Music Research Series and Afghanistan Music Unit present: Dr Sadie Harrison

NB CHANGE OF VENUE (RHB 144) “The Rosegarden of Light: Composing for young performers at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music”

Sadie’s lecture will be on the process of writing music for the students of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, reflecting on the ways in which it has been enriched and transformed in the context of contemporary Afghan musical culture - the ‘Afghan way’!

In August 2015, in Kabul, Harrison’s Gulistan-e Nur Interludes were recorded by Ensemble Zohar (Girl’s Ensemble led by Cuatro Puntos members Kevin and Holly Bishop and the tutors of ANIM, particularly Camilo Jauregui, Allegra Boggess and Jennifer Moberg).
She will also be sharing the extraordinary story of ANIM and the girls and staff who rehearsed and performed the pieces during one of Kabul’s most violent periods in recent months with rehearsals disrupted daily by suicide bomb attacks and security alerts. Following the extraordinary invitation to write a new work for the Afghanistan Youth Orchestra (including rubabs, tanbur, ghichaks, dilruba, sitars, sarods tabla and dhols alongside traditional symphony orchestra instruments) she will also be considering the practical and musical challenges of writing for such an ensemble.
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The Music Research Series is designed to help postgraduate students advance their research and careers. The events stimulate exchange, hones skills, facilitates the creation of professional networks and helps to consolidate the department’s postgraduate community, all over a glass of wine! Attendance is strongly recommended for all postgraduate students (MA, MMus and PGR) in Music but of course undergraduates, music researchers, and visitors from across the college and the community are also most welcome to these public lectures.

Image: Ensemble Zora from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music.

Sadie Harrison Personal Website

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24 Nov 2015	5:00pm - 6:30pm	apple google outlook

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