Upcoming Center Concerts in San Diego
Listed below is the Center's 2009-10 World Music Concert Series. For world music teachers, the Center has created this series as a student-friendly opportunity, since student admission is either entirely free or substantially reduced from the general admission price. We hope you are able to include some or all of these concerts in your 2009-2010 course syllabi: as required concerts, as make-up concerts, or as extra-credit concerts.
2009-2010 World Music Concert Series
Date |
Musical Tradition |
Venue |
Time |
Admission |
| 11/14/09 |
India: Odissi Classical Dance
This concert will mark the annual Indian holiday of Kartik Purnima.
|
LHS |
7:00 P.M. |
$15/10 |
| 11/20/09 |
Mexico: Soneros de San Diego and Trio Pa su Mecha
This concert will commemorate the Mexican Revolution. |
NSI |
7:00 P.M. |
$15/10 |
| 12/01/09 |
Zimbabwe: Zimbeat |
SB |
9:00 P.M. |
Free |
| 01/12/10 |
Zimbabwe: Zimbeat |
SB |
9:00 P.M. |
Free |
| 01/23/10 |
Iran: Passage to Dawn--A Night of Persian and Azari Music |
SDSU |
7:30 P.M. |
$35/25 |
| 03/12/10 |
India: Odissi Classical Dance
This concert will mark the annual Indian holiday of Holi |
TBA |
7:00 P.M. |
$15/10 |
| 03/25/10 |
Indian Music Festival: IFAASD |
NSI |
7:00 P.M.-
9:30 P.M. |
see flyer below |
| 03/26/10 |
Indian Music Festival: IFAASD |
DDGT |
7:00 P.M.-
10:00 P.M. |
see flyer below |
| 03/27/10 |
Indian Music Festival: IFAASD |
DDGT |
8:00 A.M.-
9:30 P.M. |
see flyer below |
| 03/28/10 |
Indian Music Festival: IFAASD |
DDGT |
8:00 A.M.-
9:15 P.M. |
see flyer below |
| 04/16/10 |
Eastern Europe: Kitka with Tzvetanka and Ivan Varimezovi |
CC |
7:30 P.M. |
TBA |
| 04/18/10 |
Zimbabwe Day Celebration
This concert will mark Zimbabwe's Independence Day |
NSI |
7:00 P.M. |
$15/10 |
| 06/12/10 |
Pakaraguian Kulintang Ensemble
This concert will mark the Philippines Independence Day |
NSI |
7:00 P.M. |
$15/10 |
| 08/20/10 |
Senegal: Sene Africa
This concert will mark Senegal's Independence Day |
NSI |
7:00 P.M. |
$15/10 |
San Diego Venues
CC |
Cuyamaca College (Communication Arts
Theatre)
900 Rancho San Diego Parkway
(619) 660-4322
|
DDGT |
David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre
4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla
(858) 362-1348
|
LHS |
La Jolla High School
750 Nautilus St.
(858) 454-3081
|
NSI |
The Neurosciences Institute
10640 John Jay Hopkins Dr.
(858) 653-0336
|
SB |
Soda Bar in North Park
3615 El Cajon Blvd.
(619) 255-7224
|
SDSU |
San Diego State University (Smith
Recital Hall / Music Bldg.)
5500 Campanile Dr.
(760) 822-1550
|
http://www.geocities.com/darvaksd/events
November 20, 2009

