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SUMMARY:Listening Sessions: Musical Encounters with Peni Rokotuiba Masirew
 a - Peni Rokotuiba Masirewa
DTSTART:20210520T170000Z
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CONTACT:Julian Siebert
DESCRIPTION:*Peni Rokotuiba Masirewa*\, or Ben as he is affectionately kno
 wn in his home country\, the Fiji Islands\, is a guitarist and singer. Hea
 vily influenced by his love of progressive music\, funk\, jazz fusion\, bl
 ues and RnB\, he strives to create music that is both meaningful and pushe
 s the boundaries of his own ability. Regularly\, he performs at coffee sho
 ps\, bars\, festivals\, fairs and hotels all over the Fiji Islands. In tod
 ay’s Musical Encounters session\, we are going to listen to ‘Smile Aga
 in’\, one of his original pieces\, which he composed in the course of th
 e pandemic and which he performed at the recent Tom Mawi Taylor Guitar Com
 petition 2021. Ben joins us from Suva\, the capital of the Fiji Islands\, 
 and will discuss his piece\, the music scene in Fiji and the role of guita
 r music in Oceania.\n\nListening Sessions: Musical Encounters\n\nIn a roug
 hly 30-min online Zoom listening session\, we meet up to experience and di
 scuss one musical piece or sound at a time. Changing hosts provide an audi
 o or audio-visual recording and inform the audience why this particular re
 cording is meaningful to them. Hosts may trace their own personal encounte
 r with the music/sound\, how this musical/sonic source has accompanied the
 m through life\, share thoughts about their creative process (in case they
  have produced it/worked with it) and give contextual information before w
 e have a brief discussion for the rest of the session. Musical Encounters 
 can be utilised to inspire\, to broaden one‘s own understanding of what 
 music can be\, what the presented material means for oneself and to others
 . It can also offer a platform to share and present music\, which has been
  produced by the host and can gather multiple perspectives from people who
  themselves are engaged in various\, possibly quite different musical prac
 tices.\n\nRegister "here":https://wolfson-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regist
 er/tJMqd-2qqjspGNO_7Y-BscTtIef1zzGQ3t_V
LOCATION:Wolfson College Zoom meeting
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