Award winning and legendary Cuban musician Juan de Marcos is the UW-Madison Arts Institute's Interdisciplinary Artist in Residence for Fall 2015. During his residency he will present a series of lectures on Afro-Cuban music. Topics covered in this lecture will include: The music of Esteban Salas and Jorge Paris; the Cuban Symphonic Music and its evolution in the Twentieth Century; Amadeo Roldán and the use of the Afro-cuban liturgic music; Alejandro Garcia-Caturla; Jose Ardevol and the Musical Renovation Group; contemporary composers