DePauw School of Music events: Week of June 19-25

Silkroad's Second Annual Global Musician Workshop

June 19-25

7:30 p.m.

Green Center for the

Performing Arts

The buzz is building about Silkroad's Global Musician Workshop to be hosted by the DePauw School of Music June 19-25 at the Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts. Although paid registration to participate as a musician has closed, several free events and concerts will be open to the public during the seven-day workshop.

Silkroad's Global Musician Workshop: Faculty-Artist Concert

Tuesday, June 21

7:30 p.m.

Green Center, Kresge

Auditorium

One of the great perks of hosting Silkroad's Global Musician Workshop is all the free concerts -- including Tuesday's performance at the DePauw Green Center by members of the famed Silk Road Ensemble and GMW guest faculty-artists. This year's faculty includes Seamus Blake (jazz saxophone), Sandeep Das (Indian tabla), Hadi Eldebek (Arabic oud), Gamin (Korean wind instruments), Maeve Gilchrist (Celtic harp/vocals), Bruce Molsky (old-time Appalachian fiddle), Balla Kouyate (Malian balafon), Edward Perez (Afro-Latin bass), Shane Shanahan (world percussion), Abigail Washburn (banjo/vocals mixing American/Chinese styles), and GMW director Mike Block (multi-style strings).

Silkroad's Global Musician Workshop: "A Conversation with Béla Fleck"

Mike Block, moderator

Wednesday, June 22

7:30 p.m.

Green Center, Kresge

Auditorium

Recognized as one of the greatest banjo players in the world and having virtually reinvented the image and the sound of the instrument through his collaborations with artists across a range of musical genres, Béla Fleck has won 16 Grammy Awards and been nominated more than 30 times -- in more musical categories than anyone in Grammy history. Wednesday, June 22 at 7:30 p.m. director Mike Block will moderate a conversation and Q&A session with Fleck, this year's featured artist during the second annual Global Musician Workshop June 19-25. The conversation will cover topics such as what does it mean to be a global musician in the 21st century; what do you look for in a collaborator; what do you struggle with artistically; and what do you see as the greatest strengths and/or weaknesses of the younger generation of musicians. Free and open to the public.

Silkroad's Global Musician Workshop: Participant-Artist Concerts

Thursday--Saturday, June 23-25

7:30 p.m.

Kresge Auditorium

Green Center

DePauw faculty cellist Eric Edberg, founder of the Greencastle Summer Music Festival, takes a timeout from GSMF to be a student of world music this week. Catch him and a host of other outstanding musicians from around the globe on any three of the Global Musician Workshop's faculty-led, participant concerts at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 23--25.