Tentative Symposium Program*
Thursday, May 22, 2008
10:00am-7:00pm: RegistrationSymposium Check in (Parmer Hall Room 109) Lodging Check in (Coughlin Commons)10:00am-3:00pm Bronzeville Tour (Departs from Circle Drive) Tour of Historic Black Chicago and Blues Heaven Foundation/Chess Recording Studio
(Pre-registration required; lunch not included in price) Tour Director: Dr. Fannie Rushing, Associate Professor of History, Benedictine University7:00-10:00 p.m. Opening Plenary (Shaffer Silveri Atrium/Parmer Hall)
Welcome and Invocation
Donna Carroll, President, Dominican University Janice Monti, Symposium Director Imago Dei Gospel ChoirElders Council: Chicago's Musical Legacy
Sterling Plumpp, Professor Emeritus of Literature, University of Illinois at Chicago Timuel Black, Educator, Historian, Political Activist Paul Garon, Author, Co-founder of Living Blues Magazine Jim O'Neal, BluEsoterica Archives & Productions, Co-founder of Living Blues Magazine Mrs. Willie Dixon, CEO & President, Blues Heaven Foundation (Convener: Barry Dolins, Deputy Director of Neighborhood Festivals and the Chicago Blues Festival) (Discussant: George Bailey, Professor of English, Columbia College Chicago)Reception with music by Larry Taylor and the Family Band
Friday, May 23, 2008
8:30am-5:30pm: RegistrationSymposium Check in (Parmer Hall Room 109) Lodging Check in (Coughlin Commons)8:30-9:00am Introduction and Gospel Blessing (Shaffer Silveri Atrium/Parmer Hall)
Janice Monti, Symposium Director Victor Junious and Imago Dei Quartet9:00-10:15am Keynote Address (Shaffer Silveri Atrium/Parmer Hall)
From the Margins to the Mainstream: Issues of Identity, Aesthetics and Meaning in Black Popular Music
Portia K. Maultsby, Professor & Chair of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University (Discussant: Stephanie Shonekan, Professor of Black World Studies, Columbia College Chicago)10:30-11:30 a.m. Presentation (Shaffer Silveri Atrium/Parmer Hall)
God Rode in the Wind Storm: Sanctified Music, Chicago to the South
Gayle Dean Wardlow, Author and Collector11:45am-12:45pm Lunch Break and Brown Bag presentations
(I) The Theatricality of the Blues: The Bluesicals of the Chicago Black Ensemble Theatre (Springer Suite/Rebecca Crown Library)
Jacques Lacava, Ph.D. and Journalist, Soul Bag Magazine(II) The Mississippi Blues Trail (Parmer Hall Room 107)
Scott Barretta, Writer and Host of Highway 61 Blues Radio Show1:00-2:15pm Keynote Address (Shaffer Silveri Atrium/Parmer Hall)
As Blues Tropes Transverse
Horace Maxile, Jr., Associate Director of Research, Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College Chicago (Discussant: Donald Shaffer, Assistant Professor of English, Dominican University)2:30-3:45pm Panel (Shaffer Silveri Atrium/Parmer Hall)
D-I-S-R-E-S-P-E-C-T? Roles and Responsibilities of Writers who Chronicle the Blues
Salim Muwakkil, Editor, In These Times Sandra Pointer-Jones, Blues Journalist Earl Calloway, Fine Arts Editor, Chicago Defender (Discussant, David Whiteis, Author, Educator and Blues Critic)4:00-5:15pm Panel: (Shaffer Silveri Atrium/Parmer Hall)
Preserving the Legacy
Marc PoKempner, Photojournalist Bob Riesman, Writer and Documentary Film Producer Steve Balkin, Professor of Economics, Roosevelt University Frank Scott Jr., Outsider Artist and Musician Carolyn Alexander, Outsider Artist/Videographer Suzanne Flandreau, Head Librarian and Archivist, Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College Chicago5:30-7:00pm Multimedia Art Exhibit (O'Connor Art Gallery/Lewis Hall)
The Photography of Raeburn Flerlage/Outsider Art by Frank Scott Jr./Video by Caroline Alexander
Reception with music by James Wheeler and friends 7:30-10:00pm Blues and the Spirit Concert (Lund Auditorium/Fine Arts Building)
Otis Clay with the Platinum Band (Sharon Lewis and Texas Fire opening)
Saturday, May 24, 2008
8:30am-5:30pm: RegistrationSymposium Check in (Parmer Hall Room 109)8:30-9:00am Welcome and Invocation (Shaffer Silveri Atrium/Parmer Hall)
