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Contact Info
Dr. Brenda Neece, DPhil (Oxon.)
Curator, DUMIC
Box 90665
Durham, NC 27708-0665
USA
Tel: 919-660-3320
Fax: 919-660-3301
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News and Events
Mamadou Diabate Wins Grammy Award!
Mamadou Diabate, internationally known kora artist and Durham resident received a well-deserved Best Traditional World Music Album Grammy Award for his album Douga Mansa. The News & Observer ran an interesting piece HERE. See photos from the Grammy Awards HERE and HERE.
DUMIC was the first division of Duke to invite Mr. Diabate to perform, back in 2005, for the inauguration of the Frans & Willemina de Hen-Bijl Collection. In 2007, DUMIC and the Duke University Libraries were fortunate to have Mr. Diabate give a program in the Rare Music series called A Griot and his Kora. Diabate’s Rare Music program celebrated the addition of a kora made by his father to DUMIC. Mr. Diabate brought this kora back from Mali himself.
Congratulations to Mamadou Diabate from DUMIC! Come see our display case featuring Mr. Diabate’s father’s kora in the upper lobby of Biddle Music Building.
bi.allalahke from Mamadou Diabate on Vimeo.
Call for Compositions
Rare Music Composition Competition: New Music for Old Instruments
Call for Compositions
(Enter to win $100!)
Duke students and all other members of the Duke community, including alumni, are invited to submit original compositions for consideration for inclusion in a “New Music for Old Instruments” Rare Music program in April. The compositions may be in any style, but pieces must be written for one of the following ensembles of early instruments: SATB crumhorns, SATB rebecs, or SATB recorders. Composers of the selected pieces will be invited to have their composition performed and give a brief talk about his/her composition process at the Rare Music program in April.
Submission requirements:
• No more than two compositions may be submitted by any one composer.
• Compositions may not exceed seven (7) minutes.
• Compositions must be for SATB crumhorns, SATB rebecs, or SATB recorders.
• All entries must include a score and an MIDI audio recording in mp3 format.
• Duke undergraduates, graduate students, and members of the Duke community, including alumni, are eligible to submit compositions.
Evaluation criteria:
• Evaluation is based on four (4) broad criteria: compositional technique, overall musical appeal, originality, and suitability/idiomatic writing for the instruments.
Application information to include:
• Name, e-mail address, and Duke affiliation. Include a brief description of the composition.
Performance:
• If a composition is selected for performance at Rare Music, the committee will make every effort to have the work included in the April 23rd performance. Composers of the selected compositions are expected to attend the performance and speak for up to 10 minutes about the work.
• Works included in the April Rare Music will be recorded live and put on iTunesU.
• Composers whose work(s) are selected for performance will receive a $100 prize.
Submissions must arrive on or before midnight on March 5, 2010:
Dr. Brenda Neece
Curator, Duke University Musical Instrument Collections
Department of Music Box 90665
Biddle Music Building Rm 105
Durham, NC 27708-0665
Scores and recordings will not be returned, so please do not submit originals.
For further information about crumhorns, rebecs, and recorders, please click HERE. DUMIC has crumhorns, rebecs, and recorders in its holdings. For an opportunity to try these instruments, or if you have any more questions, please contact the DUMIC Curator, Dr. Brenda Neece at (919) 660-3320, or at bneece@duke.edu
Violin Hero: The Music and Life of le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1739-1799)
Collection: news_events
Organized in Chordophones and Strings
February 19, 2010
4 PM
Rare Book Room
Perkins Library, Duke University West Campus
Click here for parking information. There are ten (10) spaces reserved from 3:30 to 5:00PM on the Chapel Quad for this event.
Reginald Patterson
Reginald Patterson brings to light the story of the Afro-French historical figure Le Chevalier de Saint-George (1739-1799). Born Joseph Boulogne in Guadeloupe, French West Indies, Saint-George was an innovator and the mediator at the crossroads of the music of French Enlightenment. Outstanding with a sword as well as a violin bow, he was an outstanding fencer and led a brigade of “colored soldiers” during the French Revolution. Reportedly the most popular figure in 18th century, why is his story lost to us today? This multimedia lecture/recital argues that investigating the life and accomplishments of Saint-George requires a radical re-positioning of thought on Western classical music as well as a critical debate on its future.
Wind and Wire
January 15, 2010
4 PM
Rare Book Room
Perkins Library, Duke University West Campus
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The Duke University Collegium Musicum
Karen Cook, Director
One of the key features of DUMIC (Duke University Musical Instruments Collections) are its playing collections. This includes the Robert D. Miller and the Charles J. Warner Collections. The Duke Collegium Musicum, the ensemble for early music, also has a collection of instruments overseen by the DUMIC curator. These three playing collections of modern replicas of early instruments includes a wide range of woodwind and, thanks in particular to our newly arrived Warner Collection, string instruments. The main group performing on these instruments is the Collegium. This program will introduce listeners not only to the wealth of talent in this musical group but will be an introduction to the early instruments housed here at Duke. The presentation will be a hodgepodge of discussions about individual instrument families – their history, how we perform on them, their repertoire – and musical examples on each. Lutes, recorders, crumhorns, and other instruments will be included.
Rare Music Schedule Spring 2010
Rare Music Spring 2010
Rare Music is a lecture-demonstration series co-sponsored by DUMIC and the Duke University Libraries. Once per month (during the academic year) there is a program on a Friday afternoon at 4 PM in the Rare Book Room in Perkins Library. Each event includes a question and answer session and is followed by refreshments.
The schedule is as follows:
January 15
Wind and Wire
March 19
Fanny Hensel, the Other Mendelssohn
April 23
New Music for Old Instruments
Additional support for Rare Music was provided by the Vice Provost for the Arts, the Carrabina Endowment, Friends of DUMIC, High Strung Violins & Guitars, and VoChor, Inc.
You can find parking information here.
For more information, contact Dr. Brenda Neece, DUMIC Curator (919) 660-3320.