{"id":6950,"date":"2020-10-22T10:19:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T14:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/?post_type=event&p=6950"},"modified":"2020-10-22T11:59:03","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T15:59:03","slug":"feed-the-fire-a-cyber-symposium-in-honor-of-geri-allen","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/staging\/2435\/event\/feed-the-fire-a-cyber-symposium-in-honor-of-geri-allen\/","title":{"rendered":"Feed the Fire: A Cyber Symposium in Honor of Geri Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Feed the Fire: A Cyber Symposium in Honor of Geri Alle<\/em>n celebrates the work of the late pianist, composer, improvisor, and educator and\u00a0serves as a launch for a special issue of the journal\u00a0Jazz and Culture,\u00a0<\/em>\u201cThe Power of Geri Allen.\u201d\u00a0Feed the Fire<\/em>\u00a0focuses on Allen\u2019s work in music as a performer, composer, teacher, activist, and mentor, and features a keynote event with Terri Lyne Carrington (Berklee College of Music), Angela Davis (University of California, Santa Cruz), Gina Dent (University of California, Santa Cruz), and Farah Jasmine Griffin (Columbia University).<\/p>\n

This online event is free and open to the public and is part of a week-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Pitt Jazz Seminar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Registration is required.<\/p>\n

RSVP TO ATTEND<\/a><\/p>\n

Participants<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mount Allen III (SFJAZZ)
\nDwight Andrews (Emory University)
\nCourtney Bryan (Tulane University)
\nTerri Lyne Carrington (Berklee College of Music)
\nAngela Davis (University of California at Santa Cruz)
\nGina Dent (University of California at Santa Cruz)
\nMichael Dessen (University of California at Irvine)
\nKevin Fellezs (Columbia University)
\nFarah Jasmine Griffin (Columbia University)
\nMichael Heller (University of Pittsburgh)
\nEllie M. Hisama (Columbia University)
\nVijay Iyer (Harvard University)
\nAaron J. Johnson (University of Pittsburgh)
\nVeronica Johnson (Detroit Sound Conservancy)
\nTammy L. Kernodle (Miami University)
\nGeorge E. Lewis (Columbia University)
\nNicole Mitchell Gantt (University of Pittsburgh)
\nFred Moten (New York University \/ Tisch School of the Arts)
\nRobert O\u2019Meally (Columbia University)
\nYoko Suzuki (University of Pittsburgh)
\nFrancis Wong (Asian Improv Arts)<\/p>\n

The symposium is sponsored by the Society of Fellows\/Heyman Center for the Humanities, the African American and African Diaspora Studies Department, and the Institute for Research on African American Studies at Columbia University and the Jazz Studies Program and the Department of Music<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>at the University of Pittsburgh. Co-sponsoring the event are<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>the\u00a0<\/strong>Center for Jazz Studies, the Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality, and the Department of Music at Columbia University, and the Barnard Center for Research on Women, the Department of Women\u2019s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and the Department of Africana Studies at Barnard College, and the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program, and Humanities Center of the University of Pittsburgh.<\/em><\/p>\n

Schedule <\/strong>– All times EDT<\/em><\/p>\n

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

9:30 \u2013 9:45 am\u00a0Opening Remarks
\n<\/strong>Farah Jasmine Griffin<\/strong>\u00a0(Columbia University) &\u00a0Nicole Mitchell Gantt<\/strong>\u00a0(University of Pittsburgh)<\/p>\n

9:45 am \u2013 12:30 pm\u00a0The Power of Geri Allen
\n<\/strong>Moderator:\u00a0Michael Helle<\/strong>r (University of Pittsburgh)<\/p>\n

9:45-10:00 am Opening remarks and Allen\u2019s M.A. Thesis on Eric Dolphy
\nMichael Heller<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:00-10:15 am\u00a0\u00a0Geri Allen and \u201cThe Whole Feeling of the Connection\u201d
\nEllie M. Hisama<\/strong>\u00a0(Columbia University)<\/p>\n