December 1, 2009
January 12, 2010
January 23, 2010

March 25-28, 2010

Spring, Summer 2009
World Music Concert Series
Date |
Musical
Tradition |
Venue |
Time |
Admission |
| Jan. 24 |
Mexico: Soneros de San Diego |
CVL |
3:00 P.M. |
Free |
| Feb. 13 |
In Memoriam Oemartopo |
RSVP |
7:00 P.M. |
Free |
| Feb. 20 |
Music of the Middle East: Qadim |
AMSD |
7:30 P.M. |
$20/15 |
| Feb. 25 |
Persian Music: Dornob |
SWC |
7:30 P.M. |
Free |
| Mar. 2 |
Mexico: Soneros de San Diego |
VAVPA |
6:30 P.M. |
Free |
| Mar. 14 |
Music of the Balkans: Mehanatones |
DU |
8:00 P.M. |
$10/6 |
| Mar. 17 |
Zimbeat |
SB |
9:00 P.M. |
Free |
| Mar. 19 |
Irish Music: Mick Maloney & Friends |
CSUSM |
10:30 A.M.-
12:00 P.M. |
Free |
| Mar. 21 |
India: Odissi Classical Dance, Janhabi Behera |
YCNC |
7:00 P.M. |
$15/5 |
| Mar. 26 |
Javanese Music: Kembang Sunda |
CC |
7:30 P.M. |
$8/5 |
| Mar. 28 |
India: Odissi Classical Dance |
SDSU |
7:00 P.M. |
Free |
| Apr. 3 |
Indian Music Festival: IFAASD |
LHS |
6:00 P.M.-
9:00 P.M. |
TBA |
| Apr. 4 |
Indian Music Festival: IFAASD |
LHS |
9:00 A.M.-
10:00 P.M. |
TBA |
| Apr. 5 |
Indian Music Festival: IFAASD |
LHS |
9:00 A.M.-
9:00 P.M. |
TBA |
| Apr. 4 |
Albanian Folk Music: Drita |
DU |
7:30 P.M. |
$10/6 |
| Apr. 15 |
World Music Festival |
MC |
10:00 A.M.-
1:00 P.M. |
Free |
| Apr. 19 |
Zimbabwe Day Celebration |
NSI |
6:00 P.M. |
$20/10 |
| May 4 |
Zimbeat & CSUSM African Ensemble |
CSUSM |
7:30 P.M. |
Free |
| May 17 |
North Park Main Street Festival |
30th St. |
All Day |
Free |
| May 22 |
Zimbeat |
BF |
5:00 P.M.- 8:00 P.M. |
Free |
| May 31 |
International Dance and Music Festival |
SV |
11:00 A.M.-
6:00 P.M. |
Free |
| June 12 |
Festival of Gamelan |
SDWC |
6:30 P.M. |
TBA |
| June 16 |
King Sunny Ade |
BU |
9:00 P.M. |
$25 |
San Diego Venues
AMSD |
Acoustic Music San Diego
4650 Mansfield St.
(619) 303-8176
|
BF |
Bluefoot
30th & Upas, North Park
(619) 756-7891
|
BU |
Belly Up Tavern
143 S. Cedros Ave., Solana Beach
(858) 481-8140
|
CC |
Cuyamaca College (Communication Arts
Theatre)
900 Rancho San Diego Parkway
(619) 660-4322
|
CSUSM |
California State University San Marcos (ARTS Bldg. 111)
333 South Twin Oaks Valley Rd.
(760) 750-4137
|
CVL |
Chula Vista Library (Civic Center Branch)
365 F Street
(619) 691-5069
|
DU |
Dancing Unlimited
4569 30th St.
(619) 708-0744
|
LHS |
La Jolla High School
750 Nautilus St.
(858) 454-3081
|
LT |
Lyceum Theatre
79 Horton Plaza
Broadway Circle
(619) 236-8712 |
MC |
San Diego Miramar College (Field House Amphitheater)
10440 Black Mountain Rd.
(619) 388-7696 |
NSI |
The Neurosciences Institute
10640 John Jay Hopkins Dr.
(858) 653-0336
|
SB |
The Soda Bar & Lounge
3615 El Cajon Blvd.
(619) 255-7224
|
SDSU |
San Diego State University (Smith
Recital Hall / Music Bldg.)
5500 Campanile Dr.
(760) 822-1550
|
SDWC |
San Diego Women's Club
2557 3rd Ave.
(Adjacent to the Museum School)
|
SV |
Seaport Village
837 W. Harbor Dr.
(619) 696-7058
|
SWC |
Southwestern College
900 Otay Lakes Road
(619) 482-6367
|
VAVPA |
Vista Academy of Visual and Performing Arts (Main Auditorium)
600 N. Santa Fe Ave.
(760) 941-0880
|
YCNC |
BKS Iyengar Yoga Center of North County
235 North El Camino Real, Encinitas
(760) 436-8277
|
http://www.geocities.com/darvaksd/events
February 20, 2009

