THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDY

Art by Stacey Robinson

A pioneering artist in cross-cultural collaborative music, Steve Gorn has Hindustani Classical Music and performed Indian Classical Music and new Folk Melodies from North American Music on the bansuri bamboo flute, soprano saxophone and clarinet in Steve Gorn (bansuri) and Manpreet Bedi (tabla) concerts and festivals throughout the world. Saturday, February 3, 2018, 2:00pm Steve Gorn’s gurus are the late bansuri Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum | 600 South Gregory, Urbana master Sri Gour Goswami, of Kolkata, and Pt. Raghunath Seth of , with whom he often accompanied in concert. Gorn also studied with the late Ustad Z. M. Dagar. Gorn’s numerous performances in The Transformative Power of Music– India include appearing at Bharat Bhavan in , Habitat Center and Triveni Hall in A Multimedia Talk New Delhi, Sangeet Research Academy in Tuesday, February 6, 2018, 4:00pm Kolkata, National Center for the Performing Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum | 600 South Gregory, Urbana Arts and Nehru Center in Mumbai, and numerous other venues. Mr. Gorn’s Improvisers Exchange residency is cosponsored by: Center for Advanced Study Sudden Sound Concert: Steve Gorn Division of Musicology & Improvisers Exchange Ensemble Krannert Art Museum Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Thursday, February 8, 2018, 7:30pm School of Music Krannert Art Museum | 500 East Peabody Drive, Champaign Spurlock Museum Unit One/Allen Hall All events are free and open to the public.

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