Free world music summer series comes to the Morristown Green next week

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The Fula Flute ensemble will perform at lunchtime Tuesday on the Morristown Green.
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Starting Tuesday, Morristown residents and visitors will have a great opportunity to enjoy free summer concerts featuring world music on the Morristown Green. Sponsored by The Community Theatre at the Mayo Center for the Performing Arts, and by the Arts Council of the Morris Area, these concerts will represent West African, Caribbean, Latin and Japanese cultures. The concert series offers a perfect way to sample music from around the world.

“We are attempting to engage all the various and divergent populations, in and around Morristown, in a genuine celebration of all of our cultures and ethnic roots,” said Peter Mancuso, member of the Mayo Center Board of Trustees and Chair of the Center’s Community Outreach Committee. “How blessed we are to live in such a diverse community where all of us can come together for enjoyment of the arts.”

The free concert schedule, with descriptions from the Arts Council, looks like this:

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The Fula Flute ensemble will perform at lunchtime Tuesday on the Morristown Green.

Tuesday, June 15th from 12:15-1 pm on the Morristown Green: Fula Flute Trio – West African Music with a trio of balafon (African xylophone), Kora (plucked harp) and tambin (African flute)

“Transcendent, hypnotic, haunting” are the terms applied to the tambin flute, whose unique tone quality blends with kora (plucked harp) and balafon (African xylophone), bringing the sound of West Africa to Morristown. Members of the group performed a special preview concert when Carnegie Hall’s new Zankel Hall opened in 2003 and continue to earn critical acclaim for their outstanding work.

Tuesday, June 29th , 2010 from 12:15-1 pm on the Morristown Green: The Conroy Warren Duo – Music of the Caribbean.

A native of Antigua and graduate of the Berklee School of Music in Boston, Conroy Warren has performed internationally with some of the top names in Caribbean music. Currently, he plays with the Melvin Dean Ensemble, Coastal Zone and Rhythm Nation in addition to teaching and conducting music and cultural workshops throughout the tri-state area.

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 from 6-7 pm on the Community Theatre Plaza: Los Ciegos Del Barrio – Multi-genre Latin music.

Featuring keyboard, Latin percussion and voice, “The Blind Boys of the Neighborhood” (most of whom are legally blind) perform Merengue, Bachata, Salsa, Cumbia, Reggaeton and Rock in both English and Spanish. They have enjoyed major hits, including a #1 hit on the former MP3.com website. In 2007, Los Ciegos Del Barrio’s tracks were featured on “Sound in Sight Volume 1,” a compilation sponsored by the National Federation of the Blind which features different blind artists from around the USA.

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 from 6-7 pm on the Community Theatre Plaza: The East Winds Ensemble/Taikoza – Japanese music.

Internationally acclaimed, The East Winds Ensemble has presented its dramatic and highly athletic taiko drumming, and powerful Japanese fue flute performances in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden, Symphony Space and Lincoln Center as well as sold-out houses in Russia and Europe.

For me summer is the best time of the year because it can be spent outdoors. So come, relax and enjoy a summer day or evening filled with music from different cultures. Bring food, chairs and enjoy the summer weather in Morristown.

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