UCLA Dept. of Ethnomusicology offers concert series

The UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology offers a series of events for the public's enjoyment throughout the year. Programs include performances of high artistic accomplishment in various genres directed by faculty of national and international renown, as well as academic lectures, conferences and symposia. For updated information and confirmation of events, the public may call 310-206-3033 or visit www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu.

For events at UCLA's Schoenberg Music Building, all-day parking ($10) and short-term parking (payable at pay stations) are available in Lot 2 (enter the campus at Hilgard and Westholme avenues).

Thursday–Sunday, Oct. 22–25
Dialogue in Music Project: Africa Meets North America Third International Symposium and Festival

The four-day Dialogue in Music Project festival and symposium at UCLA will focus on intercultural relations between Africa and North America through performances, lectures, workshops by African and North American composers and performers, and scholarly papers and panels on the music of Africa and the African Diaspora. The project was established in 1990 as a biennial international symposium and festival at the Center for Intercultural Musicology at Churchill College, Cambridge, under the direction of Nigerian composer, musicologist and pianist Akin Euba. Symposia and festivals have been held in several locations around the globe, including China and India. Each symposium and festival contributes to Euba's idea of "intercultural musicology," which encourages creativity between cultures and within musical expressions.

Nightly concerts are free. Registration for all other symposium events is $50 (four days) or $15 (daily). All events are free for students. For more information on the festival and a full schedule and list of participants, visit http://amna.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/index.html.

Dialogue in Music Project Free Concerts

Thursday, Oct. 22 7:30 p.m.
Jan Popper Theater, Schoenberg Music Building (1200)

• Flautist Laura Falzon (U.S./Malta), accompanied by Janise White (piano) and Wilson Moorman (darbukka), performs works by Akin Euba, Halim El-Dabh and Roy Travis, among others, including two world premieres and one U.S. premiere.

• American singer-storyteller Karen Wilson and Richard Thompson (piano) perform Lieber and Stoller's "Hound Dog," traditional blues tunes "C.C. Rider" and "Seeline Woman," and "Now, Baby, or Never" by Billie Holiday and Curtis Lewis.

• Nigerian drummer and composer O'dyke Nzewi performs "Classical Drum Solo: Solo Works Written for African Single Membrane Drum" and "Intercultural Duos: Drum and Saxophone."

Friday, Oct. 23 7:30 p.m.
Jan Popper Theater, Schoenberg Music Building (1200)

• Jamaican-born pianist Maxine Franklin performs compositions by Rachel Eubanks, including "Waters of the Ganges" (1936), "Theme and Variations on an Aborigine Bora Tune" and "Sonata" (1992).

• Liberian-born soprano Dawn Padmore performs "Song and Arias" by Akin Euba, "Ive Maka" and "Igbo Songs" by Joshua Uzoigwe, "Because of You" by Fela Sowande and "Songs from the African Diaspora."

• Ethiopian pianist and composer Girma Yifrashewa performs Interludes I and V from "Five Interludes for Piano" (1984) by Rachel Eubanks, "January Dance" by Robert Mawuena Kwami, Preludes II and I by George Gershwin, and his own compositions "Ambassel," "Chewata," "Sememen," "Elilta" and "The Shepherd With the Flute." Saturday, Oct. 24 7:30 p.m. Jan Popper Theater, Schoenberg Music Building (1200)

• The UCLA Philharmonia, conducted by Neal Stulberg, performs William Banfield's "Essay for Orchestra." • Members of the UCLA Philharmonia, along with pianist Girma Yifrashewa, perform Yifrashewa's "My Strong Will."

• Jazz composer and musician Jason Squinobal performs with Ghanaian master drummer Obo Addy, one of the forerunners of the "worldbeat" movement.

Sunday, Oct. 25 7:30 p.m.
Jan Popper Theater, Schoenberg Music Building (1200)

• The Afro-American Chamber Music Society Orchestra, conducted by Janise White, with Yolanda White (soprano), performs "African Suite" by Fela Sowande, "Grand Slam" by Ed Bland, "Quit Dat Fool'nish" by William Grant Still, "Motherless Child" by Janise White, "The Sugmad Is Dreaming" by Stephen James Taylor and "Wry Fragments" by Olly Wilson.

FREE CONCERTS

Thursday, Nov. 5 8 p.m.
Turath Ensemble — "A Poet and a Singer"
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
The Turath Ensemble presents a concert featuring the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish and the songs of Marcel Khalife, with traditional Arab music and instruments, at the conclusion of an all-day academic conference on Palestinian poet and author Darwish hosted by UCLA's Center for Near Eastern Studies. This event is co-sponsored by the department of ethnomusicology in the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.

Friday, Nov. 13 7:30 p.m.
Aysegul Kus Durakoglu (piano)
Jan Popper Theater, Schoenberg Music Building (1200)
This solo piano concert by Aysegul Kus Durakoglu features the music of Turkish composers. The event is co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies.

Monday, Nov. 30 7 p.m.
UCLA Jazz Combos
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Performances feature UCLA Jazz combos directed by Kenny Burrell, George Bohanon, Clayton Cameron, Charles Owens, Michele Weir and Charley Harrison.

Tuesday, Dec. 1 7 p.m.
UCLA Big Band Jazz Concert
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Performances feature the UCLA Jazz Orchestra, directed by Charley Harrison; the UCLA Latin Jazz Ensemble, directed by Bobby Rodriguez; and the UCLA Contemporary Jazz Ensemble, directed by Kenny Burrell and James Newton.