Schedule
Friday, November 6, 2015
12:30 - 5:00pm Symposium: Toll Room, Alumni House |
a 12:30 – 12:45 pm Introductory Remarks Mark Blum, UC Berkeley 12:45 – 1:25 pm 'Reciting, Chanting, and Singing: Codifying Music in Buddhist Canon Law' Cuilan Liu, McGill University 1:25 – 2:05 pm 'The Sound of Vultures' Wings: Tibetan Buddhist Ritual as Performing Art' Jeffrey Cupchik, St. John Fisher College 2:10 – 2:50 pm 'Use of Dance as a Ritual Tool in the Tantric Tradition of Nepalese Buddhism' Alexander von Rospatt, UC Berkeley 2:50 – 3:05 pm Break 3:05 – 3:45 pm 'Chanting with the Dragon’s Voice: Music and Musical Notation in Japanese Sōtō Zen' Michaela Mross, Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley 3:45 – 4:25 pm 'Music and Liturgy in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism: The Rishu Zanmai Rite' Steven G. Nelson, Hosei University, Japan 4:30 – 5:00 pm Group Discussion |
7:00 - 10:30pm
Performances: Zellerbach Playhouse |
7:00 – 8:00 pm
Rishu Zanmai, Japanese Esoteric Buddhist Chant (Japan) Performance by Karyovinga Shomyo Kenkyukai Ensemble- Arai Kojun, Kawashiro Kodo, Numajiri Kensho, Tanaka Kokan, Tobe Kenkai 8:15 – 9:15 pm Charya Nritya by Dance Mandal (Portland, Oregon) Performers: Prajwal Vajracharya, Uppa Sakya, Corinne Nakamura-Rybak 9:30 – 10:30 pm Tibetan Ritual Music and Dance (Dehradun, India) Performers: Drikung Kagyu nuns from Samtenling Nunnery - Konchok Gamtso, Konchok Tsechik, Meena Kumari, Sonam Choenzin, Tandup Angmo, and Tsewang Dolma Sherpa |
Saturday, November 7, 2015
9:30 am – 11:00am Symposium: Toll Room, Alumni House |
a 9:30 – 10:10 am 'The Dhamma as Sonic Praxis: Perspectives on Chant in Burmese and Khmer Buddhism' Paul Greene, Penn State Brandywine 10:10 – 10:20 am Break 10:20 – 11:00 am 'Taxonomies of Chant in Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand' Trent Walker, UC Berkeley |
12:15 – 2:40pm
Performances: Zellerbach Playhouse |
12:20 – 1:00 pm
Khmer ‘Smot’ Melodic Chant (Phnom Penh, Cambodia) Performer: Ms. Pheoun Sreypov 1:05 – 1:45 pm Lao ‘Doen Sieng’ and ‘Lae’ Sermon Chant (Santa Rosa, California) Performer: Ven. Phetsamone Keomixay 2:00 – 2:40 pm Sri Lankan ‘Paritta/Pirit’ Protective Chant (Rosemead, California) Performer: Ven. Sumitta Thero |
3:00 – 4:50pm
Symposium: Toll Room, Alumni House |
3:00 – 3:40 pm
'History and Practice of Wuhui Nianfo' Beth Szczepanski, Lewis and Clark College 3:40 – 4:20 pm 'Elasticity of Korean Buddhist Rituals: Socioeconomic Conformance of the Pomp’ae Chant Performances' Byong Won Lee, University of Hawai’i, Manoa 4:20 – 4:30 pm Break 4:30 – 4:50 pm Group Discussion |
6:00 – 8:05pm
Performances: Zellerbach Playhouse |
6:00 – 6:55 pm
Yongsanje Buddhist Ritual (Seoul, Korea) Performers: Ven. Pophyon, Han Sungyul, Kim Beop Ki, Kwaon Rihwan, Lee Chang Won 7:10-8:05 pm Ven. Shi Guangquan (Hangzhou, China) Performers: Monks from the Lingyin Temple and the Buddhist Academy of Hangzhou |