DrPZabanaKongo

Music Department

P. Zabana Kongo - Lecturer, Head of Dept
Dip in Music (Kinshasa) MA. DEA PhD (Paris)

1979

SPECIAL TRAINING

2000

INSAAS, BRUSSELS

1986

COMPOSITION AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC
Under Stephen Syverud and Wolman Amnon

VIDEO TECHNIQUES

ORGANOLOGY with J. S. Laurenty

TRADITIONAL MUSIC ARCHIVES, KONGO BIBLIOGRAPHY
Under Van Geluwe and: Jos Gansemans

2005-

1996-2005

1986

1983

1979-1983

1974-1976

SCRIPT SECRETARY TO THE LE PROGRÈS DIRECTOR
Zairian Le Progrès news-paper: weekly release of political comments signed by the Director as Les tablettes de Mpanu Mpanu Bibanda.

At the National Museums Institute of Zaire, Kinshasa II:

• EXTENSIVE TRANSCRIPTION of traditional music including an exhaustive version of a renowned Baassa aksak of the Mongo people.

• Participated in NEGOTIATIONS WITH UNESCO (Paris/Miollis) for the publication of 10 cassettes of traditional music.

• EXTENSIVE FIELDWORK
Covered the Western regions of Zaire especially the Kongo, Teke, Boma Sakata and Mongo ethnic groups.

At the National Institute of Arts, Kinshasa:
• COMPOSED the music of the Muzang tragedy and the music of the Ngembo and Mundele Ndombe musicals for the National Ballet of Zaire.

At the International Centre for African Music and Dance (ICAMD), Legon: Initiated the AFRICAN DRUM MUSIC SERIES of 15 didactic booklets, multipurpose Drum scores for Educators, Composers, Scholars and Students. (See Publications).

At the National Institute of Arts, Kinshasa

• Taught piano in the undergraduate classes

• Organised private piano classes for expatriate children in Kinshasa.

CONFERENCES, SPECIAL SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS AT WHICH PAPERS WERE READ, BOARDS

May 2000

January 2003

October 2003

As a Music Educator:

• UNESCO WORKSHOP FOR THE TRAINING OF MUSIC TEACHERS IN FRENCH-SPEAKING AFRICA. (Co-hosted by MASA 99, Abidjan).

