Performance Series
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Adventurous music fans will enjoy two diverse international programs: the virtuosic taiko drummers of Yamato and the Armenian folklife masters Shoghaken Ensemble, veterans of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road collaborations. Also in this series are two brilliant ensembles from the rich musical worlds of New York: Oscar Hernández’ blazing Spanish Harlem Orchestra, celebrating the Eastside crucible of Latino music, and the return of New York Voices, a premier vocal ensemble excelling in tight harmonies and high-flying jazz improvisations.
Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Wednesday, October 3, $20.00
 This Grammy-winning band has been an integral part of new Hispanic culture in New York and has spread the joys of contemporary Latin music to the four corners of the globe. Led by world famous pianist and arranger Oscar Hernández, the Orchestra hails from New York’s eastside El Barrio, the Spanish Harlem birthplace of salsa, Latin soul, and boogaloo. From Tito Puente to Marc Anthony, this neighborhood enclave has exerted a monumental effect on the sound of American music today, and Spanish Harlem Orchestra is its standard-bearer.
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Spanish Harlem Orchestra
YamatoYamato: the Drummers of Japan
Wednesday, November 14, $22.00
 Yamato is simply astonishing! Its critically acclaimed Shin-On (“heartbeat”) world tour conveys the ancient Japanese concept of “God-Sounds” through exhilarating, spectacular performance on many different styles of Japanese drums, showcasing the visceral power and physical virtuosity of authentic taiko artistry. Other musical fixtures in Japanese folk traditions—bamboo flutes and the stringed shamisen and koto—further enrich the blend of cultural ancestry and contemporary performance styles.
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ShoghakenShoghaken Folk Ensemble of Armenia Shoghaken
Tuesday, February 5 , $18.00
 Armenia’s renowned masters play an extraordinary repertory of dances, festive songs, and love ballads, with hauntingly beautiful sounds of strings, pipes, and voices. The ensemble includes Gevorg Dabaghyan’s virtuosic performances on duduk, the ancient double-reed Armenian instrument that was featured in Last Temptation of Christ, along with the lyrical solo voice of Hasmit Hartunyan and spirited playing of the kamancheh (spike-fiddle) and the kanoon, a 72-stringed lap harp. Shoghaken has figured prominently in Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road recordings and tours; our performance is presented in association with Carnegie Hall’s 2008 Silk Road Festival.

New York VoicesNew York Voices New York Voices
Saturday, March 29 , $20.00
This Grammy Award–winning vocal ensemble is renowned for their excellence in jazz and the art of group singing. Like the great groups that have come before—Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, Manhattan Transfer, and Take 6—they have learned from the best and taken the art form to new levels. New York Voices' music is rooted in jazz, with generous helpings of Brazilian music and rhythm and blues, plus classical and pop influences. Boston Herald calls them “the most exciting vocal ensemble in jazz,” with sizzling arrangements of show tunes, American Songbook standards, and originals.
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An Afternoon of A Cappella
Sunday, November 11, 3:00 p.m., $6.00
Lafayette’s student vocal ensembles (all-female Cadence, all-male Chorduroys, and mixed-voice Soulfege and Quintessence) welcome guest groups from other schools for an afternoon of song. This fifth annual a cappella concert, sponsored by the Lafayette College Arts Society, benefits Friends of Lafayette Music, which supports student-run musical groups, and the Daniel P. O'Neil '06 Memorial Fund, which supports senior projects in engineering.

last updated July 24, 2007

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