Blues and the Spirit IV Symposium Program

Friday, May 30, 2014 12:00-7:00pm Symposium Registration and Check In (Shaffer Silveri Atrium/Parmer Hall) Lodging Check in (Coughlin Commons) Optional Blues Legacy Bus Tour (separate registration required; departs from the Circle Drive) Opening Plenary (Shaffer Silveri Atrium/Parmer Hall) Welcome Janice Monti, Blues and the Spirit Director and Chair of Sociology, Dominican University Invocation Megan Graves, Dominican University Class of 2014 Blues on the Page: Documentation, Discourse and Directions for the Future. Panelists: Lincoln Chicago Beau Beauchamp (Performer, Writer, Lecturer and Publisher of the Original Chicago Blues Annual) Sterling Plumpp (Blues Poet, Essayist, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois Chicago) Paul Garon (Writer, Editor, and Scholar on Blues as a Musical and Cultural Movement) Jim ONeal (Writer, Producer and Co-founder of Living Blues Magazine) Steve Cushing (Radio Host of Blues Before Sunrise and Author of Pioneers of the Blues Revival) Gayle Dean Wardlow ((Independent Blues and Gospel Researcher, 78 Collector, Journalist and Author of Chasin' That Devil Music - Searching for the Blues) Sandra Pointer-Jones (Blues Journalist and Interviewer for the Chicago Blues Legends Permanent Collection, Harold Washington Library) Presider: Mark Camarigg, Managing Editor, Living Blues Magazine 8:30-9:00pm Presentation of 2014 Blues and the Spirit Awards (Shaffer Silveri Atrium/Parmer Hall) Recipients: Bob Koester (Owner of Delmark Records and the Jazz Record Mart) The Scott Family (In Honor of Five Decades of Musical Contributions in Blues, Soul and R&B) Presenters: Donna Carroll, President, Dominican University; Janice Monti, Director, Blues and the Spirit Symposium, Dominican University; Robbi Byrdsong-Wright, Assistant Dean of Academic Support Services, Dominican University, Joyce Cookie Threat, Founder, Koko Taylor Celebrity Aid Foundation Reception and Live Entertainment (Shaffer Silveri Atrium/Parmer Hall) Featuring Walter Scott and the World Band

1:00-4:00pm 7:00-9:00pm

9:00-11:00pm

Saturday, May 31, 2014 8:30-11:00am 9:00-9:30am 9:30-10:30am Registration/Symposium Check In (Shaffer Silveri Atrium) Coffee and rolls available in the Slate Lobby of the Fine Arts Building Keynote Address (Martin Recital Hall/Fine Arts Building) Tricia Rose, Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America and Professor of Africana Studies, Brown University/ 2014 Lund-Gill Chair at Dominican University The Blues Aesthetic and Contemporary Black Music (Bluhm Auditorium, Room 108, Parmer Hall) Panelists: Patricia R. Schroeder, McClure Professor of English, Ursinus College (Author, Robert Johnson, Mythmaking and Contemporary American Culture) Julius Bailey, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Wittenberg University (Author, Philosophy and Hip Hop) Discussant: Gil Cook, Assistant Professor of English, Dominican University (Author, The Culture Industry: Mainstream Success and Black Cultural Representation in Jay Z: Essays on Hip Hops Philosopher King) Southern Soul-Blues: Continuities and Impurities (Bluhm Auditorium, Room 108, Parmer Hall) Panelists: Jazzii A (Journalist, TV and Radio Show Host) Cicero Blake (Genre-spanning Vocalist whose Career Spans over Five Decades) Kenneth Hollywood Scott (Guitarist, Producer, Vocalist) Theo Huff (Vocalist and Actor) Jeannie Holliday (Soul-Blues Vocalist) Discussant: David Whiteis (Author, Southern Soul-Blues) Blues in the Media (Bluhm Auditorium, Room 108, Parmer Hall) Panelists: Leslie Keros, (Writer, Editor, Host of Chicago Bound and Messin' with the Blues, WDCB Radio) Rosalind Cummings-Yeates (Music and Art Critic, Columnist for Illinois Entertainers Sweet Home Monthly Blues Feature and the author of Exploring Chicago Blues: Inside the Scene, Past and Present) Regina Mullen (Publisher and Editor, Passway Magazine) Discussant: Amy van Singel (Writer, Co-founder of Living Blues Magazine, and Host of Blue Hill Blues on WERU Community Radio, East Orland, ME) The Gospel Aesthetic: Pure and Fused (Bluhm Auditorium, Room 108, Parmer Hall) Panelists: Greg Kot (Music Critic, Chicago Tribune and Author, I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers and the March up Freedom's Highway) L. Stanley Davis (Historian of Black Sacred Music, Founder of the Gospel Arts Workshop and the Chicago Gospel Festival) Walt Whitman (Director and Founder, Chicago Soul Children) Discussant: Bryan T. Froehle (Professor of Practical Theology and Director, Ph.D. in Practical Theology, St. Thomas University, Miami, FL) Workshop for Musicians (Parmer Hall Room 113) Artist Self-Empowerment in the Digital Age: Creative Content Protection and Maximization Co-sponsored by the Koko Taylor Celebrity Aid Foundation (free for musicians with advanced registration; open to symposium participants) Closing Plenary (Martin Recital Hall/Fine Arts Building) Multimedia Presentation: Blues Didnt Start at the Bandstand Lance Williams (Director of Blacks on Blues) Exhibit and Closing Reception (OConnor Gallery, Lewis Hall) Reaching for the Light: A Retrospective Exhibit of the Blues Photography of Susan Greenberg Acoustic Set with Singer and Guitarist Jimmy Burns Bus Excursion to the Blues Across the Generations After Party at Rosas Lounge Featuring Jamiah On Fire and the Red Machine, Cicero Blake, Theo Huff, Claudette Miller, HoneyDew, Sharon Lewis (wristbands required)

11:00am-12:00pm

12:30-1:30pm

2:00-3:00pm

3:30-4:30pm

1:30-4:30pm

5:00-6:30pm

6:30-8:30pm

9:00pm-2:00am

The $75 registration fee includes ALL events on campus May 30 and 31 (panels, presentations, and receptions, Friday evening performance by the World Band, and round-trip bus transportation and club cover charge to the Saturday Blues Across the Generations show). The Chicago Blues Legacy Bus Tour is optional and space is limited. The tour can be reserved in advance for an additional cost of $35 when you register online for the symposium. A Brown Bag lunch with beverage for Saturday, May 31 may be purchased online for $10.00. It will be available in the Parmer Atrium between 12:00-2:00pm. The Workshop on Artist Empowerment is a hands-on, informational and practical session conducted by legal professionals and music industry representatives. It is offered free of charge for area musicians but requires a separate advance reservation. (Symposium registrants may also attend.) If you are a musician interested in participating in this workshop, please contact us directly at 708-524-6050 or email bluesandspirit@dom.edu for more information on this event or to reserve your place. Reasonably priced and no-frills on-campus lodging options are available in limited numbers (singles at $50; doubles at $90 and suites for up to four people for $160 per night). Our online registration feature accepts all major credit cards. If paying by check or money order, please make it payable in full to Dominican University and mail it along with a clear explanation of your choices (i.e., registration fee, optional bus tour, lodging type and number of nights) to Dominican University, Blues and the Spirit Symposium, 7900 W. Division Street, River Forest, IL. 60305). Register Now

DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY 7900 West Division St. River Forest, IL 60305 bluesandthespirit@dom.edu www.dom.edu/blues (708) 524-6050