New Meanings: Afro-descendant Percussion Practices
Fri, February 12th, 2010
12:00 am
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Late Registration $85 (before Feb. 12)
Door Registration $100
Williams Student $Free
Student Registration $35
Ticket for the Opening Concert can be bought without registration on the day of the performance by calling the box office at 413-597-2425 Hours: 1-5pm
FRIDAY (2/12)
4:00pm
Lecture Demonstration| Drumming as an Extension of Language: The Djembe as Model by M’bemba Bangoura, Atiba Rorie, Michael Wimberly and Bashir Shakur
5:30pm
Video Screening| Conflicto Rumba: The Persistence of Memory by Berta Jottar
8:30pm
Opening Concert
Featuring Ilu Aye, Pedrito Martinez, Roman Diaz, Cafe da Silva and more!
SATURDAY (2/13)
8:30am
Breakfast @ CenterStage Lobby
9:00am
Lecture Demonstration| Pan-African Sensibility: Contemporary Sounds by M’bemba Bangoura, Atiba Rorie, Michael Wimberly and Bashir Shakur
10:15am
Interactive Workshops I
Djembe Orchestra, Kpanlogo and Shekere
12:00pm
LUNCH @ ’62 Center for Theater and Dance
1:00pm
Panel | Beyond the Physical Drum: Connections in the Diaspora by Barbara Browning, Bobby Sanabria, Sonny Allen and Berta Jottar
2:15pm
Interactive Workshops II Bomba, Rumba and Traditional Afro-Haitian Drum Ensemble Music
4:00pm
Lecture Demonstration|
Regla de Ocha & Batá Religious Drumming by Pedrito Martinez and Roman Diaz
6:30pm
DINNER @ Mass MoCA
7:15pm
Lecture Demonstration| Contemporary Jazz Functions by Tyshawn Sorey
8:00pm
The Pedrito Martinez Project CONCERT @ Mass MoCA
Followed by guest artists Jam Session @ Mezze w/DJ Flaco
SUNDAY (2/14)
9:30am
Breakfast @ CenterStage Lobby
10:00am
Roundtable Discussion|The Diasporic Link: From Clapping to Turntables
11:15am
FINAL Workshop| Connecting the Diasporic Circle by Bashir Shakur
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