As part of the center’s programming, the Robert E. Brown Center for World Music offers community members the opportunity to learn and play traditional Balinese Gamelan music under the direction of I Ketut Gede Asnawa, a master gamelan musician and composer at the University of Illinois. A gamelan is an orchestra consisting mainly of keyed metallophones, gongs, and drums, often functioning as accompaniment to dance, dramas, and other Balinese performance arts.

Our Monday evening classes run from 6pm to 8pm in Room 0300(formerly Room 1188) of School of Music at 1114 W. Nevada Street. Community gamelan is open to all, free of charge, with no prior experience required. No credit is offered. There is no need for registration, but participants who join the ensemble should understand that regular attendance is expected in order to enjoy making music in an orchestra dependent upon the contribution of every player. Community Gamelan members will be invited to perform at our end of semester concert.

As part of the center’s programming, the Robert E. Brown Center for World Music offers community members the opportunity to learn and play traditional Balinese Gamelan music under the direction of I Ketut Gede Asnawa, a master gamelan musician and composer at the University of Illinois. A gamelan is an orchestra consisting mainly of keyed metallophones, gongs, and drums, often functioning as accompaniment to dance, dramas, and other Balinese performance arts.

Our Monday evening classes run from 6pm to 8pm in Room 0300(formerly Room 1188) of School of Music at 1114 W. Nevada Street. Community gamelan is open to all, free of charge, with no prior experience required. No credit is offered. There is no need for registration, but participants who join the ensemble should understand that regular attendance is expected in order to enjoy making music in an orchestra dependent upon the contribution of every player. Community Gamelan members will be invited to perform at our end of semester concert.

As part of the center’s programming, the Robert E. Brown Center for World Music offers community members the opportunity to learn and play traditional Balinese Gamelan music under the direction of I Ketut Gede Asnawa, a master gamelan musician and composer at the University of Illinois. A gamelan is an orchestra consisting mainly of keyed metallophones, gongs, and drums, often functioning as accompaniment to dance, dramas, and other Balinese performance arts.

Our Monday evening classes run from 6pm to 8pm in Room 0300(formerly Room 1188) of School of Music at 1114 W. Nevada Street. Community gamelan is open to all, free of charge, with no prior experience required. No credit is offered. There is no need for registration, but participants who join the ensemble should understand that regular attendance is expected in order to enjoy making music in an orchestra dependent upon the contribution of every player. Community Gamelan members will be invited to perform at our end of semester concert.

As part of the center’s programming, the Robert E. Brown Center for World Music offers community members the opportunity to learn and play traditional Balinese Gamelan music under the direction of I Ketut Gede Asnawa, a master gamelan musician and composer at the University of Illinois. A gamelan is an orchestra consisting mainly of keyed metallophones, gongs, and drums, often functioning as accompaniment to dance, dramas, and other Balinese performance arts.

Our Monday evening classes run from 6pm to 8pm in Room 0300(formerly Room 1188) of School of Music at 1114 W. Nevada Street. Community gamelan is open to all, free of charge, with no prior experience required. No credit is offered. There is no need for registration, but participants who join the ensemble should understand that regular attendance is expected in order to enjoy making music in an orchestra dependent upon the contribution of every player. Community Gamelan members will be invited to perform at our end of semester concert.

As part of the center’s programming, the Robert E. Brown Center for World Music offers community members the opportunity to learn and play traditional Balinese Gamelan music under the direction of I Ketut Gede Asnawa, a master gamelan musician and composer at the University of Illinois. A gamelan is an orchestra consisting mainly of keyed metallophones, gongs, and drums, often functioning as accompaniment to dance, dramas, and other Balinese performance arts.

Our Monday evening classes run from 6pm to 8pm in Room 0300(formerly Room 1188) of School of Music at 1114 W. Nevada Street. Community gamelan is open to all, free of charge, with no prior experience required. No credit is offered. There is no need for registration, but participants who join the ensemble should understand that regular attendance is expected in order to enjoy making music in an orchestra dependent upon the contribution of every player. Community Gamelan members will be invited to perform at our end of semester concert.