March 21, 2009

March 28, 2009

April 3 - 5, 2009

April 4, 2009

Sunday, April 19, 2009
April 28, 2009

March - May, 2009
May 22, 2009

May 31, 2009

June 12, 2009

June 16, 2009

July 2-5, 2009

Eighth
Annual Payangan Festival: Bali, Indonesia 
Girikusuma Payangan, Juli 2-5, 2009–
7:00 Malam
Lewis Peterman, Artistic Director
Wayan Tubek, Technical Director
|
Thursday, Juli 2
Pertunjukan Guru Indonesia
– "Tari Tenun" - Wayan Sriyani
– Kecapi Sunda / "Ramo Racik" - Ade Suparman
– Jaipongan / "Gaplek" - Nurrika Suparman
– Gender Jawa / "Landrang Wilujeng - Ayak Ayak - Bebana" - Agus Afendi
– "Tari Manipuri" - Tri Wulandari
– "Topeng Gunungsari" - Tri Kumara Siddhi
– Jaipongan / "Kangsreng" - Nurrika Suparman, Tikka Sears, and Kathleen Trechard
Gamelan Gong Kebyar, Bj. Melinggih, Payanagan
Friday, Juli 3
Pertunjukan Murid Amerika dan Guru Indonesia
– "Puspanjali" - Tikka Sears and Kathleen Trenchard
– Kecapi Suling / "Sailungan," "Ayun Ambing," and "Lemah Cai"
– Gender dan Tembang Jawa - Agus Fendi, Laurel Grinnell, and Judith Collier
– Tari Jawa / "Tari Batik" - Nurrika Suparman, Tikka Sears, and Kathleen Trenchard
– Wayang Jawa / "Gathotkaca" - Tikka Sears
Gamelan Angklung, Bj. Kutuh, Sayan
Saturday, Juli 4
Pertunjukan Murid Amerika dan Guru Indonesia
–"Tari Jaranan" - group murid
– "Tari Margapati" - Kathleen Trenchard
– Gender Wayang / "Tulang Lindung"
– Gamelan Sunda / "Macan Ucul" and "Rumyang"
– Gamelan Jawa / "Gansaran," "Dawet Ayu," and "Sampak"
Wayang Kulit, Bj. Babakan, Sukawati
Sunday, Juli 5
Pertunjukan Murid Amerika dan Guru Indonesia
– Gender Wayang / "Gending Heran" - Wayan Budha dan Putu Danika
– "Topeng Tua" - Lajos Pongracz
– Gamelan Gambang / "Labda Karya" - Laurel Grinnell and Guru
– Gamelan Selunding / "Sekar Gadung"
– Gamelan Agklung / "Pitra Yadnya" - group murid dan sekaa Sading
– Wayang Bali / "Arjuna Tapa" - Tikka Sears and Kathleen Trenchard
Gameland Semar Pegulingan, Teges, Peliatan
Murid
Amerika: Judith Collier, John Gabriel, Laurel Grinnell, Heidi Kalyani, John Lasser, Lajos Pongracz, Tikka Sears, Renuka Sethi, Ken Shorley, Kathleen Trenchard, Lisa Weiss
Guru Indonesia: Agus Afendi, Wayan Budha, Made Juanda, Wayan Sarga, Tri Kumara Siddhi, Komang Sudiarsa, Nurrika Suparman, Wayan Sriyani, Ade Suparman, Tri Wulandari, dan Sekaa Selunding/Gambang
|
Fall 2008
World Music Concert Series
Date |
Musical
Tradition |
Venue |
Time |
Admission |
| Sept. 20 |
Afghanistan: Ustad Aziz Herawi |
NSI |
8:00 P.M. |
$20/10 |
| Sept. 27 |
Persian Classical Music: Namaad |
SDSU |
8:00 P.M. |
$30/10 |
| Oct. 9 |
Philippines: Pakaraguian Ensemble |
PC |
12:30 P.M. |
Free |
| Oct. 23 |
Music from West Java & Zimbabwe |
CC |
7:30 P.M. |
$8/5 |
| Oct. 25 |
Kabile Bulgarian Band |
DU |
8:00 P.M. |
$10/6 |
| Nov. 1 |
India: Odissi Classical Dance
(Postponed until Spring 2009)
|
SDSU |
7:00 P.M. |
Free |
| Nov. 7 |
Dance Music from Zimbabwe: Zimbeat |
BF |
7:00 P.M. |
Free |
| Nov. 9 |
North Indian Classical Vocal Recital |
RSVP |
3:00 P.M. |
Free |
| Nov. 12 |
Music from Iran &
West Africa |
SWC |
7:30 P.M. |
Free |
| Nov. 13 |
Ken Waldman: Old Time Fiddler
|
CSUSM |
10:30 A.M.
1:00 P.M.
|
Free |
| Nov. 18 |
SDSU Latin Ensemble |
CC |
7:30 P.M. |
$8/5 |
| Dec. 2 |
Senegalese Music: Sene Africa
|
CSUSM |
12:00 P.M.
1:00 P.M.
|
Free |
| Dec. 5 |
World Music Sampler: Zither Traditions
of the World |
SWC |
7:30 P.M. |
Free |
Friday, November 7, 2008

Sunday, November 9, 2008
North Indian Classical Vocal Recital
Home Concert
Featuring
Sougata Banergee, Vocal
Jyoti Prakash, Tabla
3:00 P.M., Sunday, November 9, 2008
2225 9th Street, Encinitas, CA**
Pandit Sougata Banerjee is one of the senior disciples of Pandit Jasraj, who is one of the living legends in North Indian classical music today. Sougata has been trained in classical vocal since his childhood and has performed at numberous concerts in India and abroad. Sougata, also an experienced teacher of music, has taught for six years at "Pt. Jasraj School of Music," at Atlanta, Tampa, and Los Angeles.
Jyoti Prakash started learning tabla at a very early age from his father first and then from Pandit Abhijit Banerjee, one of the senior students of the illustrious guru Pt. Gyan Prakash Ghosh. He is a regular performing artist in San Diego, Irvine, and Los Angeles and teaches in the Dhwani Academy of Percussion, a school founded by Pt. Abhijit Banerjee.
An Indian style vegetarian dinner will be served at the end of the concert
Suggested donation for dinner and concert: $25
Sponsored by
the Center for World Music
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
**Take Encinitas Blvd. exit from I-5 and head east for 3 to 4 miles. At Rancho Santa Fe/Manchester intersection, make a left and proceed about 3/4 of a mile on Rancho Santa Fe Rd. Make another left on 9th Street. The house is the 4th house on the left. Please make reservation by calling Gopa Patnaik at
(760) 436-8277 no later than Friday, October 31.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Presents
THE SONG AND DANCE ENSEMBLE OF WEST AFRICA
Monday, November 17, 2008 at 7:30 P.M.
At the historic Balboa Theatre
|
With support from the Center for World Music |

