PROGRAMME

Nesting Cranes Wil Offerman Nina Assimakopoulos (Flute)

'Ich, Ni' * Kevin

Flanagan Josh Ison (saxophone)

Alex Merritt (saxophone)

Saying Goodbye to Cambridge * Shen Pengfei

Li Jian (Lead- Male Voice) Wang Xiaoyan (Lead- Female Voice)

Stockaded Village Lao Sheng

Li Jian (Lead- Male Voice)

Moonlit Night by Spring River Traditional Music Liang Ning (Lead – Pipa) (selection)

Rain hitting the leaves of the palm tree

Traditional Music Higher and Higher (selection) Niu Chang Hong (Lead -Gao Hu)

Farewell My Concubine Beijing Opera NACTA Band

Symbolic Gestures *

Valerie Ross CIMACC Ensemble (electronics, live instruments & movement)

* 1st Performance Acclaimed flutist, Nina Assimakopoulos is flute professor at West Virginia University, USA She has commissioned and performed world premieres for over 84 pieces for flute and has released 5 Compact Discs, the most recent of which, VAYU, was elected into the first round of the Grammy nomination process for Best Classical Instrumental Solo. Nesting Cranes by Wil Offerman, is a piece for solo western flute which utilizes extended playing techniques to mimic the sounds and effects of the Shakuhachi, a Japanese flute used initially by Zen masters for meditation practices. Postgraduate studies in Japanese musical forms have prompted multi-talented and recording saxophonist and composer, Kevin Flanagan to create 'Ich, Ni' , a work premised on structured improvisation based around the tuning series of the Japanese traditional ‘Sho’. Created for two instruments, this work is premiered by two accomplished Cambridge-London based jazz saxophonists and recording / touring artistes, Josh Ison and Alex Merritt, both of whom are also composers. Musicians from the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts (NACTA), China’s premiere institution of higher learning specializing in Chinese musical arts, showcase both traditional and contemporary Chinese music repertoire including the first performance of Shen Pengfei’s piece based on Xu Zhimo’s well-known poem ‘Saying Goodbye to Cambridge’. The NACTA Band comprises some of China’s most illustrious and renowned musicians, playing a delightful array of traditional Chinese instruments and rounding- off their performance with an exciting excerpt of ‘Farewell My Concubine’ in authoritative Beijing operatic style. The world of Beijing Opera knows no boundaries of space or time. Stylized gestures using the sleeves, hands, fingers and body movements portray and symbolize meanings that tell a tale, marking the distinction of greatness for the actor. Walking around the stage once can signify that a long distance has been travelled and every action of a Beijing Opera performer is highly symbolic. Inspired by such philosophical and theatrical abstractions, Valerie Ross creates ‘Symbolic Gestures’, an electroacoustic work juxtaposing Western and Oriental aesthetics of musical expression. Valerie played and recorded the gamelan (‘saron barung’), combining it with layers of sonic landscapes to create the electronic fundamental structure ready for fusion with live instruments and a dancer in a theatrical setting performed by CIMACC Ensemble, comprising Cambridge-based jazz recording artists Roslin Russell

(voice) and David Burgoyne (percussion), and Nina Assimakopoulos (flute), joined by renowned Beijing opera performers, Wang Xiaoyan and Niu Changhong from NACTA in portraying the ‘Rituals of Culture’.

Members of NACTA Gong Yu 龚裕 (Chairman of NACTA Administrative Affairs Committee) Prof. Xie Zhenqiang, 谢振强 (Director of NACTA Music Department) Wang Lifeng, 王利峰 ( Instrumental teacher) Prof. Shen Pengfei, 沈鹏飞 (Composer / Jing Hu) Li Jian 李剑 (Jing Ju male performer) Prof. Niu Changhong, 牛长虹 (Vice director of NACTA Music Department) Li Jin 李瑾 (Instrumental teacher) Ma Rui 马瑞，(Instrumental teacher - Chinese Drum) Liang Ning 梁宁 (Instrument teacher - Pipa) Prof. Wang Xiaoyan,王晓燕 (Jing Ju female performer) The Centre for Intercultural Musicology at Churchill College wishes to warmly thank NACTA for participating at BIBAC2016 Concert : Rituals of Culture and ‘Sculpture Trail’ at Churchill College. It also wishes to thank performers, fellows, staff and members of Churchill College Council for their kind support. Professor Valerie Ross Director, CIMACC

