PROGRAM: Arts Development; The Khmer Magic Music Bus
AIMED AT: Audiences in the USA
Next year, we will celebrate 20 years of working in arts for peace and transformation in Cambodia – and we are marking this with the arts4peace festival, a celebration in Phnom Penh of arts and culture in Cambodia today, to be held in November 2019
This October and November, our friends in the USA will have a preview! Artists from The Khmer Magic Music bus will perform “Heartstrings”, a new creation exploring their personal journeys through music and storytelling:
What does it mean to conceal your passion and your livelihood, or to be forced to play propaganda music to survive? What does it mean to rewrite memories you thought you had? And what does it mean to be a daughter of one of the few surviving Master Artists? Witness the music that defined them, hear their stories, learn about the people who shaped them, and celebrate the power of the arts in building peace. Featuring renowned flute player, human rights activist, and founder of Cambodian Living Arts, Arn Chorn-Pond, alongside Seyma THORN, Master Mann MEN, his daughter Mao MEN, and Savang THOCH.
In addition, we will be visiting different schools, pagodas, community spaces, and connecting and sharing music with Cambodians living in the USA. If you’re in the US this fall, please join us!
7.3opm-8.30pm, doors open at 7pm
General Admission: $20
3pm-4pm
Free Admission
More information coming soon
7pm-8pm, doors open 6.30pm
Free Admission
7.30pm-8.30pm, doors open 6pm
Hosted by Mekong NYC
6pm-8pm
Snacks and drinks provided
For more information, please contact (347) 918-9220
7.30pm-10pm, doors open at 6.30pm
Followed by after-party
7.30pm-8.30pm, doors open at 6pm
7pm-10pm, doors open at 6.30pm with opening set by Rumput band from Indonesia
Free entrance – more information
Including presentation and demonstrations
Vatt Buddhikarama – វត្តពុទ្ធិការាម, Silver Springs, MD
2pm-5pm
Mally and James Cox-Chapman
Contributors
John Burt
Laurie Burt
Taylor Burt
Chhaya Chhoum
Betsy Cohen
Jocelyn Glatzer
Tom Gromak
Karen and Paul Gustafson
Melissa Im
Samkahnn Khoeun
Joe Melillo
Deborah Nelson
Khemara Nhann
Ken Pelletier
Caryl Richardson and Jim Robinson
Stephen Riege
Elise Steenburgh
Virak Uy
Thida Virak
Miranda Volpe
Marion Wingfield
Lisa Yankowski