International Symposium of Concert Music from the Caribbean

The International Symposium on Concert Music from the Caribbean: Traditions, Influences, New Frontiers looks at musical repertoires from the Caribbean with a focus on the creation of new music inspired by traditional forms. Presentations on musical traditions specific to Trinidad will be followed by talks from regional composers writing “art music” for concert performance today. By presenting a musical mosaic in this way, the symposium aims to draw connections between traditional and new musical forms and to inspire discussion about how and why composers incorporate local styles in their work.

Following on from the highly successful International Symposium held at the College of The Bahamas in February 2013, this event will be of academic and musical significance to anyone interested in new art music currently being created in the region.

Contributors

The symposium draws on the expertise of many members of the Music Faculty of the Academy for the Performing Arts, part of The University of Trinidad and Tobago. Guest speakers and performers include eminent composers, arrangers and musicians working across the Caribbean and beyond. The featured local composers all either have Trinidadian heritage or write music directly influenced by the nation’s culture in some way.

Programme of events

The International Symposium on Concert Music from the Caribbean: Traditions, Influences, New Frontiers will include talks from experts on traditional Trinidadian musical styles and sessions highlighting the work of regional composers. Included in the schedule will be a concert of traditional music and a concert of recent compositions from composers across the region. In addition to the full schedule of talks and performances, there will also be time for delegates to meet with like-minded composers and musicians at social events organized in the evenings.

Jab Molassie

The symposium is planned to coincide with the week of the premiere of Jab Molassie by Dominique Le Gendre and Caitlyn Kamminga. The first performance of this significant new work from Trinidad provides the perfect partner event for the Symposium, and it is envisioned that patrons of the International Symposium will want to attend a performance of it on either the first or second evening of the event (Saturday 8th or Sunday 9th November).

Contact

Any enquiries should be addressed to Adam Walters, Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Trinidad and Tobago at adam.walters@utt.edu.tt.

Cost

“Package rate” – includes all events across the four days of the symposium (excluding ticket to Jab Molassie*) TT$ 400 (or TT$ 200 on production of a valid student card)

“Daily rate” TT$ 150 per day (or TT$ 75 per day on production of a valid student card)

Symposium Concert 1 (Traditional musics) – 8th November
TT$ 50 (or TT$ 30 on production of a valid student card)

Symposium Concert 2 (Old-time Calypso) – 10th November
TT$ 50 (or TT$ 30 on production of a valid student card)

Symposium Concert 3 (New music from the Caribbean) – 11th November
TT$ 50 (or TT$ 30 on production of a valid student card)

Delegates should pay upon arrival at the International Symposium where facilities will be in place to accept payment by credit card or by Linx.

Entry to all events within the symposium (excluding Jab Molassie) is free of charge for UTT staff and students on production of UTT ID.

Academy for the Performing Arts

The University of Trinidad and Tobago
Saturday 8th to Tuesday 11th November 2014
Register in advance by emailing adam.walters@utt.edu.tt

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