		University of Ghana, Legon
		Faculty of Arts
		School of Performing Arts
Music Department
`staff list`
			P. Zabana Kongo - Lecturer, Head of Dept Dip in Music (Kinshasa) MA. DEA PhD (Paris)		zabkong@yahoo.co.uk
EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF PARIS X-NANTERRE, PARIS 1986-1994
1994 1988				PHD. IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY Under Bernard Lortat-Jacob and Simha Arom (1) FRENCH DEA (2) IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY(3), A few mentors: Eric de Dampierre : Post Graduate Ethno Seminar, Jean Gardin : Epistemology in the IT era, Bernard Lortat-Jacob : Supervisor, Hugo Zemp : Fieldwork techniques, Michelle Castellengo : Musical Acoustics, Simha Arom and Vincent Dehoux : Music Theory in oral cultures…
1987				MAÎTRISE = MASTER, ETHNOLOGY (ETHNOMUSICOLOGY) (4) Under Eric de Dampierre, Monique Brandilly, Mireille Helfer, Hugo Zemp, Bernard Lortat-Jacob and Simha Arom.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTS - INSTITUT NATIONAL DES ARTS (INA), KINSHASA 1976-1979
1979 SPECIAL TRAINING				*(“GRADUAT”=) DIPLOMA, IN MUSIC (5)
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, EVANSTON (ILLINOIS)
2000 INSAAS, BRUSSELS 1986				COMPOSITION AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC Under Stephen Syverud and Wolman Amnon VIDEO TECHNIQUES
CENTRAL AFRICA MUSEUM, TERVUREN, BRUSSELS,
1986, 1989				ORGANOLOGY with J. S. Laurenty TRADITIONAL MUSIC ARCHIVES, KONGO BIBLIOGRAPHY Under Van Geluwe and: Jos Gansemans
CAREER SCHOLARLY INSTITUTIONS
2005- 1996-2005 1986 1983 1979-1983 1974-1976				HEAD, MUSIC DEPARTMENT (SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS) University of Ghana/Legon SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW (ICAMD), LECTURER (SPA) University of Ghana/Legon HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF MUSICOLOGY, National Museums Institute of Zaire, Kinshasa I ASSISTANT TO THE MUSIC CURATOR Benoît Quersin National Museums Institute of Zaire, Kinshasa II (6) PIANO INSTRUCTOR National Institute of Arts, Kinshasa RESIDENT ARTIST (7) National Ballet of Zaire RESIDENT ARTIST AND RESEARCH FELLOW: National Ballet of Zaire
MEDIA
1969-1971				SCRIPT SECRETARY TO THE LE PROGRÈS DIRECTOR Zairian Le Progrès news-paper: weekly release of political comments signed by the Director as Les tablettes de Mpanu Mpanu Bibanda.
1966-1969				BROADCASTER, PROGRAM MAKER Zairian Educative Radio Station (STAR): Sunday religious program and The hundred visages of songs.
SHOW BUSINESS IN KINSHASA
1967-1974		AS A KEABOARD LEADING LIGHT AND MASTER MUSICIAN, Established the use of musical synthesizers in Post-Colonial Congolese Town Music under the stage nickname of Pacquy. Performed with the following 3 giants of the musical scene of Kinshasa: - The Yss-Boys (Exotic music) - The Sosolisso Madjesi Trio and African Jazz (African popular brand) Combined journalistic activities with music performance (Shows, Music Halls (8), Dance Halls, Touring, Festivals and Sporting events (9), Piano Bars, Dinner Rooms (10) and Night clubs ) (11).
RESEARCH OR MAJOR PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN
1983-1986				At the National Museums Institute of Zaire, Kinshasa II: • EXTENSIVE TRANSCRIPTION of traditional music including an exhaustive version of a renowned Baassa aksak of the Mongo people. • Participated in NEGOTIATIONS WITH UNESCO (Paris/Miollis) for the publication of 10 cassettes of traditional music. • EXTENSIVE FIELDWORK Covered the Western regions of Zaire especially the Kongo, Teke, Boma Sakata and Mongo ethnic groups.
1979-1983 1997				At the National Institute of Arts, Kinshasa: • COMPOSED the music of the Muzang tragedy and the music of the Ngembo and Mundele Ndombe musicals for the National Ballet of Zaire. At the International Centre for African Music and Dance (ICAMD), Legon: Initiated the AFRICAN DRUM MUSIC SERIES of 15 didactic booklets, multipurpose Drum scores for Educators, Composers, Scholars and Students. (See Publications).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1996-2005				As a Senior Research Fellow (ICAMD) and Lecturer (SPA), University of Ghana/Legon: • Taught PIANO IN UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE CLASSES (1986-2000) • Established INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE TEACHING OF COMPOSITION in Ghana, Legon and Cape Coast Universities • Handled the School of Performing Arts and the University of Cape Coast’s track of MUSIC THEORY AND COMPOSITION, WITH CULTURAL ALTERNATIVES IN AFRICAN MUSIC. • Chaired the Wednesday’s INTERNAL STAFF SEMINAR ON RESEARCH AND METHODS in Ethnomusicology, Legon. • Bared a significant weight in the SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE THESES AND UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATIONS, in the Legon Music Department.
1979-1983				At the National Institute of Arts, Kinshasa • Taught piano in the undergraduate classes • Organised private piano classes for expatriate children in Kinshasa.
CONFERENCES, SPECIAL SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS AT WHICH PAPERS WERE READ, BOARDS
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS As a Theorist in African Music within international platforms:
May 2000 January 2003 October 2003 As a Music Educator:				• Michigan, Ann Arbor. .INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AFRICAN MUSICAL EDUCATION. • Pretoria. THE JOURNAL OF AFRICAN MUSICAL ARTS’ CO-AUTHORS WORKSHOP. • Princeton. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON AFRICAN MUSIC
1999				• UNESCO WORKSHOP FOR THE TRAINING OF MUSIC TEACHERS IN FRENCH-SPEAKING AFRICA. (Co-hosted by MASA 99, Abidjan).
As a composer:
March-June 2000				• Northwestern. 2000 INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY & RESEARCH IN AFRICAN HUMANITIES: COMPOSITION AND TRANSMISSION TECHNIQUES. An interdisciplinary approach.
As a Cultural Development Agent:
March 1998 LOCAL WORKSHOPS				PAN-AFRICAN CONSULTATION ON CULTURAL POLICIES FOR DEVELOPMENT held in Lome, Togo, and organized by UNESCO in conjunction with the Organization of African Unity, the Bellagio Group, and the Government of Togo
As a contribution to the 3rd and 4th generations of Ghanaian composers, respectively
January 1999			• Organised the Year.1999 GHANAIAN COMPOSERS’ WORKSHOP sponsored by the French Embassy in Accra. Resource person: the French composer Fabien Tehericsen.
2005			Main consultant for the German sponsored GLOBAL INTERPLAY WORKSHOP (September 2005) for young composers’ intercultural music competition (African Pool): Main Resource persons: Dr. Nkeiro Okoye and Dr. Ralph Alexander Kohler.
As a contribution to the ICAMD international conferences in Accra, Legon
1996-2005			• Participated actively as a Senior Fellow in all the International conferences initiated by the International Centre for African Music and Dance (ICAMD): - MUSIC AND HEALING IN AFRICA AND THE DIASPORA (1997) - THE FUNDAMENTALS OF AFRICAN CHURCH MUSIC, (July 3-17, 1998) - UNESCO INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE WORKSHOP (January 12-14, 1999), etc
INTERNATIONAL BOARDS
July 2003		• MEMBER OF THE JOURNAL OF THE MUSICAL ARTS IN AFRICA, South African College of Music, University of Cape Town.
July 2004		• Accounting for abstracts concerning books and theses directly published in West and Central Africa about music for the RILM INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF MUSIC (ONLINE MUSICAL ARCHIVES).
January 2004		• Official Ambassador Extraordinary in Francophone countries of the PASMAE, PAN AFRICAN SOCIETY FOR MUSICAL ARTS.
LOCAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
2004- 2004- 2005- 2005- 2005- PUBLICATIONS		BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF ARTS, University of Ghana, Legon ACADEMIC BOARD, University of Ghana, Legon FINANCE COMMITTEE, School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Legon PLANNING COMMITTEE, School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Legon IT COMMITTEE, School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Legon
THESES, DISSERTATIONS
1.	Musical Traditions of the Kongo People: Western Central Africa. An inclusive perspective. PHD. Thesis: Paris X-Nanterre University, 1994, 480p,
2. 3.	A Musical Chart of the Western Zaire. DEA Article, Paris X-Nanterre University, 1988, 40p. Traditional Music of the Boma-Sakata and Ekonda of the Maindombe Lake (Western Zaire) M.A. Dissertation, Paris X-Nanterre University, 1988, 120p.
4.	About an ‘Ekonda’ Melody. Diploma Final Work, National Institute of Arts (INA), Kinshasa.
BOOKS AND ARTICLES
Theoretical essays
5	“Ethnomusicology of Africa or African Musicology: a self-reliant theoretical perspective”, Paper Presented at the International Conference on African Musical Education, Michigan, May 2000.
6.	"Form in African Music." Paper Presented at the Center for Intercultural Music Conference, Cambridge, August 2001
7.	”Improvisation and Extemporization in Sub-Saharan Africa”, Paper Presented at the International Symposium on African Music, Princeton, October 2003.
8.	“African Francophone and English-speaking Tertiary Programs in Music Education”: An inaugural report for PASMAE, Bilingual (English, French). March, 2004
9.	"Fieldwork in Central Africa: a Sociology of Research" Bilingual (English, French). In the Journal of African Musical Arts, Cape Town, January 2003.
Chapters in books
10.	”Improvisation and Extemporization in Sub-Saharan Africa”, in the Journal of African Musical Arts, Cape Town, January 2003.
Pedagogic booklets
	African Drum Music Series
11.	Adowa. Accra, Ghana: Afram Publications, 1997.
12.	Slow Agbekor. Accra, Ghana: Afram Publications, 1997.
13.	Kpanlogo. Accra, Ghana: Afram Publications, 1997. Twelve hanging numbers should be added to the series originally sponsored by the ICAMD without further incentive in 7 years for their publication. These booklets are African Drum Music continued: a) Adevu b) Agbadza c) Asafo d) Atsiagbekor e) Bamaya f) Borborbor g) Bima h) Fontomfrom i) Gabada j) Gome k) Sikyi l) Zigi.

