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UPCOMING EVENTS

Bridge Sessions
Special Bridge Sessions with Philadelphia Orchestra School Partnership Program
January 2010
  Click "More" below for details

Just Sing It!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
   9 am and 11 am

The Rhythmic Body
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
  9 am (sold out) and 11 am
Thursday, March 18, 2010
   9 am and 11 am

World of Percussion
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
  9 am and 11 am

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Bridge Sessions

The rhythms of Brazil, Cuba and Africa… The interplay of hip-hop and the blues…Electric fiddle crossing strings with classical double bass.

Bridge Sessions bring together musicians from different disciplines and backgrounds with students, seniors and special needs populations for interactive explorations of music and cultures.

These experiential programs take place weekday mornings.

Bridge Sessions in 2010:

• Tuesday, February 9
  Just Sing It (Singer/dancer Germaine Ingram and singer/songwriter Kate Richards): As the old African proverb goes, "If you can talk, you can sing." This session uses techniques of call and response, circle songs and "voicestra" to create a memorable, community-building experience in which participants listen, improvise and sing together in a supportive environment that draws out the artist in everyone. Appropriate for Grades 5-Adult


• Tuesday, March 9, and Thursday, March 18
  The Rhythmic Body (Percussionist Alex Shaw and Movement Artist Lela Jones): What in music makes people want to move and dance? How do different styles of music inspire different movement? And how do music and dance express the identity of different communities and cultures? In a format that's safe, inviting and encouraging, artists take participants through a range of dance and music styles and their roots in African, Brazilian and Latin traditions, focusing on how dance and rhythm build community, communicate ideas and create connections. Appropriate for Grades 7-Adult


• Tuesday, April 13
  World of Percussion (Percussionists Doc Gibbs, Alex Shaw and Francois Zayas): Where does percussion come from? Where do we hear it in our everyday lives? How does the rain make a beat? How does a drum talk? And how can one set of drums take you on a trip from Philadelphia to Cuba to Nigeria to Brazil? An interactive session on the ways percussion crosses culture, with an emphasis on listening, music-making and cultural understanding. Appropriate for Grades 2-Adult

Want to bring your school or community group to a Bridge Session? Contact School and Community Partnerships Coordinator Tamar Lelkes at tamar.lelkes@gmail.com.

Interested in checking out a Bridge Session? Click here.

If you're an artist who'd like to join our Bridge Session roster, please contact LCO arts education consultant David Bradley at bradleydt@gmail.com.

LCO Community Concert Series

This series will highlight a wide range of community ensembles and musicians from the region's neighborhoods, community centers and music organizations.

From youth choirs to jazz groups to school ensembles, we look forward to a mix of music that captures the spirit of the Philadelphia area.

Check back soon for performers and dates in the series.

Have a group that would be perfect for this series? Contact LCO co-founder Hal Real at info@liveconnections.org.

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