10:15-10:30 am\u00a0The Deft, Quiet Shout of Her Hands: Geri Allen\u2019s Speculative Musicalities
\nVijay Iyer<\/strong>\u00a0(Harvard University)<\/p>\n

10:30-10:45 am Searching for a New Place: Exploratory Process in Geri Allen\u2019s Compositions and Performances
\nYoko Suzuki\u00a0<\/strong>(University of Pittsburgh)<\/p>\n

10:45-11:00 am\u00a0Geri Allen\u2019s Sacred Works: More than the Music
\nDwight Andrews<\/strong>\u00a0(Emory University)<\/p>\n

11:00-11:30 am Q&A\/Discussion<\/p>\n

11:30 am -12:00 pm\u00a0\u00a0Home Grown: Geri Allen’s Detroit as a Gateway to Jazz
\n<\/strong>Veronica Johnson\u00a0<\/strong>(Detroit Sound Conservancy)<\/p>\n

12:00-12:15 pm\u00a0\u00a0Response
\n<\/strong>Tammy L. Kernodle<\/strong>\u00a0(Miami University)<\/p>\n

12:15-12:30 pm Q&A<\/p>\n

12:30-1:00 pm Break<\/p>\n

1:00-2:30 pm\u00a0Flying Toward the Sound: Geri Allen\u2019s Work in Telematics
\n<\/strong>Moderator:\u00a0Aaron J. Johnson<\/strong>\u00a0(University of Pittsburgh)
\nMount Allen III\u00a0<\/strong>(SFJAZZ)
\nMichael Dessen<\/strong>\u00a0(University of California at Irvine)
\nGeorge E. Lewis\u00a0<\/strong>(Columbia University)
\nNicole Mitchell Gantt<\/strong>\u00a0(University of Pittsburgh)
\nFrancis Wong<\/strong>\u00a0(Asian Improv Arts)<\/p>\n

2:30-3:15 pm\u00a0Some Aspects of Water: Ongoing Research on Geri Allen\u2019s Legacy
\n<\/strong>Moderator:\u00a0Robert O\u2019Meally\u00a0<\/strong>(Columbia University)<\/p>\n

The Power of Representation
\nCourtney Bryan\u00a0<\/strong>(Tulane University)<\/p>\n

Message to Love: Geri Allen, Jimi Hendrix, and Love in a Time of Social Distancing
\nKevin Fellezs\u00a0<\/strong>(Columbia University)<\/p>\n

3:15-3:30 pm\u00a0<\/strong>Break<\/p>\n

3:30-5:30 pm\u00a0Geri Allen: Feed the Fire (Keynote Session)
\n<\/strong>Moderator:\u00a0Farah Jasmine Griffin<\/strong>\u00a0(Columbia University)<\/p>\n

3:30-3:45 pm\u00a0Poetry reading
\n<\/strong>Fred Moten\u00a0<\/strong>(New York University \/ Tisch School of the Arts)<\/p>\n

3:45-5:00 pm\u00a0Remembering Geri Allen
\n<\/strong>Moderator:\u00a0Farah Jasmine Griffin\u00a0<\/strong>(Columbia University)
\nTerri Lyne Carrington<\/strong>\u00a0(Berklee College of Music)
\nAngela Davis<\/strong>\u00a0(University of California at Santa Cruz)
\nGina Dent\u00a0<\/strong>(University of California at Santa Cruz)<\/p>\n

5:00-5:20 pm\u00a0Keynote performance
\n<\/strong>Courtney Bryan<\/strong><\/p>\n

5:20-5:30 pm\u00a0Closing remarks
\n<\/strong>Robert O\u2019Meally<\/strong><\/p>\n

Image credit: Geri Allen, late 1970s, Detroit, Michigan. Photo by \u00a92020 Barbara Weinberg Barefield<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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