Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In addition to these two Artist Fellowships in the Traditional Arts,\u00a0four Finalist awards were\u00a0announced.<\/p>\n

VER\u00d3NICA ROBLES, Mariachi musician<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ver\u00f3nica Robles<\/a> has Mariachi music in her blood. “I first learned the traditoinal music of my home country, Mexicao, from my grandmother, whom I would spend hours with in the kitchen as she prepared dishes such as chicharron prensado<\/em>, con calabazas<\/em>, elote y nopales<\/em>.\u00a0 .\u00a0 . ” It was in Mexico City’s Plaza Garibaldi, the cradle of Mariachi music, where Ver\u00f3nica was introduced to the Mariachi group led by El Chiquis. She began working with his group at age 15, learning hundreds of songs and musical styles. Robles has made Massachusetts home since 2000, where she specializes in performing for young audiences through school assembles, residencies and dance workshops. Her television show, Orale con Ver\u00f3nica<\/em>, has been on the air since 2002.<\/p>\n

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KHENPO CHOPEL, Tibetan torma maker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Khenpo Chopel<\/a> was born in Tibet and became a monk at the age of 14. Holding the title of \u201ckhenpo\u201d (a spiritual degree given after three years of intensive study in Tibetan Buddhism), Chopel is a master torma\u00a0 maker and tantric practitioner.\u00a0 Tormas (pictured above) are a\u00a0traditional art form essential for everyday practice in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and households. These ritual forms\u00a0— in conical shapes of bright colors — are\u00a0made both as\u00a0an offering to a deity and as a\u00a0representation of a deity.\u00a0\u00a0Since 2009, Chopel has been living at the Drikung Meditation Center in Arlington, Massachusetts, where he serves as a master torma-maker and tantric practitioner.<\/p>\n

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JORGE ARCE, Afro Caribbean percussionist and educator<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jorge Arce<\/a> grew up in the B\u00e9lgica, a working class neighborhood of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Ponce is known as the wellspring of bomba, plena, and danza, traditional Afro Caribbean styles of music and dance. Born into a family of dancers and singers, Arce grew up with Plena folk groups and musicians.\u00a0 Arce credits Don Rafael Cepda and family with expanding his knowledge of bomba. In addition to his life-long work in Bomba and Plena, Arce is an experienced actor, dancer, and cultural historian. He is considered an expert on the history of Puerto Rican’s African people and their descendants. Touring the United States since 1975 as a musician and educator, Arce continues to give workshops, lectures, residencies and performances at schools, festivals, and community organizations.<\/p>\n

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DANNY MEKONNEN,\u00a0Ethiopian American musician<\/strong><\/p>\n

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By the time he was an accomplished saxophonist, Danny Mekonnen<\/a> sought out master Ethiopian musicians to learn to play the traditional instruments of his Ethiopian heritage. In 2006, Mekonnen founded Debo Band, an Ethiopian music collective melding traditional East African polyrhythms, American soul and funk, and the layered instrumentation of Eastern European brass bands, to form a sound that is a jubilant reinvention of music that once rocked Ethiopia\u2019s capital, Addis Ababa. He also performs for events within the Ethiopian community, such as weddings and adoption community gatherings for American parents of Ethiopian children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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