Schedule of Events
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Eastman Main Building, Room 404
Composition Master Class with Chen Yi
8:00 p.m.
Opening Concert in Kilbourn Hall
Mbira Masters of Zimbabwe and African Alchemies (Martin Scherzinger, director) (repeat performance of African Alchemies and Antara Winds at Cornell University, Sunday, September 21 at 8 p.m. and Syracuse University, Tuesday, September 23 at 8 p.m.)
Co-sponsored by the Eastman World Music Series
For tickets, contact the Box Office online or at 585.454.2100.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
Eastman Main Building, Room 120
8:30 a.m.
Breakfast buffet (coffee, juice, rolls, fruit)
9:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Paper Session
9:30-10:15 a.m.
Sumanth S. Gopinath, University of Minnesota,
“Trajectories of the Political Ringtone: Hugo Chávez and the Referendum of 2007”
10:15-11:00 a.m.
Carol A. Muller, University of Pennsylvania,
“Musical Echoes: Diasporic Listening and the Creation of a World of South African Jazz”
11:00-11:15 a.m.
Break
11:15-12:00 p.m.
W. Anthony Sheppard, Williams College,
“Global Exoticism and Modernity:
The Case of Chinese-Language Pop Music”
12:00-12:45 p.m.
Ellen Koskoff, Eastman School of Music,
“Musical Conversations in Bali”
12:45-2:00 p.m.
Lunch break
2:00-3:00 p.m.
Composer presentation: Chen Yi
3:00-3:15 p.m.
Break
3:15-5:00 p.m.
Round Table Discussion with symposium speakers,
plus guest composer Chen Yi. Martin Scherzinger, New York University, moderator
Kilbourn Hall
8:00 p.m.
Works of Chen Yi, including the premiere of her Wind Quintet No. 3 by Antara Winds (free)
program includes:
- Two choral works, Eastman Chorale
- Sparkle, octet, Ossia, Eastman School of Music
- Duo Ye, Steven Heyman, Syracuse University, piano
- Fisherman’s Song, Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, violin, and Yin Zheng, piano
For questions about specific events, contact Deanna Phillips (administrative assistant, Musicology department) at (585) 274-1450 or dphillips@esm.rochester.edu.