THE WEILL MUSIC INSTITUTE AT CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS
—CARNEGIE HALL CULTURAL EXCHANGE—
EDUCATION PROGRAM CONNECTS NEW YORK CITY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
WITH PEERS IN OTHER COUNTRIES WITH FOCUS ON
MUSIC OF TURKEY AND INDIA
from the United States with Musicians and Students of Turkey on December 16 and April 7,
Musicians and Students of India on February 12 and May 13
Events Part of Yearlong Curriculum and Dialogue Between
New York City Schools and Counterparts in Istanbul and New Delhi
New York City high school social studies teachers will connect their students with classrooms around the world this season, thanks to the Carnegie Hall Cultural Exchange program presented by The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall (WMI). Throughout the year, students throughout New York City will explore the music and culture of a chosen country through sequential lessons while also exchanging ideas with their overseas peers via an online community. For each country being studied, the program also offers two interactive concerts at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall—featuring jazz artists from the United States and traditional musicians from the chosen country—that allow students, teachers, and musicians to connect in real time via Zankel Hall’s distance-learning technology. These simultaneous transatlantic concerts, broadcast live to and from each country’s venue, also provide opportunities for the students to ask questions of the musicians as well as their peers across the ocean.
In 2008–2009, WMI has expanded the Carnegie Hall Cultural Exchange program to encompass two areas of study, each in relation to American jazz: the Music of Turkey and the Music of India. Thirteen classrooms from nine New York City schools have connected with 15 classes from four schools in Istanbul, Turkey, while 16 other local classrooms from eight New York City schools have connected with 16 classes from four schools in New Delhi, India. Students in each country have been learning about their counterparts’ day-to-day lives and music, directly linked through the online community, upgraded this season through a sponsorship from the Sony Corporation. Students studying Turkey will attend connected concerts at Zankel Hall on December 16, 2008 and April 7, 2009; those studying India will attend two performances on February 12 and May 13, 2009. At the students’ first Cultural Exchange performances, jazz artists perform in New York and traditional musicians appear in performance in their own country; at the second, the musicians travel abroad, with the jazz artists performing in Istanbul and New Dehli and the traditional musicians performing in Zankel Hall. At these concerts, select students will also have the opportunity to perform with each musical group.
The Carnegie Hall Cultural Exchange program grew out of another Weill Music Institute program, Citi Global Encounters, now in its seventh year, which integrates curricula concentrating on the music of different regions of the world into New York City high school music and social studies classrooms. This year, Citi Global Encounters also focuses on the music of Turkey and India. Past focus regions of the program have included the Silk Road, South Africa, Brazil, India, the Caribbean, and Mali.
Carnegie Hall has been honored again to work with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State on this and other cultural exchange activities that are designed to build bridges of understanding between people and cultures through artistic collaborations.
December 16 and April 7—Carnegie Hall Cultural Exchange: Music of Turkey
On Tuesday, December 16 at 10:15 a.m. (ET), The Weill Music Institute will connect hundreds of students in New York City with their peers in Istanbul, Turkey for the first of two videoconferenced concerts. Turkish clarinetist Selim Sesler will perform in Istanbul at the Garanti Cultural Center at Bog(aziçi University, and jazz quintet the Maurice Brown Effect will perform in New York City at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall. The American and Turkish classrooms will connect again in concert on Tuesday, April 7 at 10:15 a.m. (ET) with Mr. Sesler performing in Zankel Hall with the New York Gypsy All-Stars, and the Maurice Brown Effect performing in Istanbul. Students in this program are focusing their studies on the relationships between freedom and structure in the music of both of the featured artists as well as in their own lives. This study will encompass musical areas as diverse as composition, ornamentation, and improvisation. The concerts will feature opportunities for the artists and the students to exchange these ideas with each other through conversation and performance.
