Second International conference
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7 - 8 March 2014
Hosted by the Institute for Musical Research, organised in collaboration with the Bagpipe Society, the British Forum for Ethnomusicology and SOAS University Venue: Chancellor’s Hall, Senate House, London, WCE1 7HU See full programme on the right. REPORT OUT OF IBC 2014 by Maureen Davison, Northumbrian Piper’s Society Newsletter July 2014 Friday 7 March 2014 - A World of Bagpipes concert Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS, University of London Goran Farkaš from Istria, Croatia Habelas Hainas from Galicia, Spain Andy May Quartet from Newcastle, UK Saturday 8 March - International Bagpipe Conference Conference and dance organised by SOAS French Folk Dance. Concert - A World of BagpipesGoran Farkaš plays the Istrian bagpipes (Croatia) and is also an accomplished singer and dancer. With a sopela player (Croatian shawm), Goran Farkaš will perform tunes from his region bringing to us rural traditional songs and tunes on the Istrianmih.
Goran Farkaš: mih and voice Bagpipes tend to be a male-dominated instrument but this has not stopped the four women in Habelas Hainas to create an energetic and renewed version of Galician music, very much influenced by their femininity. The multi-instrumentalists are very active in Galicia and have also played abroad at festivals in France and Norway, bringing their fresh sound to other realms. Sandra Tamayo: accordeon, Galician bagpipes, square tambourine Patricia Gamallo: Galician bagpipes, alto sax, square tambourine Arantzan Alfaia: Galician drums, peruvian box drum, derbuka Jara Ortiz: voice, bass drum, tambourine Finally, SOAS Concert Series invited award-winning Northumbrian piper and pianist Andy May and his quartet. Together, the leading folk musicians play a mix of traditional and newly-composed material. The virtuosity of the four can be heard on Andy’s album Happy Hours released on Fellside in 2009. Andy May: Northumbrian pipes, piano Sophy Ball: fiddle Ian Stephenson: Guitar Colin Nicholson: Accordion |
A World of Bagpipes - SOAS Concert Series
IBC 2014 - Programme
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