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International Symposium on Composers of African & Afro-Caribbean Descent: Veni, Vidi, Vici
Get PDFSharing a history similar to its Caribbean neighbours, yet endowed with greater economic and logistic liquidity, Nassau, The Bahamas’ capital city (on the island of New Providence), seemed the best venue for the first International Symposium on Composers of African & Afro-Caribbean Descent, held on February 21, 2013. New York-based orchestral conductor Marlon Daniel, with his Ensemble du Monde (in tow courtesy of the Nassau Music Society), and enterprising flutist Dr. Christine Gangelhoff, Assistant Professor of Music at the College of The Bahamas (where the symposium was held), built it; and they all came from the USA, Great Britain, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and The Bahamas
Cultural Identity in Bahamian Art Music: The Expression of Four Bahamian Composers
Get PDFThis article is a transcription of the presentations of the participants of the first session of the International Symposium on Composers of African and Afro-Caribbean Descent held at the College of The Bahamas in February 2013. Edward Bethel moderated the session, which included guest artists Cleophas Adderley, Audrey Dean-Wright, Christian Justilien, and K. Quincy Parker. These four prominent Bahamian composers discussed their pieces, focusing on their compositional style and how/if cultural identity is a strong component of their works. Featured compositions contain hyperlinks to audio/video-recorded examples
Fred Ferguson and Graffiti: Fresh Paint
Get PDFLiving up to its name, the CD Fresh Paint certainly introduces a revamp to Bahamian favorites. Performed by Fred Ferguson and Graffiti, this exciting CD quickly captures the attention of listeners
Art Music by Caribbean Composers: Grenada
Get PDFCalypso is “the dominant popular music genre in the country” (Bugros-McLean, 2005, para. 6). At the annual Carnival, bands parade in a festive display of dance, costume, and music – steel pan in particular.
“European dances lost in Europe survive in Carriacou” (McDaniel, 1998, p. 868). The music and movements of the quadrille on Carriacou have adapted “indigenous meaning and stylistic reinterpretation” (p. 871). The island of Carriacou also continues to enjoy the traditional “string band music that had been an integral part of the local culture during the Christmas season” (Bugros-McLean, 2005, para. 10)
Art Music by Caribbean Composers: Bonaire
Get PDFBonaire has musical traditions similar to those of its Antillean neighbors, Aruba and Curacao. All three islands “share a neo-African, drum-centred tradition known as tambu (in Bonaire often referred to as bari), a quintessential Netherlands Antilles folk music” (Bilby, 2013, para. 4). Tumba, a unique mixture of tambu music with other, more modern musical elements, is a particularly popular local musical style (Bilby, 2012)
2013 Bahamas International Symposium Conference Booklet
No full textNassau Music Society & the College of the Bahamas present the 2013 Bahamas International Symposium on Composers of African and Afro-Caribbean Descent
The Arthur Hailey Collection
Get PDFThe Arthur Hailey collection at the Harry C. Moore Library of the College of The Bahamas contains over 800 items from Hailey's home at Lyford Cay, New Providence. This collection of commercially published editions of his work is a resource that scholars may use for research on this bestselling author
Art Music by Caribbean Composers: St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Get PDFTraditional music includes string band, quadrille and bélé (Embassy, 2013). String bands and fife-and-drum bands are common on St. Vincent; quadrille and other ballroom music are often performed by such ensembles (Bilby & Neely, 2009). Quadrille is particularly popular in north-eastern parts of St. Vincent, where a large number of the residents are descended from the original Carib inhabitants of the island
Art Music by Caribbean Composers: Dominica
Get PDFThe cultures and traditions of both the French and British colonizers have strong influence in Dominica. Both English and a French Creole are widely spoken (Bilby, 2005).
Musical styles in Dominica include folk styles such as bélé; quadrille, influenced by French contradanse; and popular styles such as calypso and the local “cadence-lypso” (Guilbault, 1998)
