Folk and Traditional Arts
Folk and Traditional Arts
Nirmala Rajasekar and percussion master Muruga Boopathi will perform two concerts of rare ragas and talas in Indian music. Workshops and lectures will be conducted by the artists leading up to the concerts.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Officer at -Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Rebecca Dallinger: Special projects coordinator, White Earth Tribal and Community College Extension; Karen Goulet: Artist; program director of the Miikanan Gallery at Watermark Art Center, Bemidji; Peggy Korsmo-Kennon: COO, American Swedish Institute; David Todd Lawrence: Writer; English professor at St. Thomas; Sowah Mensah: Ethnomusicologist, composer, and master drummer; music professor at Macalester and U of M; Jeffrey Meyer: Music professor and fine arts department chair at Concordia College, Moorhead; leader of study abroad trips; Chuen-Fung Wong: Associate professor and chair of music, Macalester College
ACHF Cultural Heritage
Students will have a working knowledge of these rare pieces of music and be able to demonstrate it- thus carrying forward the tradition. At the end of the workshops, Boopathi and I will evaluate the learning achieved and confidence gained by asking the students to demonstrate some of the rare ragas and talas they have learned. 2: Audiences across Minnesota will have an understanding and appreciation of the principles of Carnatic music including rare ragas and talas. Entry and exit surveys will be collected/ tabulated by the project evaluator;she will conduct oral interviews/ collect feedback that will inform me of the knowledge gained by the participants.
Students with a working knowledge of rare pieces of music and be able to demonstrate it thus carrying forward the tradition. One very important outcome resulted from the multi day workshops offered for students of Carnatic music. They were able to learn about rare ragas and talas. 2: Audiences across Minnesota will have an understanding and appreciation of the principles of Carnatic music including rare ragas and tala. There were a wide variety of venues and locations throughout Minnesota. All venues were open to the public and included libraries (meeting rooms), community centers, senior centers, college campuses (recital halls and classrooms), and more.
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