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Center for World Music

The Robert E. Brown Center for World Music promotes understanding and appreciation of global music and dance. The Center is a performing arts presenter and host to artist residencies and workshops. Focused initially on tradition-bearing, folkloric artists, the center has evolved to embrace contemporary extensions of these forms. The Center is dedicated to programming that engages both the campus and the community.

Robert E. Brown's Legacy

Robert E. Brown was an ethnomusicologist credited with coining the phrase “world music.” The idea behind Brown’s phrase was not that all kinds of music should be blended together to make a sonic stew, but that the study of music should take in the astonishing variety of the world’s traditions.

The School of Music established the Center in 2006, using a significant gift from the estate of Robert E. Brown. The gift to the University included Brown’s extensive collection of instruments from around the world. Brown’s private collection of recordings, books, paintings and artifacts were also included.

History and Milestones 

Learn more about the Center for World Music’s past activities and accomplishments.

Give to the Center for World Music 

Our programming is dependent upon grants, gifts and funds. Find out how to support our mission.

Attend an event 

We present and host concerts, lectures and workshops, both on campus and off.

Improvisers Exchange Ensemble 

This ensemble is led by the Center’s director, Jason Finkelman

Location and Contact

Reach out with questions or suggestions. Let us know if you have an idea for an event.

 

Jason Finkelman, Artistic Administrator
Email:  worldmusic@illinois.edu
Phone:  (217) 244-0790

 

Address:
School of Music, MC-056
University of Illinois
1114 W. Nevada Street
Urbana, Illinois 61801

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