• * April 12, 2008
  Ethiopian Millennium: “Music, performance and the arts in Ethiopia” is the theme of a day long workshop at St. Cross College, Oxford University, U.K. Kimberlin will give a presentation on “Art Music in Africa: and the Music of Ashenafi Kebede (1938-1998), catalyst for a new generation”.
• * July 11-16, 2008
  “Dialogue between Asia and Africa”, International Conference and Music Festival in Bangalore, India July 11-16, 2008, jointly organized by Indiranagar Sangeetha Sabha, Bangalore and the Centre for Intercultural Musicology at Churchill College, Cambridge, UK. Kimberlin, member of the International Advisory Committee, will give a plenary session presentation on “Climate, Commerce, and Castles: Indian-Ethiopian-Eritrean1 Connections in the Arts and Related Fields”. Download the invitation and program in pdf format below.Invitation
  Program 
  Please visit http://isangeethasabha.org/html/AfroAsia2007.htm for more specific information about the conference.
• * July 21, 2008
  Kimberlin presented two lectures at 11:00 am and 6:30 pm: “India’s contributions to the arts and related fields in Ethiopia and Eritrea” at the University of Madras, Dept. of Music; and on “ PhD Students who are considering publishing their theses” for the Centre for Ethnomusicology, Chennai, India.

2007 Events  Back to Top

• * July 2-6, 2007
  Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway will host the 16th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies. C. T. Kimberlin will give a presentation on the Yared Music School and contribute to a discussion about issues relevant to Ethiopian music.
• * August 1-4, 2007
  Churchill College, Cambridge University, U.K. The fourth Biennial International Symposium and Festival on Composition in Africa and the Diaspora will feature special sessions titled “Africa Meets Asia” and “Africa Meets Latin America.” C. T. Kimberlin will present “Around the Corner and Around the World with Dr. Rachel Amelia Eubanks and the Eubanks Conservatory of Music and Arts (Los Angeles, California)”.
• * November 6 - 9, 2007
  ”Africa Meets Asia” Beijing 2007. World Music Days, 2^nd International Symposium on African and Chinese Music. Co-organized by the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, PRC & Centre for Intercultural Musicology at Churchill College, Cambridge, U.K. Kimberlin will present a paper titled: “East Meets West”.

2006 Events  Back to Top

• * August 25- September 1, 2006
  The International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM). Fourth meeting of the Music and Minorities Study Group, Varna, Bulgaria. Local organizer: Rosmary Statelova, Institute of Art Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Science. Kimberlin is presenting a paper “Yared Music School (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) and the Eubanks Conservatory of Music and Arts (Los Angeles, USA): Diverse Connections as Models for the 21st Century”.

2005 Events  Back to Top

• * August 5-8, 2005
  Churchill College, Cambridge University, U.K., 3rd International Symposium and Festival on the theme "Composition in Africa and the Diaspora" featuring Composers' Sessions, Scholarly Sessions and Live Concerts. MRI will publish the proceedings.
• * August 18-20, 2005
  The Third International Conference of Institutes & Libraries for Chinese Overseas Studies, Singapore, 2005 on “Maritime Asia and the Chinese Overseas (1405 - 2005)”, Singapore. Kimberlin is presenting a paper “Reflections on Music and Other Connections between East Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea) and the East Asia (China, Japan)”.
• * October 16-22, 2005
  Dialogue Between China and Africa in Music & Halim el-Dabh Symposium, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, PRC. Kimberlin, member of the Organizing Committee, will give two presentations: "Halim El-Dabh's Creation of Orchestra Ethiopia (1963-1975) and its influence on three piano pieces and a string quartet"; and "Reflections on Music Convergence and Adaptation between East Africa (Eritrea and Ethiopia) and East Asia" (China and Japan)".
• * November 17-20, 2005
  The Society for Ethnomusicology 50th Anniversary Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. November 18, 4:45pm. Special session - Remembering Ki Mantle Hood (1918-2005): An Informal Memorial Service. Kimberlin and other former students of Hood during Hood's tenure at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) will offer their comments.  MRI Press will have a display in the exhibit area.  Free shipping (USA only) will be offered for orders that are placed and prepaid during this conference.

