Brown Bag Lunch: Robert E. Brown Center for World Music, #1

Remote Edition - Global Gathering

Enjoy the first of two short videos created by Jason Finkelman of the Robert E. Brown Center for World Music.

Bettendorf Public Library is pleased to collaborate with the Robert E. Brown Center for World Music to present virtual performances by campus and community based global artists in and around the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Part 1 features community artists Jean-René Balekita from Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, Bourema “Ibrahim” Ouedraogo from Burkina Faso, West Africa, and Denis Chiaramonte from São Paulo, Brazil. Each musician introduces and demonstrates an instrument they play, followed by performances in collaboration with Jason Finkelman, artistic director of Global Arts Performance Initiatives at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. 

The Robert E. Brown Center for World Music is a program of the School of Music at Illinois promoting understanding and appreciation of global music and dance. Established with a focus on active study of performance with tradition-bearing, folkloric artists, the center has emerged as a program embracing contemporary extensions of these forms and more. The center is dedicated to campus and community engagement programming that fosters respect and admiration for expressive culture across the globe as a presenter of performances, artist residencies and workshops. For more information, please visit cwm.illinois.edu

2021 Global Gathering World Tour is sponsored by The Bettendorf Public Library Foundation, Quad City Bank & Trust, Morgan Stanley, HNI Corporation, Bettendorf Rotary and Twin State. 

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