Latin & Celtic Folk
Music
Saturday, December
8, 2007 at 8:00
An evening combining
Celtic folk music from Scotland and Ireland with soulful
Latin music from Peru, Brazil, Ecuador
and the Cape Verde Islands
and Bach
Presented by
• Michael Braudy, violinist
• Emiliano Valerio, Latin percussion & guitar
• Issa Cabrera, vocals
Genesis at
Tree of Life Performance Space
102-19 Metropolitan Avenue
Forest Hills, NY 11375
718 544-5997
(Admission $20)
Michael Braudy is a violinist experienced in Western, North
Indian and Celtic music, who has taught music and meditation
for over 30 years. He has collaborated with poets, storytellers
and dancers, in theater and mime, and performs and offers
workshops in the U.S. and abroad. Michael has performed
at the Jaipur International Festival in Rajasthan, India
and the American Center in Calcutta. He studied Western
violin with Raphael Bronstein and Dorothy Delay and Indian
music with Acharya Roop Verma, Pandit V.G. Jog, and Debaprasad
& Sulaya Banerjee.
Emiliano Valerio studied Cuban percussion in Havana, Cuba,
at La Escuela Nacional de Arte with Fermin Nani and Pancho
Quinto and is currently a Tabla disciple of Pandit Samir
Chatterjee. He founded Nueva Siembra, a 15-piece Latin band,
and was musical director and percussionist/guitarist of
the Broadway show Tap Dogs which toured the U.S., Europe
and Asia. His first CD is titled Dream Time.
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Indian Ragas, Celtic Music & Solo
Bach
with Michael Braudy & Eric Phinney
Saturday, December 22,
2007 at 8:30 PM
Ananda Ashram
141 Sapphire Road
Monroe, NY 10950
(914) 782-5575
(Admission $15 / Members $12)
Concert with Michael on violin and Eric
on tabla. They will play Indian ragas, solo Bach and Celtic
airs, jigs, and reels, each piece complementing the other. A
tabla solo will be accompanied by violin.
Michael Braudy is a violinist experienced in Western, North
Indian and Celtic music who has taught music and meditation
for over 30 years. He has collaborated with poets, storytellers
and dancers, in theater and mime, and performs and offers workshops
in the U.S. and abroad. Michael has performed at the Jaipur
International Festival in Rajasthan, India, and the American
Center in Calcutta. He studied Violin with Raphael Bronstein
and Dorothy Delay and Indian music with Acharya Roop Verma,
Pandit V.G. Jog, and Debaprasad and Sulaya Banerjee. Visit his
website for more information.
Eric Phinney is a percussionist who has performed with classical
ensembles around the world, including with The Silk Road Project,
Yo Yo Ma at the Smithsonian Institution, and the Ethos Percussion
Group at Carnegie Hall and London's Wigmore Hall. He holds a
Master's degree in classical percussion performance from Manhattan
School of Music, and studied North Indian Tabla under Pandit
Sharda Sahai of the Benares Gharana and Pandit Samir Chatterjee
of the Farrukhabad Gharana. Eric is a member of Chhandayan,
an Indian musical organization based in New Jersey and Calcutta.
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Sound as a Meditative Tool
Experience how music and sound can
be an aid to meditation. Utilizing Indian music and vocals
and Western meditative vocalizations, we will reflect on how
sound resonates within and around us.
You will take with you new ways to
use music to produce states of peace, relaxation and awareness.
All are welcome, no previous experience necessary.
Testimonials from previous participants:
“I had a great time! I loved the activities. Listening
made me more attentive and calm. Singing made me more energized
and actively involved. Silence made me deeper.”
“The music felt very meditative and spiritual to me.
The singing was an emotional release I never experienced with
me singing before.”
“Michael’s warm, open demeanor created an atmosphere
of trust and exploration.”
”It was relaxing and energizing at the same time.”
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