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The Nile Project Concert
Date and Time
Thursday Apr 2, 2015
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM EDTApril 2, Thursday, 8 PM
Location
Middlebury College, Wilson Hall, McCullough Social Space
Fees/Admission
Tickets: $25/20/6
Contact Information
Middlebury College Box Office 802-443-3168
Send EmailThe Nile Project ConcertDescription
Egyptian ethnomusicologist Mina Girgis and Ethiopian American singer Meklit Hadero are joined by musicians who live along the world's longest river for a boundary-crossing evening of new music. The Nile Project, inspired by Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project, hopes to spread the musical traditions of the 11 countries touching the Nile, using music to raise awareness for the area's environmental and cultural challenges. The group's first recording, Aswan, was named one of NPR's Top Five Must-Hear International Albums of 2013. Funded in part by the Expeditions program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional support from the six New England state arts agencies. Sponsored by the Mahaney Center for the Arts, the Performing Arts Series, the Arts Council, the Department of Music, the Dance Program, the Environmental Studies Program, and the New England Foundation for the Arts.
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