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EventsThursday November 30, 2006
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End: 8:30 pm
You are invited to an evening of gagaku music and sacred dance, presented by the Institute of Medieval Japanese Studies in honor of the 20th anniversary of the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture. Gagaku – Japanese Royal Court Music and Sacred Dance This event is free and open to the public. RSVP is not required. Friday December 1, 2006
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Renowned master of the African kora  sponsored by the Center for Ethnomusicology at Columbia University and Jumbie Records Monday December 4, 2006
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
The Center for Ethnomusicology at Columbia University presents:
a talk by: Prof. Jonathan Shannon (Hunter College) “Composition, Tradition & the Anxiety of Musical Influence in Syrian & Moroccan Andalusian Musics” Monday, December 4, 2006 4 – 6 PM at The Center for Ethnomusicology 701C Dodge Hall Columbia Morningside Campus Reception to follow 
Jonathan Shannon is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Hunter College. He earned his PhD inAnthropology from the City University of New York Graduate Center. His research focuses on musical aesthetics and cultural politics in the Arab world and Mediterranean. He has conducted field research in Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Morocco, and Spain. His book, Among the Jasmine Trees: Music and Modernity in Contemporary Syria, was recently published by Wesleyan University Press in their Music/Culture Series. _______________________________________________________________ Start: 8:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
Our own Gagaku ensemble, directed by Prof. Naoko Terauchi, will perform as part of the Music Performance Program winter chamber music concert at Teatro Casa Italiana (The Italian Academy), on the Columbia University campus, on Monday, Dec. 4, 2006. The concert begins at 8 PM and features several other student groups. Program: Performed by students in World Music Ensemble: Gagaku (MUSI V1626) & featuring Musicians from the Tenri Cultural Institute, New York Instructed and directed by Prof. Naoko Terauchi. Sponsored by the Center for Ethnomusicology at Columbia University, the Music Performance Program in the Dept. of Music at Columbia University, and the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies. More information is available at: Wednesday December 6, 2006
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
Graduate students in the Department of Music are invited to attend a special Center for Ethnomusicology "Deep Hang" seminar with Prof. Georgina Born of Cambridge University, UK. For more information on this event contact Prof. Fox at aaf19@columbia.edu This event is not open to the public; admission is by permission only. RSVP is requested. A reception will follow the seminar. Please be familiar with Prof. Born's book Rationalizing Culture if you plan to attend.  
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