2004 Events  Back to Top

• March 10-14, 2004
  Cleveland, Ohio, Annual Meeting of the Society for American Music (SAM) with the Sound Recording Archives. Panel on March 11th from 1:00-3:00 pm on The Musical World of Halim El-Dabh chaired by David Badagnani, Kent State University. As a panel member, C. Tse Kimberlin will focus on El-Dabh’s 1961-64 tenure in Ethiopia. Presentation is “Orchestra Ethiopia 1963-1975: Halim El-Dabh, Catalyst for Music Innovation and Preservation”.
  Note: A copy of Around the World the 80 Years – A MEMOIR – A Musical Odyssey by Henrietta Yurchenco, MRI Press 2003 release date, will be on display at the SAM book exhibit.
• April 11, 2004 
  Central Conservatory of Music. Beijing, PRC. C. T. Kimberlin presented 20 of her publications on African music to the library at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, PRC. 
• July 25, 2004. 2:00 - 3:30 pm.
  MRI in cooperation with the Clarion Music Center is sponsoring a lecture-demonstration by Professors Yasuko Endo and Kazuya Kojima from Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto Japan. Their focus will be on: Dances from Japan and Kenya utilizing the technology of Motion Capture. The event takes place at the Clarion Music Center located at 816 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA 94108. Further information and directions are found at http://www.clarionmusic.com 
• October 22-24, 2004
  Park University, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Inaugural Event of the Fela Sowande Centennial Symposia & Festivals. MRI will participate as a Trustee and a founding member of ICMAD in collaboration with Park University. C. T. Kimberlin will participate in a panel on Music Publishing Project:  The Politics of Publishing & Marketing New Music.  Dominique de Lerma, (Chair); Brent Henri Betters, Judith Anne Still, Cynthia Tse Kimberlin, Lucius Weathersby, and J.H. Kwabena Nketia. 

2003 Events  Back to Top

• March 21, 2003
  Duke University, Department of Music 2002-03 Lecture Series will sponsor a presentation by Dr. Cynthia Tse Kimberlin on "Music Traditions, Transitions, and Imagination in Ethiopia and Eritrea: Event as Catalyst for Change". The talk is part of the ongoing, year-long discussion across Duke on "The Arts During Times of War" promoted by the Institute of the Arts and the John Hope Franklin Institute for the Humanities, 101 Biddle Music Bldg., East Campus. 4:00 p.m. Durham, North Carolina. 
• July 21-25, 2003
  Hamburg University, Asia-Africa Institute, Germany will host the 15th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies. C. T. Kimberlin will be presenting a paper "No One Dared:  Twenty-two Tigrinya Songs from Mendefera, Eritrea".
• August 1-4, 2003
  Churchill College, University of Cambridge, U.K., 2nd International Symposium and Festival on the theme "Composition in Africa and the Diaspora" featuring Composers' Sessions, Scholarly Sessions and Live Concerts. C. Tse Kimberlin is on the Steering Committee and MRI will publish the proceedings.

2002 Events  Back to Top

• February 20-24, 2002
  2002 Festival of African & African-American Music (FESAAM), an ICMAD event at Dillard University, New Orleans, LA, USA. MRI is a participant, a Trustee, and founding member of ICMAD.
• April 15-17, 2002
  Centre for Intercultural Music Arts (London, U.K.) is hosting the 8th Biennial International Symposium and Festival on the theme "New Intercultural Music". The event will take place at Churchill College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, U.K. MRI will be a participant and one of the sponsors.
• June 21, 2002
  Library of Congress Association of Asian Americans (LCAAA) is sponsoring a presentation by Dr. Cynthia Tse Kimberlin: “Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Another View - from a Peace Corps Volunteer in Eritrea 1962-64”. It focuses on issues relevant to Asian Americans. Takes place at the time of the 40th (plus 1) Anniversary of the US Peace Corps in Washington, D.C. (June 20-23).  James Madison Memorial Building, 6^th Floor, West Dining Room, Noon - 1:00 pm.  Washington D.C. (Subway stop:  South Capitol Street)

2001 Events  Back to Top

• November 13, 2001
  MRI is co-sponsoring Dr. Nora Yeh, Archivist at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. who will give two presentations on the Library of Congress American Folklife Center and National Digital Library. The two events will take place at 11:00-12:00 am at the Berkeley Chinese Community Church Senior Center, 2117 Acton Street Berkeley, CA; and at 3:30-4:30 pm at the Richmond Public Library, Madeline F. Whittlesey Community Room, 325 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond, CA.

¹  Formerly part of Ethiopia, Eritrea gained its independence in May 2002.  Both countries exhibit share many similarities, in particular northern region of Ethiopia with southern Eritrea among the Tigre speaking peoples.