When: Thursday, February 07, 2013 12:00 PM - Thursday, April 25, 2013 8:00 PM
Where: Nyumburu Center : Feb 26, Mar28 and Apr 26 in CSPAC
Event Type(s): Other,Concert,Dance Performance,Diversity,Lecture,Special Event

SAVE THE DATES Musicians demonstrate and explain the shared roots of diverse traditions from fascinating foreign and familiar cultures ranging from Kazakhstan to the Carolinas, from Brazil to Africa, China and Middle East. Dates: Feb 7, 22, 26. March 4, 13, 28. April 9, 25. Free except for performances Feb 26, Mar 28 and April 26, which require tickets. Live performances. Themes relate music to culture including Jazz, Islam, Women, Salsa, Polka, slavery, migration, languages, history, emotion, rent parties, courtship, how the medium of music illuminates difficult diversity issues.
Artists include Eleanor Ellis, Phil Wiggins, Rick Franklin, Mike Baytop, Richard Miller and DC Choro, Benjamin Pasternack, Saïs Kamalidiin, Zarinah Shakir, Silk Road Dance, Wu Man, Dr. Fernando Rios, Ninety Miles. Details: http://www.nyumburu.umd.edu/events/Diversity%20through%20Music.pdf

Website: www.nyumburu.umd.edu/events/Diversity%20through%20Music.pdf

For more information, contact:
Roger M Candelaria
ODEC
+1 301 405 2839
rcandel@umd.edu
www.odec.umd.edu/makeoursmusic