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Whitney Slaten Advises Maia Kamil’s Ethnographic Senior Project
I advised Maia Kamil’s senior project, “Why The Scared Sing: ‘Stage Fright’ as a Rite of Passage,” Bard College, Spring 2019.
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Whitney Slaten Advises Kwami Winfield’s Senior Project
I advised Kwami Winfield’s senior project, “A Critical Organology of the Trumpet,” Bard College, Fall 2018.
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Whitney Slaten Remembers Babatunde Olatunji
I performed with Babatunde Olatunji at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California during a week of drum workshops and a performance on the final day during the summer of 2002 before his passing in 2003. I spent a lot of one on one time talking with Baba about his life, West African musical aesthetics,…
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Whitney Slaten Performs with Babatunde Olatunji
I had the great honor of performing with Babatunde Olatunji and his band at Sounds of Brazil (SOBs) in New York City for their annual Kwanzaa celebration. We were also joined by Miriam Makeba.