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Gamelan Nyai Saraswati Spring Concert & Workshop

Gamelan Nyai Saraswati Spring Concert & Workshop The Spring 2019 Concert of UNC's Nyai Saraswati Gamelan will be held on Wednesday evening, April 24, at 8:00 PM, in Hill Hall room 1007. The concert is free and open to the … Read more

Cities of Cinema: Hollywood and Bollywood

Cities of Cinema: Hollywood and Bollywood Located on opposite sides of the globe, the cities of Los Angeles and Mumbai are homes to thriving international film industries known as Hollywood and Bollywood. This Dialogues seminar will compare and contrast these … Read more

Live Concert with Munni Begum

Hanes Art Center Auditorium 121 E Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join world-renowned vocalist Munni Begum for a live concert, SHAAM-E GHAZAL (an evening of song). Munni Begum is a Pakistani ghazal singer. She began her career as a singer in Karachi in the 1970s and released her first album of … Read more

Fall 2019 Gamelan Concert

Moeser Auditorium 135 E. Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join us for the 2019 Gamelan Concert featuring UNC's Javanese Gamelan "Nyai Saraswati" on December 4th, 8:00PM, Moeser Auditorium, Hill Hall! Stay after the concert to try out the instruments! Children are welcome! For more info, contact John Caldwell, asiaweb@email.unc.edu

*CANCELLED* Raga and Tala: Exploring Hindustani Classical Music

FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience but this event has been cancelled to adhere to UNC's policies regarding COVID-19. Hindustani classical music is developed through two interwoven elements: raga and tala. Raga is the melodic element and is crafted by … Read more

UNC’s Javanese Gamelan Fall 2021 Concert

Moeser Auditorium 135 E. Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

UNC's Javanese Gamelan: "Nyai Saraswati" and Angklung Ensemble presents its Fall Concert 2021 With special guest artist Bapak Midiyanto of the University of California at Berkeley Wednesday, November 3, 2021 8:00 P.M. Moeser Auditorium, Hill Hall (145 E. Cameron Ave., … Read more

Dave Carson’s Brownface Empire

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 4003 Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This is part of a suite of events on the depiction of South Asians: “From Dave Carson to Apu: Global Circulations of Indian Brown Voice and Brownface.”   In October 1861, blackface minstrel performer Dave Carson staged the début of … Read more

Korean Pop

As part of our Spring 2022 series on contemporary Korean culture, please join us for an event with Prof. Erica Vogel (Saddleback College) and Prof. Hyewon Kim (Kennesaw State University) looking at Korean pop music, or K-Pop. This event will … Read more

Gamelan Concert: Ibu Pertiwi (Mother Earth)

Moeser Auditorium 135 E. Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

UNC's  Javanese Gamelan "Nyai Saraswati" and Angklung Ensemble presents its Spring 2022 Concert IBU PERTIWI  (MOTHER EARTH) Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 8:00 P.M. Moeser Auditorium, Hill Hall (145 E. Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC 27514) Free Admission After the concert the … Read more

Gamelan Fall Concert: Jazz and Jasmine

Moeser Auditorium 135 E. Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Nyai Saraswati Gamelan and Angklung Ensemble presents its  FALL CONCERT 2022  “JAZZ AND JASMINE”  With Special Guest Artist:  Dr. Heidi Radtke - Saxophone (UNC Music Dept.) on Lou Harrison's "Cornish Lancaran" and other pieces. Free Admission! After the concert … Read more

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