THE WORLD IN OUR BACKYARD: Featuring ethnomusicologist and composer Dr. Brenda M. Romero and special guests ethnomusicologist and performer Dr. Jay Keister and Mami Itasaka Keister, a Japanese dance specialist formally known as Miko Bando. Romero will begin with a brief lecture recital on early New Mexican folk songs on voice and guitar. This will be followed by two short Japanese pieces featuring Keister and Miko Bando.

(Carolyn Keyes will be performing Shakuhachi and Nokan on the Japanese pieces)