As part of the center’s programming, the Robert E. Brown Center for World Music offers community members the opportunity to learn and play traditional Balinese Gamelan music under the direction of I Ketut Gede Asnawa, a master gamelan musician and composer at the University of Illinois. A gamelan is an orchestra consisting mainly of keyed metallophones, gongs, and drums, often functioning as accompaniment to dance, dramas, and other Balinese performance arts.

Our Monday evening classes run from 6pm to 8pm in Room 0300(formerly Room 1188) of School of Music at 1114 W. Nevada Street. Community gamelan is open to all, free of charge, with no prior experience required. No credit is offered. There is no need for registration, but participants who join the ensemble should understand that regular attendance is expected in order to enjoy making music in an orchestra dependent upon the contribution of every player. Community Gamelan members will be invited to perform at our end of semester concert.

This will be a HOUSE CONCERT & potluck near downtown Champaign, IL. Seating is very limited. Reservations are required.

Aislinn Gagliardi is an Irish harpist and composer based in Chicago, and is well sought after as a performer, teacher and recording artist. Drawing from her background in Irish dance, and influenced by a diverse musical range from classical to Cape Breton, Aislinn’s distinct style shines through her music in an open and honest way. Known for her syncopated and rhythmic accompaniment, her compositions and arrangements offer a fresh perspective to the Irish music tradition.

Raised immersed in the Irish culture (the shared heritage on both sides of her family) Aislinn learned about Irish customs through dance, music and language lessons. She was drawn to the harp from an early age, and studied with various Irish and Celtic harpers including Janet Harbison and Michael Rooney. Aislinn also spent a semester abroad at the University of Limerick where she worked closely with Irish harper Fionnuala Rooney.

http://aislinnmusic.com

Don Pandeiro and Di Freitas:
Brazilian Musicians/Artists at Unit One/Allen Hall
10/4-10/8

Visit the event site for more information: https://spark.adobe.com/page/i70Nc2gtETInB/

All events are free and open to the public and take place in Allen Hall, 1005 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, unless noted otherwise. Free parking is available in the garage across the street.

Tuesday, October 4
6:30pm – Samba Percussion Workshop w/ Don Pandeiro (Main Lounge)

6:30pm - Dance Music of Northeastern Brazil: Strings and Flute Workshop w/ Di Freitas (South Rec)

Two concurrent Brazilian music workshops: one for percussionists and percussionist-wannabes interested in Brazil’s samba rhythms, the other for string players (violinists, violists, guitarists, banjo players, and others welcome) and flutists who are interested in learning the dance music of rural northeastern Brazil.

Tuesday, October 4

8pm – Brazilian Music Performance and Q&A: Don Pandeiro and Di Freitas w/friends (Main Lounge)

Join us for a concert featuring Don Pandeiro and Di Freitas, with guest appearances by participants in the Brazilian music workshops.

Thursday, Oct 6

7pm – Northeast by Southeast: a Night of Brazilian Regional Music (Spurlock Museum Knight Auditorium)

Saturday, October 8
11am-2pm – Instrument Making Workshop w/Don Pandero and Di Freitas (South Rec)

Build your own playable fiddle out of scraps of wood and found materials, and make shakers and other Brazilian percussion instruments. Lunch break in the middle.

Saturday, October 8

2pm - Samba Percussion Workshop w/ Don Pandeiro (Main Lounge)

2pm - Dance Music of Northeastern Brazil: Strings and Flute Workshop w/ Di Freitas (South Rec)

Two concurrent Brazilian music workshops: one for percussionists and percussionist-wannabes interested in Brazil’s samba rhythms, the other for string players (violinists, violists, guitarists, banjo players, and others welcome) and flutists who are interested in learning the dance music of rural northeastern Brazil. Bring your handmade instruments if you made them.

Don Pandeiro and Di Freitas are performers, artisans, and instrument builders who represent two different Brazilian contexts and musical styles: urban and rural, Southeast and Northeast, and samba and música nordestina. Over the course of the week, we will showcase their unique combination of musical talent and instrument-making abilities.

