Thursday, August 12

9:30        Justinian Tamusuza
A Musical Language of an African Contemporary Art-Music Composer: Influence from a Changing Musical Habitus

10:30        Discussion with Roger Zahab
Making the Violin Speak: From Script to Action

11:30        Coffee Break

12:00        Discussion with Alex Knapp
From Folksong to Artsong: Inspiration or Appropriation?

13:00        Lunch

14:00        Keynote Lecture: Professor Dr. László Vikárius
Bartók’s ‘Method’: Questions of Influence, Inspiration, Integration and Integrity in His Reliance on Indigenous ‘Peasant’ Music

15:00        Coffee Break

16:00        Discussion with Sr. Marie Agatha Ozah
Orality and Modern Musical Composition in Africa: A Study of Joshua Uzoigwe’s Art Music

17:30        Recital: Pauline Rovkah, piano
A Celebration of Béla Bartók’s Piano Music

19:00        Dinner

20:00        Recital by Jeffrey Roberts
Guqin, Ancient and Modern, featuring traditional and original works for guquin and guitar by Jeffrey Roberts

Friday, August 13

9:30        Discussion with Cynthia Tse Kimberlin
Scholarly Research and Music Creativity – “Chasing the Waters of the Ganges”: Selected Piano Compositions by Rachel Eubanks and Béla Bartók

10:30        Discussion with Charles Lwanga
Journeying and Survival of Baakisimba drum music in Western music Ensembles

11:30        Coffee Break

12:00        Discussion with Phil Thompson
Intercultural Music Through Collaboration: Case Studies in an Emerging Compositional Trend

13:00        Lunch

14:00        Discussion with Pauline Rovkah
A Personal Journey: Discovering Bartók’s Masterpieces

15:00        Discussion with Jeffrey Roberts
The Composer – Performer Model in a Non-Western Context: Performance as a Means for Research and Compositional Process

16:00        Discussion with Ayo Oluranti
Ajulo: My Composition for voice, iyaalu (Yoruba talking drum), percussion, and piano

17:00        Coffee Break

17:30        Recital by Roger Zahab,violin, and Robert Frankenberry, piano
Music by Béla Bartók, Eric Moe, J.H.Kwabena Nketia, Philip Thompson, Judith Weir, and Roger Zahab

19:00        Dinner

20:00        Recital: Maxine Franklin, piano
Music by Béla Bartók, Halim Ed-Dabh, Rachel Eubanks, and Joshua Uzoigwe

Saturday, August 14

9:30        Discussion with Bode Omojola
Creative Ethnomusicology as a Form of Representation: A Study of the Works of Samuel Akpabot

10:30        Discussion with Omolara Loko
Orality and Modern Musical Composition in Nigeria:  A Study of Selected Vocal Works by Ayo Bankole

11:30        Coffee Break

12:00        Discussion with Oyebade Dosunmu
Orality, Literacy, and African Music

13:00 Lunch

14:00        Discussion with Juwon Ogungbe
African Vocal Music and English Text: Concepts, Contexts and Compatibility in Translation

15:00        Discussion with Razak Abdul Aziz
Maria Zaitun: A chamber opera based on Fatimah Busu’s short story, “Perkembalian seorang yang bernama Maria Zaitun”  (The Return of a person by the name of Maria Zaitun).

16:00        Coffee Break

17:30        Concert: Chike Akwarandu & Temitope Egbeyode-Ajayi voice, with Niran Obasa, piano
Folksong and Art Song of Africa, featuring music of Ayo Bankole, Ayo Oluranti, Fela Sowande, Joshua Uzoigwe, and more

19:00        Dinner