UCSB Music Department
World Music Series - Spring 2008

Produced by the Program of Ethnomusicology and the UCSB Multicultural Center, concerts in this series are offered every Wednesday at noon in the Music Bowl and are aimed at increasing awareness of different cultural traditions. Recent concerts have featured Japanese, Chinese, Ugandan, Finnish, Bulgarian, and native American music and dance.

For more information or wheelchair access, please contact the MultiCultural Center at (805)893-8411.

All concerts are held in the Music Bowl, FREE admission. In case of rain, the performance will be held in Music 1145.

Traditional Dance Music of Ireland
Wed., April 9, Noon, UCSB Music Bowl, Free Admission
The Santa Barbara-based group, Dannsair, performs Irish melodies on fiddles, flutes, whistles, guitar,and percussion, melding jazzy undertones, classical phrasing and danceable rhythms.

Regional Dances from Mexico
Wed., April 16, Noon, UCSB Music Bowl, Free Admission
Come enjoy dances from four difference regions of Mexico performed by this exciting Santa Barbara-based group

The UCSB Percussion Ensemble
Wed., April 23, Noon, UCSB Music Bowl, Free Admission
The UCSB Percussion Ensemble features UCSB students Eddie Trager, Erin Folci, Tim Beutler, and Lyuba Kovaleva, and faculty Jon Nathan. The Ensemble will present works by Brazillian percussionist/composer Ney Rosauro, xylophone virtuoso Joe Green, and an arrangement of Russian folk melodies by William Cahn of the Nexus Percussion Ensemble. Also featured will be the rocking quintet by LSU percussion faculty Brett William Dietz, "Sharpened Stick."

Charlie King & The Prince Myshkins
Wed., April 30, Noon, UCSB Music Bowl, Free Admission
CHARLIE KING has been at the heart of American folk music for over 40 years, writing and singing passionately about the extraordinary lives of ordinary people. "With encouraging regularity, Charlie King emerges from his self-reflection to remind us of the happy resilience of the human spirit." Billboard

THE PRINCE MYSHKINS are a folk/cabaret guitar/accordion duo from Madison, WI who cram more syllables of satire into a song than should be allowed by law. "Klezmer meets Godot and Brothers Grimm....the Myshkins are first-rate musicians whose sardonic songs induce life-threatening fits of laughter." - KPBS San Diego

Mariachi Integral
Wed., May 7, Noon, UCSB Music Bowl, Free Admission
In recognition of El Cinco de Mayo, UCSB-based Mariachi Integral will perform various musical genres from Mexico including rancheras, boleros, rancheros, and sones. VIVA MEXICO!!

UCSB Music of India Ensemble
Wed., May 14, Noon, UCSB Music Bowl, Free Admission
Scott Marcus and Rob Wallace lead a performance of North Indian classical music performed on sitars and tablas

UCSB Gamelan Ensemble
Wed., May 21, Noon, UCSB Music Bowl, Free Admission
Mike Pievac leads a performance by the UCSB Gamelan Ensemble. Gamelan, the principal orchestral ensemble of Indonesia, is comprised chiefly of metallic percussion instruments.

UCSB Gospel Choir
Wed., May 28, Noon, UCSB Music Bowl, Free Admission
Directed by Victor Bell, the choir will perform traditional and contemporary songs drawn from African American religious traditions.