Composing While Black: Afrodiasporic Music Today – Faculty of Music
Join the Faculty of Music for Composing While Black: Afrodiasporic New Music Today.
This visit offers a unique opportunity to engage with leading artists and thinkers shaping the future of contemporary music and Afrodiasporic musical expression.
The renowned International Contemporary Ensemble presents Afrodiasporic new music from around the world, including two Canadian composers and two world premieres. The Ensemble’s Artistic Director, George Lewis, will host a pre-concert discussion with Canadian composer Rashaan Allwood, former Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke, and U of T Professor Beth Coleman.
Program:
4:30-6pm, Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park
Moderated by George Lewis, Artistic Director of the International Contemporary Ensemble, the discussion will bring together distinguished voices including former Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate Dr. George Elliott Clarke, Dr. Beth Coleman, and Canadian Composer Rashaan Allwood. Together, they will explore the creative, cultural, and intellectual dimensions of contemporary Afrodiasporic music-making.
Concert (free for U of T community members*)
7:30-9pm, Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park
The concert will feature an inspiring program of contemporary works, including Canadian premieres by Corie Rose Soumah, Yaz Lancaster, and Marcos Balter, as well as world premieres by Beth Coleman and Rashaan Allwood.
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