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THE AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG ALLIANCE CONFERENCE 20th Anniversary Celebration February 9 – 12, 2017 Claire Trevor School of the Arts – Music The University of California, Irvine In collaboration with Christ Our Redeemer AME Church 45 Tesla, Irvine, Rev. Mark E. Whitlock, Jr., Pastor Host Hotel Transportation provided by COR AME Church Radisson Hotel Newport Beach via DMCLS, Inc. a minority-owned VIP transportation co. 4545 MacArthur Boulevard Mathurin Daniel, CEO Newport Beach, CA 92660 37 Rincon Way, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 The African American Art Song Alliance artsongalliance.org Funding for this conference generously provided by: UCI Office of Inclusive Excellence Spirit Award Program; Christ Our Redeemer AME Church, 45 Tesla, Irvine, Rev. Mark E. Whitlock., Pastor; UCI Illuminations, the Chancellor’s Art & Culture Initiative; Hampsong Foundation; UC Consortium for Black Studies in California; COR Community Development Corporation (CORCDC); Chair’s Endowment, UCI Music Department; UCI African American Studies Department CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS COMPOSERS SINGERS (cont) H. Leslie Adams, Cleveland, OH Kisma Jordan Hunter, University of Michigan, Flint, MI Judith Baity, Los Angeles, CA Albert R. Lee, University of Nevada, Reno, NV Brittney Elizabeth Boykin, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA Marquita Lister, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD Maria Thompson Corley, Franklin & Marshall Coll., Lancaster, PA Leberta Lorál, Los Angeles, CA Marquez L.A. Garrett, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL Jennifer Lindsay, Long Beach, CA Adolphus C. Hailstork, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA Oral Moses, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA Lori Celeste Hicks, Claflin University, Orangeburg, SC Marlaina Owens, Los Angeles, CA Charles Ingram, Los Angeles Southwest College, Los Angeles, CA Miranda Paulos, University of California, Irvine, CA Roy Jennings, New York, NY Willis C. Patterson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI James Lee III, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD Amy Petrongelli, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Marvin Mills, Baltimore, MD Kearstin Piper Brown, Rochester, NY Nicole Mitchell, University of California, Irvine, CA Alissa Plenzer, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH Dorothy Rudd Moore, New York, NY Charsie Randolph Sawyer, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI Andre Myers, Redlands, CA Angela Renee Simpson, Charlotte, NC Shawn Okpebholo, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL Jamie Reimer, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE Dave Ragland, Chattanooga, TN Gail Robinson-Oturu, Austin Peay State Univ., Clarksville, TN Malcolm Solomon, NC Central University, Durham, NC Issachah Savage, New York, NY Richard Thompson, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA George Shirley, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Gregory Walker, University of Colorado, Denver, CO Darryl Taylor, University of California, Irvine, CA Louise Toppin, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC SCHOLARS Raymond Tymas-Jones, University of Utah, Salt Lake, UT Naomi André, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Daniel Washington, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Hansonia Caldwell, Los Angeles, CA Bridget Cooks, University of California, Irvine, CA PIANISTS Bill Doggett, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco, CA Brittney Elizabeth Boykin, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA Gwynne Kuhner Brown, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA Maria Thompson Corley, Franklin & Marshall Coll., Lancaster, PA Randye Jones, Grinnell University, Grinnell, IA Loñieta Cornwall, Shaw University, Raleigh, NC Jean E. Snyder, Pittsburgh, PA Paul Dorgan, Salt Lake City, UT Maurice Wheeler, Atlanta University Center, Atlanta, GA Alastair Edmonstone, Townson University, Townson, MD Rosalyn W. Floyd, Augusta University, Augusta, GA SINGERS Katie Franklin, Costa Mesa, CA Roberta Alexander, Oudekerk aan de Amstel, Netherlands Kathryn Goodson, Ann Arbor, MI Cordelia Anderson, Alabama State University, Montomery, AL Pheaross Graham, University of California, Los Angeles, CA Nena Aldaz, University of California, Irvine, CA Lorna Griffitt, University of California, Irvine, CA Jayme Alilaw, Atlanta, GA Stacie Haneline, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE Donnie Ray Albert, University of Texas, Auston, TX Gwynne Kuhner Brown, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA Gwendolyn Brown, contralto, Fisk University, Nashville, TN Brent McMunn, University of So. California, Los Angeles, CA Olivia Capizzi, University of California, Irvine, CA Junko Nojima, piano, University of California, Irvine, CA Won Cho, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL William Chapman Nyaho, Seattle, WA Kimberly Davis, University of So. Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS Deon Price, Culver City, CA Lisa Edwards-Burrs, Virginia State University, Richmond, VA Blair Salter, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Kimwana Doner, Claflin University, Orangeburg, SC Nina Scolnik, University of California, Irvine, CA Valerie V. Gay, Philadelphia, PA Byron Smith, Harbor College, San Pedro, CA Roderick George, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL Lukas Swidzinski, University of California, Irvine, CA Lenora Green-Turner, LeMoyne-Owen College, Syracuse, NY Richard Thompson, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Antoine Griggs, Atlanta, GA Stephen Tucker, University of California, Irvine, CA Thomas Hampson, Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY Makeda Hampton, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY INSTRUMENTALISTS Hilda Harris, New York, NY Haroutune Bedelian, violin, University of California, Irvine, CA Phillip Harris, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV Theresa Dimond, marimba, University of California, Irvine, CA Lori Celeste Hicks, Claflin University, Orangeburg, SC Gordon Grubbs, cello, San Diego, CA Washington Isaac Holmes, Paine College, Augusta, GA UCI Symphony Orchestra, Irvine, CA Bonita Hyman, Frankfurt, Germany Gregory Walker, violin, University of Colorado, Denver, CO Paula Dione Ingram, Indianapolis, IN Candace Johnson, University of California, Berkeley, CA CONDUCTOR Cornelius Johnson, Chicago, IL Stephen Tucker, University of California, Irvine, CA Katherine Jolly, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO Timothy Jones, University of Houston, Houston, TX NOTES Live streaming of conference performances at: UCI events: https://livestream.com/hampsong courtesy of Hampsong Foundation COR events: www.corchurch.org #artsongalliance The African American Art Song Alliance Conference 20th Anniversary Celebration Celebrating 20 years of service All activities to be held at Winifred Smith Hall (WSH), Christ Our Redeemer AME Church (COR), or Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) unless otherwise noted, and are open and free to the public Thursday, February 9 4:00 PM Welcome Reception, Christ Our Redeemer AME Church hosted by the officers, members, and friends of Christ Our Redeemer AME Church 45 Tesla, Irvine CA, the Rev. Mark E. Whitlock, Jr. - Pastor 6:00 PM The Journey to Freedom Lecture Bill Doggett, Exhibitions Archivist, and Curator Upper Chapel, COR 7:30 PM Welcome Concert COR Bonita Hyman, Albert R. Lee, Gregory T.S. Walker, and the UCI Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Tucker, conductor Friday, February 10 Daily refreshments provided by UCI Department of African American Studies 9:00 AM Welcome and Introduction, Darryl Taylor Plenary Session Welcome, Dean Stephen Barker, Claire Trevor School of the Arts Chronology: Hansonia Caldwell Address: Thomas Hampson (courtesy of Manhattan School of Music Distance Learning) Performance, “On Virtue” (Phyllis Wheatley), by Marvin Mills Kearstin Piper Brown, soprano and Marvin Mills, piano Keynote address, George Shirley, Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan Recipient of the National Medal of Arts Awards presentations: Willis Patterson Award for Excellence in Research, presented by Willis Patterson George Shirley Award for Excellence in Performance, presented by George Shirley Adams-Owens Composition Prize, presented by H. Leslie Adams 11:00 AM "'A Vein of Fresh Melody' - Harry T. Burleigh Ushers in the African American Art Song" Lecture Jean E. Snyder, scholar WSH Roderick George, tenor Katie Franklin, piano 12:00 PM “Highlights of the Dunbar Music Archive” Lecture-Recital Minnita Daniel-Cox, soprano WSH Gwynne Kuhner Brown, piano 12:30 PM An Unsung Muse Film Viewing and Discussion Susheel Bibbs, filmmaker AITR 190 2:30 PM Concert of Songs by Adolphus C. Hailstork Performance WSH 3:30 PM Composers’ Roundtable Forum Panel Discussion WSH 4:00 PM “Race, Representation, and Shaking Up the Status Quo: Mattiwilda Dobbs” Lecture Maurice Wheeler AITR 190 4:30 PM Generation Next: Passing the Torch Performance WSH 6:00 PM Songs of H. Leslie Adams Master Class H. Leslie Adams MM 220 7:30 PM Evening Potpourri Performance WSH Saturday, February 11 Daily refreshments provided by UCI Department of African American Studies 10:00 AM “A Century of Negro Spirituals for Solo Voice” Lecture Randye Jones CAC – Colloquium Room 10:30 AM And She Wrote a Song: Works by Women Composers Performance WSH 11:00 AM “The Serious Spirituals of William L. Dawson” Lecture Gwynne Kuhner Brown CAC – Colloquium Room 11:30 AM “Figuring the Black Composer” Iconography Lecture Bridget Cooks AITR 190 12:30 PM “Performance Analysis of Dorothy Rudd Moore’s Lecture Sonnets on Love, Rosebuds, and Death” WSH Cordelia Anderson 2:00 PM Music for Voice by Dorothy Rudd Moore Performance WSH 4:00 PM “Embodying Race, Gender, and Performance On Stage” Lecture Naomi André CAC – Colloquium Room 6:00 PM Angela Renee Simpson Master Class Angela Renee Simpson MM 220 8:00 PM New Generation Project: Gala Concert Contemporizing the African American