WoRLD MUsiC PeRCUssion enseMBLe drums of passion and the spoken word director

presents
WORLD MUSIC PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
Hafiz Shabazz director
drums of passion and the
spoken word
with
Darrin Jones ‘95
Olivia Scott ‘13
This performance is made possible in part by the William D. 1905 and Besse M. Blatner Fund No. 1, the
Bruce Webb Eaken 1926 Memorial Fund and the Hopkins Center Performance Fund No. 2.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014 • 7 pm
Spaulding Auditorium • Dartmouth College
program
Program order will be announced from the stage.
Odunde
Baba Michael Olatunji
Still I Rise
Naima
Maya Angelou
John Coltrane
Chant for Shango
Traditional
Dervish at the Door
Water No Get Enemy
Rumi
Fela Ransom Kuti
Praise to Elegua
Yoruba keeper of the Gate/trickster
Longstory Short
A Love Supreme
Sekou Sunjata
John Coltrane
Kanuwa
Ashanti war chant
Phenomenal Woman
After the Rain
Maya Angelou
John Coltrane
Work Song
Julius Cannonball Adderly
Jingoba
Baba Olatunji and Carlos Santana
Black Boys to Men
Nature boy
Sabar
Sekou Sunjata
Eden Ahbez and Herman Yablokoff
Senegalese traditional recreational drum and dance music
world music percussion ensemble
Hafiz Shabazz director
Andrew Nalani ‘16 vocals, percussion
Wilson Fanestil ‘18 percussion
Moises Silva ‘16 drums
Taeho Sung ‘17 drums, percussion
Kieran Sim ‘16 percussion
Nicholas Valenzuela ‘18 percussion
Charlotte Kamin ‘18 percussion
Christopher Hoefs percussion, trumpet
Tom Morrow percussion
Roger Ardontonville percussion
Band members
Ron Smith saxophone
Jon Weeks flute
Rafael Flores guitar
David Westphalen bass
Dan DeWalt piano, trombone
Darrin Jones drum
Olivia Scott spoken word
program notes
“Drums of passion” speaks to the compelling,
hypnotic trace-like sound of drums as they
pulsate and interact with one’s heartbeat. There
are rhythms moving fast like a storm or slowmoving like the flowing of clouds on a breezy,
bright summer day.
The power and subtle dynamics of the spoken
word create a myriad of thoughts and emotions.
In poetry, Wallace Stevens asserted, “The sound
of the words is the first primitive pleasure in
poetry. When listening to poetry, you must love
the words, the ideas, images and rhythms with all
your capacity to love anything at all.” Stevens
lists the love of words as the first condition,
because it is the words that make things happen.
Sekou Sundjata has been revered and praised as
a fantastic conscious-raising poet and civil rights
and health rights activist. Sekou lived in New
York City where he taught writing at the Eugene
Lang College at the New School. He recorded
many of his poems on independent labels that
are still in print. Sekou produced the Gift of Life
Concert performed at the Apollo Theater to
raise awareness about kidney disease and organ
donation. He was known for his innovative style
of integrating live jazz with poetry.
Maya Angelou was a poet, activist and awardwinning author of I Know Why the Caged Bird
Sings, among others. Maya also was chosen to
read an original poem at the inauguration of
President Bill Clinton.
Jalal ad Din Muhammad Rumi was a thirteenthcentury Persian Sufi mystic poet. Rumi’s poems in
many ways reflect the positive relationship with
the “Beloved.” In addition he gave voice to the
varied human condition and the dominance of
nation states. It was as if he were writing poetry
today.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Darrin Jones ‘95 has traveled and studied
music in Senegal, The Gambia and Brazil. He
performed with the World Music Percussion
Ensemble for several years during his Dartmouth
career. His command of the drum and its
music helped to maintain the high standard of
musicianship for future ensemble members.
Olivia Scott ‘13 is in her second season at
the Northern Stage theater company in White
River Junction, VT. Scott, originally from
Charlotte, NC, majored in African and African
American studies while at Dartmouth. She
received the 2013 Dodd playwright award and
was the inaugural recipient of the William Louise
Jacobs award.
Hafiz Shabazz director is an ethnomusicologist,
percussionist, performer and lecturer. He teaches
courses on improvisation and non-Western music.
He has studied at the University of Ghana, the
Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, and in Cuba
with master drummers and folklorists. He has
performed with Max Roach, Lionel Hampton,
Julius Hemphill and Alhaji Bia Konte, Master Cora
and Griot of Gambia, West Africa. Professor
Shabazz toured for many years with Wind and
Thunder, a group devoted to improvisational jazz
and non-Western music. He has toured France,
the Caribbean, and extensively throughout
Canada and the United States. He has taught at
the University of California at Berkeley and Duke
University and has lectured in over 500 schools
ABOUT THE ARTISTs
CONTINUED
and universities. He is an initiated member of the
Ancestral Shrine of the Ashanti Nation in Ghana,
has authored articles for the Black Music Research
Journal, and was a consultant with John Chernoff
in the writing of African Rhythms and African
Sensibilities.
WORLD MUSIC PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
Deep Forest electro-Acoustic
HaFiZ SHaBaZZ director
fri feb 13 8 pm • SpaulDing auDitOriuM
The ensemble performs African chants, Caribbean ska and South American
samba in collaboration with local dancers. Natural sounds of tempered
instruments will be mixed with an array of digitally-generated sounds.
DIEGO EL CIGALA
wed nov 12 7 pm • SpaulDing auDitOriuM
Three-time Grammy Award winner Diego el Cigala is quite simply the most
exciting and innovative flamenco singer in the world today. His earthy, exultant,
and richly emotive voice marks him as one of the greatest singers of our time.
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Hopkins Center Management Staff
Jeffrey H. James ‘75a Howard Gilman Director
Marga Rahmann Associate Director/General Manager Joseph Clifford Director of Audience Engagement
Jay Cary Business and Administrative Officer Bill Pence Director of Hopkins Center Film
Margaret Lawrence Director of Programming Joshua Price Kol Director of Student Performance Programs
HOPKINS CENTER BOARD OF OVERSEERS
Austin M. Beutner ’82
Kenneth L. Burns H’93
Barbara J. Couch
Allan H. Glick ’60, T’61, P’88
Barry F. Grove, II ’73
Caroline Diamond Harrison ’86, P’16
Kelly Fowler Hunter ’83, T’88, P’13, P’15
Richard P. Kiphart ’63
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Robert H. Manegold ’75, P’02, P’06
Nini Meyer
Hans C. Morris ’80, P’11, P’14 Chair of the Board
Robert S. Weil ’40, P’73 Honorary
Frederick B. Whittemore ’53, T’54, P’88, P’90, H’03
Jennifer A. Williams ’85
Diana L. Taylor ’77 Trustee Representative
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