Participating New York schools in Cultural Exchange: Music of Turkey:
Bronx Latin School—Bronx, NY
Dr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School—Brooklyn, NY
International School for Liberal Arts—New York, NY
Life Sciences Secondary School—New York, NY
Lower Manhattan Arts Academy (LOMA)—New York, NY
Marble Hill School for International Studies—Bronx, NY
Newtown High School—Elmhurst, NY
Repertory Company High School—New York, NY
The Bronx High School of Science—Bronx, NY
Participating Istanbul schools:
l'stanbul Atatürk Anatolian High School
Kad?köy Anatolian High School
S,ehremini Anatolian High School
Terakki Foundation Schools
February 12 and May 13—Carnegie Hall Cultural Exchange: Music of India
Cultural Exchange: Music of India holds its first videoconferenced concert on Thursday, February 12 at 9:00 a.m. (ET). Hundreds of students from New York City will connect with their counterparts in New Delhi, India in this transatlantic concert. Tabla master Zakir Hussain will perform in New Delhi at Sai International Centre Auditorium, and jazz quartet the Robin Eubanks Group will perform in New York City at Zankel Hall, with both sides connected live via videoconference. At the second concert, on Wednesday, May 13 at 9:00 a.m. (ET), Mr. Hussain performs live in New York at Zankel Hall and the Robin Eubanks Group appears in New Delhi. Students in this program are focusing their studies on the relationships between freedom and structure in the music of both of the featured artists as well as in their own lives. This study will encompass musical areas ranging from composition to ornamentation, and improvisation. The concerts will feature opportunities for the artists and the students to exchange these ideas with each other through conversation and performance.
Participating New York schools in Cultural Exchange: Music of India:
Bacchalaureate School for Global Education—Astoria, NY
Brentwood Freshman Center—Brentwood, NY
Lower Manhattan Arts Academy (LOMA)—New York, NY
Martin Van Buren High School—Queens, NY
New Utrecht School—Brooklyn, NY
Queens Collegiate High School—Jamaica, NY
Scarsdale High School—Scarsdale, NY
The Scholars Academy—Rockaway Park, NY
Participating New Delhi schools:
Delhi Public School Dwarka
Sanskriti School
Shri Ram School
Vasant Valley School
Artist Information—Cultural Exchange: Turkey
In 1957, Selim Sesler was born into a professional reed horn family in Kesan, a village located in Edirne, Turkey. Selim began his love affair with music by learning how to play the horn, however during the 1960s many children from drum and reed horn families began to play Turkish Classical ensemble instruments, and Sesler followed this trend by learning how to play the clarinet. Drawing from his wide variety of musical experiences, Sesler developed a repertoire and musical style deeply reflective of his region. In addition to being invited to play at many important festivals in countries such as Germany, France, and Sweden, over the past two years Sesler has performed many special concerts and taught at music workshops throughout the U.S.
The New York Gypsy All-Stars showcases some of New York’s finest musicians and has performed with such world music icons as Hüsnü S,enlendirici and Bulgarian masters Ivo Popasov and Yuri Yunakov. The ensemble is made up of Ismail Lumanovski, clarinet; Seido Salifoski, darbuka; Tamer Pinarbasi, kanun; and Panagiotis Andreu, bass.
Innovation is the key to jazz trumpeter Maurice “Mobetta” Brown’s soulful melodies, which can be heard on both R&B legend Aretha Franklin’s and hip-hop star Talib Kweli’s recordings. Maurice’s 2004 debut album, Hip to Bop, made top ten charts across the U.S. Raised in south Chicago, Maurice was awarded a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University upon graduating from Hillcrest High School. After winning first place in the esteemed National Miles Davis Trumpet Competition, Maurice found new flavor in the heart of Louisiana, where he continued his studies at Southern University—and captivated audiences weekly, headlining at New Orleans’ premiere jazz club, Snug Harbor. Maurice currently resides in New York where he is finishing his sophomore album, Hip to Bop II.
