Africanias at a crossroads

the black presence in concert vocal music - an autoethnographic report

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/1.1.2023.48616

Keywords:

Africanias, Brazilian Vocal Music, Afro-Brazilian music, Performance.

Abstract

The current paper describes the paths taken in the research, preparation and performance of an Afro-centered recital, based on a methodological approach developed by the research group Africanias UFRJ, crossing information about the selected piece (work, composer or lyricist) with the menu and the mandatory curriculum program for the bachelor's degree in singing. Works were selected that presented one of the following aspects: linguistic, discursive, musical or historical-documentary features that ensured black representation in concert vocal music. Furthermore, an autoethnography of the recital was carried out, recorded in a field diary. With this work, we illustrate the importance of, from different epistemologies, bringing perspectives and approaches to the performance of vocal music, expanding the possibilities of this field of knowledge.

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Author Biographies

Andrea Adour, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) - UFRJ

She holds a Master's degree in Music - Singing from UFRJ, where she defended her dissertation A Dobra: o resgate da poética perdida no percurso histórico da música; and a PhD in Education from UFMG, where she defended her thesis Vissungo: o cantar banto nas Américas. She was a substitute teacher at UFRJ, UERJ and UFMG. In 2006 she became a permanent professor at UFOP, and in 2013 she was redistributed to UFRJ, where she is a professor in the Vocal Department. She was Coordinator of the Degree in Music between 2014 and 2015, Vice-Director between 2015 and 2019, and Director of Extension at the UFRJ School of Music between 2019 and 2020. As a performer, she favors chamber repertoire from the 20th and 21st centuries, especially Brazilian music. She has worked for 25 years with Duo Adour: Andrea Adour, voice, and Fabio Adour, guitar. In postgraduate studies, she is the coordinator of the Africanias Project: Brazilian vocal music and the Brazil-Africa relationship (2015) and the Africanias Research Group. She has been researching Brazilian vocal music since 2004.

Paulo Maria

Born in Nilópolis, Rio de Janeiro. She began her studies in music at the age of 11, at Faetec Nilópolis, in the children's musicalization course, where she took music theory, recorder and keyboard lessons, and later piano at the São João de Meriti Music School. At the age of 15, she began studying lyrical singing, under the guidance of Professor Jonas Maia, at FAETEC and in the Africanias project, in partnership with UFRJ. Under his supervision, she took part in various performances throughout the state of Rio de Janeiro. At the age of 17, she entered the bachelor's degree course in singing at UFRJ, under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Andrea Adour. She took part in several concerts with the Chão de Folhas Group. Her operatic repertoire includes the character Zé Botina, from the opera Maroquinhas Frufru, performed by UFRJ's ''A escola vai à ópera'' project; Masetto, from the opera Don Giovanni, performed at the VOCE Studio; Dulcamara, from the opera L'Elisir d'amore; Mill, from the opera La cambiale di matrimonio, for the project ''Opera at UFRJ'', Professor Pausanias from the opera Une education manquee, for the project ''Opera Studio UFRJ''. Paulo Maria gave the world premiere of the title character in the opera The Emperor's New Clothes by composer Sven Kristersson, and the character André Rebouças in Tim Rescala's The Engineer. In 2022 she took part in the Brazilian premiere of Frank Martin's opera Le vin herbé. That same year, he was awarded the Revelation Prize at the 1st Joaquina Lapinha Singing Competition, aimed at black, brown and indigenous singers.

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Published

2023-12-01

How to Cite

Adour, A., & Maria, P. (2023). Africanias at a crossroads: the black presence in concert vocal music - an autoethnographic report. Journal of Brazilian Erudite Vocal Music, 1(1), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.35699/1.1.2023.48616

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2023): Abertura

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Articles