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| Name: |
Diane
Salibu Ault |
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Nashville, TN |
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InterPlay Leader |
| Brief
Bio: |
Diane is a longtime community organizer,
activist and artist who has organized over 150 InterPlay gatherings
in the past 4 years. She has served on the boards and staff of
many nonprofit organizations locally, regionally, and nationally,
and has a passion for community building across lines of race,
class and culture. Diane is certified as a regional leader in
the InterPlay program developed by Phil Porter and Cynthia Winton-Henry,
and enjoys sharing its message of affirmation, community and
body centered play and relaxation activities with others. |
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Read more about this
artist on her website:
http://www.interplay.org |
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| Name: |
Karen
Ashbrook |
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Silver Spring, Maryland |
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Hammered dulcimer, wooden flute |
| Brief
Bio: |
Karen
Ashbrook grew up listening to traditional Appalachian music and
took up dulcimer in 1976 to join in the fun. In search of Irish
music, she spent five years playing in Europe and Asia, traversing
the globe twice. Along the way she added wooden flute to her
musical repertoire. Karen has
several recordings on
the Maggie's Music label including "Celtic Cafe" with her husband
Paul Oorts. Her instructional book/CD set "Playing the Hammered
Dulcimer in the Irish Tradition" is a standard text in dulcimer
literature. Based in Silver Spring, Maryland, Ashbrook teaches
and performs with Paul Oorts and the avant-gande contra dance
band Cabaret Sauvignon. Performace highlights include FTE 1-Irish
National Television, the Smithsonia Institution, National Geographic,
National Public Radio's All Things Considered, and playing for
President Bill Clinton at the White House. |
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Read more about this artist
on her website:
http://www.karenashbrook.com/ |
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| Name: |
Sandol
Astrausky |
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Wakefield, RI |
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Fiddle Player |
| Brief
Bio: |
Sandol Astrausky is an accomplished
old-time fiddle player with a dynamic rhythmic style. She
has also studied the traditional fiddle styles of Brittany,
the British Isles and Scandinavia on their home turfs. Sandol
is a two year recipient of the Master Apprenticeship Grant
from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts. She has
recorded with North Star records, and her playing is featured
on the sound track for the film, "The Secret of Roan
Inish." Sandol is currently collaborating with Lisa
Schmitz on a contra dance tune book for Mel Bay Publications. |
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Read more about this
artist on her website:
http://members.tripod.com/psb044/sandolbio.htm |
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| Name: |
Aubrey
Atwater; Elwood Donnelly |
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Foster, RI |
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Traditional Musicians and
Songsters |
| Brief
Bio: |
Aubrey Atwater & Elwood
Donnelly are a Rhode Island-based husband-wife duo presenting
traditional Appalachian, Celtic and original folk music
played on an astonishing array of unusual instruments,
including the mountain dulcimer, old-time banjo, tin whistle,
limberjacks, mandolin, harmonica, and more. For over sixteen
years, they have toured extensively throughout the US,
Ireland, England and Canada, and their
eight recordings have received international airplay. They
have appeared or served as instructors at the Hindman Settlement
School, the Augusta Heritage Center,
the Old Songs Festival in New York, the Ozark Folk Center,
the Swannanoa Gathering and the John C. Campbell Folk School. |
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Read more about this
duo on their website:
http://www.atwater-donnelly.com/ |
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| Name: |
Masankho
Kamsis Bando |
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Oakland, CA |
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African Dancer, Drummer and
Storyteller |
| Brief
Bio: |
Masankho is a multi - disciplinary
performing artist, educator, spiritual healer and PeaceBuilder.
He learned the fine arts of storytelling and dance from his
Malawian culture, spending many long days and nights listening
to stories and dancing to music that captivated his mind,
shaped his being, nourished his soul and strengthened his
spirit.
Using performing arts, Masankho motivates and inspires people
of all ages to work together to bring about peace, social
justice and cultural understanding. In 1997, he started Ucandanc
African Healing Arts to bring his passion for dance and storytelling
to communities around the world. In 2001 Masankho was awarded
the Unsung Hero of Compassion by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. |
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Read more about this
artist on this website:
http://www.ucandanc.org/Resume.html |
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| Name: |
Robin
Bullock |
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Paris,
France |
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Guitar |
| Brief
Bio: |
Robin
Bullock is a respected composer, respected instructor,
workshop leader, and virtuoso multi-instrumentalist,
who specializes
in the 6 and 12-string guitar, cittern, mandolin, piano
and bass guitar. A founding member of the innovative
acoustic
world-music trio Helicon (winners of the Association
for Independent Music's prestigious INDIE Award for Best
Seasonal Recording) and an alumnus of the trailblazing
Celtic groups The John Whelan Band and Greenfire, Robin
has toured extensively throughout the U.S., Canada and
Europe and appeared on over two dozen CDs. His own solo-recorded
work includes four critically acclaimed CDs: Green Fields,
Midnight Howl, Between Earth and Sky and The Lightning
Field.
