BLM Artist in Residence Delbert Anderson to hold New Mexico Workshop, Play Live in Concert at Centennial High School
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Washington, D.C. — Bureau of Land Management Artist in Residence Native American jazz trumpeter Delbert Anderson and his group D’DAT are headed home to New Mexico to teach in music workshops and then perform in concert to celebrate America’s public lands.
As the finale of the five-stop Painted Mountains Tour, Anderson and D’DAT will hold a musical workshop at 11 a.m. on July 8th at the Dripping Springs Natural Area La Cueva Group Site. Anderson will work directly with students of all ages developing a basic musical framework. Register for the workshop via Eventbrite at https://eventbrite.com/e/delbert-andersons-painted-mountaints-music-tour-workshop-tickets-354186741077
Then, on July 9th, Anderson and D’DAT will play a free public concert at 7 p.m. at Centennial High School, performing those compositions as well as other pieces from the ensemble’s collection. Anderson takes inspiration from original Navajo spinning songs to produce a completely different sound that combines Native American rhythms and melodies with jazz, funk, and hip-hop.
The tour is observing and enforcing all current local and state Covid-19 restrictions.
The Painted Mountains tour is the first time the Bureau has sponsored a multi-city musical tour as part of the Artist in Residence program. For more information, please visit the BLM’s Artist in Residence page here.
The tour and residency closely align with Interior’s priority to strengthen the government-to-government relationship with sovereign Tribal Nations. For additional information, visit BLM.gov, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Medium.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.