Artist Information—Cultural Exchange: India
Indian classical tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain has received countless honors in his illustrious career, including the titles of Padma Bhushan in 2002 and Padma Shri in 1988, given to civilians of merit by the Indian government, becoming the youngest percussionist to be awarded these titles. Hussain is recognized both in the field of percussion and in the music world at large as an international phenomenon and a chief architect of the contemporary world-music movement. His historic collaborations have included such groups as Shakti, Remember Shakti, Diga Rhythm Band, Making Music, Planet Drum, Tabla Beat Science, and Sangam, in addition to recordings and performances with artists as diverse as George Harrison, Joe Henderson, Van Morrison, Airto Moreira, Giovanni Hidalgo, Pharoah Sanders, Billy Cobham, Rennie Harris, and the Kodo drummers of Japan. In April 2009, Hussain curates a five-event Perspectives at Carnegie Hall celebrating the scope of his collaborative career.
Robin Eubanks was born to a musical family: his mother is a pianist and music educator of more than 30 years, and his brother, guitarist Kevin Eubanks, is the musical director for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Ten years ago, Eubanks founded Mental Images, a band that served as his vehicle for composition and performance and has since recorded four albums of original music with the group. In 2002, he won a composition grant from Chamber Music America, followed by an ASCAP Composer's grant in 2003. Following his graduation, the young trombonist moved to New York City where he began a career that has since yielded an amazing array of collaborations with such notable artists as Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Eddie Palmieri, Sun Ra, Barbra Streisand, The Rolling Stones, and Talking Heads, among many others. He has won Grammy awards for his performances on Michael Brecker's Wide Angles and on Dave Holland's albums What Goes Around and Overtime.
The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall
The Weill Music Institute creates wide-reaching music education programs that play a central role in Carnegie Hall’s commitment to making great music accessible to as many people as possible. With its access to the world’s greatest artists and latest technologies, The Weill Music Institute is uniquely positioned to inspire the next generation of music lovers, nurture tomorrow’s musical talent, and contribute to the evolution of music education itself. Its educational programs are woven into the fabric of the Carnegie Hall concert season, serving over 115,000 children, students, teachers, parents, young music professionals, and adults in New York City metropolitan area, across the United States, and around the world annually.
The Weill Music Institute’s Family Concerts at Carnegie Hall and free Neighborhood Concerts in all five boroughs bring music to thousands within the greater New York City community each year. School-based programs provide sequential, in-depth music education curriculum for pre-school through kindergarten-age children (The McGraw-Hill Companies CarnegieKids); grades 1–2 (Musical Explorers), grades 3–5 (LinkUP!), middle school (Perelman American Roots), and high school (Citi Global Encounters and Carnegie Hall Cultural Exchange). Professional Training Workshops connect emerging young musicians with internationally renowned artists. The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education—provides extensive performance opportunities and intensive music education training in an innovative two-year fellowship for post-graduate musicians. The Weill Music Institute also brings its educational programs to national and international audiences, using web-based and distance-learning technology.
Program Information
CARNEGIE HALL CULTURAL EXCHANGE: TURKEY
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 10:15 a.m.
Zankel Hall
Performing in Istanbul, Turkey:
Selim Sesler, Clarinet
Hasan Emir, Ud
Ozcan Ozkurt, Keman
Bulent Sesler, Kanun
Sinan Bilmez, Darbuka
Hekan Yilgor, Def
Performing in New York, United States:
Maurice Brown Effect
Maurice Brown, Trumpet
Derek Douget, Alto Saxophone
Jason Stewart, Bass
Chris Rob, Piano
Joe Blaxx, Drums
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 10:15 a.m.
Zankel Hall
Performing in New York, United States:
Selim Sesler, Clarinet
with New York Gypsy All-Stars
Performing in Istanbul, Turkey:
Maurice Brown Effect
Maurice Brown, Trumpet
Derek Douget, Alto Saxophone
Jason Stewart, Bass
Chris Rob, Piano
Joe Blaxx, Drums
—CARNEGIE HALL CULTURAL EXCHANGE—
EDUCATION PROGRAM CONNECTS NEW YORK CITY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
WITH PEERS IN OTHER COUNTRIES WITH FOCUS ON
MUSIC OF TURKEY AND INDIA
from the United States with Musicians and Students of Turkey on December 16 and April 7,
Musicians and Students of India on February 12 and May 13
Events Part of Yearlong Curriculum and Dialogue Between
New York City Schools and Counterparts in Istanbul and New Delhi
New York City high school social studies teachers will connect their students with classrooms around the world this season, thanks to the Carnegie Hall Cultural Exchange program presented by The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall (WMI). Throughout the year, students throughout New York City will explore the music and culture of a chosen country through sequential lessons while also exchanging ideas with their overseas peers via an online community. For each country being studied, the program also offers two interactive concerts at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall—featuring jazz artists from the United States and traditional musicians from the chosen country—that allow students, teachers, and musicians to connect in real time via Zankel Hall’s distance-learning technology. These simultaneous transatlantic concerts, broadcast live to and from each country’s venue, also provide opportunities for the students to ask questions of the musicians as well as their peers across the ocean.
