Friday, September 12, 2025

9:00 AM // Registration Open

Ingram Hall Lobby

9:15 AM // Opening remarks

9:30 AM // Breakfast (provided)

Ingram Hall Lobby

Morning Activities (on your own)

Viewing of Lateef’s visual art (Vanderbilt University Art Gallery)
Screening of “Brother Yusef” (Ingram Hall): 9:30 AM, repeated at 10:30 AM
Exhibits from the Yusef Lateef Collection (Ingram Hall Lobby and Wilson Music Library)

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM // Opening Convocation/Panel, “The Life and Artistry of Yusef Lateef”

Participants: Ayesha Lateef, Ralph Jones, Alex Marcelo, Sonny Rollins (via phone)
Moderator: Charlie Apicella

Ingram Hall

3:00 - 4:45 PM // Breakout sessions (attend the session of your choice)

Visual Art (Chair, Alhena Katsof) - Ingram Lobby
Poetry (Chair, Anthony Reed) - Ingram Lobby
Intersection of Muslim identity and creativity (Chair, LuFuki) - Wilson Music Library

5:00 PM – 7:30 PM // Dinner (on your own)

7:30 PM // Recital featuring the compositions of Yusef Lateef

Blair Students, Faculty, and Guests recital
Brian Utley (saxophone), Jared Hauser (oboe), Molly Barth (flute), Jeff Coffin (saxophone), Ra Kalam Bob Moses (drums), Blair Big Band, The BlueNote Combo
Moderator: Doug Shadle

Turner Recital Hall

Saturday, September 13, 2025

8:30 AM // Welcome

Turner Recital Hall

9:00 AM - 11:30 AM // Session, “New Directions in Yusef Lateef Studies”

Ingram Hall

11:30 - 1:00 PM // Lunch (on your own)

1:15 PM – 2:45 PM // Group/Individual Masterclasses with Students

Guest clinicians:
• Jeff Coffin (saxophone)
• Angel Bat Dawid (clarinet)
Room 2192

• LuFuki (guitar)
• Alex Marcelo (piano)

Choral Hall

1:30 - 2:30 PM // Maxine Gordon: Oral interview series kick-off with Ralph Jones

Turner Recital Hall

3:00 - 4:30 PM // Sonic Convocation
Ralph Jones, coordinator with Alex Marcelo

Instrumental Rehearsal Hall

4:30 PM - 7:30 PM // Dinner (on your own)

7:30 PM – Culminating concert with Autophysiopsychic Millennium

Ingram Hall