“Emergent Business Enterprises: Steelbands in
Educational, Religious and Community Institutions” is a two-day
interdisciplinary, international symposium of scholars and
practitioners in the steelpan industry on issues related to the
growth of steelbands in schools, churches and among community
organizations. The symposium will be held in the Exhibition Hall
of the Thomas D. Cole, Jr., Research Center for Science and
Technology, Clark Atlanta University, April 18, 2008, preceded
by an Opening Reception in the Clark Atlanta University Arts
Galleries, Trevor Arnett Hall, from 7-9:00 p.m., Thursday, April
17. The symposium also includes a Steelband Jamboree, featuring
12 invited steelbands (free and open to the public), on the
James P. Brawley Promenade, from 5-9:00 p.m., Friday, April 18,
and a Pan/Jazz concert with pan soloists Andy Narell, Earl
Rodney and Nicholas Mohan, and Atlanta’s top jazz ensemble, the
Rod Smith Quartet, hosted by radio personality, Siman Baby, in
Davage Auditorium, Haven Warren Hall, from 8-11:00 p.m.,
Saturday, April 19.
Symposium presenters include:
Orville Wright, Chair Performing Arts Department, University of
Massachusetts, Boston,
“Arranging for the Steelband: Shortcomings of the G-pan.”
Janine Tiffe, Florida State University
“The Publication Business and Standardization of Steel Band
Repertory in the United States.”
Jeff Jones, Visiting Assistant Professor, Florida State
University
“The ‘Business’ of Steelband: Establishing a Fiscally
Self-Sufficient Program in an Educational Setting.”
Ron Reid, Associate Professor, Ethnomusicologist
Berkeley School of Music, Tufts University
“'Why that tune?' Arrangers and their tune of choice for the
Panorama Competition”
David Knapp, Leon County Schools, Tallahassee, Florida
“Philosophical Perspectives in Steelband Pedagogy.”
Travel and Hotel Information
American Airlines offers a 5% discount to symposium participants
for travel to and from Atlanta from anywhere in the US, Canada
or the Caribbean between April 14 and April 22. Also, Avis
offers a discount on car rentals to symposium participants. For
the promotion codes, phone or email Dr. Nyomba. Accommodation is
be available on a first-come, first-serve basis at Castleberry
Inn, 186 Northside Drive, S.W., Atlanta, (walking distance from
the campus,) at a nightly rate of $74.99 before taxes. Please
phone the hotel directly at (404) 893-4663.
Registration
The registration fee is $50 for non-CAU professors and
independent scholars, $25 for students, and $20 for student
members of steelbands performing at the Steelband Jamboree. The
fee for CAU faculty and staff is $ 25. There is no charge for
AUC students. The fee covers the cost of the Opening Reception,
breakfast and lunch during the symposium, and symposium
materials. Payment should be made by money order or certified
check, payable to Clark Atlanta University.
Dr. Ajamu Nyomba
Clark Atlanta University
223 James P. Brawley Drive, SW
Atlanta, GA 30314
(404) 880-6286
pansymposium2008@aol.com