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February  

Center Series
Stefon Harris, Special Guest with the Imani Winds
Wednesday, February 3, 7:30 pm
Bowker Auditorium
The Grammy-nominated Imani Winds, with their dynamic playing, culturally poignant programming, and genre-blurring collaborations perform with the equally dynamic jazz vibraphonist Stefon Harris.
This is an Angel Ticket event

March  

Center Series
Ballet Folklórico de México
Tuesday, March 2, 7:30 pm
Concert Hall
Ballet Folklórico de México sets itself apart by combining their artists' talents with the traditional music, elaborate dance and ornate costumes of Mexican culture. The result is a stunning performance that disseminates the rich tradition and folklore of Mexico throughout the world.
This is an Angel Ticket event
Pre-Performance Mexican Celebration    Tuesday, March 2  6:30 pm to 7:00 pm    Fine Arts Center Lobby

Global Arts
Balinese Music & Dance
Gamelan Galak Tika
Friday, March 5, from 10:00 am to 11:00 am
Bowker Auditorium
Gamelan Galak Tika demonstrates the mystical music of Balinese shadow puppet plays, the vocal rhythms of the Kecak and movements of Balinese Dance.

Asian Arts & Culture Program
Gamelan Galak Tika & Ensemble Robot in Concert
Traditional Balinese Gamelan & MIT Lab Artists
Friday, March 5, 8:00 pm
Bowker Auditorium
Humans, computers and robots join forces to present a musical hybrid of Western and traditional Balinese music.
This is an Angel Ticket event

Center Series
Paddy Moloney with The Chieftains
Wednesday, March 10, 7:30 pm
Concert Hall
Six-time Grammy winners, the Chieftains are recognized for bringing traditional Irish music to the world's attention and after all these years of making some of the most beautiful music in the world, their music remains as fresh and relevant as when they first began.
Pre-Perfomance Irish Celebration    Wednesday, March 10  6:30 pm to 7:00 pm    Fine Arts Center Lobby

Asian Arts & Culture Program
Zakir Hussain presents Masters of Percussion
Saturday, March 27, 8:00 pm
Concert Hall
A percussionists' paradise presented by Zakir Hussain and company via various percussion instruments, the stringed sitar, and the sarangi in both folk and classical music.

Center Series
Zakir Hussain presents Masters of Percussion
Featuring Niladri Kumar, sitar, Abbos Kosimov, Doyra, Navin Sharma, Dholak
Saturday, March 27, 8:00 pm
Concert Hall
Zakir Hussain is appreciated both in the field of percussion and in the music world at large as an international phenomenon. A classical tabla virtuoso of the highest order, his consistently brilliant and exciting performances have not only established him as a national treasure in his own country, India, but earned him worldwide fame. The concert also features a number of musicians, mostly from India, playing percussion instruments as well as sitar and sarangi (a north Indian stringed instrument played with a bow).

Co-presented with the Asian Arts & Culture Program.
This is an Angel Ticket event
Pre-Performance Talk wth Ranjanaa Devi    Saturday, March 27  7:00 pm to 7:30 pm    Rear Seating Area of Concert Hall

April  

Center Series
Ensemble Galilei and Neal Conan with actress Lily Knight
First Person: Stories from the Edge of the World
Saturday, April 10, 8:00 pm
Concert Hall
Neal Conan's compelling narration, and evocative music created specifically for this project, work seamlessly to take the audience along on some of the world's most extraordinary expeditions. With featured actress Lily Knight.
Pre-Performance Talk with Neal Conan    Saturday, April 10  7:00 pm to 7:30 pm    Rear Seating Area of Concert Hall

Center Series
Rokia Traoré
Wednesday, April 14, 7:30 pm
Concert Hall
Along with her feather-light vocals, Rokia’s music is infused with western pop rhythms and traditional African instruments, making for a rare and beautiful thing. The result is a beguiling sound that can claim to be "World Music" in the purest sense.
This is an Angel Ticket event
Pre-Performance Talk by WFCR's Jazz Safari host Kari Njiiri    Wednesday, April 14  6:30 pm to 7:00 pm    Rear Seating Area of Concert Hall

     
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