THE GLOBAL

ORCHESTRA

INTRODUCING The GLOBAL ORCHESTRA, aN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF CULTURE-BEARING MUSICIANS WHO WILL TEACH KIDS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES EVERYWHERE ABOUT THE WEALTH OF WORLD CULTURES.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL ORCHESTRA AT OUR EXTRAORDINARY CONCERT IN PHILADELPHIA IN NOVEMBER!

Featuring…ALEX SHAW - percussion / vocals ,PATRICIO ACEVEDO (Chile/Andes) - guitar / cavaco / cuatro / vocals, NATHALIE “TALIE” CERIN (Haiti) - guitar / vocals, YOUBA CISSOKHO (West Africa) - kora, QIN QIAN (China) - ehru, SENFU STONEY (rep. West Africa) - djembe / percussion

THE "GLOBAL ORCHESTRA" IS AN ONLY-OF-ITS KIND INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF CULTURE-BEARING MUSIC EDUCATORS WHO TEACH INSPIRING INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS TO KIDS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES EVERYWHERE -- EITHER IN-PERSON OR ONLINE.

THE GLOBAL ORCHESTRA consists of two independent but enthusiastically complementary parts — the Teaching Community and the Performing Ensemble.

1) THE GLOBAL ORCHESTRA TEACHING COMMUNITY: an international network of educators who bring global music to children no matter where they live. The network makes musical culture-bearers available for bookings both in person and online, enabling the network to include educators who can provide students with access to an extraordinary diversity of experiences, allowing our teachers to reach children in rural or distant parts of the world.

2) THE GLOBAL ORCHESTRA PERFORMING ENSEMBLE: a multicultural performing ensemble that consists of accomplished, culturally diverse musicians who fuse instruments and genres from around the world inspire kids and their communities in concerts at family-friendly festivals and community events.

MEET THE GLOBAL ORCHESTRA TEACHING COMMUNITY:

INTERNATIONAL CULTURE-BEARERS WHO ARE AVAILABLE TO TEACH TO KIDS EVERYWHERE

  • All Around This World -- Accordions

    ACCORDIONS EVERYWHERE

  • All Around This World -- Son Jarocho Dancing

    SON JAROCHO DANCING

  • All Around This World -- Malipenga from Malawi

    MALIPENGA FROM MALAWI

  • All Around This World -- Rara from Haiti

    RARA FROM HAITI

  • All Around This World -- Hungarian Cifra Dance

    CIFRA DANCE FROM HUNGRAY

  • All Around This World -- Tinikling from the Philippines

    TINIKLING FROM THE PHILIPPINES

  • A HARVEST SONG FROM UGANDA

  • ROMANIAN ALUNELUL

  • BALTIMORE CLUB DANCING

  • All Around This World Conjunto Accordtion

    CONJUNTO ACCORDION

  • 12 BAR BLUES

  • BOLLYWOOD DANCING

  • BULGARIAN RHYTHMS

  • CHA CHA CHA FROM CUBA

  • THE CHLEAN CUECA

  • EXTEMPO FROM TRINIDAD

  • HEADBANGING TO GERMAN METAL

  • KPANLOGO DANCING

  • All Around This World Irish Dancing

    IRISH DANCING

  • All Around This World Polyrhythms

    AFRICAN POLYRHYTHMS

  • All Around This World Georgian Supra

    GEORGIAN SUPRA

  • All Around This World Bomba

    PUERTO RICAN BOMBA

  • All Around This World Garba Dancing

    GUJURATI GARBA DANCING

  • All Around This World Dabke

    MIDDLE EASTERN DABKE

  • All Around This World Pow Wow Drumming

    POW WOW DRUMMING

  • All Around This World Kpanlogo Drumming

    KPANLOGO DRUMMINg

  • All Around This World Conjunto Dancing

    CONJUNTO DANCING

  • All Around This World Didgeridoo Yidaki

    AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL YIDAKI

  • All Around this World Swing Dance

    SWING DANCING

  • All Around This World Rajasthani Goohar

    RAJASTHANI GHOOMAR

  • UKRAINIAN HOPAK

  • All Around This World Imilchil Marriage Festival

    ATLAS MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL

  • MALAWIAN MALIPENGA

  • All Around This World Loy Krathong

    CELEBRATING LOY KRATHONG

  • All Around This World Georgian Supra

    GEORGIAN SUPRA

  • All Around This World Brazilian Samba

    BRAZILIAN SAMBA DANCING

  • All Around this World Kalinka

    RUSSIAN KALINKA

  • MALAWIAN MALIPENGA

  • All Around This World Uruguay Mate

    URUGUAYAN YERBA MATE

  • All Around This World Hopak

    UKRAINIAN HOPAK

  • All Around This World Tango

    ARGENTINE TANGO

  • All Around This World Brazilian Capoeira

    BRAZILIAN CAPOEIRA

Meet the GLOBAL ORCHESTRA PERFORMING ENSEMBLE:

MAGNIFICENT MUSICIANS FROM OUR TEACHING NETWORK

WHO FUSE MUSIC FROM EVERY PART OF THE WORLD

TO PLAY MIND-OPENING CONCERTS

  • Scott Kettner, Music Director, Percussion

    SCOTT KETTNER

    MUSIC DIRECTOR, BRAZILIAN PERCUSSION

  • Martin Vejarano, percussion, Colombian flute

    MARTIN VEJARANO

    PERCUSSION, COLOMBIAN FLUTE

  • Hasan Bakr, African/International Percussion

    HASAN BAKR

    AFRICAN/INTERNATIONAL PERCUSSION, VOCALS

  • Mehrnam Rastegari, kamancheh

    MEHRNAM RASTEGARI

    KAMANCHEH

  • Franco Pinna, percussion

    FRANCO PINNA

    PERCUSSION

  • Juancho Herrera, guitar

    JUANCHO HERRERA

    GUITAR

  • Hatim Belyamani, electronics and visuals

    HATIM BELYAMANI

    ELECTRONICS, VISUALS

  • April Centrone, Arabic percussion

    APRIL CENTRONE

    Arabic percussion

  • Aani Kisslinger, brass

    AANI KISSLINGER

    BRASS

  • Christelle Durandy

    CHRISTELLE DURANDY

    VOCALS

  • Umer Piracha, vocals

    UMER PIRACHA

    VOCALS

  • Sam Minaie, bass

    SAM MINAIE

    BASS

  • Kavita Shah

    KAVITA SHAH

    VOCALS