Amnesty International - small places, Oct 18 2008

Concert title:

Raise your Voice for Rights: a world music concert in celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Presented by the Canadian Centre for Ethnomusicology, University of Alberta, as part of Amnesty International Canada's small places tour

Featuring local performers from the Canadian Centre for Ethnomusicology and the Department of Music at the University of Alberta

‘Human rights begin in small places close to home’. - Eleanor Roosevelt, a leading human rights advocate, who helped draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

When: Saturday, Oct 18, 8 PM
Where: Convocation Hall, University of Alberta (between Rutherford Library and Business]

...in support of seven individuals and communities

To performers:

Thanks for participating in the Oct 18 small places event in Convocation Hall. This concert is being produced by CCE people, with support from Amnesty International Canada and their small places tour program.

Please edit this page to add technical requirements for your performance (instruments you'll be playing; chairs, microphones, cables you'll need; positioning). We also have a rear-projection screen in the room, with internet connection. If you wish send me an image or web page to be projected on the screen behind you while you perform, please send them to me. If you want an web page just add the URL below. I assume most of us will perform solo, but if you want to bring in one or two others that's fine - just include all the tech requirements for your group, and add their names too.

Please also include an estimate of how long you'd like to perform. Let's say 15 minutes or so at the most.

If you know what you'll perform (title/composer/lyricist) you can add that, so I can write up a program. If you don't know yet, add that part later.

How to write these wiki pages

Kat Danser

KAT DANSER -- Solo --Original Compositions --15 minute Set --Tech Rider: (1) Armless Chair, (1) Vocal Microphone, (1) Telescopic Mic Stand, (1) XLR Output, (1) slides, water, etc. --Website: www.KatDanser.com

Tendai Muparutsa

15 minutes

Matt Love and Rana Al Kadi

We will have four players, and four songs, which will last 15 minutes

Tendai and Niyati will do an instrumental duet on a song Tendai wrote. He will play guitar and she will play violin The four of us will play the rest of the songs in this lineup: Tendai - percussion Niyati - violin Matt - acoustic guitar Rana - acoustic guitar, vocals

My suggestion, to minimize moving around, exchanging instruments, bumping microphones, etc would be for Tendai to do his solo spot, followed by the duet with Niyati, followed by the whole ensemble. Sort of like how the Talking Heads did it in "Stop Making Sense."

We will need four instrumental mics, and one vocal mic.

2 for certain, and possibly 3 or 4 chairs (sans arms) will be needed. I will try to find out for certain on 10/7/2008.

This is how it will look with the fog machine and lasers:

Kreisha Oro

2 songs, 10 minutes

Jill Younghusband, Russell Baker, Patrick Strain, Terry Nadasdi

• This Life That's Lent To You
• Looks Like Love

15 minutes total