The Song and Dance Ensemble of West Africa
Founded in 1985 by Bamaba Dembele, an African superstar for his work with the Super Rail Band we well as the percussionist in the Super Djata band Karkar, The Song and Dance Ensemble of West Africa is an exciting, dynamic company comprised of superb musicians, singers, and dancers from Senegal, Guinea, Benin, and the Ivory Coast. Playing traditional instruments such as the kora, n'goni, and balafon, djembe, doundouns, and flute, they have gained an avid following in Europe, Africa, and South America. The famous singer Oumou Sangare started her professional career with this orchestra, as did Toumany Diabate, the prince of kora.
Tickets: $50/$40/$25 Groups of 10 or more can save up to 50% off single ticket prices. Single ticket buyers enter BEAT under special promotions when purchasing on line to receive 35% off!
Online: www.sdbalboa.org or Ticketmaster
By phone: (619/858/760) 570-1100 or Ticketmaster 220-TIXS
The Balboa Theatre is located at 868 Fourth Avenue in downtown San Diego
Recent Center Concerts

Friday, October 10, 2008

GLOBAL
DRUM PROJECT
featuring Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju,
and Giovanni Hidalgo
Friday, October 10, 2008
Doors open: 7:00 pm Performance begins: 7:30 pm
With support from the Center for World Music
The Center's official website is as follows:
www.centerforworldmusic.org |
Zakir
Hussain, Mickey Hart, Giovanni Hidalgo & Sikiru Adepoju
Photo ©2006 John Werner
The
GLOBAL DRUM PROJECT Tour
The GLOBAL DRUM PROJECT
Tour brings Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju,
and Giovanni Hidalgo together again in a reunion sparked
by the 15th anniversary of the ground-breaking album Planet
Drum. Released in 1991 on the Rykodisc label it went on
to earn the first-ever Grammy Award in the World Music category.
The tour is the groups first in almost a decade. It also
marks the resumption of an artistic relationship between
Mickey Hart and Zakir Husaain that goes back to the late
1960s.
"This is a
deep drumming groove. We're taking the archaic rhythm worlds
into outer space. The Global Drum Project explores rhythm
and noise; it's a sound yoga of processed acoustic percussion
headed straight for the trance zone that becomes a dance
of ancient and modern worlds. Deep drumming is a skeleton
key into these realms." -Mickey Hart
Advance Tickets: $40 Gold Circle, $30 Reserved
Day of Show Ticket Price: $43 Gold Circle,
$33 Reserved |
The Stephen and
Mary Birch North Park Theatre
2891 University Avenue, Suite 1, San Diego, CA 92104-2929
Box Office: 619-239-8836 Administrative Office: 619-231-5714
Fax: 619-231-0662 |
Saturday, September 27, 2008

8:00 pm, San Diego State University, Smith Recital Hall. General
Admission: $30, Students: $10.
Information: (619) 688-0688.
Support from the San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture.
Saturday, September 20, 2008

8:00 pm, The
Neurosciences Institute,10640 John Jay Hopkins Dr., San Diego,
CA 92121. General Admission: $20, Students: $10.
Information: (619) 688-0688.
Support from Society of Afghan Americans, Committee for Art of
the Indian Subcontinent at the San Diego Museum of Art, the Persian
Cultural Center, and the Indian Fine Arts Academy of San Diego.
Part of the "Performing
Arts at The Neurosciences Institute" series.
August 3-5, 2008
Seventh
Annual Payangan Festival: Bali, Indonesia 
Girikusuma Payangan, Agustus 3-5, 2008–
7:00 Malam
Bonnie Showers, director |
Sunday, Agustus 3
Pertunjukan Guru Indonesia
– Ade Suparman (Bandung) –kecapi
– Koko Wijanarko (Solo) – gender
– Tri Wulandari (Solo) – Tari Gambyong
– Wayan Budha (Sading) – gender wayang
– Wayan Sriyani (Payangan) – Tari Tenue
– Nurrika (Bandung) – Jaipongan
– Tri Kumara Siddhi (Solo) – Tari Gunungsari
–- Guest dancers, Heather Noli and Olivia Sawi
Gamelan Gong Suling: WK Arts Society, Denpasar
Monday, Agustus 4
Pertunjukan Mahasiswa Amerika dan Guru Indonesia
– Rejang Dewa – group
mahasiswa
– Gamelan Angklung Girkusuma –
group
mahasiswa
– Gamelan Rindik – Laurel Grinnel & Wayan Budha
– Gamelan Jawa Girkusuma –
group
mahasiswa
–- Udan Mas, Kebo Giro, & Sluku-sluku Batok
– Gamelan Jawa Girkusuma –
group
mahasiswa
-– Macan Ucul & Jiro Sampak-Rumiyang-Bendrang
– Wayang Kulit Jawa (excerpt from Arjuna Wiwaha)
–- Dalangs: Susan Morgridge, Sue Morris, Nancy Weeks, & Joyce Brown
Wayang
Kulit, Bj. Babakan, Sukawati
Tuesday, Agustus 5
Pertunjukan Mahasiswa Amerika dan Guru Indonesia
– Tari Manipuri – group mahasiswa
– Tari Gunungsari – John Beckford, Ron Schermerhorn, & Tri Kumara Siddhi
– Kecapi suling – group mahasiswa
–- Sabilulungan, Ayun Ambing, Lemah Cai, & Colenak
– Tari Jaipongan – group mahasiswa
– Topeng Jawa – mahasiswa Amerika & Tri Kumara Siddhi
Tri Pusaka Cakti, Batuan - Made Jimat, director
Mahasiswa
Amerika: Susan Morgridge, Lori Van Etta, Olivia Sawi, Joyce Brown, Georgene Scott, Sue Morris, Candace Jordan, Seaton Gras, Nancy Weeks, John Beckford, Ron Schermerhorn III, Sierra Enright, Robert Ackley, Heather Noli, Laurel Grinnell, Natalie Mundy, Mary Jo Redman, Cathy Pamer, Mary Earle, Bonnie Showers
Guru Indonesia: Made Jimat, Wayan Budha, Wayan Sriyani, Made Sukarsa, Ade Suparman, Nurrika Suparman, Tri Kumara Siddhi, Tri Wulandari, Kokok Wijanarko
|
Saturday, July 12, 2008

