The International colloquium “Multipart Singing in Europe: Historical Trajectories and Current Perspectives” was held in Portel, Aletejo, on October 4-6, 2007. It was organized by The Institute of Ethnomusicology (INET) of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, in collaboration with The City Hall of Portel and the Regional Directorate of Culture in Alentejo. The colloquium was coordinated by Salwa el-Shawan Castelo-Branco. Several concerts of traditional polyphony of Alentejo were organized. Proceedings of the conference are in the press. Here is the list of participants and their papers:
- Joseph Jordania(Australia/Georgia). “Vocal Polyphony in Europe: An attempt at Classification from an Historical Perspective”.
- Caroline Bithell(UK). “Multipart Singing in Corsica: Continuity and renewal”.
- Maria do Rosario Pestana(Portugal). “Cramois, Cantas e Cantareus: Levantamento e Arquivo de Praticas Polifonicas no Doura Litoral”.
- Susana Sardo(Portugal). “Homens au Largi: Cantadas e Modas em Terras de Santa Maria. Processos Performativos de Canto a Vozes no Feminino”.
- Ardian Ahmedaja(Austria). “Particular Relationships Between Words and Music in the Performance Practice of Multipart Songs in Southern Albania”.
- Alla Sokolora(Adyghea, North Caucasia, Russia). “Adyghian (Circassian) Traditional Polyphony and its Transformation in Post-Soviet Caucasia”.
- Maria Jose Barriga(Portugal). “Praticas Performativas e Folclorizacao no Baixo Alentejo”.
- Paulo Lima(Portugal). “Notas em Torno do Cancioneiro Popular Presente na Regiao Historica do Alentejo”.
- Salwa el-Shawan Castelo-Branco(Portugal). “ Grupos Corais Alentejianos e a Patrimonializacao do Cante”.
- Antonio Cartageno(Portugal). “O Papel da Comissao de Liturgia e do Coro do Carmo de Beja na Recolha, Recuperacao e Reinterpretacao do Cancioneiro Popular do Baixo Alentejo”.
- Luisa Tiago de Oliveira(Portugal). “Imagens do Alentejo em Giacometti”.
- Luis Clemente(Portugal). “Glocalizando o Cante Alentejano: Antonio Marvao – Cozinhando a Tradicao”.
- Jorge Moniz(Portugal). “A Tradicioanlizacao do Canto Alentejano: Um Estudio de Caso do Grupo Coral Os Ceifeiros de Cuba”.
- Ignazio Macchiarella(Italy). “The Valorisation of Sardinian Multipart Singing and its Impact on the Village Practices.
- Natalia Zumbadze(Georgia). “Georgian Folk Singing and its Regularities”.
