Miami University

FALL 2009

Global Rhythms Concerts over Family Weekend

Each member in this production featuring over 400 artists spreading over two nights of performances is working in a wider context, collaborating with world artists and taking music in wholly unexpected directions, allowing all their gates to be open! Both nights offer a compelling array of music and entertainment that offers a unique framework and connect with the unseen threads and pages of music from different corners of the world.

Friday, October 2

Being the Alchemy (Part I), Global Rhythms Concert
8:00 p.m., Hall Auditorium

The concert weaves a range of music from Slumdog Millionaire, the musical Lord of the Rings, Bollywood hits, Latin jazz, as well as diverse dance traditions. This evening, that happens to fall on the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, will feature hits of Oscar award winning composer AR Rahman performed by several groups and includes an impressive line of guest artists from diverse world traditions including Latin jazz, Middle Eastern music, Indian classical music, African and Caribbean traditions. Miami’s Symphony Orchestra directed by Professor Ricardo Averbach, the Miami University Gospel Singers directed by Brittany Moncrease, the Drumline directed by Jeff Queen and James Sparling, and The Miami University Glee Club and Collegiate Chorale directed by Ethan Sperry will be featured. Several guest artists including Latin Jazz greats Eguie Castrillo and Victor Mendoza; Tian Zhou ,Ying Zhang and Hongyan Liu from China; African Master drummer Paschale Younge; Drumline Virtuoso Jeff Queen; Pallavi Das (Odissi) will be collaborating with various groups, as well as other musical virtuosos including Miami University professors Chris Tanner, Roger Davis, Andrea Ridilla, Michele Gingras, Christie Schillinger, James Olcott, Bill Albin, Jaime Morales Matos and Mary Harris. The show’s artistic director is Miami University alum Srinivas Krishnan.

Global Rhythms is a team that has drawn up a creative solution to making world music very entertaining, giving a respectable platform for it, and I have enjoyed collaborating with them all through these years.

In all my years of collaborating with Global Rhythms, I feel that Global Rhythms is a team that can be termed as multicultural, multidimensional, providing every form of thrill and knowledge to the audience through their creative productions using 150 members or even 4 members. Every act in their show is a must watch piece of art which is a model of sorts where one acquires a fresh perspective to the world.

On a personal level it gave me a great opportunity to discover the next generation of musicians from America and friendly human beings ....

AR Rahman - Winner of Two Oscar awards (Slumdog Millionaire) and Music Composer for the film "Roja" (Top10 Best Soundracks List - TIME MAGAZINE)

Saturday, October 3

Being the Alchemy (Part II), Global Rhythms Concert
8:00 p.m., Hall Auditorium

This show features music from Africa, Cuba, and India and showcases performances by the Miami University Wind Ensemble directed by Gary Speck, the music group, Miami University’s acapella group, Misfitz, in addition to the Miami University Glee Club and Collegiate Chorale directed by Professor Ethan Sperry. The evening features percussion teams led by Paschale Younge and Jason Koontz. Guest artists including Latin heroes Eguie Castrillo, Victor Mendoza, Indian percussionists Vinod, PR Chandy, Indian dancers Harini Suresh, Lakshmi Chinnaswamy,and Preethi Srikanth, Odissi dancer Pallavi Das, blues artist Andy Strauss, John Packard, John Terpin and Aaron Bishara will all be stepping in together into a stage of possibilities. Chinese Puppeteer Wu-Shan will also be a featured artist for the evening. The show’s artistic director is Miami University alum Srinivas Krishnan.

Tickets: $10 adult – $7 senior adults and students
Tickets available at the Miami University Box Office, Shriver Center, 513-529-3200

A Center for American and World Cultures production with support from the Miami University Parents Fund, the Office of Institutional Diversity, the Office of the Provost, the School of Fine Arts, the Department of Music, the Department of Theatre, the Graduate School, Ms. Bhairavi Jani, and the Office of International Education.