Ithaca College

About the conference: The North American Conference on Video Game Music is an academic conference that brings together scholars from around North America and internationally to discuss music in video games. The 7th annual NACVGM will take place on April 4-5, 2020, in Hockett Family Recital Hall in the James J. Whalen Center for Music, Ithaca College. Registration is required to attend the conference, but registration is free for Ithaca College students, faculty, and staff. Registration is also free for undergraduate students from any institution. For all other attendees, register before March 4 for discounted rates! Regular registration prices are in effect March 4-April 5.

The conference's keynote speaker will be Dr. Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo, aka SAMMUS.

About the concert: This year's NACVGM will include a concert featuring arrangements of video game music as well as music inspired by video games, including a performance by SAMMUS.

The concert is free and open to the public. (Registration for the conference is not required in order to attend the concert.) 8:15 PM, Saturday April 4, Ford Hall, James J. Whalen Center for Music, Ithaca College.

Conference program, and more information about the concert:https://vgmconference.weebly.com/2020-program.html

Registration: https://vgmconference.weebly.com/registration.html

About the keynote speaker: SAMMUS (Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo) is a rap artist and producer from Ithaca, NY with a PhD in science and technology studies from Cornell University. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Brown University in the music department. Since 2010 Sammus has written, produced, and recorded three full-length albums (one of which has charted on Billboard), three EPs, including a Metroid-themed concept album, a collaborative Castlevania-themed concept album with the MC Mega Ran, and countless one-off collaborations with artists from a variety of genres as well as video game developers, podcasters, and filmmakers. Her live shows, characterized by her explosive energy and the inclusion of elements of cosplay, bring together a diverse array of activists, hip hop heads, punks, and self-identified nerds and geeks, among others. As noted by the Los Angeles Times, Sammus “has a gift for getting a message across.”

Questions about the conference can be directed to Elizabeth Medina-Gray, emedinagray@ithaca.edu.