Percussionist Don Pandeiro is a musical and artistic icon in São Paulo, where he has spent most of his adult life, playing small shows, fabricating samba instruments out of innovative materials, and building public art fixtures, such as a massive peace monument constructed entirely from match sticks.

Francisco Ferreira de Freitas Filho, known by his stage name Di Freitas, is a rabequeiro (fiddler), guitarist, luthier, and music educator based in Juazeiro do Norte, a city in the hinterlands of the Brazilian Northeast. Di Freitas performs on and builds his own string instruments from calabash and other found materials, and he teaches youth in his hometown to build and play their own homemade fiddles in an “orchestra” he directs.

Cosponsored by Center for Advanced Study, Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Department of History, Division of Musicology, Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies, School of Music, and Unit One/Allen Hall

Don Pandeiro and Di Freitas:
Brazilian Musicians/Artists at Unit One/Allen Hall
10/4-10/8

Visit the event site for more information: https://spark.adobe.com/page/i70Nc2gtETInB/

All events are free and open to the public and take place in Allen Hall, 1005 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, unless noted otherwise. Free parking is available in the garage across the street.

Tuesday, October 4
6:30pm – Samba Percussion Workshop w/ Don Pandeiro (Main Lounge)

6:30pm - Dance Music of Northeastern Brazil: Strings and Flute Workshop w/ Di Freitas (South Rec)

Two concurrent Brazilian music workshops: one for percussionists and percussionist-wannabes interested in Brazil’s samba rhythms, the other for string players (violinists, violists, guitarists, banjo players, and others welcome) and flutists who are interested in learning the dance music of rural northeastern Brazil.

Tuesday, October 4

8pm – Brazilian Music Performance and Q&A: Don Pandeiro and Di Freitas w/friends (Main Lounge)

Join us for a concert featuring Don Pandeiro and Di Freitas, with guest appearances by participants in the Brazilian music workshops.

Thursday, Oct 6

7pm – Northeast by Southeast: a Night of Brazilian Regional Music (Spurlock Museum Knight Auditorium)

Saturday, October 8
11am-2pm – Instrument Making Workshop w/Don Pandero and Di Freitas (South Rec)

Build your own playable fiddle out of scraps of wood and found materials, and make shakers and other Brazilian percussion instruments. Lunch break in the middle.

Saturday, October 8

2pm - Samba Percussion Workshop w/ Don Pandeiro (Main Lounge)

2pm - Dance Music of Northeastern Brazil: Strings and Flute Workshop w/ Di Freitas (South Rec)

Two concurrent Brazilian music workshops: one for percussionists and percussionist-wannabes interested in Brazil’s samba rhythms, the other for string players (violinists, violists, guitarists, banjo players, and others welcome) and flutists who are interested in learning the dance music of rural northeastern Brazil. Bring your handmade instruments if you made them.

Don Pandeiro and Di Freitas are performers, artisans, and instrument builders who represent two different Brazilian contexts and musical styles: urban and rural, Southeast and Northeast, and samba and música nordestina. Over the course of the week, we will showcase their unique combination of musical talent and instrument-making abilities.

Percussionist Don Pandeiro is a musical and artistic icon in São Paulo, where he has spent most of his adult life, playing small shows, fabricating samba instruments out of innovative materials, and building public art fixtures, such as a massive peace monument constructed entirely from match sticks.

Francisco Ferreira de Freitas Filho, known by his stage name Di Freitas, is a rabequeiro (fiddler), guitarist, luthier, and music educator based in Juazeiro do Norte, a city in the hinterlands of the Brazilian Northeast. Di Freitas performs on and builds his own string instruments from calabash and other found materials, and he teaches youth in his hometown to build and play their own homemade fiddles in an “orchestra” he directs.

Cosponsored by Center for Advanced Study, Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Department of History, Division of Musicology, Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies, School of Music, and Unit One/Allen Hall