[MGSA-L] Enrolment for Rebetiko Summer School 2005

[Ed Emery]

Apologies for this avalanche of musical mailings... Things should go quieter
after this one...


ENROLLING FOR THE 2005 REBETIKO SUMMER SCHOOL

Rebetiko: Folk-Roots Music from Greece

Organised by the Institute of Rebetology [London]

Wednesday 22 June - Saturday 25 June 2005

School of Oriental and African Studies [SOAS], Thornhaugh Street, London
WC1H 0XG [Tube: Russell Square]

REGISTRATION: ed.emery at britishlibrary.net

WEBSITE: www.geocities.com/rebetology

REGISTRATION FEE: £45 (£20 concs); day rate £15 (£7)

If you wish to enrol for the Summer School, please do so now by writing to
the above address. A registration form will be sent by return.

If you have already enrolled, please ignore this letter.

This 3-day Summer School includes a number of events which will also be open
to members of the general public.

PROGRAMME:

>>> Wednesday Afternoon 22 June:

A Masterclass on the Violin in Greek Popular Music presented by KYRIAKOS
GOUVENTAS of Thessaloniki. Suitable for musicians and non-musicians alike.

>>> Wednesday Evening 22 June:

A talk by Prof. Martin Schwartz of the University of California, on
Relations between Klezmer Music and Greek (and Rebetiko) Music.

>>> Thursday All Day 23 June: Khalili Lecture Theatre

A One-day Conference: "HOMAGE TO MARKOS VAMVAKARIS", to celebrate the
anniversary of the birth of the "father" of Greek Rebetiko music.

Guest speakers:

RENA STAMOU of London and Athens: "Memories of Markos".

MARTIN SCHWARTZ [University of California]: A discussion of Markos's lyrics
and melodies, illustrated with 78s from Prof. Schwartz's archive.

NIKOS POLITIS of Athens: "Musical censorship in Rebetiko: a case involving
Vamvakaris and Tsitsanis".

HARIS SARRIS [University of Athens]: "The 'Aegean Sound' of Markos
Vamvakaris".

GEORGE PANTÁZIS [London]: "Markos in the History of Rebetiko Music"

ED EMERY [Inst. of Rebetology], presenting sections of the new English
translation of the Autobiography of Markos Vamvakaris.

We are hoping that STELIOS VAMVAKARIS, one of the sons of Markos, will
attend the conference, to present his book of Memoirs about his father "The
Holy Mangas" [pub. Kaktos 2004]

>>> Thursday Evening 23 June: Brunei Gallery Theatre: 7.00pm

A Film Showing and Concert featuring rebetiko singer RENA STAMOU.

Artists include:

RENA STAMOU (vocal)

TANIA CHRYSTELI (vocal)

PANAYIOTIS KATRANITSAS (bouzouki)

CAHIT BAYLAV (violin), NAJIB COUTYA (oud) and ARETI THIEMANN (vocal)

THEOFILOS LAIS (laouto) and PEYMAN HEYDARIAN (santouri)

NICOLETTA DEMETRIOU (vocal) and ATTAB HADDAD (oud)

MARTHA LEWIS (vocal)

KATINA KANGARIS (vocal)

KOSTAS VOROS and colleagues.

DIMITRIS KOUSTAS (accordeon)

As an opener for the concert we shall show a documentary film made by
US-based Turkish director Nefin Dinc. The film is called: "REBETIKO: THE
SONG OF TWO CITIES" [English language, 50mins]

>>> Friday Morning 24 June: Room G52, Ground floor, SOAS

PETER VERITY of Edinburgh: Introduction to the Santouri and Kanonaki in the
popular music of Greece and Anatolia.

>>> Friday Afternoon 24 June: Room G52, Ground floor, SOAS

LOULA KAILAS of London:  Dance workshop on the ZEIBEKIKO.

>>> Saturday 25 June: Room G52, Ground floor, SOAS

Instrument and vocal workshops. Details to be announced.


The Rebetiko Summer School is open to all levels, from beginners upwards.

To register for the Summer School please send contact details to
ed.emery at britishlibrary.net

You may also be interested in our other Rebetiko Seminars this year, which
will be held in Venice (14 June), Padova (15 June), Jerusalem (November),
Istanbul (Seminars and concert, Saturday 1 October) and the Island of Hydra,
Greece (13-16 October). Details on our website at
www.geocities.com/Rebetology

[The Vamvakaris Conference is organised in partnership with Greece in
Britain, a nationwide series of events  presented by the Hellenic Foundation
for Culture to illustrate the wealth and diversity of contemporary Greek
culture.
www.GreeceInBritain.org.uk. We also acknowledge support from Olympic
Airlines]

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