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Global Rhythms ensemble celebrates 10th anniversary
Laura Crosley
Issue date: 9/18/07 Section: Campus
Miami University has got the beat-or at least the Global Rhythms World Music Ensemble does.
Global Rhythms, the nation's largest world music ensemble, will celebrate its 10th anniversary Sept. 29, with a concert showcasing music and dance from around the world. The ensemble, which is made up of mostly Miami students, will perform at 8 p.m. at Hall Auditorium and will be accompanied by 84 guest artists.
The director of the ensemble, Srinivas Krishnan, said the group will attempt to connect cultures from all around the world by presenting Middle Eastern, Caribbean, Indian, African, Brazilian, Latin, Australian and Western music in the form of dance theater.
The group looks to perform non-Western music utilizing Western instruments.
Krishnan, who is also the artist in residence at the Center for World and American cultures and a Miami alumnus, created the ensemble in 1997 with three members and is now the director of more than 180 artists-most of whom are Miami students. Krishnan currently lives in India but often travels to Miami to instruct and direct students as an artist in residence.
"The show is very complete in that addresses and represents every form of artistic expression," Krishnan said. "This is one way we try and find an excuse to bridge different cultures of art together."
According to Krishnan, there will be 16 different performances in the show at Miami. Each item will run five to six minutes long and will represent a specific culture.
The show will start with music from Afghanistan, then hand percussions from India and then move on to steel drums from the Caribbean and Cuba, combined with dancers from India.
The 84 guest artists performing include Jeff Queen from the Broadway show Blast, as well as various artists from Afghanistan and India. Several Miami music groups will also perform, including the all-female a cappella team and the Glee Club. Global Rhythms also collaborates with the Collegiate Chorale Singers at Miami.
Global Rhythms, the nation's largest world music ensemble, will celebrate its 10th anniversary Sept. 29, with a concert showcasing music and dance from around the world. The ensemble, which is made up of mostly Miami students, will perform at 8 p.m. at Hall Auditorium and will be accompanied by 84 guest artists.
The director of the ensemble, Srinivas Krishnan, said the group will attempt to connect cultures from all around the world by presenting Middle Eastern, Caribbean, Indian, African, Brazilian, Latin, Australian and Western music in the form of dance theater.
The group looks to perform non-Western music utilizing Western instruments.
Krishnan, who is also the artist in residence at the Center for World and American cultures and a Miami alumnus, created the ensemble in 1997 with three members and is now the director of more than 180 artists-most of whom are Miami students. Krishnan currently lives in India but often travels to Miami to instruct and direct students as an artist in residence.
"The show is very complete in that addresses and represents every form of artistic expression," Krishnan said. "This is one way we try and find an excuse to bridge different cultures of art together."
According to Krishnan, there will be 16 different performances in the show at Miami. Each item will run five to six minutes long and will represent a specific culture.
The show will start with music from Afghanistan, then hand percussions from India and then move on to steel drums from the Caribbean and Cuba, combined with dancers from India.
The 84 guest artists performing include Jeff Queen from the Broadway show Blast, as well as various artists from Afghanistan and India. Several Miami music groups will also perform, including the all-female a cappella team and the Glee Club. Global Rhythms also collaborates with the Collegiate Chorale Singers at Miami.
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