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Music, Message, and CommunityFriday, February 6, 2009 6–7 pm
Hannaford Hall, USM, Portland, Maine
FREE
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Maine composer Dr. Elliott Schwartz exchanges ideas about the inspiration for composing music with composer and violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain, who will take the Hannaford Hall stage for a 7:30 pm performance.
Toumani Diabaté: Meet-the-ArtistFriday, May 1, 2009 Time TBA
Merrill Auditorium Green Room
FREE
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Master artist, griot, and ambassador of African music and culture Toumani Diabaté speaks on the history of the kora, African music and instrumentation, and the background of his ensemble the Symmetric Orchestra, who bring to the modern world a flavor of the Malian Mandinka empire of thirteenth-century west Africa.
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