Friday, May 2, 2008

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Thursday, April 17, 2008

8pm, The Neurosciences Institute,10640 John Jay Hopkins Dr. San Diego, CA 92121. General admission free. Info: (760) 822-1550.
Co-sponsored by the Indian Fine Arts Academy, San Diego. Part of the "Performing Arts at The Neurosciences Institute" series
Friday, March 28, 2008

Friday-Sunday, March 14-16, 2008

Co-sponsored by
the Center for World Music
Friday, February 8, 2008
Friday, November 30, 2007
Friday, September 14, 2007
 

Kurdish vocalist Rojan with the Pour-Nazeri Ensemble.
8pm, The
Neurosciences Institute,10640 John Jay Hopkins Dr. San Diego,
CA 92121. General admission $30, Students $15. Tickets/Info: (858)
653-0336
Sufi music means any music that connects with the heart.
It bonds humans to God and transcends all religious boundaries.
Part of The
Neurosciences Institute Performing Art Series.
Sponsored by
the Center for World Music and the Persian Cultural Center
Sunday, September 9, 2007
An Afternoon of Classical Chinese Melodies, with Alexander Khalil,
qin (silk-stringed zither). House concert at the home of Dr. &
Mrs. Lance Nelson in the College Area of San Diego. 3:30pm. Free
admission. Family welcome. Light refreshments provided.
Please RSVP to qinconcert@centerforworldmusic.org
for details, map, and directions.
Alexander Khalil holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Music
Composition and Performance from the California Institute of the
Arts and is currently a candidate for the Doctor of Philosophy
in Music degree at UCSD. Alex has spent more than twelve years
conducting research on Asian musics, particularly those of China,
Japan, and Indonesia. Today he teaches world music classes at
UCSD, where he also teaches the only class on Chinese guqin performance
in America.
Friday, September 7, 2007


Music and dance from around the world, featuring Masongano (music of Africa), Alex Khalil (Chinese guqin and more), and Dornob (Persian music).
Admission free!
8pm, The Neurosciences Institute,10640 John Jay Hopkins Dr. San Diego, CA 92121. This concert is presented as part of the Neurosciences Institute Performing Art Series.
Masongano (pictured above)
Lewis Peterman is the past Director of Musicology and Ethnomusicology at SDSU, and the current President of The Center for World Music. Since 1973 he has studied, taught, and performed traditional music from Asian and African cultures, including those of Bali, Java, Sumatra, India, Iran, China, Japan, Korea, Ghana, and Zimbabwe.
Randall Griswold is a member of the music faculty at California State University San Marcos. He directs and performs in many world-music ensembles, including Javanese and Balinese gamelan and traditional music of Zimbabwe.
Garit Imhoff is a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts. He has performed the traditional music of Zimbabwe as well as Balinese and Javanese Gamelan at university and public venues for thirty-eight years.
Alex Khalil
An ethnomusicologist and composer who performs regularly as a chanter in the Greek Orthodox Church, Alex Khalil holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Music Composition and Performance from the California Institute of the Arts and is currently a candidate for the Doctor of Philosophy in Music degree at UCSD. Alex has spent more than twelve years conducting research on Asian musics, particularly those of China, Japan, and Indonesia. Alex served as Executive Director of the Center for World Music for three years where he administered educational programming and events in schools and universities throughout the United States. Today he teaches world music classes at UCSD, where he also teaches the only class on Chinese guqin performance in America. He directs and teaches a comprehensive music program which he developed in 2000 at the San Diego Museum School. In 2003 this program won the "Best Practices in Education Award" presented by the business roundtable for education in San Diego.
Dornob

A collective of musicians – now spanning two generations - Dornob have been playing Persian music in San Diego since 1985. Their goal, in addition to friendship, crossing cultural bridges, learning the music, and having fun playing music, is to make Persian music accessible to young and non-Persian audiences.
July 4-7, 2007

