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<div><font face="Arial" size="+2" color="#000000"><b>SOAS WORLD
MUSIC <br>
SUMMER SCHOOL<br>
2005<br>
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</b></font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#000000"><b>KOREAN
SAMULNORI PERCUSSION<br>
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</b>June 27-July 1<br>
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</font><font face="Arial" color="#000000">SamulNori is the
contemporary form of traditional rural percussion bands (nongak,
p'ungmul) stretching back into antiquity. Today, SamulNori is the most
popular of Korea's traditional music, equally at home in the
countryside or on urban stages, part of the student-led revival of
interest in heritage but featuring complex rhythmic pieces. Today
there are several dozen professional SamulNori bands and many hundreds
of amateur bands active in Korea. The rhythmic structure is based on
model cycles, changdan, elaborated through variants known as karak.
The repertory splits into pieces performed seated and pieces danced.
Four instruments are core: the double-headed hourglass drum (changgo),
small hand-held gong (kkwaenggwari), barrel drum (puk) and large
hand-held gong (ching). Performing SamulNori involves imbibing an
aesthetic frame tied to Taoism and shamanism, in which the body and
body movement become one with the instruments. The quartet of
instruments, and the music itself, is said to create balance in the
cosmos, combining yin and yang, thunder and lightning, wind and rain,
and the four seasons.<br>
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Introductory lectures on Korean music will also be offered by British
and European specialists. Two classes will be offered, one designed
for non-Korean speakers and one using Korean. Each class is restricted
to 20 participants and will comprise a mix of sessions, some mixing
all four instruments and some concentrating on single instruments.<br>
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<b>Course Leaders:</b> Musicians from the National Center for Korean
Traditional Performing Arts, Seoul.<br>
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<b>The workshop is sponsored by Korea Foundation and jointly promoted
by SOAS and Nori Productions.<br>
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</b>This summer school is part of 'a World of Music Summer School'<br>
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Korean participants<br>
</b>Date: June 27, 29, July 1<br>
Time: 9.30-12.30pm<br>
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<b>non Korean participants<br>
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Instruments: All instruments will be provided.<br>
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Cheques should be made payable to 'SOAS'. Please enclose both form and
payment and return to: SOAS World Music Summer School, Department of
Music, School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street,
Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG<br>
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To register online visit:</font><font face="Arial" size="-3"
color="#0000FF"><u> www.soas.ac.uk/summermusic</u></font><br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">If you have any
enquires or would like to discuss any aspect of the summer schools,
please telephone 020 7898 4515 or email:
worldmusic@soas.ac.uk</font><br>
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<div>Dr Keith Howard<br>
Reader in Music, SOAS,<br>
Director, AHRC Research Centre for Cross-Cultural Music and Dance<br>
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG<br>
Tel: 020 7898 4687; Mobile: 07815 812144; Fax: 020 7898 4519</div>
<div>Website: http://mercury.soas.ac.uk/users/kh/</div>
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