Josh Palkki | Dr. Palkki Music

African Music Resources

Ubuntu! Harambee! More Songs of South Africa and Kenya 
Presentation Materials

Here are the texts/translations, spoken texts, and sound files for my presentation at the Michigan Music Conference on January 24, 2015.
Presenters: Joshua Palkki & Christina Sisson
Section Leaders: Logan Jones, Alina Tamborini, Jessica Glaser, Haley Schmidt, Zack Lindquist, Duncan Cooper

Video of the whole session (shot and edited by Haley Schmidt)


Printed material referenced
Three South African Songs, Volume I
Khululu Imbadada, Kwangena Thina bo, Shosholoza
arranged by Steven Fisher
SATB
Colla Voce 43-96840

Recommended drum supplier:
Djembe Drums & Skins

Contact info:
Joshua Palkki • [email protected]
Christina Sisson • [email protected]




Here are the texts/translations, spoken texts, and sound files for my presentation at the Michigan Music Conference on January 17, 2014.

Presenters: Joshua Palkki & Christina Smith
Section Leaders: Stephanie Duve, Jessica Glaser, Zack Lindquist, Duncan Cooper

Click here for a video of the presentation
Click here for the Keynote slides used in the presentation
Click here for the drumming patterns used in the presentation (modeled by Christina Smith)


Printed material referenced

Three South African Songs, Volume I
Khululu Imbadada, Kwangena Thina bo, Shosholoza
arranged by Steven Fisher
SATB
Colla Voce 43-96840

Contact info:
Joshua Palkki • [email protected]
Christina Smith • [email protected]

Articles referenced
Abril, C. R. (2006). Music that Represents Culture: Selecting Music with Integrity. Music Educators Journal, 93(1), 38-45.

Goetze, M. (2000). Challenges of Performing Diverse Cultural Music. Music Educators Journal, 87(1), 23-25.

Joseph, D. Y. (2003). Cross cultural engagement: teaching African music to Australian students. In Proceedings of the 4th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Music Education Research (pp. 142-147). Department of Creative Arts, The Hong Kong Institute of Education.