In 2008–2009, WMI has expanded the Carnegie Hall Cultural Exchange program to encompass two areas of study, each in relation to American jazz: the Music of Turkey and the Music of India. Thirteen classrooms from nine New York City schools have connected with 15 classes from four schools in Istanbul, Turkey, while 16 other local classrooms from eight New York City schools have connected with 16 classes from four schools in New Delhi, India. Students in each country have been learning about their counterparts’ day-to-day lives and music, directly linked through the online community, upgraded this season through a sponsorship from the Sony Corporation. Students studying Turkey will attend connected concerts at Zankel Hall on December 16, 2008 and April 7, 2009; those studying India will attend two performances on February 12 and May 13, 2009. At the students’ first Cultural Exchange performances, jazz artists perform in New York and traditional musicians appear in performance in their own country; at the second, the musicians travel abroad, with the jazz artists performing in Istanbul and New Dehli and the traditional musicians performing in Zankel Hall. At these concerts, select students will also have the opportunity to perform with each musical group.
The Carnegie Hall Cultural Exchange program grew out of another Weill Music Institute program, Citi Global Encounters, now in its seventh year, which integrates curricula concentrating on the music of different regions of the world into New York City high school music and social studies classrooms. This year, Citi Global Encounters also focuses on the music of Turkey and India. Past focus regions of the program have included the Silk Road, South Africa, Brazil, India, the Caribbean, and Mali.
Carnegie Hall has been honored again to work with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State on this and other cultural exchange activities that are designed to build bridges of understanding between people and cultures through artistic collaborations.
December 16 and April 7—Carnegie Hall Cultural Exchange: Music of Turkey
On Tuesday, December 16 at 10:15 a.m. (ET), The Weill Music Institute will connect hundreds of students in New York City with their peers in Istanbul, Turkey for the first of two videoconferenced concerts. Turkish clarinetist Selim Sesler will perform in Istanbul at the Garanti Cultural Center at Bog(aziçi University, and jazz quintet the Maurice Brown Effect will perform in New York City at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall. The American and Turkish classrooms will connect again in concert on Tuesday, April 7 at 10:15 a.m. (ET) with Mr. Sesler performing in Zankel Hall with the New York Gypsy All-Stars, and the Maurice Brown Effect performing in Istanbul. Students in this program are focusing their studies on the relationships between freedom and structure in the music of both of the featured artists as well as in their own lives. This study will encompass musical areas as diverse as composition, ornamentation, and improvisation. The concerts will feature opportunities for the artists and the students to exchange these ideas with each other through conversation and performance.
