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Thanks to everyone for a successful 1st African Music & Dance Festival! Stay tuned to www.icicle.org for upcoming events like this. Here's what you missed! A five-day program (June 13-17, 2010) as a partnership with Sankusem of Ghana (African Festival of Music, Dance and Scholarship) offering opportunity for intense study for composers, choreographers, dancers, musicians, ethnomusicologists with international faculty. This festival will be featuring Ghana's leading composer Nketia, Princeton ethnomusicologist Kofi Agawu, composer and choreographer Obo Addy, dancers, pianist George François and the well-known concert violinist Rachel Barton Pine. Program participants will be attending workshops, talks and performances focused on African folk music, African contemporary music, dance and scholarship. Please note that online ticket sales are closed now- however tickets are available at the door. Daily Schedule: (all events are in Canyon Wren Recital Hall on our campus unless otherwise noted) Sunday June 13th 2:00pm - 3:00pm Registration: Canyon Wren Recital Hall 3:00pm - 5:00pm Seminar/discussion: Current contemporary scholarly thought on aspects of African Music. Faculty: Professor Kwabena Nketia (composer, ethnomusicologist); Professor Kofi Agawu (musicologist, theorist). 7:30pm - 9:30pm Talk/interview on current contemporary scholarly thought on aspects of African Music Faculty: Professor Kwabena Nketia (composer, ethnomusicologist); Professor Kofi Agawu (musicologist, theorist). Radio Broadcast Monday June 14th 11:00am - 12:00pm Seminar/discussion: Current contemporary scholarly thought on aspects of African Music. Faculty: Professor Kwabena Nketia (composer, ethnomusicologist); Professor Kofi Agawu (musicologist, theorist). LOCATION CHANGE - NOW AT WENATCHEE VALLEY COLLEGE, FINE ARTS BUILDING 1:30pm - 3:30pm Masterclass/Workshops on African derived Music Compositions (strings/piano). Faculty: Dr. Sally Singer (cellist); Dr. George Francois (pianist) 4:00pm - 5:00pm Story Telling at A Book for All Seasons (downtown Leavenworth): George Francois; Sally Singer 7:30pm - 9:30 pm Talk: Current contemporary scholarly thought on aspects of African Music. Faculty: Professor Kofi Agawu (musicologist, theorist); Professor Kwabena Nketia (composer, ethnomusicologist) Radio Broadcast Tuesday June 15th 10:00am - 12:00pm Seminar/discussion: Current contemporary scholarly thought on aspects of African Music. Faculty: Professor Kwabena Nketia (composer, ethnomusicologist); Professor Kofi Agawu (musicologist, theorist). 1:30pm - 4:30pm Violin Performance Master Class on Classical or World Music: Faculty: Rachel Barton Pine. Accompanist: Dr. Oksana Ezhokina (piano). 7:30pm - 9:00pm Rachel Barton Pine concert Johannes Brahms: Violin sonata no.1 in G major, op.78, Violin sonata no.3 in D minor, op.108, and Piano Trio in B major, op.8. Performers: Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Sally Singer, cello; George Francois, piano. Wednesday June 16th 10:00am - 12:00pm Presentation: African/African-American Music Repertoire in Music Education. Faculty: Rachel Barton Pine. 1:30pm - 4.30 pm Violin Performance Master Class on Classical or World Music: Faculty: Rachel Barton Pine. Accompanist: Dr. Oksana Ezhokina (piano). 5:00pm - 7:00pm Teaching Dance Demonstrations of Traditional and Contemporary African Dance: (for dancers and choreographers). Faculty: Master Drummer Obo Addy and the Okropong Drumming and Dance Ensemble Thursday June 17th 9:00am - 12:00pm Open drumming workshop: Teaching Drum Demonstrations of Traditional and Contemporary African Dance: Faculty: Master Drummer Obo Addy and the Okropong Drumming and Dance Ensemble. 3:00pm - 5:00pm DANCING TO THE BEAT OF A DIFFERENT DRUMMER: 3 films about composer/pianist Amy Rubin's field work as a Fulbright scholar in Ghana. (Guest Faculty) Amy Rubin 7:30pm - 9:30pm Public Concert: Rachel Barton Pine, Sally Singer, George Francois, Master Drummer Obo Addy and the Okropong Drumming and Dance Ensemble, Jennifer Caine, Oksana Ezhokina, and Selected Student Performers.
About Sankusem: Sankusem is dedicated to promoting the contemporary use of African music and dance globally by presenting multi-disciplinary festivals throughout the world. They currently are involved in organizing festivals in the United States in June of 2010, and in Ghana in August of 2010. These 5-day festivals are designed to create a context for dynamic and exploratory interactions between ethnomusicologists, musicologists, musical performers, composers, dancers, choreographers and local audiences. For more information on Sankusem and its mission, go to: www.sankusem.org. The festival will culminate with a performance Thursday June 17th, 7:30 PM in Icicle Creek Music Center's stunning Canyon Wren Recital Hall. Advance tickets for this performance are now closed - however tickets are available at the door.
NEW! You can now earn college credits through Seattle Pacific University: College credits/Professional Development Clock Hours available through Seattle Pacific University. For more information go to: www.spu.edu/depts/soe/spiral Credits are $43 per credit (3 credit course) or $45 for clock hours in addition to the registration fees ($400 or $200) made through Icicle Creek Music Center. Sign-up forms for college credit/clock hours will be available at Icicle Creek Music Center.
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African Music and Dance Festival 2010
