From: Music for Change [sara_at_musicforchange_dot_ccsend_dot_com] on behalf of Music for Change [rosie_at_musicforchange_dot_org]

Sent: 22 July 2014 18:39

Subject: Music for Change Events

Up-coming Events

Greetings!

We hope you are having a good summer and we hope you can make it to our wonderful up-coming events! Firstly, we are having our annual music event in Dane John Gardens, Canterbury on Bank Holiday Monday, the 25th of August 2014. We present a whole day of free world-class music and dance performances and workshops. Please come and join us! 

In October, we present a performance from the award-winning harp duo, Seckou Keita and Catrin Finch at the Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury. Have a look below for more details.

We hope to see you over the summer and autumn for some incredible music! 

Very best wishes from the Music for Change Team.

At Global Sounds 2014, Music for Change brings you the wonderful Jaipur Kawa Brass Band; cross-cultural collaboration from Kalukuta Millionaires; a new twist on the traditional West African sound from Musa Mboob and XamXam; Balkan and klezmer music from She'Koyokh; samba from Samba Pelo Mar,; dance workshops; food stalls and more! Come along and join us on the 25th of August for a family-friendly, community-spirited day of culturally diverse music and dance. Free and open to all! Thank you to Arts Council England for supporting this event through their Grants for the Arts programme.

See our Facebook page for more details!

Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita

Sunday 12th October 2014

Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury

Music for Change presents a unique collaboration between two world-class musicians; Welsh harpist Catrin Finch and Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita. Winners of the fRoots Album Of The Year 2013, nominated for two BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, and featured in Songlines Magazine's top ten albums of 2013, the sky is the limit for this pair of virtuoso musicians whose 'heavenly music...intricately realised' (Songlines) merges the boundaries between the genres of classical, world, folk and traditional music.

The harp occupies a vital place in the incredibly rich cultures of both West Africa and Wales and, remarkably, both nations share a centuries-old tradition of intricate oral history, expressed through music, song and verse. Together, Finch and Keita have risen to the tough challenge of blending two completely different musical cultures and creating something truly beautiful and entirely new. Not to be missed!

"Remarkable." The Guardian ****

"Blissful." Financial Times *****

"Sublime." London Evening Standard *****

"Beautiful." Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2

"Magical." MOJO ****

Tickets: Full ?15 / Concessions ?10 

BOOKING: To book tickets, please click this link!

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