Performances - Publications - Conferences and seminars - Other research activity

Lectures accompanying performances

The Cinquillo and other Creole Ostinati in Cuba, Mexico, Argentina and the US
25 January 2012, Instituto Cervantes, Manchester. A lecture presentation accompanying a 'Charanga del Norte' performance.

The Trombone and Flute Salsa Tradition: Cuban Influenced New York
29 February 2012, Instituto Cervantes, Manchester. A lecture presentation accompanying a 'Trombanga del Norte' performance.

Commissions

Commission from Tanya Cusan Theatre Productions and the Arts Council of England (2003 - 2004) for dance theatre compositions and recordings 'Valentino' and 'La Carmela.'

Charanga del Norte performances

Seven Arts Centre, Seven Jazz, Leeds, 13 May 2010
Grimsby Festival (Humbersound), 30 July 2010
Lakes Alive Festival, Carlisle, 24 May 2009
Victoria Park with Orquesta Aragón & Changui de Guantanamo, 21 June 2009
Barbican, London, 28 June 2009
Civic Theatre, Barnsley, 7 November 2009
Marsden Mechanics, 1 March 2008
John Leggott College Scunthorpe, 26 April 2008
York World Music Fiesta, 5 May 2008
Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield, 3 August 2008
Colchester Arts Centre, 23 August 2008
Leeds Metropolitan University, 13 September 2006
Sheffield University concert series, 17 October 2006
College of St Johns, York 12th Night Salsa Extravaganza, 5 January 2007
Instituto Cervantes, Manchester, 21 February 2007
Instituto Cervantes, Leeds, 22 February 2007
Richmond, Yorkshire, 24 August 2007
The New Picket, Liverpool, 13 October 2007
Otley Courthouse Arts Centre, 3 Dec 2005
Leeds Hi-Fi Club, 24 April 2006
Colchester Arts Centre, 24 June 2006
Park Lane College, Leeds, 6 July 2006
Hull Jazz Festival, 29 July 2006
Darlington Arts Centre, 29 July 2006

2005 Charanga del Norte Arts Council Tour

Darlington Arts Centre, 28 May
Helmsley Arts Centre, 4 June
The Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy, Fife, June 11
Sunderland Kite Festival (organised by Sage Gateshead), 2-3 July
Colchester Arts Centre, 9 July
North Cornwall Arts, Bodmin Moor festival, 22 July
Trowbridge Festival, 23 July

2003 Charanga del Norte Arts Council UK Tour

Wiltshire Music Centre, 14 June
Queens Gardens, Hull, 21 June
Bar Rumba, London, 24 June
Colchester Arts Centre, 28 June
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (supporting Eliades Ochoa), 2 July
Fiddlers, Bristol, 4 July
Cheltenham Town Hall, 8 July
The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, 11 July
The Y Theatre, Leicester, 18 July
Brampton Live Festival, 19 July
Harrogate International Festival, 20 July
Trowbridge Festival, 27 July
Sidmouth Festival, 1 August
Chapel Allerton Arts Festival, Leeds, 27 August
Musicport Festival, Whitby, 25 October

2001 Charanga del Norte Arts Council UK Tour

Manchester Streets Ahead Festival, 13 May
Whitby Musicport (Pre-Festival), 28 May
Woodhouse Millennium Festival, Leeds, 3 June
The Vale Centre, Todmorden, 10 June
Heeley Festival, Sheffield, 24 June
Kirkstall Festival, Leeds, 8 July
The Underground, Leeds T & C (Casa Latina), 25 July
The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth, 28 July
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester ('Hola Mundo' Festival), 3 August
Talking Heads, Southampton, 25 August
Colchester Arts Centre, 26 August
The Tower Arts Centre, Winchester, 8 September
The Castle, Wellingborough, 22 September
The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, 23 September
Whitby Musicport Festival, 30 September

Books

Cuban Flute Style: Interpretation and Improvisation, Scarecrow Press. To be published in 2013.

Chapters in books

In Press: 'Cuban Son' in The Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World (EPMOW): Part 3 Genres (Caribbean and Latin American genres). To be published in 2013.

In Press: 'Música Guajira' in The Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World (EPMOW): Part 3 Genres (Caribbean and Latin American genres). To be published in 2013.

Journal Articles

'Perceptions of Authenticity in the Performance of Cuban Popular Music in the UK: reflections on the promotion and reception of UK-based Charanga del Norte's music since 1998', Journal of European Popular Culture. This special issue entitled 'European Popular Musics: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue' is based on a symposium held at Leeds University in June 2011 by the Popular Cultures Research Network (PCRN) and is due for publication in 2013.

