Herman Chavez

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Herman Luis Chavez (he/him/his) is a third year transfer student majoring in Ethnomusicology and Comparative Literature. His research project is an interdisciplinary analysis of Bolivia composer and musicologist Atiliano Auza León. Chavez analyzes issues of indigenous appropriation in León’s book Historia de la Música Boliviana and his composition 6 Danzas por Violín y Piano . He previously studied Cello Performance and Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts at Colorado State University. At UCLA, he is involved in the Undergraduate Student Association, Academic Senate, Herb Alpert School of Music Anti-Racism Action Committee, Transfer Student Center, and Hammer Museum.  Through historical, political, and musical inquiry, Chavez seeks to demonstrate how León ideologically constructs dichotomies of race in Bolivian music and enacts appropriation in his compositions.

Herman Luis Chavez (he/him/his) is a third year transfer student majoring in Ethnomusicology and Comparative Literature. His research project is an interdisciplinary analysis of Bolivia composer and musicologist Atiliano Auza León. Chavez analyzes issues of indigenous appropriation in León’s book Historia de la Música Boliviana and his composition 6 Danzas por Violín y Piano . He previously studied Cello Performance and Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts at Colorado State University. At UCLA, he is involved in the Undergraduate Student Association, Academic Senate, Herb Alpert School of Music Anti-Racism Action Committee, Transfer Student Center, and Hammer Museum.  Through historical, political, and musical inquiry, Chavez seeks to demonstrate how León ideologically constructs dichotomies of race in Bolivian music and enacts appropriation in his compositions.