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Call and Response: Black Music and the Community

The mission of this conference is to initiate a discussion of the power, possibilities, and importance of Black music. We want to celebrate music within the African Diaspora and recognize the work that many artists are doing to make the fine arts more accessible to communities of color and low-income communities as well as incorporating the study of Black music into institutions of higher learning.

Weekend's Events:

**All lectures, the panel discussion, the OCBMG performance, and the reception will be held in Afrikan Heritage House- Lord Lounge**

Friday, April 24, 2009
     8:00pm: Opening (Ceremony) with     Keynote address by Dr. Samuel Floyd, Jr
             (Hallock Auditorium)

Saturday, April 25, 2009
   11:00 am: Lecture- Maestro Michael Morgan

   12:00 pm: W. African Drumming             Workshop with Dr. Diouf
                        (Finney Chapel)

    2:00 pm: Performance - Monica Ellis
                           bassoon
                       (Finney Chapel)

    3:30 pm: Panel Discussion
(Panelists: Dr. Zakarya Diouf, Jeffrey Mumford, Maestro Michael Morgan, Rachel Barton Pine, and Monica Ellis)

    5:00 pm: Lecture- Dr. Zakarya Diouf

    6:00 pm: W. African Dance Workshop with
Naomi Diouf
                      (Finney Chapel)

    8:00 pm: Performance- Rachel Barton Pine
                                    violin
                       (Finney Chapel)

Sunday, April 26, 2009
    11:30 am: Lecture with Rachel Barton Pine

    1:00 pm: Discussion with Dr. Samuel Floyd

    2:30 pm: OCBMG performance

   3:30 pm: Closing Reception

Ticket Purchasing:

Central Ticket Service
67 North Main Street (Hall Auditorium)
Oberlin, OH 44074

phone: (440) 775- 8169
(800) 371- 0178
hours: Monday- Friday, 12pm- 5pm

- Contact CTS to purchase INDIVIDUAL concert tickets. Individual tickets will also be sold at Wilder Student Union.

- Weekend Passes can be purchased before the keynote address, and before workshops and performances.

w/OCID
Full Weekend : $15 (discounted price)

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Each Workshop: $3 (pay at the door)       Each Performance : $7

w/o OCID
Full Weekend: $20 (discounted price)
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Each workshop: $5 (pay at the door)
Each performance: $10

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Locations:

Hallock Auditorium
(Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies)
122 Elm Street
Oberlin, OH 44074

Finney Chapel:
90 North Professor Street
Oberlin, OH 44074

Lord Lounge, Afrikan Heritage House
126 Forest Street
Oberlin, OH 44074

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For more information, please contact:

ocbmg@oberlin.edu
             or
dtaylor@oberlin.edu

Oberlin College Black Musicians' Guild

Spring 2009 Conference