Published on October 21, 2009
Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Music Akin Euba and Music Department alumni, including George Dor (PhD 2001), Anicet Mundundu (2005), Sister Marie Agatha Ozah (PhD 2008), and Jason Squinobal (PhD 2008), will participate in UCLA’s Africa Meets North America Conference (AMNA) taking place October 22-25. Professor Euba will make remarks at several sessions and his opera Chaka will be discussed during a scholarly session. Sister Marie Agatha Ozah will chair a scholarly session on Music Performance and Technology in University and Studio Environments and give a paper titled “Understanding the Pre-Compositional Resources in Joshua Uzoigwe’s Egwu Amala.’” George Dor will give a paper titled “West African Drumming and Dance in U.S. Universities: The Resurrection of a Suppressed Genre” and lead a workshop on “Observations on Ghana50 at Ole Miss in Oxford Mississippi.” Anicet Mundundu will chair a scholarly session titled “Melding Traditions: West Africa, USA, China, and Cuba” and give a paper titled “Diversity and Unity in African Music Performance Practice in the U.S.” Jason Squinobal will perform original compositions, including a song he composed for Dr. Euba, with his jazz group Horizon Band. Squinobal’s compositions feature intertwined ostinatos and polyrhythm, and many utilize West African traditional melodies. He will be joined for this performanc. by Ghanaian master drummer J. S. Kofi Gbolonyo (PhD 2009).
Published on October 15, 2009
Mark Peters (PhD 2003) will give a paper at the conference Poets, Mothers, and Performers — Considering Women’s Impact on the Music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Peters’ paper is titled “A Woman’s Poetry in Leipzig’s Churches: Mariane von Ziegler as Cantata Librettist.” The paper grows out of Peters’ ongoing research on J. S. Bach’s sacred cantatas to texts by Leipzig Poet Christiane Mariane von Ziegler, research he published in his monograph A Woman’s Voice in Baroque Music: Mariane von Ziegler and J. S. Bach. The conference, which takes place October 16-18, is chaired by Prof. Markus Rathey (Yale) and sponsored by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music in collaboration with the Music Department and the Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Yale.
Mark Peters is Associate professor of Music at Trinity Christian College (Palos Heights, IL) and Chair of the Department of Music. Mark has presented conference papers on Bach, Ziegler, and Johannes Brahms, and his publications include articles in BACH: Journal of the Riemenschneider Bach Institute and the monograph “Claude Debussy As I Knew Him” and Other Writings of Arthur Hartmann (University of Rochester Press, 2003), with Samuel Hsu and Sidney Grolnic. He serves as Secretary-Treasurer of the American Bach Society and is currently pursuing new research on the German Magnificat from Martin Luther to J. S. Bach.
Published on October 15, 2009
Heinz Chapel Choir Holiday Concert tickets are now on sale. Please visit www.proartstickets.org or call 412-394-3353.
Published on October 1, 2009
Department of Music Ensemble in Residence IonSound Project will make its New York debut on Friday as part of the Phoenix Concerts. The group will perform a program of works by Michael Torke, Libby Larsen, Jed Distler, Orianna Webb, and Eric Satie. The concert takes place on October 2 at 8 p.m. at the Church of Saint Matthew and Saint Timothy, so if you’re in the New York area, come hear IonSound on Friday night.
