Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium 2009
Theme
2009 Colloquium Schedule of Events
Full schedule for the 2009 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium, September 9–11, 2009.
PERFORMANCE: Hearing-Visions-Sonores Launch
Jesse Stewart, Joe Sorbara, and Germaine Liu perform a structured improvisation using only percussive instruments.
PERFORMANCE: Ah Raza! The Making of an American Artist
A video recording of a multimedia performative ethnography. Ah Raza! The Making of an American Artist.
KEYNOTE: Tono Rhythymology and Biocosmology: New Paradigms for Creating a Unified All-Pervasive Music
Dr. Milford Graves discusses his theories regarding musical orthodoxies and the connections between music and the biological body
KEYNOTE: Citizen Monk: Stories of Civic Engagement and Visionary Politics
Dr. Robin Kelley discusses the defiance of form that characterized Thelonious Monk’s music, and argues that even if Monk viewed his own music as apolitical, it still inspired political action by exemplifying an ethos of freedom that applies directly to the social world.
