SASRIM MUSIC-RELATED RESEARCH

The South African Society for Research in Music’s sixth annual congress will take place on the TUT Arts Campus from July 19 to 21. This is a milestone event for the Department of Performing Arts of the Faculty of the Arts. The congress will be held in its newly acquired state-of-the-art facilities in Building 22.

The South African Society for Research in Music (SASRIM) originated in 2006 as a result of the merger of the Musicological and Ethnomusicological societies. The focus of this organisation is to foster a culture of research and promote scholarship in all aspects of music. Although the Society’s members are predominantly based in South Africa, collaborations and research into music in its broader Southern African, African and international contexts are fostered and encouraged.

“This conference aims to stimulate discourse on a range of themes about and related to music, including research that extends across traditional boundaries,” says Dr Chats Devroop, a senior lecturer at the Department of Performing Arts and a member of the organising committee. “Given the recent furore in the arts over a painting displayed at the Goodman Gallery, aspects of ethics and aesthetics will also be given a platform. A highlight at this event will be the keynote address by and presence of eminent African ethnomusicologist and composer, Professor Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia of Ghana. Prof Nketia has often been referred to as ‘easily the most published and best-known authority on African music and aesthetics in the world.

Further information from Annemie Stimie at 012 429 662 or sarim@gmail.com or visit www.sasrim.ac.za/www.sasrimcongress.co.za