HM 22 — CIPRIANO FREDERICO VIGIL, IN RECOGNITION

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 22RECOGNIZING 53RDAND LEGISLATUREHONORING -THE STATEACHIEVEMENTS OF NEWCIPRIANO MEXICOFREDERICO -VIGIL, SECONDPH.D. SESSION , 2018 INTRODUCED BY Debbie A.

Rodella5 WHEREAS, Cipriano Frederico Vigil, Ph.D., is the most important performer of traditional Nuevomexicano folk music in the late twentieth and Nickearly L.twenty-first centuries;

Salazarand 6WHEREAS, 8his 10life's Awork MEMORIALspans RECOGNIZINGhalf ANDa HONORINGcentury THEof ACHIEVEMENTSplaying, OFcomposing CIPRIANOand FREDERICOsinging VIGIL,ritual, PH.D.social and dance music;

14and WHEREAS, Cipriano Fredericowas Vigil,born Ph.D.,and israised the most important performer of traditional Nuevomexicano folk music in the latesmall twentiethvillage andof earlyChamisal, twenty-firstNew centuries;Mexico;

and e t 17 WHEREAS, hishe life'sreceived work spans half a centurybaccalaureate ofdegree playing,in wmusic leducation nand da 18master's composingdegree andin singingbilingual ritual,education socialfrom andNew danceMexico music;highlands university;

and =WHEREAS, =in 19Mexico, aCipriano lwas WHEREAS,awarded Ciprianoa wasscholarship bornby andthe raisedMexican ingovernment to the smallnational villageinstitute iof afine earts rwhere, 20in of1988, Chamisal,he Newobtained Mexico;a second master's degree in ethnomusicology;

and a t m m 21 WHEREAS, he received a baccalaureate degree in music d r e 22 education and a master's degree in bilingual education from New c e s k 23 Mexico highlands university;

and e a n b 24 WHEREAS, in Mexico, Cipriano was awarded a scholarship by u [ the Mexican government to the national institute of fine arts .208832.1 where, in 1988, he obtained a second master's degree in ethnomusicology;

and HM 22 WHEREAS, because of his love for music and teaching, Page 1 Cipriano continues to work at northern New Mexico college as a part-time instructor in folk music;

and e e 17 WHEREAS, his early background and training in music e e n d 18 instilled in Cipriano a passion for preserving and = = l ] 19 disseminating the folk music of northern New Mexico;

and a l r i 20 WHEREAS, Cipriano has presented thousands of performances t e a t and workshops, including to elementary classrooms in New m m 21 e d r e 22 Mexico, cowboy poetry gatherings in Elko, Nevada, and the c e r c 23 Smithsonian institution in Washington, D.C.;

and e a n b 24 WHEREAS, Cipriano has produced a four-volume set of u [ traditional New Mexican folk music, a self-published collection .208832.1 - 2 - of his own compositions, a manuscript of sixty-sevensixty- seven of his compositions for violin and guitar and compositions for theatrical performances and films;

and WHEREAS, in his many presentations to local schools, HM 22 Page 2 Cipriano brings part of his collection of more than three hundred musical instruments from around the world;

and WHEREAS, Cipriano has been honored as a living treasure, received the New Mexico governor's award in 1994 and, in 2017, was recognized by Governor Susana Martinez for his significant musical contributions and advancements made to the cultural e e 17 education, identity and pride in the lives of New Mexico's e e n d 18 children and many communities;

and = = l ] 19 WHEREAS, Cipriano's son, Cipriano Pablo Vigil, and his a l r i 20 daughter, Felicita Vigil Pinon, have performed with him in t e a t concerts for over twenty-five years, and recently, his m m 21 e d r e 22 granddaughter, Marisol Vigil, and his grandsons, Matzael Pinon c e r c 23 and Alonzo Vigil, have been performing with Cipriano as well;

e a n b 24 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF u [ REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that Cipriano .208832.1 - 3 - Frederico Vigil, Ph.D., be recognized and honored for his significant contributions to creating and preserving New Mexico folk music;

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