[Girma Yifrashewa: The Shepherd with the flute (2001)]
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Thursday, Oct. 22
7:30 p.m.
Jan Popper Theater, Schoenberg Music Building (1200)
Flautist Laura Falzon (U.S./Malta), accompanied by Janise White (piano) and Wilson Moorman (darbukka), performs works by Akin Euba, Halim El-Dabh and Roy Travis, among others, including two world premieres and one U.S. premiere.
American singer-storyteller Karen Wilson and Richard Thompson (piano) perform Lieber and Stoller's "Hound Dog," traditional blues tunes "C.C. Rider" and "Seeline Woman," and "Now, Baby, or Never" by Billie Holiday and Curtis Lewis.
Nigerian drummer and composer O'dyke Nzewi performs "Classical Drum Solo: Solo Works Written for African Single Membrane Drum" and "Intercultural Duos: Drum and Saxophone."
Friday, Oct. 23
7:30 p.m.
Jan Popper Theater, Schoenberg Music Building (1200)
Jamaican-born pianist Maxine Franklin performs compositions by Rachel Eubanks, including "Waters of the Ganges" (1936), "Theme and Variations on an Aborigine Bora Tune" and "Sonata" (1992).
Liberian-born soprano Dawn Padmore performs "Song and Arias" by Akin Euba, "Ive Maka" and "Igbo Songs" by Joshua Uzoigwe, "Because of You" by Fela Sowande and "Songs from the African Diaspora."
Ethiopian pianist and composer Girma Yifrashewa performs Interludes I and V from "Five Interludes for Piano" (1984) by Rachel Eubanks, "January Dance" by Robert Mawuena Kwami, Preludes II and I by George Gershwin, and his own compositions "Ambassel," "Chewata," "Sememen," "Elilta" and "The Shepherd With the Flute."
Saturday, Oct. 24
7:30 p.m.
Jan Popper Theater, Schoenberg Music Building (1200)
The UCLA Philharmonia, conducted by Neal Stulberg, performs William Banfield's "Essay for Orchestra."
Members of the UCLA Philharmonia, along with pianist Girma Yifrashewa, perform Yifrashewa's "My Strong Will."
Jazz composer and musician Jason Squinobal performs with Ghanaian master drummer Obo Addy, one of the forerunners of the "worldbeat" movement.
Sunday, Oct. 25
7:30 p.m.
Jan Popper Theater, Schoenberg Music Building (1200)
The Afro-American Chamber Music Society Orchestra, conducted by Janise White, with Yolanda White (soprano), performs "African Suite" by Fela Sowande, "Grand Slam" by Ed Bland, "Quit Dat Fool'nish" by William Grant Still, "Motherless Child" by Janise White, "The Sugmad Is Dreaming" by Stephen James Taylor and "Wry Fragments" by Olly Wilson. [AfriClassical.com provides biographies of Fela Sowande, William Grant Still, Girma Yifrashewa. Many other composers and musicians in the program, including Laura Falzon, Richard Thompson and Janise White, have been featured at http://AfriClassical.blogspot.com/]
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