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Read more about this
artist on his website:
http://www.flatpicker.com/bullock/ |
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| Name: |
Augusto
Dougal |
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Kingston, RI |
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Dancer |
| Brief
Bio: |
Augusto
Dougal is a 24-year-old, Guatemalan-American student in
the Talent Development program
at the University of Rhode Island. Augusto's dream is to
start his own unique dance company where all are welcome
regardless of their level of dance-experience. His dance
company's mission is to have participants share each other's
culture and traditions through the universal
language of the arts. Diversity through Dance will bring
us a step closer to a better tomorrow! |
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| Name: |
Kim
and Reggie Harris |
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Philadelphia, PA |
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Singer-Songwriters |
| Brief
Bio: |
Kim
and Reggie Harris are a husband
and wife duo with a dynamic flair for performance. They
tour throughout the year, performing for audiences of
all ages at theaters, folk clubs, festivals, colleges
and schools. Kim and Reggie have also composed and arranged
for television, radio, video, and multimedia presentations.
Drawing equally from contemporary and traditional folk
songs, the Harrises are masters of arrangement and energetic
delivery, often presenting shows that become highly interactive
with the audiences. They frequently use their songs,
stories and narrative to discuss slavery and African-Americans'
quest for freedom
and justice throughout history.
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Read more about this
duo on their website:
http://www.kimandreggie.com/ |
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| Name: |
Rachel
Maloney |
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Providence, RI |
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Fiddler |
| Brief
Bio: |
Rachel Maloney was born in
the coal mining town of Norton, Virginia where her father
worked in the mines. Deep in the heart of Appalachia, her
love of fiddle music developed at an early age. In 1987,
Rachel was offered a position as performer, composer and
musical director at Trinity Repertory Company in Providence,
Rhode Island. Since then, she has continued to do one major
tour a year,usually to Europe, along with shorter tours
to North Carolina and Virginia. Her musical interests have
further developed to include film and TV scores, electronic
and multi-media collaborations and new-music compositions. |
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| Name: |
Paul
de Mesquita |
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Kingston,
RI |
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Singer-Instrumentalist |
| Brief
Bio: |
Paul
is a one of the "cogs" in the Cognitive Dissidents,
a trio of University of Rhode Island faculty members who
take their audiences on musical journeys through historical
protest movements for social justice, civil rights, and
peace. An affiliate of URI's Center for Nonviolence and
Peace Studies, Paul founded and directs Los Cantantes Pequenos
de Paz, a multicultural children's singing group that perform
songs of hope and peace. Originally from Galveston Texas,
he plays both the harmonica and guitar, and is an Associate
Professor of psychology at URI. |
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| Name: |
Stephen
Myles |
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Kingston,
RI |
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Singer-Instrumentalist |
| Brief
Bio: |
Cognitive
Dissidents member Stephen Myles sings and plays mandolin,
guitar and mandola. He returned to academia in the 90's
following fifteen years of playing folk, bluegrass, old-time
and
swing music on the club and festival circuits. He currently
joins URI colleagues DocWood and Paul Bueno de Mesquita
performing and teaching about the power of music and art
as catalysts for social change. |
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| Name: |
Ken
Perlman |
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Leominster, MA |
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Banjo-Guitarist |
| Brief
Bio: |
Ken Perlman is considered
one of the top clawhammer banjo players in the world, known
in particular for his skillful "melodic" adaptations
of Celtic and Southern tunes to that style. On guitar,
Ken's renditions of traditional
Celtic
and Southern fiddle tunes are simply not to be missed.
