Edward Powell
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Central Europe: SEMINARS for OUD, and INDIAN MUSIC
Hi Friends,
I am going to be holding some seminars in Central Europe (Czech Rep.) in 2011. We are slowly transforming our residence (an enormous 300 year old
heritage building) into a cultural center for the region - the seminars will be held here.
One set of seminars will be for oud playing, makam/maqam, and Middle-eastern music in general - this will be useful for oud players of course, but
also for other instrumentalists wanting to gain a better understanding of Middle-eastern modal music.
The second set of seminars will be for the general study of Indian music. North Indian ragas in particular - this will be useful for any instrument
and of course sitar. It can also be useful for oud players wanting to gain a knowledge of Indian music Ragas and Talas, and how they relate to both
Western music and Makam music. Primarily this seminar will be taught with voice and can be very useful for any musician wanting to learn the basics of
ragas and talas with voice.
More info:
http://www.edwardpowell.com/seminars.html
or feel free to contact me directly:
epowell2007@gmail.com
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Ararat66
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Hi Ed
Good luck with your endeavors - always good to have a plan - even better when you can act on it. If I was single and no family I'd be down ther
helping you build the place  but my family is a wonderful thing too.
Leon
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Edward Powell
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Thanks Leon,
Yes, we have to start somewhere. We checked out the EU funding for such things and that looks very positive, however the way those grants work is that
you need to pay for all of it yourself first, and then 2 years later you get back 85% of what you spent. So at the moment this is a bit prohibitive
for us since we are not sure how to come up with several hundred thousand Euros in cash suddenly.
But on the other hand there is some talk in the family here about selling the place --- in which case creating a cultural center would become much
more difficult (obviously, without a large place).
So let's hope that with a humble beginning we can establish enough momentum to warrant further investment, and take it one step at a time. We really
feel it is worth because currently Central Europe could use such a center.
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myeyes2020
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Sounds very exciting! If possible, perhaps you can post a video of a small part of your presentation to give us a glimpse. Good luck!
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Edward Powell
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Good idea... on this video I start teaching MAKAM RAST
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1juvZaSk0A
and I put many more on oud and makam theory on this CHANNEL
http://www.youtube.com/user/4128W10?feature=mhum
Here is a clip I am teaching some Indian Ragas.... however this is at a pretty advanced level of theory - most likely I will be covering the basics
at the workshop, depending on who will be there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OllYpRUFf4
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