The Center for World Music and the Kalabash School of Music and the Arts presents Passport to Worlds of Music, an informal concert series of classical and folk music traditions from Australia and Asia. This unique music and lecture series will introduce you to the sounds, aesthetics, and cultural significance of the music of Australia, North India, and Burma/Myanmar.
Performances in Series:
Saturday, February 11 - 6:00 PM (Doors Open at 5:30 PM)
Music of Australia
Randin Graves is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and one of the world?s leading non-Aboriginal exponents of the Australian didjeridu. He has played with diverse musicians from classical chamber ensembles to Aboriginal elders and has given presentations on the instrument everywhere from United States elementary schools to the National Museum of Australia.
His CDs have been played on every continent, including Antarctica. As an Australian-American Fulbright scholar, dual citizen and manager of the esteemed Buku-Larrnggay Mulka art centre in the remote Aboriginal township of Yirrkala from 2004-2009, Randin was appointed as an ambassador of the instrument and its culture by two governments and a council of Aboriginal elders.
He has a passion for sharing his experiences with the culture that created the didjeridu. As a trained western musician, he is also passionate about raising awareness of the great musicality of the oft misunderstood instrument.
Saturday, March 18 - 6:00 PM (Doors Open at 5:30 PM)
Music of India
Performed by international award winning Northern Hindustani Classical music singer, Sudakshina Alagia.
Saturday, April 8 - 6:00 PM (Doors Open at 5:30 PM)
Music of the Ethnic Minorities of Burma/Myanmar
This special presentation is presented by the elders of the Karen people of Burma. This presentation is in collaboration with the Karen Organization of San Diego.
Admission/Cost:
Dates and times:
Saturday, February 11 - 6:00 PM (Doors Open at 5:30 PM)
Saturday, March 18 - 6:00 PM (Doors Open at 5:30 PM)
Saturday, April 8 - 6:00 PM (Doors Open at 5:30 PM)
For more information, please visit: www.centerforworldmusic.org
Performances in Series:
Saturday, February 11 - 6:00 PM (Doors Open at 5:30 PM)
Music of Australia
Randin Graves is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and one of the world?s leading non-Aboriginal exponents of the Australian didjeridu. He has played with diverse musicians from classical chamber ensembles to Aboriginal elders and has given presentations on the instrument everywhere from United States elementary schools to the National Museum of Australia.
His CDs have been played on every continent, including Antarctica. As an Australian-American Fulbright scholar, dual citizen and manager of the esteemed Buku-Larrnggay Mulka art centre in the remote Aboriginal township of Yirrkala from 2004-2009, Randin was appointed as an ambassador of the instrument and its culture by two governments and a council of Aboriginal elders.
He has a passion for sharing his experiences with the culture that created the didjeridu. As a trained western musician, he is also passionate about raising awareness of the great musicality of the oft misunderstood instrument.
Saturday, March 18 - 6:00 PM (Doors Open at 5:30 PM)
Music of India
Performed by international award winning Northern Hindustani Classical music singer, Sudakshina Alagia.
Saturday, April 8 - 6:00 PM (Doors Open at 5:30 PM)
Music of the Ethnic Minorities of Burma/Myanmar
This special presentation is presented by the elders of the Karen people of Burma. This presentation is in collaboration with the Karen Organization of San Diego.
Admission/Cost:
Dates and times:
Saturday, February 11 - 6:00 PM (Doors Open at 5:30 PM)
Saturday, March 18 - 6:00 PM (Doors Open at 5:30 PM)
Saturday, April 8 - 6:00 PM (Doors Open at 5:30 PM)
For more information, please visit: www.centerforworldmusic.org
