OneBeat: A Mobile Cross-Cultural Exploration in Sonic Diplomacy bringing 32 musicians from 21 countries to US!

OneBeat encourages cross-cultural understanding by illustrating ways music can be used to foster positive community engagement. The music exchange will invite more than 32 young professional musicians and advanced students (ages 19-35) from 21 countries around the world to the U.S. to create and perform innovative work with their American counterparts.

The US’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in partnership with Found Sound Nation, the social-engagement wing of the New-York based music organization Bang on a Can, will develop month-long programs consisting of a U.S.-based residency and tour. During the residencies, participants will form small collaborative ensembles that improvise across genres, reinvent traditional tunes, compose original work, record in the state-of-the-art OneBeat mobile studio, and prepare for performances and educational workshops.

The groups will then tour to cities within the U.S. to perform the music they have developed during the residency, perform with local musicians, and partner with community-based organizations to conduct creative workshops with local youth. Find more info about the artists and tour by using the tabs above.

The musicians line up

Aditi Bhagwat  website >> go there
Alain Chirwisa (a.k.a. Alesh)  website >> go there
Amir ElSaffar  website >> go there
Anton Sergeev  website (soundcloud) >> go there
Aquil Charlton  on YouTube >> go there
Ayman Mabrouk  on MySpace >> go there
Caesar K  website >> go there
Chance Mccoy  website >> go there
Domenica Fossati  on ReverbNation >> go there
Edward Ramirez  website >> go there
Eva Primack  website >> go there
Helio Vanimal  website >> go there
Jessica Srin  on YouTube >> go there
Johnbern Thomas  website >> go there
Kato Change  on YouTube >> go there
Kyungso Park  website (on soundcloud) >> go there
Kayode Kuti  on MySpace >> go there
Muthoni Ndonga  website >> go there
Nina Ogot  website >> go there
Parfum Zola Bafiba  on YouTube >> go there
Paul Sagna  on ReverNation >> go there
Piotr Kurek  website >> go there
Sayak Barua  website >> go there
Sidse Holte  on Facebook >> go there
Song-Hee Kwon  on Vimeo >> go there
Sri Joko Raharjo  on YouTube >> go there
Usman Riaz  on ReverbNation >> go there
Vera Jonas  website >> go there
Wael Jegham  website >> go there
Wei Wei  website (on soundcloud) >> go there
Weronika Partyka  on MySpace >> go there
Youmna Saba  website (on soundcloud) >> go there

 

Found Sound Nation, OneBeat (1beat.org): Tour Schedule

09/25/2012, Tue Charleston, SC Pour House1977 Maybank Highway Tix: $5Show: 8:00 PM

  • Collaborating Artists include Charleston-based musicians and Garage Cuban Band
09/26/2012, Wed Charleston, SC John Rivers Communications Museum58 George Street Show: All Day

  • Free Admission. Collaborating Artists include Charleston-based musicians
09/26/2012, Wed Charleston, SC Circular Congregational Church150 Meeting Street Show: 7:30 PM

  • Free Admission. Collaborating artists include Charleston-based Musicians
09/27/2012, Thu Asheville, NC Bywater Bar796 Riverside Drive Show: 7:00 PM

  • Free Admission.
09/28/2012, Fri Floyd, VA The Sun Music Hall302 South Locust Street Show: 8:00 PM

  • Free Admission.
09/29/2012, Sat Roanoke, VA Downtown Street Studio Show: 11:00 AM

  • Free Admission.
09/29/2012, Sat Roanoke, VA Jefferson Center541 Luck Avenue Southwest Show: 8:00 PM

  • Free Admission. Collaborating artists include local Roankoke musicians
10/02/2012, Tue Washington, DC Howard University2400 Sixth Street Show: TBA

  • Free Admission. Collaborating arists include Howard University professors & students
10/02/2012, Tue Washington, DC Busboys and Poets14TH & V 2021 14th St NW Show: 8:30 PM

  • Free Admission. Collaborating artists include local D.C. musicians
10/03/2012, Wed Washington, DC Atlas Center for the Performing Arts1333 H Street Northeast Show: 8:00 PM

  • Free Admission. Collaborating artists include Evan Ziporyn
10/04/2012, Thu Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live!3025 Walnut Street Tix: $10Show: 7:30 PM

  • Student tickets are $5. Collaborating artists include members of Eighth Blackbird and students from Curtis University
10/05/2012, Fri Brooklyn, NY Roulette509 Atlantic Avenue Show: 7:30 PM

  • $5 Suggested Donation. Collaborating Artists include Dave Douglas, Matt Garrison, Brandon Seabrook, Gregg August, Samita
10/06/2012, Sat Brooklyn, NY Bring to Light Show: 6:00 PM

  • Free Admission. Collaborating artists include Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Blitz the Ambassador, Jolie Holland, Sam Hillmer