International Symposium on Concert Music from the Caribbean: University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) 8th to 11th November 2014

Adam Walters writes:

International Symposium on

Concert Music from the Caribbean:

Traditions, Influences, New Frontiers

Academy for the Performing Arts (APA)

University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT)

8th to 11th November 2014

Introduction

This symposium focuses on musical repertoires from the Caribbean. Presentations of musical traditions specific to Trinidad will be followed by talks from regional composers writing music for concert performance today. By presenting a musical mosaic in this way, the symposium aims to draw connections between traditional and new musical forms and to inspire discussion about how and why composers incorporate local styles in their work.

Following on from the highly successful International Symposium held at the College of The Bahamas in February 2013, this event will be of academic and musical significance to anyone interested in the new music currently being created in the region.

Contributors

Guest speakers include eminent composers, arrangers and performers working across the Caribbean and beyond. The featured local composers all either have Trinidadian heritage or write music directly influenced by the nation’s culture in some way. The symposium also draws on the expertise of many members of the UTT APA Music Faculty.

Jab Molassie

The Symposium is planned to coincide with the week of the premiere of Jab Molassie by Dominique Le Gendre and Caitlyn Kamminga. The first performance of this significant new work from Trinidad provides the perfect partner event for the Symposium, and it is envisaged that patrons of the International Symposium will want to attend a performance of it on either the first or second evening of the event (Saturday 8th or Sunday 9th November).

Schedule (exact timings will be advertised by UTT shortly)

Saturday 8th November

A musical mosaic of Trinidad 1: Traditional Repertoires

A musical mosaic of Trinidad 2: Building Repertoires for Pan

composers from across the Caribbean

Concert 1: Traditional Musics of Trinidad and Tobago

Jab Molassie performance at Little Carib Theatre

Sunday 9th November

Trinidad's composers: an introduction to their work

Round table discussion: Towards a definition of Caribbean art music

Jab Molassie - meet the creators and discuss this new work

Jab Molassie performance at Little Carib Theatre

Monday 10th November

Open rehearsals for concert on 11th November

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Concert 2: Recreating old-time Calypso

Tuesday 11th November

Steel pan presentation by Liam Teague

Pre-concert talk on art music from the Caribbean

Concert 3: New Music from the Caribbean

Cost and Payment

"Package rate" - includes all events across the four days of the symposium (excluding ticket to Jab Molassie*)

TT$ 400 (or TT$ 200 on production of a valid student card)

"Daily rate"

TT$ 150 per day (or TT$ 75 per day on production of a valid student card)

Concerts 1, 2 and 3 - 8th, 10th and 11th November

TT$ 50 (or TT$ 30 on production of a valid student card)

Delegates should pay upon arrival at the International Symposium where facilities will be in place to accept payment by credit card or by Linx.

*Note about tickets for Jab Molassie

Tickets for Jab Molassie cost TT$ 250. Reservations should be made directly through Calabash Foundation for the Arts by emailing Maria Nunes at calabasharts.tt@gmail

Flights and Accommodation

Delegates should arrange their own flights and accommodation. A list of hotels in Port of Spain is attached with this email. The International Symposium can arrange transportation from the airport to Port of Spain.

Reservations

To attend the symposium, please register in advance by emailing the event’s organizer Adam Walters - Assistant Professor of Music at the Academy for the Performing Arts, University of Trinidad and Tobago - either at adzhuh@hotmail.com or at adam.walters@utt.edu.tt