Musicology, the Arts and the New Normal: A Festschrift in Honour of Professor Solomon Oziakpono Ikibe- PDF

Musicology, the Arts and the New Normal: A Festschrift in Honour of Professor Solomon Oziakpono Ikibe- PDF

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Musicology, the Arts and the New Normal is a Festschrift in honour of Professor Solomon Oziakpono Ikibe, distinguished scholar of Ethnomusicology and Theatrical Musicology. Bringing together 26 peer-reviewed contributions from scholars across Africa and beyond, this volume explores the rich intersections of music, culture, and contemporary society. The essays span a wide range of themes — from ecomusicology and ethnomusicology to music and religion, theatrical musicology, digital media, and gender in African musical performance. Rooted in Nigerian and broader African contexts, the collection engages with questions of identity, tradition, and transformation in the arts at a time of global change. Together, these contributions stand as both a scholarly tribute to Professor Ikibe’s enduring legacy and a vital reference for researchers and students in African musicology and the performing arts. 

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About the Author

Olusegun Stephen Titus is an Associate Professor at the Department of Music, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria. He obtained a PhD in Musicology from the University of Ibadan. His research focuses on ecomusicology, music and migration, music and infrastructure, and music and pandemic. He is a Fellow of IFRA-Nigeria (2012), a Leventis Fellow and Visiting Scholar at the University of London (2014), an AfOx-TORCH Fellow and Visiting Scholar at Oxford University (2019), an ACLS/AHP Fellow (2020), and a Carson Fellow and Visiting Scholar at Ludwig Maximilian University Munich. He is currently an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Experienced Fellow and Visiting Scholar at the Department of Literature, Arts and Media Studies and the Centre for Cultural Enquiry, Konstanz University, Germany.

Christopher Omotosho holds a PhD and a Master’s degree in Performing Arts, both from the University of Ilorin. He was the founding Head of Department of Theatre Arts at F.C.E. Okene. He is a Chief Lecturer and currently Dean of the School of Arts and Social Sciences, Federal College of Education, Okene, Nigeria. His research interest in music pedagogy focuses on music theory and performance.

Oghenevwarho Gabriel Ojakovo is an Assistant Professor of Music and Director of the Centre for African Diaspora Sacred Music and Musicians at California State University, Dominguez Hills. His research interest centers on the intersection of religion and music-making in Africa and the diaspora performance space and its contribution to negotiating and renegotiating the complexities that affect the lived experiences of Africans in the homeland and diaspora.

Stephen Ogheneruro Okpadah is a Chancellor International PhD Scholar at the University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom, researching participatory theatre and climate justice in the context of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. His project draws on Theatre for Development to create community-based performances that advocate for climate justice. He won the 2021 Janusz Korczak/UNESCO Prize for the Global South in the emerging scholar category. He is Director of Research at the Theatre Emissary International, Nigeria, and a non-resident Research Associate at the Centre for Socially Engaged Theatre, University of Regina, Canada.

Taiye Shola Adeola is a musician and theologian. He is a Reader at the Department of Performing Arts, University of Ilorin, Nigeria, where he teaches music, and a Baptist clergy. As a music sociologist, he has conducted research on Dadakuada music, Nigerian Gospel music, and Nigerian popular music, focusing on the intersection of music, popular culture, and religion. He is a composer, conductor, and music director.

 

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..i

Acknowledgments ……………………………………………………………………………………..iii

Citation of Professor Solomon Ikibe ……………………………………………………………v

Preface …………………………………………………………………………………………………..xxvii

 

BIOGRAPHICAL
Chapter 1: The Ikibe You Don’t Know but, Whom I Know
Olatunbosun Samuel ADEKOGBE …………………………………….1

Chapter 2: Interview with Professor Solomon Oziakpono Ikibe
Christopher OMOTOSHO & Akanji Olufemi OLALEYE …………9

Chapter 3: The Challenge of Moving from College of Education to University System: Prof. Solomon Ikibe’s Experience
Christopher OMOTOSHO …………………………………………….15

Chapter 4: The Ecclesiastical Odyssey Of Solomon O. Ikibe 1962-2021
Michael J. IKIBE & Felix OZIWO ……………………………………25

 

ECOMUSICOLOGY
Chapter 5: Sounds in the Environment: Incorporating Nigerian Popular Music into Environmental Education
Gbemileke OLAYINKA & Olusegun Stephen TITUS …………….43

