Folk and Traditional Arts
Folk and Traditional Arts
Pooja Goswami Pavan will present Songs of Awadh, comprising two concerts, each with an accompanying lecture demonstration, creating and presenting rarely heard, semiclassical and folk music from the Awadh region of North India.
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.
Anne Adabra: Founder and chair, Minnesota Haitian Cultural Center; social studies teacher; dancer and storyteller; Carol Colburn: Teacher and researcher, Scandinavian garment making; Rhonda Dass: Professor of anthropology, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Lesly Gámez: Teacher, St Paul Public Schools. Dancer, Los Alegres Bailadores; Sarina Partridge: Educator and musician; Mai Vang: Founder of Hmong Museum; collections manager at Minnesota Museum of American Art; Gwen Nell Westerman Wasicuna: Poet and fiber artist
ACHF Cultural Heritage
Minnesotans will experience two specially curated concerts with rarely heard folk music of North India; one on Love Ballads and one on Seasonal Songs. The outcome will be evaluated through written and oral surveys at the end of each lecture-demonstration/concert, collating and analyzing the results at the end of the project. See narrative for more details. 2: The lecture-demonstrations will inform local audiences on a variety of vocal forms and educate them about the instruments and culture of North India. The outcome will be evaluated through written and oral surveys at the end of each lecture-demonstration/concert, collating and analyzing the results at the end of the project. See narrative for more details.
Presented a concert and lecture-demonstration on Songs of Benares in Oct '19 and a concert and lecture-demonstration on Songs of Awadh in May '22. An online/written survey handed to the audience with ten questions, to get feedback on the quality of the concert and lecture-demonstration. A conversation and Q and A session with the musicians, at the end of each concert and lecture-demonstration. 2: Presented a variety of songs from the regions of Benares and Awadh, with the lecture-demonstrations providing their cultural significance. An online/written survey handed to the audience with ten questions, to get feedback on the quality of the concert and lecture-demonstration. A conversation and Q and A session with the musicians, at the end of each concert and lecture-demonstration.
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