The Africana Studies Department proudly presents the third annual Africana Studies Symposium, featuring a special conversation with legendary funk pioneer George Clinton, widely known as the Master of Funk.
International Steinway Artist, concert pianist, and composer Dr. Karen Walwyn will lecture on and perform solo piano works by world-renowned composer Florence Price—the first African-American woman to gain national acclaim—alongside a selection of Walwyn’s own original compositions.
Legendary producer and DJ Arthur Baker will be interviewed by Prince Charles Alexander in a special event presented in collaboration with the Africana Studies Department at Berklee College of Music.
The Berklee Africana Studies Department hosts Dr. Fredara Mareva Hadley, an ethnomusicology professor in the Music History Department at the Juilliard School. She teaches courses on African American music and the field of ethnomusicology (the study of music in its social and cultural contexts). Hadley will discuss her forthcoming book I'll Make Me a World, which centers on the musical contributions of historically Black colleges and universities and their impact on Black music and beyond. She is an alumna of two historically Black colleges: Florida A&M University and Clark Atlanta University. Hadley completed her PhD in ethnomusicology at Indiana University.
The Berklee College of Music Africana Studies Department presents a lecture on the Gnawa with Professor Leo Blanco and visiting scholar Dr. Chouki El Hamel.
