The Ethnomusicology Division welcomes Laura Rebolloso as artist-in-residence during Winter and Spring Quarters 2010. Rebolloso is a dancer, poet, and virtuoso performer on the leona, the largest and lowest-pitched member of the jarana guitar family popular in the Veracruz region of Mexico. In 1992 she co-founded the ensemble Son de Madera, regarded today as one of the most important exponents of son jarocho and a champion of the community music celebration called fandango. She also directs a renowned youth performing ensemble at the Xalitic school in Xalapa and teaches dance at the University of Veracruz.

Rebolloso will serve as a visiting artist at the University of Washington in the dance and music departments and will work with Seattle community groups to advance the Seattle Fandango Project, building relationships through participatory music.