Interfaith Works presents:

World Sacred Music Festival

a celebration of the sacred through the uplifting music & dance of the world

next event coming Spring 2010

2009 World Sacred Music Festival

Performance Schedule

Main Stage

11:00-12:10 The Erev Ravs
Klezmer

12:30-1:10 Peter Ali & Tammy Kennedy
Contemporary Native American Music

1:30-2:30 Abráce
World music vocal ensemble with percussion

3:00-4:00 Arpan
Bharatanatyam -- 2000 year old Indian classical temple dance

4:20-5:15 Jewbilee
Nontraditional Jewish liturgical music

5:35-6:30 Thione Diop & Yeke Yeke
Traditional music & dance from Senegal, Africa

6:50-7:45 Word-Beat
Spoken word, song, and percussion

8:00-9:00 Portland Taiko
Taiko drumming

Black Box Stage

11:30-12:15 RhythmQuest
West African drumming

12:30-1:15 Sean Gaskell
West African kora (harp)

1:30 -2:20 Multi-artist sacred jam

2:35-3:10 LaVon Hardison & Darriel Menefee
Gospel

3:25-4:05 Russ Salton & Friends
Bahai singer/songwriter

4:20-5:50 Portland Taiko
Japanese Taiko drumming workshop

6:05-6:50 Resonance
New world music

7:05-7:45 Olympia Sacred Jazz Ensemble
Sacred music played in a jazz style

For artist bios and performance details, see artist page

Workshop Room

11:45-1:15 Dances of Universal Peace
participatory sacred-rooted dance

1:35-3:00 Doug Bridges & Ted Hunter
didgeridoo-playing workshop

3:15-4:45 Word-Beat
singing/percussion workshop

5:00-6:30 Arpan
Indian dance/movement workshop

6:45-7:45 Mevlevi Order of America
Sufi dance/chant workshop