Ongoing writings
- An ongoing Synthesis of the above African Drum Music corpus in a single book under the title of
	Ghanaian Drum Music: Fifteen musical types, short performance practice, theoretical issues, full scores.
- An English translation of a personal French PHD thesis:
	Musical Traditions of the Kongo People: Western Central Africa. Paris X-Nanterre University, 1994, 480p,
MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS
An insight into musical software applications has enabled an unrestrictedly use of orchestral templates without wondering about the lack of performers. Worthy to be quoted for the last 5 years: Pedagogic material (2000-2003)
14. 15 16. .	The Ghanaian Suite Didactic medley: Fugue, String quartet and Orchestra. On a theme by A.A. Mensah: Divine Providence
*For the ORBIT* project, World Music Day 2004, Switzerland.**
17. 18	Fanfare 1. Fanfare 2.
For GBC: Philharmonic Pearls (2005)
19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.	Ghana National Anthem: Concert Version Welcome Prince. Kongo Dreams. 78 months in Ghana. February 2003 in Accra. The TransAfrican Motorway
Church music (advanced rehearsals with the LEGON ALL STARS: a vocal octet with piano forte)
25.	The Lord on our Side, Psalm 124 (2005)
DISCOGRAPHY
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.	"Chants Kongo" (Paris, Musique du monde, BUDA Music: 82512-2) "Tambours Kongo" (Paris, Musique du monde, BUDA Music. 92525-2) "Petites musiques du Zaïre” (Paris, Musique du monde, BUDA Music 92372-2) “Souvenirs du Zaire”: Paris, Shamar Ed., 1993. “Dwarfs consultations” for GBC, Philharmonic Pearls, 2005.
FILMS/DOCUMENTARIES Main consultant in the “BOBONGO” coverage of an Ekonda musical Festival by French students in cinema (1988). WEBMASTER
2003-2005	www.african_atpm.com Personal ongoing research in African Art, Traditional and Popular Music, with a link to the University of Ghana, Faculty of Arts, Music Department Website, a personal achievement.

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