He has written some of the most widely respected banjo
and guitar instruction books of modern times, including "Melodic
Clawhammer Banjo," "Clawhammer Style Banjo," and "Fingerstyle
Guitar," and he has been on staff at such prestigious
teaching festivals as the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop,
Common Ground on the Hill, The American Festival of
Fiddle Tunes, and Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp. His
latest recordings are "Northern Banjo" and a
Summits." |
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Read more about this
artist on his website:
http://www.kenperlman.com |
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| Name: |
Silas
Pinto |
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Kingston, RI |
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Dancer |
| Brief
Bio: |
Silas Pinto loves everything
there is about the martial art Capoeira; he also
holds black belts in Tae Kwon Do, Kempo Karate and San
Cho. In his classes, students learn about Brazilian
and Cape Verdean cultures and how they are affected by
the art of Capoeira and its many styles. His dream is to
successfully integrate the two branches of Capoeira. While
a student at URI, he founded the Future Impact Martial
Art Team which was inducted as the official demo team for
the World Martial Art Hall of Fame in Ohio. |
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| Name: |
Clarissa
Uttley |
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Kingston, RI |
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Education Leader – World
Village |
| Brief
Bio: |
Clarissa is a Graduate Student
in Child Development at the University of Rhode Island.
A certified
teacher in Rhode
Island and Massachusetts, Clarissa was an Early Childhood
Educator for over 4 years. She also was employed as the Education
Specialist at Capron Park Zoon in Attleboro, Massachusetts
where she developed and presented environmental education
programs for children and adults. While at the zoo, Clarissa
also designed and implemented a volunteer program to train
teenagers to present workshops in educational summer camps.
This is Clarissa’s second years as education leader
for the World Village section of World Voices, World Visions
Summer Camp. |
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| Name: |
Osunkemi
and Sangoyemi |
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Hopkinton, RI |
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West African Cultural Artists |
| Brief
Bio: |
Osunkemi and Sangoyemi are
co-founders and co-directors of Iya Moopo Workshop, a cultural
arts organization dedicated to action through art. They
are interdisciplinary artists whose work fuses ancient
and contemporary creative forms. For
the past
two decades they
have been traveling to Nigeria to research and document
Yoruba traditional arts and spiritual practice. Currently
they are directing a documentary film on Egungun, the
Yoruba ancestral masquerade. |
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| Name: |
Chris
Turner |
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Providence,
RI |
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Harmonicist |
| Brief
Bio: |
Born
into a musical family in London, England, Chris Turner
learned the harmonica and recorder as a child. He played
professionally since 1967, working in a variety of idioms
including Folk,
Rock, Blues, Jazz, Country, Early
and Avant-Garde music. In 1975, he won the European Harmonica
Championship. Chris has toured with numerous professional
bands and appears
on many recordings; he has also worked as a composer, music
director, and arranger for theatrical organizations,
including Rhode Island's prestigious Trinity Repertory
Company. |
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Read
more about this artist on his website:
http://www.bigtreehouse.com/Turner.htm
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| Name: |
Valerie
Tutson |
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Providence,
RI |
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Storyteller |
| Brief
Bio: |
Valerie
Tutson draws her stories from around the world, with an
emphasis on African Traditions. Her repertoire includes
myths, folk tales, historical pieces and stories that she
learned during her travels to South Africa. She also teaches
classes in storytelling and acting at an alternative
middle school in Providence. In theaters, colleges, schools,
churches and libraries across the United States, Valerie
has a reputation for
raising awareness and sensitivities. She is the host of
"Cultural Tapestry" for Rhode Island's Cox Communications,
a talk
show celebrating the diverse cultures of New England. |
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Read
more about this artist on her website:
http://www.blackstorytellers.com/valerie_tutson.htm
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| Name: |
George
Wilson |
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Wynantskill, NY |
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Fiddler |
| Brief Bio: |
George is a multi-instrumental
virtuoso and singer whose repertoire encompasses a variety
of traditional and folk styles. As a fiddler, he has mastered
nearly 400 tunes for dancing and listening from New England,
Quebec, Cape Breton, Scotland, Ireland and Shetland. Accompanying
himself on the 5-string banjo, George performs songs
of Uncle Dave Macon of early Grand Ole Opry, and presents
the gutsy, bluesy songs and 12-string guitar style of the
African-American
folk legend Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly).
George has two solo fiddle
recordings: "Northern Melodies" and "The
Royal Circus",
and has performed and recorded with Fennig's All-Star String band since 1975, and with
the Whippersnappers
since 1976. |
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| Name: |
Doc
Wood |
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Kingston, RI |
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Singer-Instrumentalist |
| Brief Bio: |
Doc Wood
is a recording artist for Neoga Music (http://www.neogamusic.com)
and has been performing folk music since 1964. He is
currently working on his fourth CD. Doc is part of a
trio of University of Rhode Island professors known as
the
Cognitive
Dissidents which performs songs of social justice.
Two recent performing highlights include opening for
Pete
Seeger and a solo set of baseball songs performed at
the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. "Doc" has
a day job as Professor of Communication Studies at URI.
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Read
more about this artist on his website:
http://www.neogamusic.com/
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07/11/2005
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