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Alternatives Buy the four-event series package for the $90.00 subscription price and save 15% (available through October 6) |
 Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, and Edgar Meyer Tuesday, October 6, 8:00 p.m., $33 Three masterful genre-benders and the leading virtuosos on their respective instruments, Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, and Edgar Meyer move  with ease among the worlds of classical, bluegrass, and world music. Their April concert at Carnegie Hall was the highlight of the Perspectives series tribute to Hussain, leading to this first-ever trio tour of original music, including their innovative Triple Concerto for Banjo, Tabla, and Double Bass. Boundless creators all, Fleck, Hussain and Meyer share among them an array of projects that touch every geographical and stylistic corner of the musical world. Tickets available only to Williams Center subscribers until September 28. |
 Yamato Taiko Drummers Thursday, November 12, 8:00 p.m., $28 Astonishing, breathtaking, exhilarating—the 17 multi-talented musicians of Yamato offer spectacular performance on many different styles of Japanese drums, showcasing the visceral power and physical vistuosity of authentic taiko artistry. Bamboo flutes and the stringed shamisen and koto further enrich the musical blend of traditional and contemporary performance styles.  You won’t want to miss Yamato’s Matsuri (Fiesta) tour, its third roof-raising visit to the Williams Center. |
 Noreum Machi Tuesday, February 9, 8:00 p.m., $22 This intrepid troupe from Korea performs a modernized staged adaptation of p’ungmul nori, a ritualistic celebratory event with origins in shamanism, originally performed by rice farmers and professional musicians at harvest festivals in the Korean countryside. As court music died out with the end of dynastic rule in the early 20th century, p’ungmul nori was maintained in the villages and rural areas. In recent years, skilled performers have returned this music and costumed dance to the prominence of urban performance halls, thrilling audiences in Asia and throughout the world. Noreum Machi’s colorful program includes spectacular percussion dialogues, shamanic chants, and acrobatic dances. P’ungmul nori represents the soul of Korea.  WDIY 88.1 FM, Lehigh Valley Community Public Radio, is our media partner for this concert. |
 Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana Tuesday, March 9, 8:00 p.m., $22  Flamenco personifies the musical culture of Spain: intense and passionate, with a spirit of wild abandon shaped by the music’s strict rhythmic structure. The guitarist’s throbbing musical chords shape the passionate world of the cante jondo singer, where powerful song achieves duende—the transcendent, near-mystical connection with dancers and audience. Carlota Santana’s ensemble of dancers and musicians includes some of Spain’s finest interpreters of this thrilling musical legacy. The crisp percussive sounds of the dancers’ footwork are elegantly punctuated by the musicians’ palmas (hand-claps) and the deep resonance of the drum-like cajon. (Also included in Footlights.) |
 Sound Alternatives Fans—Don't Miss This Special Non-Subscription Event An Evening of A Cappella Saturday, November 14, 8:00 p.m., $6 Lafayette’s student vocal ensembles (all-female Cadence, all-male Chorduroys, and mixed-voice Quintessence and Soulfege) welcome guest groups from other schools for an afternoon of song. This seventh 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. |
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