 

MUSIC AND MEDIA
Chapter 6: Music Creativity and Social Reality
Omowumi Deborah ADELABU……………………………………… 59

 

ETHNOMUSICOLOGY
Chapter 7: From Festival Performance to Folk Script
Blessing I ADJEKETA ………………………………………………….. 71

Chapter 8: Folkism in African Choral music performance: Cultural Expression and Identity in Leke Joel’s 370
Samson Oladosu EBE ………………………………………………….. 85

Chapter 9: Musical Instruments as a Means of Cultural Identity in Igunuko Festival in Aworiland, Lagos State, Nigeria
Emmanuel Adebola AKINYEMI & Olusegun Stephen TITUS ……………………………………………. 101

Chapter 10: Evolution of Motet Musical Form as Analogous to the Yorùbá Fúji Music
Akanji Olufemi OLALEYE & Christopher OMOTOSHO ……119

Chapter 11: Trends in Fuji Music of Nigeria
Hameed Olutoba LAWAL …………………………………………. 135

 

MUSIC AND RELIGION
Chapter 12: A Theological Interpretation of Colossians 3:16 on Hymn and its Effect on the Nigerian Society
Adesina Abiodun OLUBITAN & Sunday Joshua IZU ………..147

Chapter 13: Comparative Study of Musical Performances of Selected Churches in Selected In Ilorin Metropolitan
Adesina ADEGBITE & Tolani BAMIKOLE ……………………161
Chapter 14: The Role of Multimedia in the Advancement of Musical Composition Production, and digitalization in the Post-Covid-19 Era: An overview of the Global Crusade with Kumuyi (GCK)
Albert O.U. AUTHORITY ………………………………………… 183

Chapter 15: Choristers’ Perception, Practices, and Styles Adopted in Musical Knowledge Transfer among Mainline and Pentecostal Churches in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria
Eyitayo A. SORETIRE, Olufemi O. OKEDAIRO,
Deborah Temisan LAWAL, Blessing Uzoamaka ONYEKE ….201

 

MUSIC THEORY AND COMPOSITION
Chapter 16: The Interception of Theory and Practice of Music in Solomon Ikibe’s Musicological Musicianship Oluwatosin John IBITOYE ………………………………………… 217

Chapter 17: The Use of Compositional Techniques in the Works of Solomon Oziakpono
Taiwo Adebusola OLALUSI ………………………………………. 229

 

THEATRICAL MUSICOLOGY
Chapter 18: Sources of Musical Materials in Femi Osofisan’s Aringindin and the Nightwatchmen and Farewell to a Cannibal Rage
Tolulope OWOAJE & Kadupe SOFOLA ……………………….. 247
Chapter 19: Music, Language and Business Management in Stage Performance of Sam Ukala’s the Slave Wife
Taiwo Adebusola OLALUSI, Victoria O. IKIBE,
C. Charity EDEH-AWONIYI …………………………………….. 283

 

DIGITAL, YOUTHS, PERFORMANCE AND GENDER
Chapter 20: A Study of Analogue and Digit Musical Recordings in Nigerian Music Industry
Temitope Oluwabunmi AKANBI …………………………………299

Chapter 21: Inculcating Morals in Youths Through the Igbo Music Folk Music
Blessing Uzoamaka ONYEKE …………………………………….319

Chapter 22: Music Factor and Moral Development of the Nigerian Child: An Overview
Godwin E. OGLI …………………………………………………….329

Chapter 23: Appraising the Management of Music and Drama Performances: A Study of 2019 Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye’s Convocation
Femi AKANDE ………………………………………………………341

Chapter 24: Compositional Style Changes in J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart, L.V. Beethoven, And Chopin
Olufunke ADIGUN ………………………………………………….355

Chapter 25: Gender Concept In African Musical Performance: Nkwa Umuagbogho In Perspective
Folorunso David JAIYEOLA ………………………………………365

Chapter 26: Resonances Of Death: A Textual and Musical Analysis of Alamo Chant as a Funeral Dirge in Ekiti
Gbenga Oluwaseun FALANA ……………………………………..375

 

Book Editors ……………………………………………………………………………………………387

Index ………………………………………………………………………………………………………389

Notes on the Contributors ………………………………………………………………………395

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