Center Stage Blog
Posts about Music

Authors

Adrienne Petrillo
Asad Jafri
Brian Jose
Charles Robin
Courtney Reilly
Deidre Valente
Jacob Yarrow
Jonathan Secor
Kathleen Pletcher
Kathryn Garcia
Kelsey Colcord
Lisa Booth
Neal Copperman
Rebecca Blunk
Robert Richter
Sarah Long Holland
Tara Thomson
Tristra Newyear Yeager
U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Categories

Calls to Artists
Calls to Organizations
Dance
Events
International Engagement
Jobs
Music
National
Native American Arts
New England
Professional Development
Public Art
Research & Findings
Theater

Year

2013
2012
2011
2010

May 2013

May 21, 2013

Much More to Pakistan

Sarah Long Holland
Detail, wall hanging from Sindh province, Pakistan
Read more >>
May 13, 2013

Opening Minds: from Karachi to Connecticut

Robert Richter
It’s been more than three weeks since we have returned from our Center Stage trip to Pakistan and I have been pondering what to say in this blog.  How do you capture a trip like this?  ... Read more >>
May 1, 2013

Impressions from Pakistan

Brian Jose
I am finding it difficult to highlight any single experience from my Center Stage trip to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, so I've been putting off writing this post for several days. It's not ... Read more >>

April 2013

Apr 24, 2013

Ten Days in Morocco

Charles Robin
It amazes me how much cultural immersion can happen in just 10 days.
Knowing I just scratched the surface, I feel like I have so much more understanding of the cultural life in Morocco after ... Read more >>

March 2013

Mar 30, 2013

Reimagining Vietnam

Lisa Booth
As I was coming of age during the Vietnam War, if anyone had predicted that 40 years later I would travel through the Mekong Delta in a sampan, I would have chalked the vision up to someone’s LSD ... Read more >>
Mar 28, 2013

Taking a Look Back on Center Stage’s First Round: Part 10

Kelsey Colcord
The last (but not least!) of the Center Stage 2012 ensembles to arrive in the U.S. was Jogja Hip Hop Foundation (JHF), a group of DJs and rappers who incorporate Indonesian pop and gemalan music, ... Read more >>
Mar 15, 2013

Taking a Look Back on Center Stage’s First Round: Part 8

Kelsey Colcord
BélO, Haiti's socially conscious groove innovator, came to the U.S. with Center Stage in late October 2012. Although he had performed in the states before, this was BélO's first time to small ... Read more >>

February 2013

Feb 19, 2013

Taking A Looking Back at Center Stage's First Round: Part 5

Kelsey Colcord
In Mid-September 2012, Ti-Coca & Wanga-Nègès arrived in Washington, D.C.
Read more >>

January 2013

Jan 23, 2013

Taking a Look Back on Center Stage’s First Round: Part 3

Kelsey Colcord
Before Zeb and Haniya headed back to Pakistan after their Center Stage tour, one of the musicians remarked, "Music is the sound of emotions, it doesn't lie, it connects straight to the heart, it ... Read more >>

December 2012

Dec 20, 2012

Taking a Look Back on Center Stage’s First Round: Part 2

Kelsey Colcord
This week we are going to be focusing on noori. Reflecting on their tour with Center Stage, they had this to say, "All of this has been a great learning experience because we transferred and ... Read more >>