September 2008 (Click on event names below for TICKETS and details)
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Opening Gala Concert:
- Chirgilchin Tuva
- Waldemar Bastos Angola
- Lian Ensemble USA
- Rupayan India
- Emiko Susilo Indonesia
- Rob Levit USA

7 PM

Songs for the Fall Equinox - Music and dance of the indigenous people of the western hemisphere
10 am - 6 pm

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Songs for the Fall Equinox - Music and dance of the indigenous people of the western hemisphere
11 am - 5 pm

Canciones del Alma - Target Free Sundays at MOLAA
1 - 5 pm

The Arroyo Arts Collective presents: The Music & Shadows of Bali - Bali & Beyond
2 pm

From the Sea to the Sky - Music from Indonesia, Tibet and USA
2 pm

A Concert for Peace in Darfur - Michael Fitzpatrick and Cantor Caren Glasser
2 pm

Rhythms for Peace - Yeh Dede (Make a Joyful Noise)
4 pm

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Masar Wa Nisae – the Woman's Path - Music of Northern Morocco's Arab, Jewish and Berber women
8 pm

 

 

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Salam Yatra - a Journey of peace through the music and dance of the Middle East and India
8 pm

 

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Love Prayers on Tanbour - Mystical Music in the spirit of sufism featuring Heyraneh with Christo Pellani & Jamie Papish
8 pm

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Mamak Khadem and Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico - 1st & Central Summer Concerts
6:30 pm

Sounds of the Mediterranean and Beyond - The Stefani Valadez Ensemble, Ist West Ensemble and The Ava Nahas Percussion Trio
8 pm

 

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Tarang (waves of sound) - Abhijit Banerjee Ensemble & Kenny Endo
8 pm

Mare Serenitatis (Sea of Serenity) - Conceived by artist and zen archer Hirokazu Kosaka
8 pm

 

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Sacred Waters, Waters of Life - Workshop led by Viver Brasil
1 - 5 pm

One World Many Voices - Three choirs, three musical cultures, one enthralling evening
2 pm

Embellishments & Ornamentations - Explorations in “singing-style” North Indian violin
6 pm

Jugalbandi Ensemble of Indian Music - Calcutta to California
8 pm

Voices of the Way - Three Performance Works Inspired by Writings of Brecht, Lao Tse, Padmasabhava, & Gregory I
8 pm

Rhythm of Axé - With Shaman’s Dream World Groove Ensemble
8 - Midnight

 

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Every Time I Feel the Spirit - Gospel Music at the Historic First A.M.E. Church of Los Angeles
8 & 10 am; Noon

Global Mala - Sacred Movement and Music
1 - 7 pm

"The Vision Songs" of the Shakers - Performed by The Shakers n’ Bakers
3 pm

We Sing Together - Songs of the African American and Balkan traditions
4 pm

Emerging Voices - Dance of Devotion from India and Hawaii
6 pm

Los Angeles Electric 8 - Music on Electric Guitars by Bach, Messiaen, Rachmaninoff, Mendelssohn, Villa-Lobos and others
7 pm

Adorations - Dance of Divine Love in India and Spain
8 pm

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Soulular Memory… the Reconnect - Urban Musical Mysticism
8 pm - 1 am

 

 

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Where Everything is Music:  the Liän Ensemble - a meeting of mystical Persian music and contemporary jazz
7 pm

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The Escape Artist - Robert Een, with the International Mystical All-Star Band, REDCAT
8:30 pm

 

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Seeker of Truth - An evening of Sufi music from Turkey and Pakistan
8 pm

 

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Intersections of Sound and Space - String Theory at the Fowler Museum
6:45 pm

Faith Across the City & Across Generations - A Celebration of Gospel Music
7 pm

Chirgilchin - Master Throat Singers from Tuva
7:30 pm

Guardians of Sound and Spirit - Lesa Terry and the Women’s Jazz Orchestra
7:30 pm

Indian Classical Masters - A Duet with Kartik Seshadri and Rajeev Taranath
8 pm

Anatta - New Works by Amy Knoles, Bob Bellerue, Michael Sakamoto, and Waewdao Sirisook
8:30 pm

 

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Enzo Avitabile - The Sacro Sud Project
7:30 pm

The Way to Peace:
Peace is the Way - World Poets with the Tony Khalife Group & Unity Nguyen Ensemble

7:30 pm

Mystical Music Ancient and New - Suzanne Teng and Prince Diabaté
8 pm

Anatta - New Works by Amy Knoles, Bob Bellerue, Michael Sakamoto, and Waewdao Sirisook
8:30 pm

 

 

 

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Honoring the Sea
Festival Closing Ceremony - Festival Closing Ceremony, Santa Monica Beach
3 pm - Sundown

 

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