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REF NO.: 239
SUBJECT: International traditional music conference wraps up at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University
DATE: July 18, 2011
Note to editors:
The 2011 International Council of Traditional Music enters its seventh and final day tomorrow, Tuesday, July 19, on ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University’s St. John’s campus.
Some highlights of Tuesday’s events that are open to the public are workshops in Sephardic song, fiddle and identity, accordion music of Quebec and Newfoundland and percussive dance.
As well, a retrospective of Maud Karpeles’ Newfoundland fieldwork is ongoing at the Music Resource Centre at the School of Music.
For a detailed schedule of these events and more, please visit www.soundshift.ca and www.mun.ca/ictm2011. Check out more on Facebook and Twitter (ICTM2011).
The 2011 ICTM conference will be touching down in venues on the St. John’s campus for seven electric days, bringing a kaleidoscope of singers, instrumentalists, dancers and scholars of international calibre with it. A biennialevent, the world conference is the leading global venue for the presentation of new research in music and dance.
REF NO.: 239
SUBJECT: International traditional music conference wraps up at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University
DATE: July 18, 2011
The 2011 International Council of Traditional Music enters its seventh and final day tomorrow, Tuesday, July 19, on ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University’s St. John’s campus.
Some highlights of Tuesday’s events that are open to the public are workshops in Sephardic song, fiddle and identity, accordion music of Quebec and Newfoundland and percussive dance.
As well, a retrospective of Maud Karpeles’ Newfoundland fieldwork is ongoing at the Music Resource Centre at the School of Music.
For a detailed schedule of these events and more, please visit www.soundshift.ca and www.mun.ca/ictm2011. Check out more on Facebook and Twitter (ICTM2011).
The 2011 ICTM conference will be touching down in venues on the St. John’s campus for seven electric days, bringing a kaleidoscope of singers, instrumentalists, dancers and scholars of international calibre with it. A biennialevent, the world conference is the leading global venue for the presentation of new research in music and dance.
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