Sixth
Annual Payangan Festival: Bali,
Indonesia 
Girikusuma Payangan, Juli 4-7, 2007–
7:00 Malam
Lewis Peterman, director |
| Wednesday,
Juli 4
Pertunjukan Mahasiswa Amerika dan
Guru Indonesia
– Gamelan Angklung Girikusuma – group mahasiswa
– Kecapi Suling (Sunda) – Ade Suparman &
group
–
Topeng Panji Cirebon,
Gaya Selangit – penari, Anna Schatz
Bharata
Muni, Sading – Nyoman Wenten, director
Thursday, Juli 5
Pertunjukan Mahasiswa Amerika dan Guru Indonesia
–
Gambyong Pangkur – group
mahasiswa
–
Gamelan Jawa Girkusuma –
group
mahasiswa
–
Domba Nini Banyumasan
– penari, Stephen Crawford
Wayang
Kulit, Bj. Babakan, Sukawati
Friday, Juli 6
Pertunjukan Mahasiswa Amerika dan Guru Indonesia
–
Gamelan Degung Girikusuma –
group mahasiswa
–
Tonggeret – group mahasiswa
–
Gamelan Kliningan Sunda – group
mahasiswa
–
Topeng Klono Cirebon, Gaya Selangit – penari, Anna
Schatz
Kawistara Ensemble, Bandung
–
Guest artist, Yvonne Kendall
Saturday, Juli 7
Pertunjukan Mahasiswa Amerika dan Guru Indonesia
–
Gabor – group mahasiswa
–
Gender Wayang – group
mahasiswa
–
Margapati – penari, Wayan Sriyani
–
Wayang Jawa – dalang, Bonnie Showers
Barong Sanggar Wrathatnala, Abjantuwung
Mahasiswa
Amerika: Stephen Crawford, Karen Follingstad, Yvonne
Kendall,
Erica Levenson, Nathan Levenson, Anita Mitchell, Danlee
Mitchell,
Mary Jo Redman, Anna Schatz, Bonnie Showers, Kathleen Trenchard
Guru Indonesia: Wayan Budha, Tri Kumara
Siddhi, Ki Oemartopo,
Nurrika Suparman, Dewa Made Sayang, Wayan Sriyani, Ade Suparman,
Kokok Wijanarko, Tri Wulandari
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Friday, June 29, 2007
Groundbreaking Persian-American jazz tenor saxophonist HAFEZ MODIR collaborates with local greats Peter Sprague (guitar), Gunnar Biggs (double bass), and Duncan Moore (drums) for an evening of eclectic world jazz at the acoustically-perfect Neurosciences Institute.
8:00 p.m.
The Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Dr, CA 92121. General admission $15, Students $10.
Cosponsored with the Persian Cultural Center.
For information, please call:
(858) 653-0336 or
(619) 688-0688.
Sunday, June 3, 2007

From the Comoros Islands, mesmerizing vocalist NAWAL. Singing in Comoran, Arabic, French, and English, her music bridges traditional and contemporary--weaving a rich dialogue of cultures, where Indo-Arabian-Persian music meets Bantu polyphonies and the syncopated rhythms and Sufi trance music of the Indian Ocean.
7:30 p.m. Dizzy's, 344 Seventh Ave, San Diego, CA 92101. General admission $15, Students $10.
For information, please call: (858) 270-7467 or
(619) 688-0688.
Thursday, May 24, 2007

Wang Peng and Ka woo hyun, playing and evening of music on the qin (Chinese silk-stringed zither) in their first-ever performance in the U.S.
8:00 p.m.
The Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Dr, CA 92121. Admission: $12 adults, $8 CWM members, students, seniors, and children under 12.
(Click on image above to download flyer.)
Map and directions to Neurosciences Institute.
July 2-5, 2006

Fifth
Annual Payangan Festival: Bali,
Indonesia 
Girikusuma Payangan, Agustus 2-5, 2006 –
7:00 Malam
Lewis Peterman, director |
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Wednesday,
August 2
Pertunjukan Mahasiswa Amerika dan
Guru Indonesia
– Rejang Dewa (Bali) – group mahasiswa
– Tari Kukila (Jawa) – penari, Tri Wulandari
– Topeng Klono (Jawa) – penari, Tri Kumara
Gamelan
Angklung, Bj. Griya, Payangan
Thursday, August 3
Pertunjukan Mahasiswa Amerika dan Guru Indonesia
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Jaipongan (Sunda) – group
mahasiswa
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Golek Lambangsari – penari,
Garret Kam
Gamelan Semar Pegulingan, Teges, Peliatan
Friday, August 4
Pertunjukan Mahasiswa Amerika dan Guru Indonesia
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Macan Ucul (Sunda) –
group mahasiswa
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Kandagan (Sunda) – penari,
Nurrika
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Tari Watang (Jawa) –
penari, Lajos Yanos Pongracz & Tri Kumara
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Golek Mugi Rahaya (Jawa) –
group mahasiswa
Wayang Kulit, Bj. Babakan, Sukawati
Saturday, August 5
Pertunjukan Mahasiswa Amerika dan Guru Indonesia
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Wayan Kulit (Bali) –
group mahasiswa
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Panji Semirang (Bali) –
penari, Wayan Sriyani
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Kacapi Suling (Sunda) –
Ade Suparman & group
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Gamelan Angklung Girikusuma
– group mahasiswa
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– Gilak Angklung
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– Gending Pitrayadnya
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Gamelan Jawa Girikusuma –
group mahasiswa
–
– Kebo Giro
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– Udan Mas
Tektekan Abiantuwung
Mahasiswa
Amerika: Sierra Enright, Neil Fried, Joanna Greenwood
(U.K.), Mary Ellen Harshberger, Garit Imhoff, LaDona Martin-Frost,
Anita Mitchell, Danlee Mitchell, Lajos Yanos Pongracz, Mars
Harshberger Rafto, Mary Jo Redman, Bonnie Showers, Robert
Szeliga (U.K.), Kimberly Twarog
Guru Indonesia: Wayan Budha, Tri Kumara,
Ki Oemartopo, Nurrika, Dewa Made Sayang, Wayan Sriyani,
Ade Suparman, Kokok Wijanarko, Tri Wulandari
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Saturday, July 22, 2006
 

