World-class performers, scholars, and composers come from across the nation, with international guests.
The Department of Music at UCI is pleased to host the 25th Anniversary African American Art Song Alliance Conference with free registration. The conference is presented by the African American Art Song Alliance, an advocacy organization representing Black composers of Western classical art songs.
The Alliance presents the vanguard conference every five years, inviting the nation’s leading performers and scholars to present and discuss Black participation in the Arts, both past and present. ... view more »
The Department of Music at UCI is pleased to host the 25th Anniversary African American Art Song Alliance Conference with free registration. The conference is presented by the African American Art Song Alliance, an advocacy organization representing Black composers of Western classical art songs.
The Alliance presents the vanguard conference every five years, inviting the nation’s leading performers and scholars to present and discuss Black participation in the Arts, both past and present. The October anniversary conference will focus mainly on Social Justice and the Harlem Renaissance Centennial Observation. Session topics include the study, performance, and support of art songs by African American composers. In addition, the Alliance will present solicited lectures, posters, composers and performers for peer review.
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The free event is possible thanks to generous funding from the Hampsong Foundation, LA Opera and the Flora Family Foundation. To learn more about the African American Art Song Alliance, visit their website at https://artsongalliance.org,
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