Folk and Traditional Arts
Folk and Traditional Arts
Rajasekar and percussion master Muruga Boopathi will conduct workshops and lectures on special compositions in Indian Carnatic music known as varnams and thillanas. They will perform two concerts that will feature these compositions.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, 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. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; 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.
Shamso Ahmed: Henna artist; community organizer; Jose Alvillar Hinojosa: Artist and educator; Paul Dahlin: Swedish American fiddler honored by the NEA; Mary Ellen Halverson: Lead quilter with Arts Board grantee Evening Star Quilters; Peggy Korsmo-Kennon: COO, American Swedish Institute; Rita Mustaphi: Founder and artistic director, Katha Dance Theatre. Choreographer, dancer, and educator.; Lucia Pawlowski: Assistant professor of English and cultural studies at St. Thomas; Kari Tauring: Nordic musician and educator; Arts Board grantee; Gene Yang: Active participant in Hmong cultural activities in Walnut Grove; school paraprofessional; Leah Yellowbird, Artist; Arts Board grantee
Executive director Sue Gens (651) 539-2650
ACHF Cultural Heritage
Workshop participants will gain knowledge of varnams and thillanas and understand their importance in this genre of music. At the end of the workshops, Boopathi and I will evaluate the learning achieved and confidence gained by asking the students to discuss, identify and demonstrate some varnams and thillanas they have heard and studied in the workshops. 2: Attendees of the lectures will have an understanding and appreciation of the these special compositions of Carnatic music -varnams/thillanas. Entry and exit surveys will be collected/ tabulated by the project evaluator; she will conduct oral interviews/ collect feedback that will inform us of the knowledge gained by the participants.
Workshop participants gained knowledge of varnams and thillanas and understood their importance in this genre of music. Nirmala, Boopathi and Shrini ended each session with a Quiz by which they were able to assess learning in each session. During workshops students scripted compositions learnt and lead singing of material taught to demonstrate their own learning. 2: Attendees of the lectures left with an understanding and appreciation of the these special compositions of Carnatic music -varnams/thillanas. Ongoing observations of each session team leads participated in including lectures / Presentations / Panel Discussions, and Music workshops for students. Attendees were asked to answer questions relating to the topic orally a the end of each session.
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