Graduate Music Series: Installment Six
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 8:00pm
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The sixth installment will feature Ph.D. candidate in ethnomusicology Thembela Vokwana and M.A. composition student Aliya Ultan.
Vokwana will present "Amakwaya/Ikwayala: History, practice, publics and futures of Black choral music in South Africa," a historical overview of the amakwaya/ikwayala vocal genre as practiced in South Africa from colonial times through apartheid to the present moment.
Ultan's "Songs for Escapism" is a series of pieces old and new about the ways in which music helps one cope with trauma. The cellist and singer navigates a series of found objects in relation to her instrument, often engaging with trash and recycling. In this material focused solo set, Ultan depicts a playful death and rebirth of values.
Image: Thembela Vokwana (left) and Aliya Ultan (right).