Lecture-recital

June 20, Saturday

4:00 pm ~ 5:30 pm

Pieces accompanying a brief lecture

• David Temperley (Eastman School of Music)

  • String Quartet No. 6, 2019 (about 10 mins)

• Vincent Nwosu & Alvin  (about 15 mins)

  • Title: Indigenous Igbo Music Performance 

  • Segment 1 – Traditional Igbo Folk Songs (Duet) A medley of Igbo folksongs, including Urioma, Omalugo, and Onye Bụ Nwanne m?, along with an original composition titled ÒGÀZÌ ÀMÁKÁ by Alvin. This segment will be performed as a duet by Vincent and Alvin and will last approximately 10 minutes.

  • Segment 2 – Contemporary Igbo Afro-Highlife (Solo) - A contemporary Afro-highlife performance featuring two original songs by Alvin: Nwoke and Nwanyi Bụ Ife. This will be a solo performance by Alvin, lasting approximately 5 minutes.

  • Instruments: Ùbóákā (woodblock), Ókpókóró (gong), Ìchàkà (shaker), steel-string semi-acoustic guitar (A steel-string semi-acoustic guitar, wireless lapel microphones)

• Myung Ock Kim - AI Gayageum Sanjo

• Donghee Lee - AI gugak music 

• Jae-Hun Jung - AI Gugak ensemble with new algorithm 

Performers: 

Geomungo: Young-ju You / Korea National University of Arts

Daegeum: Yong-gu Lee / Chugye University for the Arts

Haegeum: Noh Eunah / Seoul National University

Gayageum: Young-sook Song / Seolleung Art Center

Piri: Hyun-soo You / University of Suwon

Ajaeng: Yejina Kim / Gugak National Middle School

Janggu: Su-bok Seo / National Gugak Center

Violin1: Seonglan Hong / Seoul National University

Violin2: Hyeon Park / Seoul National University 

Viola: Seoyeon Ryu / Seoul National University 

Cello: Kyumee Cheon / Seoul National University

Ùbóákā, Ókpókóró, Ìchàkà, guitar: Vincent Nwosu & Alvin Chinedu Okpogba