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Faculty
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School
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Music
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zabkong@yahoo.co.uk |
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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…
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MAÎTRISE = MASTER,
ETHNOLOGY (ETHNOMUSICOLOGY) (4)
Under Eric de Dampierre, Monique Brandilly, Mireille Helfer, Hugo Zemp,
Bernard Lortat-Jacob and Simha Arom.
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*(“GRADUAT”=)
DIPLOMA, IN MUSIC (5)
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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, EVANSTON
(ILLINOIS) |
INSAAS, BRUSSELS
1986
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COMPOSITION AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC
Under Stephen Syverud and Wolman Amnon
VIDEO TECHNIQUES
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CENTRAL AFRICA MUSEUM, TERVUREN, BRUSSELS, |
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ORGANOLOGY with J. S. Laurenty
TRADITIONAL MUSIC ARCHIVES, KONGO BIBLIOGRAPHY
Under Van Geluwe and: Jos Gansemans
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1996-2005
1986
1983
1979-1983
1974-1976
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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
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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.
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BROADCASTER, PROGRAM MAKER
Zairian Educative Radio Station (STAR): Sunday religious program
and The hundred visages of songs.
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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).
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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.
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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).
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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.
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At
the National Institute of Arts, Kinshasa
• Taught piano in the undergraduate classes
• Organised private piano classes for expatriate children in
Kinshasa.
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January 2003
October 2003
As a Music Educator:
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• 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 |
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• UNESCO WORKSHOP FOR THE TRAINING OF MUSIC TEACHERS IN FRENCH-SPEAKING
AFRICA. (Co-hosted by MASA 99, Abidjan).
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As a composer: |
March-June 2000
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• 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
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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
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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).
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January 2004 |
• Official Ambassador Extraordinary in
Francophone countries of the PASMAE, PAN AFRICAN SOCIETY FOR MUSICAL ARTS. |
LOCAL
BOARDS AND COMMITTEES |
2004-
2004-
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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 |
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Musical Traditions of the Kongo People:
Western Central Africa. An inclusive perspective. PHD. Thesis:
Paris X-Nanterre University, 1994, 480p, |
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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. |
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About an ‘Ekonda’ Melody.
Diploma Final Work, National Institute of Arts (INA), Kinshasa. |
BOOKS AND ARTICLES |
Theoretical
essays |
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“Ethnomusicology of Africa or African
Musicology: a self-reliant theoretical perspective”, Paper Presented
at the International Conference on African Musical Education, Michigan,
May 2000. |
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"Form in African Music." Paper Presented
at the Center for Intercultural Music Conference, Cambridge, August 2001 |
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”Improvisation and Extemporization
in Sub-Saharan Africa”, Paper Presented at the International Symposium
on African Music, Princeton, October 2003. |
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“African Francophone and English-speaking
Tertiary Programs in Music Education”: An inaugural report for PASMAE,
Bilingual (English, French). March, 2004 |
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"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 |
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”Improvisation and Extemporization in
Sub-Saharan Africa”, in the Journal of African Musical Arts,
Cape Town, January 2003. |
Pedagogic
booklets |
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African Drum Music Series |
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Adowa. Accra, Ghana: Afram Publications,
1997. |
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Slow Agbekor. Accra, Ghana: Afram
Publications, 1997. |
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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. |
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Ongoing
writings
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- An ongoing Synthesis of the
above African Drum Music corpus in a single book under the title
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Ghanaian Drum Music: Fifteen musical types,
short performance practice, theoretical issues, full scores. |
- An English translation of a
personal French PHD thesis: |
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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)
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The Ghanaian Suite
Didactic medley: Fugue, String quartet and Orchestra.
On a theme by A.A. Mensah: Divine Providence
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For
the ORBIT project, World Music Day 2004, Switzerland. |
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Fanfare 1.
Fanfare 2. |
For
GBC: Philharmonic Pearls (2005) |
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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) |
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The Lord on our Side, Psalm 124 (2005) |
DISCOGRAPHY |
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"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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