NEC Summer Intercultural Institute
June - July 2007/ Boston

Courses at the New England Conservatory of Music
During the Summer of 2007, NEC and Tufts will partner to present a summer intercultural institute. For exact dates, more detailed program information on housing and tuition, please visit NEC's World Music site by clicking here.

Session I: Unlocking the Art of Flamenco
Faculty: Jonathan "Juanito" Pascual, guitar
With guest faculty in dance, voice, percussion
at New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
Contact: Liam Malloy, Program Coordinator, 617.585.1190
worldmusic@newenglandconservatory.edu

Sunday, June 24-Satuday, June 30
Sunday, June 24, 2:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Monday June 25- Friday, June 29, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 30, 2:00 - 10:00 pm.

This intensive seven-day workshop will focus on developing familiarity and proficiency in the core flamenco rhythmic/song forms of soleares, siguiriyas, alegrias, bulerias, tangos, and rumba. Participants will enter the repertoire through intensive practive of rhythmic clapping (palmas), and sing, which may then be transferred to a student's particular instrument. Daily classes also include instruction in flamenco dancing and percussion. Through a combination of lecture, analysis, guided listening/vieweing, and performance of music and dance, students will leave this workship with a broad understanding of the current state of flamenco, its tradition, and its cultural context. Multifaceted guitarist/composer Jonathan "Juanito" Pascual has played for most of the country's major flamenco dance companies, and has developed a contemporary style shaped by jazz and classical music.

Registration: Download a form from www.newenglandconservatory.edu/summer/forms_registration.html.

Housing: Available at a nearby campus. Call the Summer School at 617-585-1126 for information.

For further information: Contact Liam Malloy, Program Coordinator at 617-585-1190 or worldmusic@newenglandconservatory.edu. Visit the Web site at: www.newenglandconservatory.edu/worldmusic

Tuition:
2 SCE credits: $950
Early-bird discounted tuition (registered and paid by June 8): $800
Non-credit: $630
Early-bird discounted tuition (registered and paid by June 8): $550
Full day passes (Sunday, Saturday): $150

Sunday/Saturday discount package: $250
plus $30 NEC registration fee
Evening passes (Monday-Friday): $45 per day inclusive (maximum: 3)

Session II: Agbadza! Singing, drumming, and dancing of the Ewe people of West Africa
Faculty:Torgbui Midawo Gideon Foli Alorwoyie
and David Locke, Ph.D., director
at Tufts University, Granoff Music Center, Medford, MA
Contact: Edith Auner, Director of Outreach, 61.627.5616
edith.auner@tufts.edu

Sunday July 8-Saturday July 14, 2007
Sunday: 1:00 pm - 6pm
Monday-Friday: 7:00 pm -10:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am -10:00 pm
through Tufts University; contact Edith Auner at 617-627-5616.

This set of hands-on classes offers an immersion in Agbadza, one of the most important types of traditional polyrhythmic drumming and call-and-response singing from the Ewe culture of Ghana and Togo. The classes will be taught by one of the true masters of the art form, Torgbui Midawo Gideon Foli Alorwoyie, and a significant scholar/performer of this tradition, Professor David Locke.. Torgbui Alorwoyie, a child prodigy who in the 1960s and 1970s was the principal lead drummer for the Ghana National Dance Ensemble, currently is a tenured professor of percussion at the University of North Texas. Professor Locke, a member of the Tufts Music Department, is author of three books on West African music and the African chapter in Worlds of Music. He has been a student Midawo Alorwoyie since 1975.

Registration: through Tufts University. Please contact: Edith Auner, Director of Community Outreach, 617-627-5616 Edith.auner@tufts.edu, or click here for a PDF of the application.

One-half unit Tufts graduate credit: $788 (no early-bird)
Non-Credit Tuition: $700.00
Early-bird (if registered and paid by June 22, 2007): $630
Plus Tufts registration fee: $45
Day passes: contact Edith Auner (see above)

Session III: World Rhythm Boot Camp: Internalizing Music Time and Mathematics using African and Indian Rhythm Systems
Faculty: Jerry Leake
at New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
Contact: Liam Malloy, Program Coordinator, 617.585.1190
worldmusic@newenglandconservatory.edu

Sunday July 22-Saturday July 28
Sat, Sun: 2:00-10:00 p.m.
Monday-Friday: 7:00-10:00 p.m.

In this intensive workshop, rhythm theory and practice merge using a 3-tiered method of reciting African and Indian drum compositions, playing counter stick patterns, and applying basic movement to ground one's musical time. Musicians and teachers will find this a useful entry point into African and Indian cultures. On the final evening of the workship, students will participate in an informal public performance with faculty and guests in a festive environment of music, dance, and food. Acclaimed percussionist and tabla player Jerry Leake is coleader of the world music ensemble Natraj and cofounder of the award-winning band Club d'Elf. He is featured on numerous recordings. On tabla, he has accompanied Ali Akbar Khan, Steven Gorn, Sharafat Ali Kahn, Kumkum Sanyal, and Purnima Sen. Leake has written seven widely used texts on Indian, West African, Latin American percussion, and advanced rhythm theory, and us on the faculty of New England Conservatory and Tufts University.

Registration: Download a form from www.newenglandconservatory.edu/summer/forms_registration.html.

Housing: Available at a nearby campus. Call the Summer School at 617-585-1126 for information.

For further information: Contact Liam Malloy, Program Coordinator at 617-585-1190 or worldmusic@newenglandconservatory.edu. Visit the Web site at: www.newenglandconservatory.edu/worldmusic

Tuition:
2 SCE credits: $950
Early-bird discounted SCE credit tuition(registered and paid by June 8): $800
Non-credit: $630
Early-bird discounted non-credit tuition (registered and paid by June 8: $550
Single full-day passes (Sunday, Saturday): $150
Saturday/Sunday discount package: $250
All plus $30 NEC registration fee
Evening passes (Monday-Friday): $45 per day inclusive (maximum: 3)

For more on the NEC Intercultural Institute Program, dates, tuition, and other information on the above sessions. Please click here.

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