Kurdish vocalist Rojan with the Pour-Nazeri Ensemble.
8pm, The Neurosciences Institute,10640 John Jay Hopkins Dr. San Diego, CA 92121. General admission $30, Students $15.
Sufi music means any music that connects with the heart. It bonds humans to God and transcends all religious boundaries.
Part of The Neurosciences Institute Performing Art Series.
Sponsored by
the Center for World Music
Saturday, June 24, 2006

Click on poster for larger image.
Sunday, April 30, 2006

Prem Trikannad, vocal and harmonium, in a home concert of devotional songs. Acmpanied by Deepak Trikannad, tabla, and Krishna Gopinathan, keyboard.
4 PM, 2225 9th Street, Olivenhain, CA
Indian style vegetarian dinner will be served at the end of the concert. Suggested Donation for Dinner and Concert: $20
Please make reservation by calling Gopa Patnaik at (760) 436-8277 or Vasanthi Shenoy at (858) 755-1613 no later than April 28.
For details and directions, see concert flyer.
Sponsored by
the Center for World Music



| Featuring talented musicians of India, directed by Ravi Shankar. Second half of the concert by Ravi Shankar and Anoushka Shankar. |
FRIDAY,
APRIL 28, 2006 8:00 pm
CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS
340 NORTH ESCONDIDO BLVD, ESCONDIDO
TICKETS: $75, $50, $25, $15
BOX OFFICE: (800) 988-4253
A
A RAVI SHANKAR
FOUNDATION PRESENTATION
CO-SPONSORED BY THE CENTER FOR WORLD MUSIC
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Thursday, April 13, 2006
K. Sridhar is one of the most respected modern masters of the sarod. Two music traditions co-exist in India, that of the North (Hindustani) and of the South (Carnatic). It is very rare for musicians to master both traditions; Sridhar has done so. K. Sridhar was, from early childhood, initiated into the Carnatic music tradition by his mother, a descendant of fourteen generations of musicians including Narasimha Bhagavatar, and also the pupil of Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, the foremost specialist in the Dhrupad Dhamar style of the North. At the age of 12 Sridhar became the youngest member of Ravi Shankar's orchestra. He has given concerts world-wide, and forged exciting links with jazz, flamenco, Arabic, African, Persian and European classical musicians.
8pm, The Neurosciences Institute,10640 John Jay Hopkins Dr. San Diego, CA 92121. General $25, Students $15 at the door.
Part of The Neurosciences Institute Performing Art Series.
Sponsored by
the Center for World Music
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Odissi
Dance Festival |

A group of 13 dancers and musicians from India led by internationally acclaimed
Guru Gangadhar Pradhan & Aruna Mohanty
4 PM Sunday, October 23, 2005
Smith Recital Hall (Music Building)
San Diego State University, San Diego
General Admission $20, Seniors $15,
Children 6-12 $10
For tickets and information call
(760) 436-8277
Sponsored by
the Center for World Music
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Integral Asia
Japanese / Indian Crossover
T. M. Hoffman (shakuhachi), Abhijit Banerjee (tabla), and Reiko Obata (koto), with special guest artist Kourosh Taghavi - (Persian setar)
Fri Sep 16, 8:00 pm, The Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Dr, La Jolla
Tickets: General $18, Students/Seniors $10
Info: (619) 318-1286
Sponsored by
the Center for World Music
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Turkish Classical Music |
Ahenk Duo
Ahenk,
which means harmony in Turkish, represents the musical union of Murat
Aydemir on tanbur (long-necked lute) and Derya Türkan on classical
kemençe (3-stringed Turkish fiddle). The Ahenk Duo performs well-known
works of Turkish classical music by such masters as Tanburi Cemil Bey,
Udi Serif Muhittin Targan, and Tanburi Necip Gülses. Murat Aydemir is
best known for his work with Incesaz, one of the popular combos
performing new interpretations of Turkish popular and classical music.
He has performed with the prestigious Ministry of Culture¹s Government
Ensemble and Classical Music Chorus in Istanbul. Derya Türkan is a
master kemençe (kemenche) player whose musical life is dedicated to
Tanburi Cemil Bey. He has performed around the world alongside such
masters as Alâeddin Yavasça, Bekir Sidki Sezgin, and Erol Deran.
Co-sponsored by
the Center for World Music and the Turkish Americans of Southern California San Diego
Sun Sep 4, 8:00 pm
The Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Dr, La Jolla
Tickets: General $20, Students/Seniors $10
Info: (858) 349-2609 sdturks@sdturks.org
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The Grandmaster of Persian Music:
M.R. Lotfi in concert |

