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EVENT: Opening Night: Musical Fortunes

Thu, Mar 8, 2007 at 8:30 PM

Musical Fortunes composite

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OPENING NIGHTWORLD PREMIERE

Musical Fortunes: New Music based on Jewish and Romani (Gypsy) Routes.

First Congregational Church of Berkeley:
2345 Channing Way, Berkeley

Musical Fortunes: New music based on Jewish and Romani (Gypsy) Routes. A World Premiere of new music based on two rich traditions, mined by Oakland composer/performer Dan Cantrell with Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble, Michael Alpert, Rumen Shopov and dancers Rachel Brice and Elizabeth Strong.

This new work has been commissioned thanks to funding from the Creative Work Fund, The East Bay Community Foundation-Fund for Artists, The MAP Fund, a project of Creative Capital, Lufthansa German Airlines and Leonard Kurz, in memory of Ursula Sherman

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