Reminder: Demais & Yaren at Calvary Church Tomorrow Night!

[Nelson_W_Wicas]

Also, don't forget the free jazz concert at the Firehouse tonight.
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"Amy L. Dalton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 05/17/2002 08:53:59 AM

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Subject:  Reminder: Demais & Yaren at Calvary Church Tomorrow Night!



Join Demais and Yaren for an evening of Turkish and Afro-Latin folk music on
Saturday, May 18, 7:30 pm at West Philadelphia

ıs Calvary Church.

The Calvary Center for Culture and Community, the Cherry Tree Music Co-op,
and the Renaissance Arts Network invite you to our fourth concert in our
collaborative World­Community Music Series, an innovative project that seeks
to give voice to the world-community of West Philadelphia.

Turkish folk music duo Yaren will join the dynamic Afro-Cuban /
Afro-Brazilian percussion ensemble Demais for an evening of experimentation,
tradition, and camaraderie. More details are below.

Tickets will be sold on a sliding scale from $5 to $15, and the doors will
open at 7pm. Calvary is located at the corner of 48th and Baltimore Avenue
along the 34 trolley route. The World­Community Music Series is a
collaborative, community-based effort taking place at Calvary every third
Saturday from January through May, 2002.

Questions? Call Chris at 215-729-4851 or Ed at 215-724-1702.

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Yaren is a Turkish term that means ³a special friend,² ³pal² or ³buddy.² It
evokes good times shared with music and friends. The Ensemble Yaren


ïa duo
consisting of Çagri Haksöz (pronounced CHAH-reh HAK-soz) and Gerardo
Razumney


ïplays traditional Turkish folk music. Haksöz sings and plays saz, a
string instrument with three sets of strings and movable frets, and Razumney
plays dumbeq (a vase-shaped hand drum), bendir (a frame drum) and davul (a
base drum played with sticks), all traditional Turkish percussion
instruments. Turkish music involves musical scales that include quarter
tones and sound rather unusual to Western ears, and asymmetric rhythms that
are at the same time elusive and compelling.

Demais means ³too much² in Portuguese


ïas in ³they are too much!² Demais is a
dynamic percussion ensemble made up of Jill Galman, Josh Robinson, Elizabeth
Sayre, Alex Shaw, and Mike Stevens


ïall younger musicians who have steeped
themselves in the study of Afro-Latin disciplines of capoeira, samba, and
pagode (from Brazil) and conga and batá drumming (from Cuba). The groupıs
performances feature newly created fusions of traditional elements, as well
as new ideas inspired by traditional music


ïa single piece might include both
a four hundred-year-old African song and a rhythmic groove invented last
week, or anything in between. Demais was formed in order for group members
to share with each other and audiences the excitement inherent in Afro-Cuban
and Afro-Brazilian music. With each composition, Demais draws from multiple
traditional sources, as well as from the imaginations of the performers.
Through compositions that combine Cuban and Brazilian styles, the group also
seeks to explore connections in the African roots that underlie the music of
both countries, as well as much of the popular music of the US. Demaisı
study of the Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian traditions is ultimately an
exploration into the rich cultural history of the Americas.


Renaissance Arts Network

³Renaissance² means a rebirth or revival, for example, of culture, skills,
or learning forgotten or previously ignored. The Renaissance Arts Network is
a new artist-led forum for artists and musicians to provide opportunities
for learning, teaching, and practicing skills in arts and music to
Philadelphia residents in order to improve the quality of life and to
strengthen the presence of arts in the community. We are currently offering
programs at local schools, churches, and community centers, and are looking
to create more symbiotic relationships between artists and the community at
large. As a project of The Squirrel Hill Community Association, a 501(c)(3)
organization, RAN seeks to reflect and value our neighborhoodıs incredible
diversity in religion, ethnicity, language and culture. For more
information, visit www.renaissanceartsnetwork.org.

Calvary Center for Culture and Community

The Calvary Center for Culture and Community (CCCC) is a non-profit
organization, founded in 2000 by a coalition of church members and community
residents. CCCC has a dual mission: to initiate creative, community-based
efforts to restore and preserve the edifice of Calvary United Methodist
Church (particularly the breathtaking but dilapidated sanctuary) and to
facilitate the use of the building for arts, educational, and social service
programs in a way that sustains the church and nurtures the community.
Following in the Calvary Churchıs legacy of acceptance and inclusion of all
people, the CCCC seeks to renew and revitalize the church building as a
sanctuary for community engagement and involvement across lines of race,
class, gender, and sexuality. For more information, visit
www.libertynet.org/uchs or, coming soon: www.calvary-center.org

Cherry Tree Music Co-op

The Cherry Tree Music Co-op is a volunteer collective that has organized
performances of traditional, ethnic, international, and related
non-commercial music in West Philadelphia since a group of local musicians
established it in 1975. By the mid-80s, the Co-opıs Sunday night concert
series had become one of the countryıs leading medium-sized folk venues. In
addition to the Sunday series, the Cherry Tree works with other
organizations


ïincluding the Friends of Clark Park, the Spruce Hill Community
Association, and the Clark Park Music and Arts Community


ïto organize free
musical performances at neighborhood events and festivals. For more
information, visit www.cherrytree.org.