THE PERRY AND MARTY GRANOFF MUSIC CENTER
Tufts University · 20 Talbot Avenue · Medford, MA · 02155
TUFTs university department of music presents
WEFT Faculty Concert
Medford/Somerville, MA – The Tufts University Department of Music presents the WEFT Faculty Concert in the Distler Performance Hall at the Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center on Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 3 p.m. as part of the Sunday at Tufts – Community Concert Series. Members of the Tufts World, Ethnic, Folk, and Traditional music faculty will perform a concert of music of India, Japan, Turkey, Greece, the Middle East, North America, Armenia, and other locales from around the globe. The concert features performance faculty members Beth Bahia Cohen (Turkish yayli tanbur and violin), Mal Barsamian (oud), Elizabeth Reian Bennett (shakuhachi), Cathleen Read (koto), Michael McLaughlin (accordion), Rich Stillman (banjo), Warren Senders (Hindustani vocals), Fabio Pirozzolo (dumbek), and guests.
The Granoff Music Center is located at 20 Talbot Avenue on Tufts’ Medford/Somerville campus. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit as.tufts.edu/music/musiccenter or call the Granoff Music Center Box Office at 617.627.3679.
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Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.
WEFT Faculty Concert
Granoff Music Center, 20 Talbot Avenue, Tufts University Medford/Somerville Campus
Featuring: Beth Bahia Cohen, Turkish yayli tanbur and violin; Mal Barsamian, oud; Elizabeth Reian Bennett, shakuhachi; Cathleen Read, koto; Michael McLaughlin, accordion; Rich Stillman, banjo; Warren Senders, Hindustian vocals; and Fabio Pirozzolo, dumbek.
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Tufts University, located on three Massachusetts campuses in Boston, Medford/Somerville, and Grafton, and in Talloires, France, is recognized among the premier research universities in the United States. Tufts enjoys a global reputation for academic excellence and for the preparation of students as leaders in a wide range of professions. A growing number of innovative teaching and research initiatives span all Tufts campuses, and collaboration among the faculty and students in the undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs across the university’s eight schools is widely encouraged.
The Tufts Department of Music offers a flexible and eclectic academic program leading to a Bachelor or Master of Arts degree in music. Students concentrate in composition, ethnomusicology, musicology, or theory, while having the opportunity to explore all these disciplines, as well as the areas of music cognition, linguistics, sociology, and anthropology of music. Students also have the opportunity to perform in over twenty different department ensembles and chamber music groups, as well as study privately on the instrument of their choice (including voice). The Tufts Department of Music is housed in the Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center, home to the Distler Performance Hall, Fisher Performance Room, Varis Lecture Hall, and Lilly Music Library. The Music Center hosts over 180 events and concerts annually, the majority of which are produced and presented by the Department of Music.
Tufts University – Department of Music
Granoff Music Center, 20 Talbot Ave
Medford, MA 02155
Office: 617-627-2253 • Box Office: 617-627-3679
Web: as.tufts.edu/music/musiccenter
Media Contacts: Mary Cross, 617.627.3679 Jeffrey Rawitsch, 617.627.2253
Mary.cross@tufts.edu Jeffrey.Rawitsch@tufts.edu