The Pacific Islands: An Ocean of Musical Traditions
| Venue: | New School of Music |
| Hours: | 2:00pm |
| Ages: | Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | Free |
| Category: | Lectures/Discussions |
A Multimedia Presentation by Ethnomusicologist Lisa M. Burke
Dr. Burke will use video, slides, and fieldwork recordings to explain differences between the music and dance cultures of Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia, with particular focus on Kiribati, the site of her extensive fieldwork studies.
Please join us for this free musical lecture, the first in a series of musicological presentations to be presented in the Nicholas Van Slyck Concert Gallery, the New School of Music's newly refurbished recital hall. Donations will benefit NSM’s need-based scholarship fund.
Location: Nicholas Van Slyck Concert Gallery, New School of Music, 25 Lowell Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
The New School of Music is a non-profit community music school for children and adults. Since its inception in 1976, NSM's mission has been to provide high quality and affordable musical instruction to all who seek it, and to share the musicianship of its faculty and visiting artists with the community. NSM is a member of the National Guild of Community Music Schools of the Arts.
For more information, please contact the New School of Music office at (617) 492-8105,
or visit us on the web at www.newschoolofmusic.org
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25 Lowell Street, Cambridge, MA, 01238 map
Phone: 617-492-8105
By Public transportation:
>By Bus
Take the 71 Watertown or 73 Waverly bus to Mt. Auburn Hospital. Walk around the corner to Lowell St. The school will be on the left.
>By T/Foot
Take the Red Line to Harvard Square. When you exit the subway, follow the Church Street exit. On Church Street, walk to until it dead-ends at Brattle Street. Make a right on Brattle Street and walk several blocks until you reach Lowell Street on the left side of the street. Turn down Lowell Street and NSM is at 25 on the right-hand side.
By Car:
>From Harvard Square
Take Mt. Auburn St. out of the square, heading West (toward Watertown). Turn right onto Lowell St., just before the Mt. Auburn Hospital. Park in the lot on the left.
>From Rt. 2
Follow Rt. 2 East past the Alewife T station and around the Fresh Pond rotaries.(Rt. 2 becomes Fresh Pond Parkway.) Stay on Rt. 2/Fresh Pond Parkway, crossing Huron Ave. At the next stop light, turn left onto Brattle St. Take the third right onto Lowell St. Park in the lot on the right, just past the school entrance.
>From the Mass Turnpike (Rt. 90)
Take the Cambridge/Allston exit. Bear right off the exit ramp, toward Cambridge. Go straight through two sets of lights, and over the bridge. Get in the left lane. Immediately after the bridge, turn left onto Memorial Dr. Stay on Memorial Dr. for about one mile. Bear right onto Hawthorne St., then take the next left onto Mt. Auburn St. Turn right onto Lowell St., just before Mt. Auburn Hospital. Park in the lot on the left.
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