MIDF Presents Drum Beats — Then and Now: A Celebration of Black History Month
Free Reception, Drumming Performances, An Animated Display of African Drums, Art Works by Local Black Visual Artists
*WHEN: *
Thursday February 16th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm
*WHERE: *
The Artscape Wychwood Barns located at St. Clair and Christie Sts. 601 Christie Street, Toronto, ON M6G 4C7 http://www.artscapeeventservices.ca
*WHO: *
J. R. Wilcox Public School Choir (Grade 5-6) Performing Songs from Gahu
Beyond Sound – Drum and Dance Ensemble youth performers
Muhtadi and The World Drummers – Toronto-based, Afro-Caribbean Rhythms
Michael St. George (b. Jamaica) Dub Poetry and the Oral Tradition
Amara Kante (b. Ivory Coast) - Traditional Malinke
Amadou Keinou (b. Burkina Faso) - Mandingue Rhythms
Baro Dununba – Toronto-based ensemble of West-African drum and percussion
Njacko Backo - Cameroon Contemporary African
*WHY:*
For 2012 the Muhtadi International Drumming is launching a new program, Drum Beats, featuring Black artists who provide performances, performance-demonstrations and workshops featuring drumming in GTA community centres, libraries, and schools, during Black History Month 2012. The performances will take place via community organizations, such as community centre and libraries – programs that are in high-demand during Black History Month, especially in libraries. This project will provide access to programming to economically challenged communities by providing subsidies should they require financial support. In this way, they will reach communities that would not normally have access to these artists and art forms.
The Drum Beats series is part of Then and Now, a series of events celebrating Black History Month. For Further information, Community event listings in Libraries and Schools across the GTA for the Drum Beats series please go to http://www.muhtadidrumfest.com/muhtadi-international-drumming-festival/midf-presents-drum-beats-then-and-now-a-celebration-of-black-history-month/
For more information or to arrange interviews, please contact:
Email: media@muhtadidrumfest.com
For additional information about the Muhtadi International Drumming Festival (MIDF), please visit: http://www.muhtadidrumfest.com
call 416-848-3838.
Follow us on Twitter @muhtadidrum Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Muhtadi-International-Drumming-Festival/169074829804175
# # #
The Muhtadi International Drumming is a not-for-profit organization that hosts an annual free event held in Toronto in June. MIDF celebrates the drum, its universality as an art form, and its presence in all cultures around the world.
Categories: Advocacy, Community Engagement, Events, Free Items
