In a College Music Symposium speech titled "Ruminations on the Center for Black Music Research", the Center for Black Music Research (CBMR) founder, Dr. Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., talks about the Alton Augustus Adams Music Research Institute (AMRI) in St. Thomas, whose work focused on music of the Caribbean:
The AMRI, "included a workplace and living quarters and supported CBMR Fellows whose work focused on the Caribbean. During their residencies, these researchers spent half of their time at CBMR’s Chicago Center and the other half at the Institute, which was located on the island of St. Thomas, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Named after the first black bandmaster of the United States Navy, who was a Virgin Islander, the Alton Augustus Adams Music Research Institute was founded in 1999 and operated through 2006. Its demise was due to lack of funds. Although the Caribbean link was thwarted by the closing of AMRI... a European connection became a reality, without requiring funding from the [Chicago] Center. Located at the Università del Salento, in Lecce, Italy, CBMR/Europe carried out the CBMR’s mission in the Mediterranean and in other locations in Europe."
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Issue 01, Cariso! Summer 2003
Columbia College Chicago
Cariso! is the newsletter of the Alton Augustus Adams Music Research Institute (AMRI), which was located in the U. S. Virgin Islands and operated by the Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College Chicago from 1999 to 2006. Issue articles include: "Alton Augustus Adams Music Research Institute", Another Sount of the V.I. Voice: The Music of Cyril F.W. Creque", "Virgin Islands Support Is Key to AMRI Success", "The First AMRI Workshops and Summits", "Torruellas Performs in Chicago", "Notice to Prospective Contributors", "Rockfeller Resident Fellows to Study at AMRI". Issue 1, 12 pages.
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Issue 02, Cariso! Spring 2004
Columbia College Chicago
Cariso! is the newsletter of the Alton Augustus Adams Music Research Institute (AMRI), which was located in the U. S. Virgin Islands and operated by the Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College Chicago from 1999 to 2006. Issue articles include: "AMRI to Host Public Event in St. Croix", Quelbe is Official Music of the Virgin Islands", "Quelbe Past and Present", "AMRI to Host Rockefeller Fellow Colloquium in St. Croix", "The Adams Institute Becomes a Reality: The Opening Ceremony", "Cariso Chronicles: The Original Music", "Dance Competition, Tradition, and Change in the Commonwealth of Dominica", "May Lecture in St. Thomas and Chicago". Issue 2, 12 pages.
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Issue 03, Cariso! Winter 2005
Columbia College Chicago
Cariso! is the newsletter of the Alton Augustus Adams Music Research Institute (AMRI), which was located in the U. S. Virgin Islands and operated by the Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College Chicago from 1999 to 2006. Issue articles include: ""Christmas with the Ancestors: Jonkonnu and Related Festivities in Jamaica", "New AMRI Hours", "St. John People Love and Honor Their Elder Musicians", "Support from VICA", "St. Croix Colloquium" , "Rockefeller Fellow Dr. Kennth Bilby Lectures on Jonkonnu", "Teaching the Music of Alton Adams", "Tra-la-la-la-la: Music in the U.S. Virgin Islands", "The 2004=05 Rockefeller Fellows". Issue 3, 12 pages.
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Issue 04, Cariso!Summer 2005
Columbia College Chicago
Cariso! is the newsletter of the Alton Augustus Adams Music Research Institute (AMRI), which was located in the U. S. Virgin Islands and operated by the Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College Chicago from 1999 to 2006. Issue articles include: "Performance Forum on VI Music and Dance Traditions", "CBMR Rockefeller Resident Fellows for 2005-06", "March 2005 Lecture and Summit", "AMRI Holds First Workshop for Teachers", "Family of the 'Duke of Iron' Donates Instrument to the People of the Virgin Islands", "Upcoming AMRI Events", "Brown Girl in the Ring and Other Game Songs of the U.S. Virgin Islands", "Stanley and the Ten Sleepless Knights in Whirlwind Tour in Denmark", "Localize IT: Some Reflections on Rock Music in Trinidad". Issue 4, 16 pages.
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Issue 05, Cariso! Winter 2006
Columbia College Chicago
Cariso! is the newsletter of the Alton Augustus Adams Music Research Institute (AMRI), which was located in the U. S. Virgin Islands and operated by the Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College Chicago from 1999 to 2006. Issue articles include: "Adams Institute is Repository, Distributor for Alan Lomas's 1962 Caribbean Fieldwork", "Alan Lomax's Caribbean Voyage: Nevis Historical and Conservation Society Received 1962 Recordings Made in St. Kitts and Nevis", "St. Thomas-Born Composer Presents Score of "Virgin Islands Christmas" to AMRI", "Students Learn V.I. Music from Master Musicians", "Cuban Abakua Society Is Derived from Calabari Region of Nigeria", "The Quelbe Traveling Exhibit", "Letter from a CBMR Resident Rockefeller Fellow",. Issue 5, 14 pages.
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Issue 06, Cariso! Summer 2006
Columbia College Chicago
Cariso! is the newsletter of the Alton Augustus Adams Music Research Institute (AMRI), which was located in the U. S. Virgin Islands and operated by the Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College Chicago from 1999 to 2006. Issue articles include: "More Than A Bandmaster: The Life and Times of Alton Augustus Sr., a Cultural Odyssey", CBMR Ends Tenure in the Virgin Islands", "Performance Forum on St. Croix Music and Dance Traditions", "Thanks from St. Lucia", "Come with Me and Let's Talk about Caribbean Quadrilles". Issue 6, Summer, 2006.