Jazz and live music festival held at various venues throughout Accra. Visual art exhibitions, movie screenings, conferences, workshops for technicians in the performing art sector and masterclasses for musicians. The aim is to bring the jazz buzz back to Accra as it was in the 1960s, a time when the jazz scene was a huge element of the city's music scene.
WORKSHOPS AND MASTERCLASSES
Name of the event: Brass Masterclass with trumpeter Nicolas Genest
Type of event: Masterclass
Day: Tuesday 15th
Time: 9am-1pm
Location: Alliance Francaise Accra – Exhibition Hall
Rate: Free – Selected participants only. To register email culturel@afaccra.com or call 0501287811.
Description :
Workshop for brass musicians wishing to learn or improve their techniques:
column of air (breathing, diaphragm, abdominal belt...), singing, sounds spun, "buzz", "mask", double sounds, note pedals, etc... (Singers and
instrumentalists who wish to deepen their knowledge of breath control are welcome). There will be a thorough study of the modes and major and minor
scales and arpeggios, diminished scales, and altered and enhanced scales.
Name of the event: Sound & Light for live events - workshop for technicians with Christophe Laforêt
Type of event: Workshop
Day: Tuesday 22nd
Time: 9am-5pm + 25th
Location: Alliance Francaise Accra
Rate: Free – Selected participants only (6 to 8 participants). To register email culturel@afaccra.com or call 0501287811.
Description :
Objectives: To provide the basics of sound (concerts ext /int, conference ...) to lighting (live performances, preparation and during performances) as well as
rules of expertise and know to be inherent in the techniques of performance and provide basic maintenance of equipment. 4/5 days of training and practice
during 2 live events. Participants should be available the whole duration of the workshop.
and Tuesday 22nd
April
- Saturday 26th
& 26th
April
evening
Name of the event: Poetry workshop with Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Type of event: Workshop
Day: Saturday 26th
April 2014
Venue: New Morning Arts Café Theatre and Creative Centre
Time: 10am-1pm
Rate: Free. To register email culturel@afaccra.com or call 0501287811.
Description: As a performance art, poetry shares much with jazz, both dependent on a combination of subtle elements to deliver the ultimate experience.
In this workshop, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, award-winning Ghanaian author of Tail of the Blue Bird (Winner of 2014 Prix Mahogany - France, Shortlisted for the
Commonwealth Prize 2010, A Die Welt Top-10 Crime Book 2010 in Germany), a Jazz lover and poet, explores how these commonalities - variances in tone
and volume, the use of silences and repetition - can be leveraged to deliver better poetry in performance.
Name of the event: Studio sound recording workshop
Type of event: Workshop
Day: Wednesday 30th
Time: 11am-4pm
Location: East Legon
Rate: Free – Selected participants only.
Description : Recording engineer, guitarist, and University of Ghana lecturer Colter Harper (www.colterharper.com) presents a workshop that will cover
recording engineering and production techniques on location in Vivivi Studios located in West Legon. Participants will record live drums, bass, guitar,
keyboard, and vocals as well as be introduced to basic mixing approaches. Musicians, producers, and composers and all welcome to apply for the 10
available spaces. To register send a short email about yourself to colterharper@gmail.com
Name of the event: A whole day of jazz with Dr. Royal Hartigan and Jazz Ensemble
Type of event: Master Classes, Demonstrations, and Performances
Day: Thursday 1st May 2014
Time: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Venue: Best Western Hotel
Rate: Free To register email culturel@afaccra.com or call 0501287811.
Description : Professor Hartigan will explore the history of Jazz through discussion, listening, viewing, and performance of essential styles in the history of
this dynamic art form. We will have CDs, videos, audience participation, and live ensemble performance to bring the music to life.
Musicians, kindly bring your instruments. You are invited! For more information and to register please contact royal hartigan at royaljhartigan@yahoo.com
Program: 10:00 am: African Background to 1930s, 1:00pm: Jazz from the 1940s to 1970s, 4:00pm: Jazz from the 1970s to the present, 7:00pm: Current
paths in Global Jazz
April
Name of the event: Tune up your performance by Jazz Tone Productions
Type of event: Masterclass
Day: Thursday 1st May 2014
Time: 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Number of participants: 15
Venue: Best Western Hotel
Rate: 100 GHC (in advance) / 150 GHC (on the day) To register email culturel@afaccra.com or call 0501287811.
Description : Discover the things that can help you deliver great performances with confidence with Toni Manieson. Learn how these elements will keep
your audience connected and engaged. Participants will perform with a professional accompanist. Vocalists should bring one lead sheet in their key and
instrumentalists, their instrument and one lead sheet (with lyrics, if applicable) of the song they will play. Come ready to try new things in a fun, supportive
setting! Open to all levels. Acclaimed for "Keeping Jazz Alive" in Ghana Toni "Jazz Tone" has performed as a band leader for the last 16 years around Ghana.
She has also performed all over the world. For more information and to register please contact Toni Manieson: tonimanieson@ymail.com
Name of the event: Ghanaian music and jazz
Type of event: Lecture
Day: Saturday the 3rd
Time: 6pm
Location: Alliance Francaise Accra – Exhibition Hall
Rate: Free
Description : Guitarist and University of Ghana lecturer Colter Harper (www.colterharper.com) presents a workshop on incorporating Ghanaian musical
structures into jazz and popular music compositions. Participants should bring their instruments as concepts will be performed by those present.