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11 / 30 Ono Gagaku Performs at Riverside Church Start: 6:00 pm 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 Performed by the Ono Gagaku Society of Tokyo and celebrants of the International Shinto Foundation Part I: Orchestral Works (Kangengaku) Part II: Sacred Shrine Maiden Dance (Kagura mai) Part III: Dance Pieces (Bugaku) This event is free and open to the public. RSVP is not required. Date: Thursday, November 30th 6:00 – 7:00 Pre-concert reception 7:00 – 8:30 Concert Location: The Riverside Theatre at Riverside Church 91 Claremont Avenue (Just north of 120th Street, between Broadway and Riverside Drive) Map & Directions: http://www.theriversidechurchny.org/about/?directions Paid parking is available at Claremont Avenue Garage. Entrance is on 120th Street, between Riverside Drive and Claremont Avenue. This concert is sponsored by the International Shinto Foundation (New York) and the International Foundation for Arts and Culture (Tokyo). For more information, please visit http://www.donaldkeenecenter.org more info
12 / 1 Prince Diabate - Guinean Kora Master Visits Columbia Start: 6:00 pm End: 8:00 pm Renowned master of the African kora Prince Diabate to lecture and perform in the Dept. of Music at Columbia University Date: Friday, Dec. 1, 2006 Time: 6-8 PM Room: 622 Dodge Hall, Morningside Campus Open to the public; space is limited so arrive promptly. Click here for Prince Diabate's biography and website. sponsored by the Center for Ethnomusicology at Columbia University and Jumbie Records more info
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12 / 4 Jonathan Shannon to Speak at the Center, Monday, Dec. 4, 4-6PM 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. _______________________________________________________________ more info Columbia Gagaku Ensemble to Perform at Casa Italiana, Monday Dec. 4, 8 PM 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: “Hyôjô no netori” “Etenraku” “Koromogae” 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: http://music.columbia.edu/mpp/events.html more info
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12 / 6 Georgina Born to Visit the Center, Wed. Dec. 6, 2006, 1-3PM 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. more info
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12 / 8 Paul Berliner, Cosmas Magaya, and Louise Meintjes to Visit the Center Start: 12:00 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 Profs. Paul Berliner and Louise Meintjes, from Duke University, and Mr. Cosmas Magaya, a renowned Zimbabwean master of the Shona mbira, and a long-time consultant to Prof. Berliner. 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. Berliner's book The Soul of Mbira, and Prof. Meintjes' book Sound of Africa! if you plan to attend. more info
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12 / 10 Bluegrass Ensemble to Perform at The Ding Dong Lounge, Sun. Dec. 10, 8:30 PM Start: 8:30 pm "Lion in the Grass" will perform on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2006, at the Ding Dong Lounge (929 Columbus Ave., at 106th St.), starting at 8:30 PM. Please come out and support the ensemble while saying goodbye to the semester. "Lion in the Grass" is Columbia's Bluegrass ensemble, led by Ethnomusicology PhD student Toby King and sponsored by the Center and the Music Performance Program. more info
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