News 2018: Blood Drum Spirit Residency

With pianist Art Hirahara, saxophonist David Bindman, Bassist Wes Brown, and percussionist royal hartigan, and guest artists West African dancer Kwabena Boateng and film maker Sara Pettinella

Saturday 24 March

MUSIC, FILM, AND CULTURE
Concert and film screening of We Are One
5 PM GALLERY X
169 William St. New Bedford, MA, 02740

Sunday 25 March

AFRICA AND JAZZ
Open rehearsal and demonstration of African Music and Jazz with Kwabena Boateng
11AM and 3 PM UMass Dartmouth CVPA Recital Hall Room 153

Monday 26 March

CREATIVE INTERACTIONS I
Music with visual artist Sara Pettinella and Prof. Wang Jing’s Creative Sound Arts and Music Theory classes
11 AM and 1:30 PM CVPA 104

Open rehearsal and discussion
4 pm CVPA 103

Tuesday 27 March

GLOBAL TRADITIONS AND JAZZ
China and Jazz, with Prof. Wang Jing, erhu, and Prof. Andy McWain’s Jazz Theory & Improvisation II class
11 AM CVPA 104

Music as a Way of Life, with Prof. Andy McWain’s Capstone class
12:30 PM CVPA 229

Africa, Visual Arts, and Jazz, with dancer/artist Kwabena Boateng, Prof. Suzanne Schireson’s Mixed Media Painting class, and Prof. Andy McWain’s Jazz Listener’s Guide class
2 PM CVPA 104

Presentation on film and culture with Sara Pettinella, and Prof. Pamela Karimi’s Visual and Material Cultures of the Islamic World class 
2 PM Library honors room 214

Film Screening and discussion of We Are One led by Sara Pettinella, Kwabena Boateng, and ensemble members, with Mwalim Gordon Peter’s English/Film class
3:30 PM Frederick Douglass Unity House

Wednesday 28 March

CREATIVE INTERACTIONS II
Master class with film maker Sara Pettinella in Prof. Ellen Mueller’s Digital Essentials class
12 PM CVPA 258

Interactions, Music, Philosophy, and the Arts
1 PM CVPA 104

Open rehearsal
4 PM CVPA 105

Jazz Series Concert and Community Workshop
8 PM CVPA 104

Thursday 29 March

AFRICA AND ASIA; SPOKEN WORD
World Music and Jazz Lecture/Demonstration and Discussion with Wang Jing, erhu, and Kwabena Boateng, dance
11 AM CVPA Recital Hall Room 153

Concert of Global Jazz, with Prof. Will Riley’s Music Intro Class, Prof. Suzanne Schireson’s Mixed Media Painting class, and Prof. Toby Monte’s Performance Workshop
12:30 PM CVPA Recital Hall Room 153

African Dance, Music and Culture, with Kwabena Boateng and Prof. royal hartigan’s International Music and Song of Africa class
2 PM CVPA 104

Masterclass with film maker Sara Pettinella in Mwalim Morgan Peter’s English/Film class, Carney 3:30 PM Library Grand Reading Room Mentoring Sessions with students
3:30 PM CVPA 104 and adjacent classrooms

Spoken word, Music, and Film Screening of We Are One, with Prof. Mwalim’s Spoken Word class
5PM Library Grand Reading Room

Friday 30 March

CREATIVE INTERACTIONS III
Music Demonstration and Discussion
11 am Frederick Douglass Unity House

Concert and Collaborations
2 PM Frederick Douglass Unity House

Mentoring Sessions with students
5 pm CVPA 107 and adjacent classrooms

Saturday 31 March

Open rehearsal and demonstration of Global music and Jazz
12 PM CVPA Recital Hall Room 153

Benefit Concert for the New Bedford YWCA
7 pm The WASMSUTTA CLUB
427 County Street New Bedford, MA, 02740

Our residency was made possible by Vice Chancellor David Milstone, Cynthia Cummings, Student Affairs, the Student Government Association, the Graduate Student Senate, Nicole Williams, LaSella Hall, Donna Moore, the Frederick Douglass Unity House, Chris Laib, the SAIL Office, Lee Blake and the New Bedford Historical Society, Gallery X, Cynthia Bouchard and the Wamsutta Club, Michelle Cieto, Jeffrey Augustine and Campus Services, Robin Brow, Campus Events Office, Jeff Turner, Sharon Fusco, and the Print Shop, Kekeli African Music and Dance Club, the Black Studies Program, Gail Fortes and the New Bedford YWCA, Neal Weiss, Paula Medeiros, Laura Franz, Natalie Mendonca, Greg Paculian, Scott Lynch

For information, contact royal hartigan at (508) 999-8572 or rhartigan@umassd.edu
www.royalhart.com www.boooddrumspirit.com www.weareonethemovie.com