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Tommy Comeaux
Endowed Chair in Traditional Music
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Tommy Comeaux was a local physician
and music lover who died in a cycling accident in 1997. The Endowed
Chair in Traditional Music is the result of a grass roots effort in his
honor and for love of roots music. There is a lot of goodwill in
the community and support for this project.
Over $600,000 of the endowment was raised over the years by members of the Lafayette community, to
which the Board of Regents added $400,000 to fund the Chair. The
University administration is enthusiastic and solidly supportive of
this project.
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A surprising richness of resources in and around
Lafayette support the research. Some of these include:
UL Lafayette
Community Resources
Regional Resources
YouTube
Announcement of Position
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School
of Music
The School of Music offers BM and MM degrees. Two of its concentrations
are particularly well suited to form partnerships with traditional
music, and are in fact already engaged in that area:
Music Media division coordinator: Robert Willey has been
involved in documenting regional culture:
Center for Louisiana Studies -
located a few blocks away in the library
The Center for Cultural and
Eco-Tourism
Cultural tourism
Archives
KRVS
- campus radio station and NPR affiliate, even closer than the library,
actively involved in broadcasting regional music, Internet streaming,
active partnerships with School of Music
Other related campus programs
Cinematic Arts Workshop, directed by Charles Richard. samples: [ Congres mondial
acadien ] [ Solar
home project ]
Folklore
Studies - courses and concentrations offered by Department of
English
Francophone
Studies - French and folklore concentrations through Department of Modern Languages
Researchers
Community resources
Cultural Agencies
Economic Development
Musicians
Lafayette is the hub of South Louisiana's vibrant
musical culture. Here are just a few of the many musicians who live in
the area:
Festivals
There are many festivals in the area, and two larger
ones in Lafayette:
Others
Venues
Regional resources
 KRVS
broadcast area
Rendez-vous des
Cajuns - weekly live concert in Eunice featuring Cajun music
UL Eunice archive
KSMB radio
Way Down In
Louisiana - Todd Mouton's resource
New Orleans
New Orleans is two hours away, and is well known for
its jazz and other roots music traditions. We have some friends there
who may want to develop partnerships.
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State resources
YouTube
Remember... it sounds and looks better in real
life!
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