Journal Reviews

Book Review of Robin Moore's 'Music and Revolution: Cultural Change in Socialist Cuba' in Cultural Politics, Volume 03, Issue 02, (July 2007), 265 -268.

Two CD reviews: 'Out of Cuba: Latin American Music takes Africa by Storm' and '¡Cubalive!' in The World of Music, 48 (1) (2006), 151-154.

Newspaper / periodical pieces in the non-academic press

'The Charanga Flute Players of Cuba', PAN, the Journal of the British Flute Society, Vol. 27 (2), (June 2008), 45-51

'Cuba's Charanga flute style', PAN, the Journal of the British Flute Society, Vol. 22 (1), (March 2003), 22-25

'The Cuban Charanga' and 'Interview with Richard Egües', PAN, the Journal of the British Flute Society, Vol. 19 (4), (December 2000), 46-53

Conference/seminar papers and presentations

International:

Flute Improvisation in the Cuban Danzón as part of a panel led by Professor Robin Moore (University of Texas Austin) entitled The Danzón in Cuba and Mexico

16-20 November 2011, Society For Ethnomusicology (SEM) annual conference, Philadelphia
23-26 May 2012, Latin American Studies Association (LASA) international congress, San Francisco

¿El Danzón Inglés? (The English Danzón?)
1 April 2009, International Danzón Conference UNEAC, Havana. A one hour presentation given in Spanish on the Cuban flute style of improvisation and on the history of the UK's only charanga orquesta 'Charanga del Norte.'


UK:

Perceptions of Authenticity in the Performance of Cuban Popular Music in the UK
as part of the 16 March 2012, 'Multiculturalism and Music in Britain' seminar, King's College London.

Performing Cuban Music in the UK: reflections on the promotion and reception of Charanga del Norte's music since 1998
13 June 2011, Popular Cultures Research Network, European Popular Musics Symposium, University of Leeds.

A Demonstration of my Collaborative Work with Veteran Cuban Musicians in Havana, RMA 'Musical Collaborations' Conference, University of Leeds, 23 October 2010.

Making it Mine: Interpretation and Improvisation in the Performance of 'El Bodeguero',
21 November 2009, Latin American Music Seminar Day, London, organised by Henry Stobart (Royal Holloway University)
17 June 11, City University, London (RMA Performing Musicology Study Day)

The Thieving Magpie: Musical Borrowings, Quotes and Signifiers in Cuban Charanga Improvisation
17 April 2009, Forum for Ethnomusicology Conference, Liverpool Hope University,
10 September 2008, Leeds University 'Locating Popular Cultures' Conference,
22 November 2008, Latin American Music Seminar Day, Centre for Latin American Studies, London.

A Journey into Stylistic Improvisation: A Demonstration of Practice as Research
09 January 2009 RMA Research Students' Conference, Kings College, London,
16 December 2008 Leeds University School of Music

Cha Cha Charanga: An Appreciation of Orquesta Aragón
07 February 2007 and 16 May 2007, University of Leeds
07 June 2007, University of Huddersfield

A History of the Cuban Charanga
21 February 2007 and 22 February 2007 Instituto Cervantes (Leeds and Manchester)


Lecture presentations accompanying Charanga del Norte performances:

Cubanising Beethoven's Fifth: An Analysis of 'Quinta Guajira' by Orquesta Broadway and 'Voy Hablar con tu Papá' by Orquesta Aragón
21 November 2006, University of Leeds

The Performer as Researcher: On-going Research into the Cuban Charanga Flute Style
02 July 06, Palatine Conference at the Royal Northern College of Music
13 December 2006, University of Leeds

Springboards and Trampolines: An Analysis of Two Flute Solos by Richard Egües from Orquesta Aragón
07 December 2005, University of Leeds

Recordings

Charanga Del norte, Our Mam in Havana (CDN00CD09, 2008)
Sue Miller and Her Charanga Del Norte, Look Back in Charanga (CDN00CD10, 2010)

Previous Charanga del Norte recordings featuring Sue's compositions, arrangements and performances (flute and vocal) have been used on the following commercial compilations:
The Essential Guide to Salsa (Union Square Records, 2005 and re-issued 2012 ) ESGCD303
Everybody Salsa Volume 1 (Avid Records, BMG, 1998) AVC 636
Everybody Salsa Volume 2 (Avid Records, BMG, 1999) AVC 677