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The Conference will be hosted by Wits Music @ The Wits School of Arts, the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Performances at The ORBIT and Wits Great Hall. The SAJE Jazz Conference is a biennial event focusing on jazz research, education, performance, improvisation, composition, discussion, skills and audience development. It is the only conference of its kind in Africa and offers a unique forum for musicians, academics, educators, students, jazz fans, and those in the media and arts, to engage with the latest sounds and ideas in jazz. Along with paper presentations, workshops, performances and jam sessions, there are opportunities for discussion, networking, information exchange, and professional development. The 13th SAJE Jazz Conference is funded by the SAMRO Foundation, National Lottery Commission, Business and Arts SA (BASA), Pro-Helvetia, Italian Institute for Culture, and Tom's Music |
31 March - Day OneWITS MUSIC, 8th floor, University Corner, Jorissen and Jan Smuts Ave
9.00am to 9.30am Registration 9.30am - 10.00am Paper Mignon van Vreden (North West University) Bejazzled: Jazz music to enhance early childhood education 10.10am – 10.55am Amy Campbell (UCT) – vocals Andrew Lilley (UCT) - piano The Art Of The Duo: A Concentration On Piano/Vocal Duet Performance 11.00am – 12.00am Susanna Stivali (Pescara Conservatory, Italy) IMPROVOICES WORKOUT Vocal workshop - all welcome 12.10pm – 12.40pm Paper John Edwards (NMMU) – piano TINTINYANA: A merger of Blues Form and the Marabi Progression 12h45-13h30: LUNCH 1.30pm - 2.15pm lecture/workshop Dejan Terzic - drums (University of the Arts, Bern, Switzerland) European Jazz and Eastern European Folkmusic and its influence on Contemporary Jazz today 2.20pm – 2.50pm Paper Guilherme Ribeiro (Souza Lima Conservatory, Sao Paolo, Brazil) The use of odd meters through timelines (claves) as musical composition process 2.55pm – 3.40pm Nomfundo Xaluva (SA) - vocals From.Now.On: The acknowledgment of identity through music performance/workshop 3.45pm – 4.30pm WITS Jazz Ensemble performance 4.30pm – 5.30pm Discussion Led by Brenda Sisane/Motsumi Makhene Topic: The centrality of Jazz Education in the revitalisation of the South African Jazz heritage and future creative content through live circuits, multimedia and research oriented curriculum DINNER /free time 5.30pm-8.30pm 8.30pm: The ORBIT Jazz without Borders SAJE International Quartet Mike Rossi (SA/USA) - saxophones Susanna Stivali (Italy) - voice Guilherme Ribeiro (Brazil) - accordion Carlo Mombelli (SA) - bass Carlo Mombelli Quartet (SA) Carlo Mombelli, Kyle Shepherd Tumi Mogorosi and Mbuso Khosa Dejan Terzic Trio Kyle Shepherd - piano Carlo Mombelli - bass Dejan Terzic - drums |
1 April - Day Two
WITS MUSIC, 8th floor, University Corner, Jorissen and Jan Smuts Ave
9.00am to 9.30am Registration 9.30am - 10.00am Paper Phuti Sepuru (University of Pretoria) The acquisition of jazz improvisation skills: collective case studies with six South African jazz musicians 10.05am – 10.55am Performance Neil Gonsalves (UKZN)- piano Mageshen Naidoo (UP) – guitar Home and Away - a colourful musical journey from our roots in Durban around the world 11.00am – 12.00am Carlo Mombelli (WITS) - bass lecture/wokshop Using nature and sound design in the teaching of improvisation and composition 12.10am – 12.40pm Paper Melissa van der Spuy (UCT doctoral candidate) The Mechanics of Creativity - A qualitative investigation 12h45-13h30: LUNCH 1.30pm – 2.15pm Jonathan Crossley (WITS) Andeline do Santos (Univ of Pretoria) Twiddling the knobs, or tweaking your trumpet: expanding improvisational pedagogy to embrace organological adaption Lecture/workshop 2.15pm – 3.00pm SAJE AGM Minutes Vote for new board 3.00pm – 4.00pm The SA Arts sector and Jazz – whereto from here? the future of live music venues, arts funding, jazz radio… DISCUSSION panel 4.15pm – 5.00pm Guilherme Ribeiro (Brazil) Samba Jazz 5.00pm – 5.45pm Jazz without Borders Amanda Tiffin - vocals (SA) and Dave Ledbetter - guitar (SA) Deborah Tanguy - vocals (France) Performance/workshop DINNER /free time 5.30pm-8.30pm 8.30pm: The ORBIT Mario Rom’s INTERZONE (Austria) Mario Rom - trumpet Lukas Kranzelbinder - bass Herbert Pirker - drums |
2 April - Day ThreeWITS MUSIC, 8th floor, University Corner, Jorissen and Jan Smuts Ave
9.00am to 9.30am Registration 9.30am - 10.00am Paper Moreira Chonguica (Mozambique) The Economics of Jazz in South and Southern Africa 10.10am – 10.55am Andre Petersen (WITS) - piano Reflections on South African Piano: Abdullah Ibrahim, Bheki Mseleku, Chris McGregor, Moses Molelekwa and more. 11.00am – 12.00am Artvark Saxophone Quartet (Netherlands) Performance/workshop 12.10am – 12.40pm Paper Mike Rossi (UCT) - woodwinds Beyond the Saxophone: Doubling without Borders 12h45-13h30: LUNCH 1.30pm - 2.00pm Mike Campbell (UCT) Composing and arranging for large ensemble in the South African context 2.00pm – 2.45pm Dave Reynolds & .... (SA) Unusual & Intimate ... the future of Jazz in Africa 2.50pm – 3.50pm performance/workshop Nduduzo Makhathini & band (Fort Hare) Listening To The Ground Project: Healing Through Sound – connections between our African Cultures and the spontaneous improvisation in jazz 3.55pm – 4.25pm paper Tumi Mogorosi (SA) - drums Interrogation of the notion of the classroom, a critique on the methodology of the institutionalized notions of knowledge production and validation 4.30pm – 5.15pm Lukas Kranzelbinder - Austria (Mario Rom's Interzone) Ideas on how to start and promote your band as a young jazz musician today DINNER /free time 5.15pm-8.00pm 8.00pm: Wits Great Hall Artvark Saxophone Quartet (Netherlands) Rolf Delfos - Alto Saxophone Bart Wirtz - Alto Saxophone Mete Erker - Tenor Saxophone Peter Broekhuizen - Baritone Saxophone Lindiwe Maxolo Quintet (SA) Lindiwe Maxolo - voice, Sthembiso Bhengu - Trumpet, Jacob Thomo - Piano, Thembinkosi Mavimbela - Double Bass, and Ndumiso Madonsela- Drums |