Participating New York schools in Cultural Exchange: Music of Turkey:
Bronx Latin School—Bronx, NY
Dr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School—Brooklyn, NY
International School for Liberal Arts—New York, NY
Life Sciences Secondary School—New York, NY
Lower Manhattan Arts Academy (LOMA)—New York, NY
Marble Hill School for International Studies—Bronx, NY
Newtown High School—Elmhurst, NY
Repertory Company High School—New York, NY
The Bronx High School of Science—Bronx, NY
Participating Istanbul schools:
l'stanbul Atatürk Anatolian High School
Kad?köy Anatolian High School
S,ehremini Anatolian High School
Terakki Foundation Schools
February 12 and May 13—Carnegie Hall Cultural Exchange: Music of India
Cultural Exchange: Music of India holds its first videoconferenced concert on Thursday, February 12 at 9:00 a.m. (ET). Hundreds of students from New York City will connect with their counterparts in New Delhi, India in this transatlantic concert. Tabla master Zakir Hussain will perform in New Delhi at Sai International Centre Auditorium, and jazz quartet the Robin Eubanks Group will perform in New York City at Zankel Hall, with both sides connected live via videoconference. At the second concert, on Wednesday, May 13 at 9:00 a.m. (ET), Mr. Hussain performs live in New York at Zankel Hall and the Robin Eubanks Group appears in New Delhi. Students in this program are focusing their studies on the relationships between freedom and structure in the music of both of the featured artists as well as in their own lives. This study will encompass musical areas ranging from composition to ornamentation, and improvisation. The concerts will feature opportunities for the artists and the students to exchange these ideas with each other through conversation and performance.
Participating New York schools in Cultural Exchange: Music of India:
Bacchalaureate School for Global Education—Astoria, NY
Brentwood Freshman Center—Brentwood, NY
Lower Manhattan Arts Academy (LOMA)—New York, NY
Martin Van Buren High School—Queens, NY
New Utrecht School—Brooklyn, NY
Queens Collegiate High School—Jamaica, NY
Scarsdale High School—Scarsdale, NY
The Scholars Academy—Rockaway Park, NY
Participating New Delhi schools:
Delhi Public School Dwarka
Sanskriti School
Shri Ram School
Vasant Valley School
Artist Information—Cultural Exchange: Turkey
In 1957, Selim Sesler was born into a professional reed horn family in Kesan, a village located in Edirne, Turkey. Selim began his love affair with music by learning how to play the horn, however during the 1960s many children from drum and reed horn families began to play Turkish Classical ensemble instruments, and Sesler followed this trend by learning how to play the clarinet. Drawing from his wide variety of musical experiences, Sesler developed a repertoire and musical style deeply reflective of his region. In addition to being invited to play at many important festivals in countries such as Germany, France, and Sweden, over the past two years Sesler has performed many special concerts and taught at music workshops throughout the U.S.
The New York Gypsy All-Stars showcases some of New York’s finest musicians and has performed with such world music icons as Hüsnü S,enlendirici and Bulgarian masters Ivo Popasov and Yuri Yunakov. The ensemble is made up of Ismail Lumanovski, clarinet; Seido Salifoski, darbuka; Tamer Pinarbasi, kanun; and Panagiotis Andreu, bass.
Innovation is the key to jazz trumpeter Maurice “Mobetta” Brown’s soulful melodies, which can be heard on both R&B legend Aretha Franklin’s and hip-hop star Talib Kweli’s recordings. Maurice’s 2004 debut album, Hip to Bop, made top ten charts across the U.S. Raised in south Chicago, Maurice was awarded a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University upon graduating from Hillcrest High School. After winning first place in the esteemed National Miles Davis Trumpet Competition, Maurice found new flavor in the heart of Louisiana, where he continued his studies at Southern University—and captivated audiences weekly, headlining at New Orleans’ premiere jazz club, Snug Harbor. Maurice currently resides in New York where he is finishing his sophomore album, Hip to Bop II.
Artist Information—Cultural Exchange: India
Indian classical tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain has received countless honors in his illustrious career, including the titles of Padma Bhushan in 2002 and Padma Shri in 1988, given to civilians of merit by the Indian government, becoming the youngest percussionist to be awarded these titles. Hussain is recognized both in the field of percussion and in the music world at large as an international phenomenon and a chief architect of the contemporary world-music movement. His historic collaborations have included such groups as Shakti, Remember Shakti, Diga Rhythm Band, Making Music, Planet Drum, Tabla Beat Science, and Sangam, in addition to recordings and performances with artists as diverse as George Harrison, Joe Henderson, Van Morrison, Airto Moreira, Giovanni Hidalgo, Pharoah Sanders, Billy Cobham, Rennie Harris, and the Kodo drummers of Japan. In April 2009, Hussain curates a five-event Perspectives at Carnegie Hall celebrating the scope of his collaborative career.