A
Celebration of Rumi and the Music of Sufism, featuring Mohammad Reza
Lotfi (tar, setar, kamancheh, daf) with Mehrdad A'raabi (tombak, daf).
Co-sponsored by
the Center for World Music and the Persian Cultural Center
Sat June 25, 8:00 pm
SDSU Music Dept, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182
Tickets: General $35, Students $15
Info: (858) 653-0336, (619) 318-1286
Sat July 16, 8:00 pm
Crystal Cove Auditorium, UC Irvine
Tickets: General $60, $40, Students $20
Info: (949) 552-8844, (714) 402-2120
"My first response upon hearing Lotfi’s music is astonishment.
As he plays he opens a path and finally a road to that place inside us
of enormous assurance; such assurance paradoxically often brings tears
to the eyes."
· Robert Bly, 1996
Mohammad Reza Lotfi is recognized throughout Iran, Europe and the United States as a
brilliant composer and interpreter of traditional Persian music. Born
in Gorgan in northern Iran, he graduated from the College of Fine Arts
at Tehran University, where he later taught and served as dean. He
studied tar and setar under such great masters as Shahnazi, Boroumand,
Davami, and Salehi. In the 1970s he was the director of the Center for
the Preservation and Propagation of Traditional Iranian Music in Tehran
and Chavoosh Conservatory. He contributed for many years to Iranian
National Radio and Television and founded the group Shayda, which was
instrumental in the revival of Iranian traditional music. After an
extensive concert tour of Europe, he moved to the United States in
1987. In addition to performing widely throughout this country, he
established the Shayda Cultural and Artistic Center in Washington D.C. to continue his teaching and scholarly activities.
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Concerts at San Diego State University
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Mondays, 7:30
J. Dayton Smith Recital Hall, San Diego State University
General Admission $10.
February 7, 2005
Music of Iran: Darvak; Farhad Bahrami, director
February 14, 2005
Early European Court Music of Spain: Alfonso X Medieval Ensemble; Curt Bouterse, director
February 21, 2005
Music and Dance of South India: Arpana Dance Company; Ramya Harishankar, director
February 28, 2005
Music of China: Pui-Yuen Lui, Chu-Yao Liu, and Qi-Chao Liu
March 14, 2005
Music of Finland and America: Merja Soria and Curt Bouterse
March 21, 2005
Music and Dance of Ghana: Ho-Asogli; Kwame Degbor and John Flood, directors
April 4, 2005
Music and Dance of Brazil: Andy Villas-Boas, director
April 11, 2005
Music of Andean South America: Sariri. Francisco Duchicela, director
May 9, 2005
Music and Dance of Java: SDSU Javanese Gamelan. Djoko Walujo, director
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An Evening of Persian & Kurdish Music |
"The Art of Tasnif and Chahar-Mezrab"
Kourosh Taghavi (Setar), Kourosh Khamoushian (Voice & Tanbur) and Friends
Saturday April 9, 2005 8:00 pm
The Neurosciences Institute Auditorium, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Dr, La Jolla
Tickets: General $15, Students $10
Info: (858) 653-0336, (619) 318-1286
Co-sponsored by
the Center for World Music and the Persian Cultural Center
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International Music & Poetry Vigil |
Poets Ali Ashouri and Al Howard.
Music by Darvak (Iran), Abaa Koma (Ghana), and special guests.
Thurs Mar 17, 2005 8:00 pm
Voz Alta (1544 Broadway, downtown San Diego)
(619) 531-8950
Sponsored by
the Center for World Music
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Neyreez Ensemble & Darvak Ensemble |
Neyreez Ensemble & Darvak Ensemble
Persian folk and classical music
Sun Feb 6, 7:00 pm
SDSU Music Dept, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182

Darvak
will perform an evening of classical music with visiting guests
Neyreez. Neyreez Music School was started by tombak-master Pejman
Haddadi and santur-master Dr. Manuchehr Sadeghi (of UCLA). Teaching in
Orange County and L.A. since 2002, Mehrdad A'raabi (an accomplished
kamancheh and tombak player) has run the school and created an ensemble
from their best students over the last two years. Neyreez Ensemble
today consists of 10 players of diverse backgrounds: kids, women, men,
Persians, Armenians, and Americans playing 2 kamanchehs, 3 tombaks, 1
santur, 1 tar, 1 daf, and 1 percussion. Listeners will enjoy
nicely-arranged lively Persian folk music (Bakhtiari, Khorasani,
Kurdish). |

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