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MiraCosta College Presents Concert/Lecture On Jazz Great Wayne Shorter MiraCosta College Music Department has announced an addition to its November concert series. The public is cordially invited to a free concert and lecture about the jazz musician Wayne Shorter, covering the years 1959-1967. The concert will be held Monday, November 24, 1 p.m. in Studio A (Room 2218) at the college’s Oceanside Campus, located at 1 Barnard Drive. Still going strong today, the great saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter has profoundly influenced jazz for more than 50 years. MiraCosta College music professor Steve Torok will present a lecture about Shorter’s early work, and lead the MiraCosta College Jazz Collective in performing many examples of Shorter’s music. For more information, contact Torok at storok@miracosta.edu. New Music Course Takes Students Around the World: Public Invited to Upcoming Balinese Gamelan Performance The Japanese koto, the shakuhachi and the Balinese gamelan. Three instruments that most students have never even heard of, let alone heard. Thanks to Music 116: A Survey of World Music, MiraCosta College students now get to do both. Music 116: A Survey of World Music explores indigenous music cultures from around the world and helps students learn to to distinguish various musical styles and instrumentation. “To really understand music, you need to experience it in many levels, not just read about it,” said Professor Alexander Khalil, an ethnomusicologist, cognitive scientist and musician. “Music is something you learn practically. A lot of what students learn today is implicit; in music, you need to learn it through experience or practice.” Students in the course are part of a guided musical experience, led by Dr. Khalil, who brings in instruments and scientific equipment to analyze the different aspects of music. The course also has guest musicians who play with Dr. Khalil, which makes the learning experience more cohesive and gives students a window to other cultures. “Dr. Khalil covers the history before he goes into the subject or instruments and also puts in his own experiences, like his travels and the masters who taught him how to play,” said Edward Rosario, a first-year business administration student. “It’s really great to know about not just your own culture, but other cultures, too, through music.” As part of the course, students are able to attend a series of lecture-concerts featuring various musicians. The first, “A Concert of Japanese Traditional Music” featured Sensei Yuki Easter on the koto and Dr. Alexander Khalil on the shakuhachi. “We have a wonderful music program that brings in a lot of talented guest artists, particularly within the spheres of jazz and classical music,” said Jonathan Fohrman, dean of Arts and International Languages. “This fall was the first time we have offered this class on campus, and I am excited that we have an instructor like Dr. Khalil, who has such deep experience in varied world music traditions and instruments, and can give his students a range of in-class performance demonstrations on different instruments. I also highly appreciate and am pleased to support his efforts to bring in different master musicians such as Yuki Easter, given how such experiences can further enrich student learning in this field, while also providing opportunities for our wider college community to experience and enhance their knowledge of the world’s rich musical diversity.” The next lecture-concert, “The Balinese Gamelan Gendér Wayang: Music of the Balinese Shadow Theatre,” will feature Dr. Khalil and guest artist Putu Hiranmayena. Hiranmayena is an Indonesian artist scholar and is the son of renowned Balinese gamelan musician Bapak I Made Lasmawa. He has been performing gamelan music and dance since the age of three and is a graduate student at UC San Diego studying integrative studies. The event will be held November 21 at 1 p.m. in the MiraCosta College Concert Hall, 1 Barnard Drive, Oceanside. This event is open to the public and admission is free. MUS 116: World Music will also be offered in spring 2015, online and as a late-start class at the Oceanside Campus every Friday starting February 20, 2015. To apply and enroll, visit www.miracosta.edu/fall or call 760.795.6620.
MiraCosta College Presents Concert/Lecture On Jazz Great Wayne Shorter
MiraCosta College Music Department has announced an addition to its November concert series. The public is cordially invited to a free concert and lecture about the jazz musician Wayne Shorter, covering the years 1959-1967. The concert will be held Monday, November 24, 1 p.m. in Studio A (Room 2218) at the college’s Oceanside Campus, located at 1 Barnard Drive.
Still going strong today, the great saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter has profoundly influenced jazz for more than 50 years. MiraCosta College music professor Steve Torok will present a lecture about Shorter’s early work, and lead the MiraCosta College Jazz Collective in performing many examples of Shorter’s music.
For more information, contact Torok at storok@miracosta.edu.
New Music Course Takes Students Around the World: Public Invited to Upcoming Balinese Gamelan Performance
The Japanese koto, the shakuhachi and the Balinese gamelan. Three instruments that most students have never even heard of, let alone heard. Thanks to Music 116: A Survey of World Music, MiraCosta College students now get to do both.
Music 116: A Survey of World Music explores indigenous music cultures from around the world and helps students learn to to distinguish various musical styles and instrumentation.
“To really understand music, you need to experience it in many levels, not just read about it,” said Professor Alexander Khalil, an ethnomusicologist, cognitive scientist and musician. “Music is something you learn practically. A lot of what students learn today is implicit; in music, you need to learn it through experience or practice.”
Students in the course are part of a guided musical experience, led by Dr. Khalil, who brings in instruments and scientific equipment to analyze the different aspects of music. The course also has guest musicians who play with Dr. Khalil, which makes the learning experience more cohesive and gives students a window to other cultures.
“Dr. Khalil covers the history before he goes into the subject or instruments and also puts in his own experiences, like his travels and the masters who taught him how to play,” said Edward Rosario, a first-year business administration student. “It’s really great to know about not just your own culture, but other cultures, too, through music.”
As part of the course, students are able to attend a series of lecture-concerts featuring various musicians. The first, “A Concert of Japanese Traditional Music” featured Sensei Yuki Easter on the koto and Dr. Alexander Khalil on the shakuhachi.
“We have a wonderful music program that brings in a lot of talented guest artists, particularly within the spheres of jazz and classical music,” said Jonathan Fohrman, dean of Arts and International Languages. “This fall was the first time we have offered this class on campus, and I am excited that we have an instructor like Dr. Khalil, who has such deep experience in varied world music traditions and instruments, and can give his students a range of in-class performance demonstrations on different instruments. I also highly appreciate and am pleased to support his efforts to bring in different master musicians such as Yuki Easter, given how such experiences can further enrich student learning in this field, while also providing opportunities for our wider college community to experience and enhance their knowledge of the world’s rich musical diversity.”
The next lecture-concert, “The Balinese Gamelan Gendér Wayang: Music of the Balinese Shadow Theatre,” will feature Dr. Khalil and guest artist Putu Hiranmayena. Hiranmayena is an Indonesian artist scholar and is the son of renowned Balinese gamelan musician Bapak I Made Lasmawa. He has been performing gamelan music and dance since the age of three and is a graduate student at UC San Diego studying integrative studies.
The event will be held November 21 at 1 p.m. in the MiraCosta College Concert Hall, 1 Barnard Drive, Oceanside. This event is open to the public and admission is free.
MUS 116: World Music will also be offered in spring 2015, online and as a late-start class at the Oceanside Campus every Friday starting February 20, 2015. To apply and enroll, visit www.miracosta.edu/fall or call 760.795.6620.