           

                                         BIBAC2016 DAY 2 AT CHURCHILL COLLEGE      

                                        INSTALLATION AND SCULPTURE TRAIL  Delegates will be spoilt for choice in deciding which events to attend at the Sculpture Trail, comprising of a charming Installation  entitled ‘Through the Eyes of a Child and a Penguin’ by Nicola Ravenscroft (Chapel), ‘Jazz Rendezvous’ by  recording artists  Roslin Russell  (co‐founder of the Cambridge Jazz Festival) and  David Burgoyne  (Churchill College music alumni), ‘Outdoor Performance’ by NACTA and a Churchill College Sculpture guide led by Tim Cribb with readings  of poetry by John Kinsella and Geoff Ward.      INSTALLATION @ THE CHAPEL (10.30 AM – 3.00 PM) ‘THROUGH the EYES of a CHILD and a PENGUIN’ BY NICOLA RAVENSCROFT  

   Sculptor and lyricist Nicola Ravenscroft presents phase one of her international installation in bronze and song, inviting you to "play the penguin" "WITH the HEART of a CHILD". Designed around an image of the young child as representative of our vulnerability, and in the context of her practice as a "cause-centric" artist, Nicola outlines this project, a unique global initiative, which itself invites engagement and participation from all 195 nations on earth. The quietly insistent message conveyed by this work, ‘ THROUGH the EYES of a CHILD and a PENGUIN, seeks gently to “challenge and transform human behaviour, so building creative friendships worldwide around a shared love and respect for water, our precious, yet deeply threatened, natural resource ... the life spring running through us all” (Nicola Ravenscroft Nicola will be talking about her work at 10.45 am and 11.15 am                                             JAZZ  RENDEZVOUS @ THE RECITAL ROOM  

                                                             (10.45 – 11. 30 AM)   

    Cambridge-based Roslin Russell has performed regularly in both Cambridge and London over the years and also co-founded and organises the Cambridge Jazz Festival, now in its second year. A recording artist, Roslin’s voice has been compared to the late bluesy vocals of Ottilie Patterson (Chris Barber Jazz Band) and influences include Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Nancy Wilson, Dianne Reeves and Jose James. In this Jazz Rendevous, along the Sculpture Trail, Roslin will be joined by Cambridge music graduate, composer, local educator and multi-instrumentalist, David Burgoyne on piano for ‘an intimate, joyous, interchanging and soulful performance of jazz standards with a few contemporary tunes - storytelling and improvisation with deep groove, blues and soul!’

  

                                 ‘NACTA’ BRINGS CHINESE TRADITIONAL MUSIC OUTDOORS!  

                                                         Performances at 10.45 am ;  11.15 am 

     

    

                   

 

CIMACC is delighted to host a group of eminent musicians from the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, featuring performances of Chinese music at the highest level. NACTA dedicated to the training of professionals in performing and studying traditional Chinese opera at undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. The only institution of its kind in China, students are educated by highly experienced faculty members, drawing many of the world’s leading practitioners of Chinese music together with international scholars, experts and artists engaged in learning‐teaching activities. This 

informal outdoor performance as part of the Sculpture Trail is a delightful prelude to a concert setting of traditional and new music themed ‘Rituals of Culture’ at BIBAC2016.     

 

                                                SCULTURE GUIDE & POETIC ESCAPADES  

                                                               (10.45 am – 11.45 am) 

                                                                 Churchill College has many beautiful sculptures dotted along its grounds . Tim Cribb, Emeritus Fellow of Churchill College will be just the person to  tell us some of the delightful tales behind the sculptures and to read several of John Kinsella’s poems especially written for the sculptures. Nicola Afrodita will in turn charm us with her poetry reading of Geoffrey Ward’s insightful poems.                 

        What is art without participation by the community of artists themselves  and we know that so many of our BIBAC delegates are leaders of arts practice around the world.  So, we take this glorious opportunity to extend an open invitation to participants simply to perch yourself at any of the sculptures and  Perform!    Btw, don’t  forget to take a selflie (or wefie)  and post it at our BIBAC2016 tweeter account for all to enjoy!   Have fun!