(Madosini.
Pic by Val Adamson
The 2nd International Bow Music Conference is
being held in conjunction with the 12th South African Society for Research in
Music (SASRIM) Conference at the University of KwaZulu-Natal from August 29 to September
1.
Hosted by the School of Arts Performing
Arts Cluster and curated by an international team led by Dr Sazi Dlamini,
UKZN’s renowned music scholar and well-known township jazz exponent, the 2018
event has partnered with SASRIM in a diverse programme of paper presentations,
workshops, select musical performances and documentary film screenings.
As with the inaugural conference of
February 2016, the present gathering has attracted a wide-ranging interest of
local and international music researchers, bow music enthusiasts and players
alike. Of special interest is that a keynote address will be given by Gerhard
Kubik, Austrian cultural anthropologist and music ethnologist, titled Musical Bows and the Spirit of Human
Discovery which will be read by Prof Andrew Tracey, celebrated South
African, ethnomusicologist, Emeritus Professor of African Music and composer.
One of the conference highlights is a
day-long programme, on September 1 at Durban’s BAT Centre, which includes free
bow music workshops and hands-on demonstrations, a musical bow instrument
mini-market, an Afro-Brazilian Percussion Workshop and a demo/talk performance
by Colin Offord, the Australian mouthbow inventor and performer. The workshops
begin at 10h00 and run until 15h00. No booking is needed.
The afternoon will culminate in Conference
Closing Concert from 15h00 featuring an array of top local and international
musical bow performers, among them Madosini (Cape) - umrhubhe, uhadi,
sitolotolo; Bavikile Ngema (KwaZulu-Natal) - makhweyana, mbheleza/mqangala; Prof
Greg Beyer and Arcomusical Brazil (USA and Brazil) - berimbau chamber ensemble;
Rafael Mathusi & Maneto Tefula (Moçambique) - xizambi, xipendani, xitende,
kankubwe; Cathrina Make Magagula (Swaziland) – makhweyane; Mpho Molikeng
(Lesotho) – lesiba, sekhankule; Cara Stacey & Jason Finkelman (SA and USA)
– umakhweyana, umrhubhe, berimbau and electronics, and Mtumbateka Mamatsharanga
(Northern Province) – dende.
Tickets for the closing concert are R60 (R30
students) available at the door.
Registration for the conference takes place
via the SASRIM portal online: http://www.sasrim.ac.za/registration/
For the full programme and other
information check out www.bowconference.com or email: info@bowconference.com
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