13th SAJE Jazz Conference
Thursday 31 March to Friday 2 April 2016
"South African Jazz - Shaping the Future"
Wits Music, Wits Great Hall and The Orbit
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Thursday 31 March to Friday 2 April 2016
"South African Jazz - Shaping the Future"
Wits Music, Wits Great Hall and The Orbit
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
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 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 Brenda Sisane/Motsumi Makhene 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 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 - DayTwoWITS 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, radio… DISCUSSION panel 4.15pm – 5.00pm Guilherme Ribeiro (Brazil) Samba Jazz 5.00pm – 5.45pm Amanda Tiffin - vocals (SA) and Dave Ledbetter - guitar (SA) Deborah Tanguy - vocals (France) TRIO 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 |
