Charles to give public lecture and concert

The lecture which begins at 5.30 pm will precede his concert on Sunday, entitled Carnival: the Sound of a People.

Carnival: the Sound of a People, is an opus that continues Charles’ penchant for the rituals of his homeland, composed after four months of travel and deep research across Trinidad and Tobago to unearth the arts of Carnival that highlight the vivid and vast elements of our culture and history.

What he discovers is that Carnival traditions are alive and thriving in areas with strong communities and families. Art forms such as the tamboo bamboo, stick fighting, tambrin, jab-jab, blue devils, black Indian, moko jumbie, fancy sailor, Dame Lorraine, steel and iron bands continue to grow and evolve after being passed from generation to generation through the oral tradition.

At the public lecture, presented by Monlo Music Ltd and the Calabash Foundation for the Arts in collaboration with the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT ), Charles will give students and the public insight into his research which included hours of video and audio recordings and how he uses these recordings to inform his compositions.

Admission to the lecture is free with limited seating.

Sunday’s concert will feature Charles on trumpet and percussion, Godwin Louis on alto and soprano saxophones, Christian Sands on piano, Alex Wintz on guitar, Luques Curtis on bass and John Davos on drums. T ickets to the concert will also be available at the lecture.