September 2011 Archives

This weekend I'll be returning to my alma mater for the DePauw Discourse 2011 featuring Yo-Yo Ma.  Mr. Ma will be giving a talk, performance and master class during the residency at DePauw University over the next couple of days.  Also included in the Discourse are a number of other speakers, educators and performers in the arts.  This will prove to be, I hope, an invigorating experience.

After the last event on Saturday I will be performing with my Experimental Vintage Goth project, Secondhand, at the UUI (Universalist Unitarian Church of Indianapolis) in Indianapolis, Indiana.  The show is titled, "Amiable Artistry - A Belly Dance Show" and details may be found at the facebook event here. 

In between events I plan on doing a collaborative recording project with West Coast based cellist, Derek M Johnson, in celebration of our respective birthdays.  More on that later.

Hope to see some of you folks over the next few days!

This weekend begins with a bit of a change.  Tonight I'm doing some noise at an experimental show then tomorrow I'll be joining my Arabic band, Ahel El Nagam, for an afternoon of Classical Arabic tunes following a lecture in English on Medicine and Science contributions by the Arab world presented by Dr. M. Saleem Seyal, University of Louisville School of Medicine.  The lecture and performance will take place at the Iroquois branch of the Louisville Public Library.

For more info about tonight's event please view the facebook event here.  For info and links to the Iroquois public library events, please view the facebook event here.

Tonight at Derby City Espresso I will be playing a show with Louisville's Sudanese Rebaba Project.  Details may be found at the facebook invite here.


8:30 pm - 11:30 pm

Tonight I'll be performing at Cafe D'Jango with il Troubadore.  It will be an evening of music from around the world and quirky world pop covers.  Here is the facebook event and here is the website for Cafe D'Jango (located in Bloomington, IN).

During the day I'll be participating in some workshops in music from Zimbabwe and for the mbira (thumb piano).  These workshops, given by Patience Chaitezvi, is sponsored by the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University.  Here are details for those of you who might like to take the workshops too!

   
Some pics of Jon drumming with the Indy Greek Fest (9.9.2011) band in Indianapolis, IN.

    Some photos by Matthew Prather and The Dancers Eye from the Urban Cabaret (10.9.2011) show in St. Louis, MO with il Troubadore and Exotic Rhythms Bellydance.

If all goes as planned you folks will see me drumming for the house band at the Indy Greek Festival on Friday night.  I won't be able to make Saturday as I go to St. Louis for the 5 year anniversary of Ami Amore's troupe with il Troubadore.  Hope to see you folks this weekend!

Tomorrow I'll be at WorldFest (Louisville, KY) with Ahel El Nagam and some dancers, then later in the evening I'll make a special guest appearance with the Eastern Caravan Group of Bloomington, IN at Cafe D'Jango.  Please view the events page for details and hope to see you folks there!