Posts Tagged ‘world music’
Sunday, August 17th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Sufi Music of the
Sukhawat Ali Khan Ensemble
which way west? Sunday afternoon concert series. Never a cover charge, but your donations help us pay the musicians! $10 to $15 suggested for this date, but it’s totally your call. Sunday, August 17th from 4:30-6:30 pm: Vocalist and harmonium player Sukhawat Ali Khan brings in an ensemble with a second vocalist plus flute and…
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Sunday, March 9th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Betty Wong & CMC Friends
in a transcultural musical celebration of the Year of the Horse!
Happy New Year! Celebrate with us the Chinese Year of the Horse — and the advent of Daylight Savings Time: come and enjoy a multicultural concert featuring faculty and friends of San Francisco’s Community Music Center! Yi Ming Li, guqin (ancient Chinese zither) Peter Frentzel, shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) Betty Wong, huluxi (Chinese folk…
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Sunday, February 2nd, 1:30 pm
Tangents Turkey Music Tour Preview
Sixteen Days in Turkey…Ten Nights of Music Dore Stein’s Tangents Turkey Music Tour promo concert & talk Sunday, Feb. 2nd, 1:30-3:00 pm (before you might need to hustle over to Glen Park Station to watch the Super Bowl), come hear Gari Hegedus play Turkish music on oud & baglama, catch a few poems from Clara Hsu, and then hear…
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which way west? concert series
4:30-6:30 pm every Sunday
January 5th: Avotcja & Modupue!
Afro-Nuyorican by birth, Avotcja is a Bay Area treasure now & has been for decades! Hear her radio shows on KPFA and KPOO, and catch her performances of music & poetry around the Bay and you’ll know why. She’s a brilliant and deep poet, a champion of la cultura, an inspiration to countless young, creative…
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Sunday, March 24th
Hindustani Classical Vocal Recital
Pooja Chaudhuri
accompanied by Ferhan Qureshi
which way west? Sunday concert series. All ages welcome! No cover charge, but your generous donations make it possible for us to pay the musicians. Sunday, March 24 – 4:30-6:30 pm: Hindustani Classical Vocal Recital. Perhaps as long as three thousand years ago, the Vedic chant tradition originated in ancient India, setting the Sanskrit Vedas…
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Sunday, March 10th, at 4:30 pm:
Betty Wong’s Musical Celebration of the Year of the Snake
Betty Wong hosts a musical celebration of the Chinese New Year with a cavalcade of music from Asia and North & South America, featuring faculty and friends of San Francisco’s Community Music Center (CMC). Classical and folkloric pieces from a number of traditions will be featured on the first half of the program, with a…
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