Date: 08-Oct-2010

 

A Lecture Performance Dr Akmal Parwez Music

 

"Music is the fundamental and core spirit of the system of nature. Sufies of Indo-Pak used music to promote their message to the masses. Mystic poetry of Shah Hussain and Madhu Lal is the everlasting workable model of the purposeful musical massage. These views are shared by the Musicologist, Composer, Conductor and Vocalist Dr Akmal Parwaz while delivering a lecture on Ethnomusicology arranged by the Odium Art Society of the University of Gujrat. Odium Art Society with the collaboration of Sur Sangeet Gujrat arranged this lecture-cum-performance session. Live performance on different “Gazals”, “Kaafis” and “Geet” was also presented by Dr Akmal. Video presentation was also been produced to mark the event more interesting on “Once upon a Springtime for Flute, “Bassoon and Symphonic Wind Ensemble (8)” and “Plaint Song for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Trombone & Percussion (7)” were also presented by the musical expert. Video presentation on the composed music based on the Eastern and Western pattern was also produced by him.

 

To mark the event interesting and memorable, teacher at Musicology Department at NCA Lahore, renowned Dhrupad vocalist Aliya Rashid was invited to perform on the occasion. She played Dhrupad and general music to amuse the participants.
Folk Punjabi singer of area, Dr Azhar Mehmood Choudhry also presented folk music on Saif-ul-Muluke. Renowned flutist Zahid Rafique form Wazirabad amused the session unprecedentedly. Zohab Hassan, a representative Amratsari Gharana performed on Sarangi on the occasion.

 

Lecture-cum-performance activities were conducted by Additional Registrar, Media & Publications Sheikh Abdul Rashid in an impressive manner. In the end, the Vice Chancellor thanked all the artists and the audience for sharing the session. He pledged on the occasion his patronage to make the life live able and loveable at the campus. He congratulated the organizers. Ms Jahan Ara Nazim the supreme organizer of the event thanked the artists and the audience for attendance. She to hailed the management of the organizers. "