{"id":3615,"date":"2007-08-16T15:30:42","date_gmt":"2007-08-16T15:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paradisec.org.au\/blog\/2007\/08\/feast-of-indigenous-song-darwin\/"},"modified":"2011-02-05T07:48:08","modified_gmt":"2011-02-05T07:48:08","slug":"feast-of-indigenous-song-darwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paradisec.org.au\/blog\/2007\/08\/feast-of-indigenous-song-darwin\/","title":{"rendered":"Feast of indigenous song – Darwin"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a rich week for lovers of indigenous music.
\nOn Tuesday (14 August) in Maningrida I attended the launch of the new Wurrurrumi Kun-borrk CD from Sydney University Press (which you can order online<\/a>). In attendance were the songman Kevin Djimarr and notes-writer Murray Garde.
\nTo quote the blurb on the flyer:
\nKevin Djimarr, one of Western Arnhem Land’s pre-eminent composer-performers, presents a complete repertory of traditional kun-borrk songs from the Maningrida area. The album was recorded with the support of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and Maningrida Arts. Murray Garde’s extensive notes, which accompany the audio CD, include authoritative translations and explanations of Djimarr’s song texts. They open up this extraordinary music to a national and international audience, while remaining true to Djimarr’s own particular artistic vision, communicating in a lively and accessible fashion the unique qualities of his work.
\nThe CD is the first in a new series from the National Recording Project for Indigenous Performance in Australia<\/a>. We are currently seeking funding to enable us to continue the series: please let us know of any thoughts!
\nOn Friday night (17 August), the University of Sydney’s own Professor of Musicology, Allan Marett, is presenting a free public talk as part of the Darwin Festival, “Why should we know about Aboriginal music?”<\/a> Location: MAGNT Theatrette, Museum and Art Gallery of the NT, Date \/ Time: 17 August 2007, from 4.30pm.
\nAnd as I write we are gearing up for the 6th Symposium on Indigenous Music and Dance<\/a>, hosted by Charles Darwin University’s School of Australian Indigenous Knowledge Systems, to be held on Saturday 18 August at Charles Darwin University’s Casuarina Campus (Building 22 room 01). Registration is free but please do so online<\/a>.
\nThis will be a fantastic event, with participation by a number of indigenous performers.<\/p>\n


\nHere’s the programme :
\nSATURDAY 18 August
\nBuilding 22 room 01, Charles Darwin University (CDU), Casuarina Campus
\nTime Event
\n9.00 \u2013 9.10 Welcome to Country
\n9.10 \u2013 9.20 Wendy Brady (Head, School of Australian Indigenous Knowledge System, CDU)
\nWelcome to Charles Darwin University
\n9.15 \u2013 9.30 Allan Marett (University of Sydney and CDU)
\nOverview of Symposium
\nSESSION 1
\n9.30 \u2013 10.00 Joe Neparrnga Gumbula (University of Sydney)
\nFollowing the Voices of Ancestors
\n10.00 \u2013 10.30 Aaron Corn (University of Sydney)
\nBudutthun Ratja Wiyinymirri: Formal Flexibility in the Manikay Tradition of North-East Arnhem Land
\n10.30 \u2013 11.00 Morning Tea
\nSESSION 2
\n11.00 \u2013 11.30 Lysbeth Ford (University of Sydney and University of Tasmania)
\nLirrga songs from Wadeye
\n11.30 \u2013 12.30 David Manmurulu, Linda Barwick (University of Sydney) and Isabel O’Keeffe
\n(University of Melbourne) The Inyjalarrku (mermaid) songs as performed at Warruwi (South Goulburn
\nIsland)
\n12.30 \u2013 2.00 Lunch (Delegates to make own arrangements)
\nSESSION 3
\n2.00 \u2013 2.30 Myfany Turpin (CDU and University of Queensland), M K Turner and Jenny Green
\nIntegrating research with cultural maintenance: initial stages of the Arandic Songs Project
\n2.30 \u2013 3.00 Sally Treloyn (University of Sydney and CDU)
\nJadmi ngalanyba ngadinya: singing jadmi songs (north central Kimberley, WA)
\n3.00 \u2013 3.30 Michael Walsh (University of Sydney)
\nPacking it in: an account of layers of meaning in the ‘floating pelican’ song, a Murriny Patha (northern Australia) song
\n3.30 \u2013 4.00 Afternoon tea
\nDarwin launch of Wurrurrumi: Kunborrk songs from Western Arnhem Land by Kevin Djimarr (CD 1 in the series The Indigenous Music of Australia). To be launched by Wendy Brady
\nSESSION 4
\n4.00 \u2013 5.00 Murray Garde (University of Melbourne) with the White Cockatoo dance group
\nThe Wardbukkarra song from the Bongolinj-bongolinj series
\n5.00 Allan Marett
\nSummary and Close of Symposium<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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