Bryan Froehle, Director of the Siena Center, Dominican University9:00-10:15 Keynote Address (Shaffer Silveri Atrium/Parmer Hall)
From the Saturday Night Blues.....To the Sunday Morning Good News
James Abbington, Professor of Music and Worship, Chandler School of Theology, Emory University (Discussant: Regennia Williams, Associate Professor of History, Cleveland State University)10:30-11:45am. Gospel Workshop (Lund Auditorium/Fine Arts Building)
Workshop on Gospel and Black Church Music with Community Partner Churches
Workshop Director: James Abbington
(Open to symposium participants and invited guests) 10:30-11:45am Presentation (Parmer Hall Room 107)
Documentary Fakelore: Unmasking the Travel Channel's Secrets of the Delta Blues
Adam Gussow, Associate Professor of English and Southern Studies, University of Mississippi11:45 am-12:45pm (Lunch Break and Brown Bag presentations)
(I) The History of Gospel Music in Chicago (Parmer Hall Room 107)
Bob Marovich, Host of Gospel Memories, WLUW Radio(II) An Insider/Industry Perspective Panel Discussion (Springer Suite/Rebecca Crown Library)
Bob Koester, Delmark Records Bob Jones, Songwriter, Producer, Promoter Bob Davis, CEO, Soul Patrol Bruce Iglauer, President, Alligator Records (Discussant: David Whiteis, Author, Educator and Blues Critic)1:00-2:15pm Panel (Lund Auditorium/Fine Arts Building)
Perspectives on Blues Education
Billy Branch, Musician and Blues Educator, Founder of Blues in the Schools Fernando Jones, Musician and Blues Educator, Columbia College Blues Ensemble Fruteland Jackson, Musician and Blues Educator Shelley Ritter, Director, Delta Blues Museum Nathaniel Dove, Director, Bakersfield Blues Preservation Society Brinda Fuller Willis, Blues Educator, Jackson, MS Samina Hadi-Tabassum, Associate Professor, School of Euducation, Dominican University2:15-3:45pm. Blues Workshop (Lund Auditorium/Fine Arts Building)
Blues-in-the-Schools Demonstration Workshop with Community Partner Schools
Workshop Director: Billy Branch
(Open to symposium participants and invited guests) 4:00-5:15pm. Panel (Shaffer Silveri Atrium/Parmer Hall)
I've Lived the Life I Sing about in My Songs: Chicago Blues Portraits and Stories
Larry Taylor, Musician Sharon Lewis, Musician Billy Boy Arnold, Musician Stan Mosley, Musician (Discussant: David Whiteis, Author, Educator and Blues Critic)5:30-7:00pm Closing Multimedia Presentation (Lund Auditorium/Fine Arts Building)
The Spoken Word in Black Music Cultures from Griots to MCs
Stephanie Shonekan, Professor of Black World Studies, Columbia College Chicago Morris Phibbs, Deputy Director, Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College Chicago (Griot, Toasters, Deejays, Poets, MCs and Dancers)7:00-8:30 p.m. Closing Dinner (Mazzuchelli Dining Hall and Cloister Walk) Saturday Night Fish Fry
(Pre-paid ticket required; tickets may be purchased at the Registration area) 8:30pm.-1:30am Blues Club Crawl (Departs from Circle Drive)
Bus Tour to West Side and South Side Chicago Blues Clubs
Organizer: Steve Pasek, Big City Tours
Sunday, May 25, 2008
8:30-10:00am Lodging Check out (Centennial Hall Lounge)*The Thursday Bronzeville Tour requires advanced reservations and a supplemental fee of $30; participation on the tour is limited to 50 and lunch will be available for purchase for tour participants. The full three-day symposium fees include one Otis Clay concert ticket and one admission to the Blues Club Crawl. Tickets for the Saturday night Fish Fry must be purchased in advance at the Symposium Registration area. Supplemental concerts tickets may be purchased by contacting www.dom.edu/blues. One-day registration is available for Friday or Saturday but does not include concert ticket, reception, fish fry or club crawl.
For More Program Information, contact
Dr. Janice Monti, Symposium Director
Blues and the Spirit
Dominican University
7900 W. Division Street
River Forest, IL 60305
or email: bluesandthespirit@dom.edu