Albuquerque Journal from Albuquerque, New Mexico • Page 64

MUSIC 16 venue Friday, May 5, 2006 Tibetan monks sing at Popejoy JOURNAL STAFF REPORT he singers of Drepung Loseling Monastery, accompanied by some musicians playing 10-foot-long trumpets, will be on stage at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 7, in Popejoy Hall. The concert, which is part of its Sacred Music Sacred Dance Tour, will show the public its special multiphonic singing style. That means the monks simultaneously intone three notes of a single chord. The monks are known for this style.

The concert has loftier goals to contribute to world healing and peace movements, to heighten awareness of endangered civilization and to support the Tibetan refugee community in India. Accompanying the costumed singers are musicians who play drums, bells and cymbals as well as trumpets. In addition, the monks will build a mandala sand painting for three days before the concert in the Popejoy lobby. The consecration ceremony will follow the concert. The monks have played to sellout performances at New York Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center.

Tickets for the Popejoy concert are $19, $26 and $32 in advance at UNM ticket offices in the Bookstore and the Pit, online at www.unmtickets.com, by calling 925-5858 or at the Center for the Arts box office. Popejoy Hall is in the University of New Mexico Center for the Arts. JOURNAL STAFF REPORT ud player Rahim AlHaj joins with Middle Eastern percussionist Souhail Kaspar in concerts today in Santa Fe and Saturday, May 6, in Albuquerque. AlHaj, an Albuquerque resident who was born in Iraq, studied under renowned oud player Munir Bashir. The oud is a relative of the lute.

AlHaj recently performed and recorded a CD with a local string quartet in presenting music that fuses Western and Middle Eastern values. Kaspar, a native of Lebanon, trained at the Nadi al-Fonun al-Arabia conservatory for traditional Arabic music in Syria. He has performed with Arabic musicians and with the British rock singer Sting. The Santa Fe concert is at 8 p.m. at the GiG Performance Space, 1808 Second St.

$15 at the door. The Albuquerque concert is at 8 p.m. at the Outpost Performance Space, 210 Yale SE. $25 general public, $20 Outpost members in advance at the Outpost or at the door. AlHaj performs in two concerts 26 BF88 BF88 2- rn1A RESORT CASINO Close to Far from Ordinary Li i I For a recorded message of current rat information at1 1-800-4US BOND 1-300-487-2663 A bI ke TSSA Ma U.S.

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