Robin Eubanks was born to a musical family: his mother is a pianist and music educator of more than 30 years, and his brother, guitarist Kevin Eubanks, is the musical director for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Ten years ago, Eubanks founded Mental Images, a band that served as his vehicle for composition and performance and has since recorded four albums of original music with the group. In 2002, he won a composition grant from Chamber Music America, followed by an ASCAP Composer's grant in 2003. Following his graduation, the young trombonist moved to New York City where he began a career that has since yielded an amazing array of collaborations with such notable artists as Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Eddie Palmieri, Sun Ra, Barbra Streisand, The Rolling Stones, and Talking Heads, among many others. He has won Grammy awards for his performances on Michael Brecker's Wide Angles and on Dave Holland's albums What Goes Around and Overtime.
The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall
The Weill Music Institute creates wide-reaching music education programs that play a central role in Carnegie Hall’s commitment to making great music accessible to as many people as possible. With its access to the world’s greatest artists and latest technologies, The Weill Music Institute is uniquely positioned to inspire the next generation of music lovers, nurture tomorrow’s musical talent, and contribute to the evolution of music education itself. Its educational programs are woven into the fabric of the Carnegie Hall concert season, serving over 115,000 children, students, teachers, parents, young music professionals, and adults in New York City metropolitan area, across the United States, and around the world annually.
The Weill Music Institute’s Family Concerts at Carnegie Hall and free Neighborhood Concerts in all five boroughs bring music to thousands within the greater New York City community each year. School-based programs provide sequential, in-depth music education curriculum for pre-school through kindergarten-age children (The McGraw-Hill Companies CarnegieKids); grades 1–2 (Musical Explorers), grades 3–5 (LinkUP!), middle school (Perelman American Roots), and high school (Citi Global Encounters and Carnegie Hall Cultural Exchange). Professional Training Workshops connect emerging young musicians with internationally renowned artists. The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education—provides extensive performance opportunities and intensive music education training in an innovative two-year fellowship for post-graduate musicians. The Weill Music Institute also brings its educational programs to national and international audiences, using web-based and distance-learning technology.
Program Information
CARNEGIE HALL CULTURAL EXCHANGE: TURKEY
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 10:15 a.m.
Zankel Hall
Performing in Istanbul, Turkey:
Selim Sesler, Clarinet
Hasan Emir, Ud
Ozcan Ozkurt, Keman
Bulent Sesler, Kanun
Sinan Bilmez, Darbuka
Hekan Yilgor, Def
Performing in New York, United States:
Maurice Brown Effect
Maurice Brown, Trumpet
Derek Douget, Alto Saxophone
Jason Stewart, Bass
Chris Rob, Piano
Joe Blaxx, Drums
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 10:15 a.m.
Zankel Hall
Performing in New York, United States:
Selim Sesler, Clarinet
with New York Gypsy All-Stars
Performing in Istanbul, Turkey:
Maurice Brown Effect
Maurice Brown, Trumpet
Derek Douget, Alto Saxophone
Jason Stewart, Bass
Chris Rob, Piano
Joe Blaxx, Drums
CARNEGIE HALL CULTURAL EXCHANGE: INDIA
Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.
Zankel Hall
Performing in New Delhi, India:
Zakir Hussain, Tabla
Kala Ramnath, Violin
V. Selvaganesh, Ghatam and Kanjira
Performing in New York, United States:
Robin Eubanks Group
Robin Eubanks, Trombone
Orrin Evans, Piano
Boris Kozlov, Bass
Gene Jackson, Drums
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.
Zankel Hall
Performing in New York, United States:
Zakir Hussain, Tabla
Kala Ramnath, Violin
V. Selvaganesh, Ghatam and Kanjira
Performing in New Delhi, India:
Robin Eubanks Group
Robin Eubanks, Trombone
Orrin Evans, Piano
Boris Kozlov, Bass
Gene Jackson, Drums
No general admission tickets available. This event is for students enrolled in the Carnegie Hall Cultural Exchange program.
For more information contact All About Jazz.
