SPIRIT OF FÈS U.S NATIONAL TOUR 2006
PATHS TO HOPE
The Spirit of Fès is the international component of the celebrated Fès Festival of World Sacred Music and its companion Fès Forum. Its mission is to broaden the dialogue begun in Fès about ways in which art, culture and spirituality can offer a humane response to pressing global issues. The Tour will travel to 15 cities in 7 states from October 7 - 29 to connect to American communities and audiences.
Renowned artists from the Christian, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim traditions collaborate together to honor the human spirit with their unique cultural traditions. Performers include the Daqqa Roudania of Taroudant from Morocco, Aruna Sairam from India, Moroccan – American Jewish vocalist Gerard Edery, Lebanese - American percussionist Jamey Haddad, New Yorker Susan Hellauer and Palestinian - American multi- instrumentalist Zafer Tawil.
October 7 - Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian Institution, Freer Sackler Gallery – Meyer Auditorium
October 10- Philadelphia, PA
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts – Perelman Theater
Performance – 7:30 p.m.
Educational Components:
Lecture/Demonstration – Day of Performance
Artists Colloquium – 6:30 p.m.
October 11 - Storrs, CT
University of Connecticut - Jorgensen Auditorium
Performance – 7:30 p.m.
Educational Components:
Artists Colloquium – Day of Performance
Jorgensen Auditorium, 6:30 p.m.
October 12 - Schenectady, NY
Art Center and Theater of Schenectady - Proctor's Theatre
Performance – 8:00 p.m.
October 13 - Purchase, NY
Purchase College, SUNY – Concert Hall
Performance - 8:00 p.m.
October 14 - New York, NY
Carnegie Hall: Co-presenter World Music Institute
Performance – 8:30 p.m.
October 15 – New York, NY
Panel discussion – Columbia University, 1:30 -3 pm
Topic - In the Spirit of Fès: Living our Values
Film screening – “Wajd” 3:30 – 5 pm, Columbia University
Sufi Music: Daqqa of Taroudant, 8 p.m., Dance New Amsterdam
October 17 - Buffalo, NY
Suny College At Buffalo - Rockwell Hall Auditorium
Performance – 8:00 p.m.
October 19 - West Lafayette, IN
Purdue University- Loeb Playhouse
Performance – 7:30 p.m.
Educational Components:
Master class with University students: Vocal Exchange – 1 pm
October 20 - Urbana, IL
October 21 - Urbana, IL
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – Tryon Festival Theatre
Performances - 7:30 p.m.
October 24 - Irvine, CA
Irvine Barclay Theatre
Performance – 8:00 p.m.
October 25 - Riverside, CA
University of California at Riverside – University Theater
Performance – 8:00 p.m.
October 26 - Los Angeles, CA
UCLA Center for the Performing Arts – Royce Hall
Performance – 8:00 p.m.
Educational Components:
Lecture/demonstration for school children: Royce Hall, 10:30 a.m
Jamey Haddad, Susan Hellauer, Aruna Sairam, Zafer Tawil and Daqqa
Artists Colloquium, Jamey Haddad, Susan Hellauer, Aruna Sairam, Zafer Tawil
World Arts and Culture university students
October 27 - Santa Cruz, CA
University of California at Santa Cruz – Music Center Recital Hall
Performance – 8:00 p.m.
October 28 - Chico, CA
California State University/Chico – Laxson Auditorium
Performance – 7:30 p.m.
October 29 - San Francisco, CA
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco – Kanbar Hall
Performance – 7:00 p.m.
Educational Components:
Panel Discussion: In the Spirit of Fes: Living our Values
California Institute of Integral Studies, 1:30 p.m.
Support for these programs has been generously provided by:
The Ford Foundation de Fès