Orpheus Institute Doctoral Conference 2018 – Dissolving Borders: “Musical Migration / Migratory Musicking”

I know, Musicking is not a word, indeed it’s a dreadful thing to see on the printed page or on your screen…which is why I’ve put it in quotation marks. But it’s an idea, and was part of the theory behind the workshop/symposium I attended last month in Gent. And it was a marvelous event indeed. This podcast tries to bring together some of the themes of our discussion, through words and music.

Here’s a statement from the Orpheus Institute: “Dissolving Borders invited proposals that will investigate and problematize how musicians create political spaces that transcend demarcated space and culture, on scales both global and local, macro and micro. We seek work that engages with the complex realities of inter-cultural contact, including issues of migration, communication, integration, acceptance, and symbiosis. As the world experiences radical displacement during an era of unprecedented enforcement of borders, we seek earnest engagements with the vibrant history of music’s entanglement with these issues. Looking to past musics, musicians, and scholarship, we encourage imaginations of music’s current and future role as a cultural and political agent.”

 

Summary

AMERICAN HIGHWAYS #112: Conference on Music and Migration at the Orpheus Institute in Gent, Belgium

In this episode of American Highways, I bring you a first for myself, something I’ve been wanting to host for a long time – a show created in front of, and in cooperation with, a live audience. On April 18th, 2018, the Orpheus Institute in Gent, Belgium hosted a symposium on Music and Migration. And just after the keynote speech, I sat down with some amazing researchers for an hour of music and discussion. Many thanks to organizer Ned McGowan, and engineer Siamak Anvari who made it all sound so good. The speakers are: Avery Gosfield, Liselotte Sels, Kira Dralle, Catalina Vicens, Lukas Ligeti, and Iye Echa. The live performances are by myself and Avery Gosfield. Additional recordings are courtesey of Iye Echa, Lukas Ligeti, and Catalina Vicens.

Playlist

Theme Music

Jingle

Sounds About Right

George Antheil

Jazz Sonata

Guy Livingston, pianist

Live performance

George Antheil

Sonatina fur Radio

Guy Livingston, pianist

WERGO 6646-2

Henry Cowell

Persian Set – movement iv. Presto

Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, cond by Richard Auldon Clark

Koch 3-7220-2 HI

Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht/Marc Blitzstein

Pirate Jenny

Nina Simone

Philips 822 846-2

Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht/Marc Blitzstein

Mack the Knife

Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington Orchestra & Jimmy Jones Trio

Eagle Vision ‎– EREDV431

Henry Cowell

Aeolian Harp

Guy Livingston, pianist

Live performance

Lukas ligeti

Forget

Lukas Ligeti, Eyal Maoz, James Ilgenfritz

Tzadik 7811

Henry Cowell

Tides of Manuanuan

Guy Livingston, pianist

live performance

Catalina Vicens/Thomas More

A Utopian Hymn

Catalina Vicens

ConcertZender recording

Reuchlin-Vicens

Genesis 1-21

Servir Antico

ConcertZender recording

Wolf Heckel

Judentanz (1556)

Avery Gosfield, recorder

Live performance

Guilermo Ibreo da Pesaro

Petit Riens

Avery Gosfield, piccolo and drum

Live performance

Iye Eche

Belle Cramp

Iye Eche, saxophone

Bandcamp

 

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