[LCM Events] Middle East Meets Far East: A Tabla and Taiko Drumming Event - Thursday, May 11

[Heidi Knuff]

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  Middle East Meets Far East
  A Tabla and Taiko Drumming Event

  Thursday, May 11
  7pm
  MIT Building E25, Room 111 

  http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=e25

  Free and Open to the Public


  Master percussionists Karim Nagi and Elaine Fong demonstrate Egyptian 
  Tabla and Japanese Taiko, which will be followed by a joint performance.

  Elaine Fong is founder and artistic director of Odaiko New England and a 
  member of Marco Leinhard's group, Taikoza. She has received instruction from 
  Grandmaster Seiichi Tanaka of San Francisco Taiko Dojo, Kenny Endo of Taiko 
  Center of the Pacific; and Tiffany Tamaribuchi of Sacramento Taiko Dan.

  Karim Nagi is a native Egyptian who has lived in Boston for 20 
  years. Karim performs Arabic, Turkish and Andalusian hand percussion,  
  including the tabla, riqq and segat/zills. He is on the faculty of the New 
  England Conservatory of Music, and leads the Sharq Arabic Music Ensemble.

  Brought to you by the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee of Massachusetts, Japanese 
  Americans Citizens League, Asian American Resource Workshop, MIT Center for 
  International Studies, and the MIT Council for the Arts.







  Heidi Knuff
  Center for International Studies 
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  292 Main Street (E38-270)
  Cambridge, MA 02139
  P: 617-253-8306     
  F: 617-253-9330
  hknuff at mit.edu
  http://web.mit.edu/cis/





   
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