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Israeli composer
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2019-03-09 09:35:00
Crossing the line of dreams
[…] music has a hymn-like quality with a drone figuration often heard in spirituals. Not much is known about her ancestry, but it is believed that her maternal grandmother, Modesty, was brought to the US on a slave ship from West Africa and was thought to be of the Asante (a.k.a. Ashanti) tribe, who came from Ghana. Therefore I’ve used Ghanaian drum patterns to drive her music. While researching Asante music, I came across Joseph S. Kaminski’s excellent book Asante Ntahera Trumpets in Ghana– in it, he has transcribed a signature motif, from Asantehene’s mmentia musicians“Atoto wore sane” which means: “We are removing the knot”. This refers to a legendry knot that could only be untied by the true ruler, yet can also describe Harriet’s brave missions. Manikarnika in childhoodSource: Real Bharat JD: Rani Lakshmibai was born Manikarnika Tambe in Varanasi, by the Ganges, in 1828. Married off […]
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ArtsJournal: music
2017-12-07 18:32:13
Pittsburgh Public Theatre Names A New Artistic Director
Marya Sea Kaminski will leave her job as associate artistic director of Seattle Repertory Theatre to become the sixth artistic director in Pittsburgh Public Theater’s 44-season history, succeeding the retiring Ted Pappas.
2017-08-10 07:00:30
[…] Mikulka Sunset 1892 for clarinet, viola and piano Huber Quintet for winds and piano SOJOURN March 10/11, 2018 Hofmann Octet for mixed ensemble Schoenberg Presto for string quartet Scott Cornish Boat Song for piano trio Mendelssohn Concert Piece for clarinet, bassoon and piano LEGACY May 19/20, 2018 Kaminski String Quartet Smit Sextet for wind quintet and piano Sekles Capriccio – Yankee Doodle con variazioni for piano trio 2017-2018 Season Ticket Prices Senior (62+) Single: $20 per concert Senior (62+) Series: $85 for the season* Adult Single: $25 per concert Adult Series: $105 for the season* Student Single: $5 per concert *Season concert series offers […]
2014-10-29 17:29:10
[…] the National Arts Festival, Grahamstown and receive financial support for their Festival participation, as well as a cash prize. Awards Musa Ngqungwana has won:In 2007 he was the winner of the Schock Prize for Singing at the Baxter Theater in Cape Town. He then went on to win for his role as Ping at the International Turandot Competition organised by the International Institute for Opera and Poetry. In 2010 he won the WBHO/Jan Kaminski Award and in 2011 he was the recipient of The Oppenheimer Memorial Trust. He was a finalist and awarded the prize of “Die Zeit” at the 29th International Hans Gabor Belvedere Competition in Vienna, Austria. Ngqungwana won the Cesare Santeremo/Dr. Campbell Award from Opera Index in New York City, the 2013 Grand Finals Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and in the same year the recipient of the Lissner Charitable Award from […]
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