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Previous EventsSEVDAH & SAUDADES: A Bosnian-Brazilian jam and concert - March 20, 2010 Rainier Valley Cultural Center, 3515 S Alaska Street, Seattle, Washington Local Seattle artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Brazil gather for the first time ever to explore their cultures' common theme of love and longing. Sevdah, in Bosnian, not only refers to longing, it is the name given to the culture's traditional music of old town centers. Saudades, meaning longing in Portuguese, plays a central role in Brazilian poetry and music. The artists will jam in the afternoon, share dinner and then the doors will open to the public for a 60-minute concert of music just developed hours earlier by these pros followed by a cultural conversation between the audience and artists from the stage. The concert will include a separate Bosnian set, Brazilian set and will close with music developed during the jam. There will be a post-concert social hour for informal mingling in the downstairs hall.
The fine artists include: Eduardo Mendonca, Nedim "Hadzija" Hamzic, Amir "Lazy" Beso and others.
Sincere thanks to the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs for helping make this event possible through generous funding. This event is being sponsored by Sevdah North America and Show Brazil.
www.sevdahnorthamerica.org/
http://www.showbrazil.com/
Third Annual North American Days of Sevdah Concerts and events were held St Louis, Missouri; Seattle, Washington; Boston, Massachusetts, San Jose, California, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Windsor, Ontario. Click here to read reports from these communities and see photos. •SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21, 2009 7:30PM Performing Arts Center at Foster High School, 4242 S. 144th Street, Tukwila, WA 98168 "My Name is Sevdalinka - Zovem se Sevdalinka," a full-length theater piece written and directed by Denis Basic, PhD, music director Jesenko Lalic. The concert featured singer Mine Krupic from Salt Lake City, originally from Prijedor, along with the following sevdah artists who live in Seattle: Balkan Cabaret, Zlatne Strune, Folklore Ensemble Sevdah of Seattle, Mary Sherhart (vocal), Ekrem Pilic (vocal), Fehim Salaka (vocal), Nihad Djozic (saz and vocal), Peter Lippman (saz), Elvir Becic (accordion), Jesenko Lalic (guitar and vocal). •ST LOUIS, MISSOURI - DECEMBER 9-12, 2009 "St. Louis Sevdah Days Festival” included four separate concerts in December and January. This first time multigenerational project was presented by Sevdah St Louis in unique collaboration with the International Institute, Bayless School District, International Folk Dance Association of University City and the Bosnian Islamic Center, and funded by Kresge Arts in St. Louis – a partnership of the Kresge Foundation, the Arts and Education Council and the Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation. Funding was also received from the Missouri Arts Council, a State agency. It represents unprecedented community collaboration with broad support. Funding also supported development of a website for Sevdah St Louis which is under construction: http://udruzenjesevdahstl.org/ Events included a house concert, senior citizen concert, two school assemblies and formal concert. •BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - two events: NOVEMBER 24. 2009 - 7:00PM THE STATEHOOD DAY OF BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA with "Meraklija" singing sevdah BCCRD, Inc., 20 Wheeler Street, 4th floor, Lynn, MA 01902 NOVEMBER 27, 2009 - 7:30PM BAJRAMSKO SIJELO & VECE SEVDAHA, an evening of Eid-ul-Adha and 3rd Anniversary of Sevdah at New York Chian Federation, 44-01 Broadway, Astoria NY NOVEMBER 28, 2009 - 7:30PM Bosnia EID Celebration & Sevdah Armory Hall Everett, 90 Chelsea Street, Everett, MA 02149 •CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - NOVEMBER 28, 2009 Kongres Bosnjaka Sjeverne i Juzne Karoline obiljezava dan Drzavnosti i dan Sevdalinke 7PM (dolazak u 6:30) u prostorijama na UNCC 106 Woodward Hall The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC 28223
*WINDSOR, ONTARIO - CANADA - NOVEMBER 28 Bajramsko Sijelo and Vece Sevdaha at the Turkish Club, Windsor Second Annual North American Days of Sevdah - November & December 2008 - Communities joined together to celebrate sevdah at their community events in St Louis, Seattle, Windsor, New York. The major concert was held in Seattle, Washington, at Town Hall. First Annual North American Day of Sevdah - November 24, 2007 - Sevdah rang from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean on and around November 24, 2007. Events, articles, and radio and television broadcasts directly impacted thousands and indirectly touched countless more through publicity and after event broadcasts in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia.
Click here to read and see photos of events in Seattle, Detroit, St. Louis, Atlanta, New York, Boston, Jacksonville, Charlotte, and Windsor. To see videos from the concert in Seattle, visit SNA YouTube page here. Bridge to Bosnia - A Musical Journey
- April 13, 2008 -SNA President Mary Sherhart performed at and helped organize this event. For more information, please visithttp://www.bridgetobosnia.com. All funds raised went to SEEDS (South East Europe Development Solutions), http://seeds-bih.org, which is the financial arm in the U.S. for BILD (Bosnia Initiatives for Local Development), http://www.bild-bih.org. - April 24-26, 2008 -SNA President Mary Sherhart (visit Mary's official website at http://www.marysherhart.com), Balkan Cabaret (http://balkancabaret.com), and Kitka women's ensemble (http://www.kitka.org) held sevdah concerts in San Francisco, Oakland, and Santa Cruz, California. Bosniak Congress
- S aturday, May 24, 2008 -
8:00 PM at Riverfront Hyatt St. Louis (Adam's Mark Hotel) | SNA President Mary Sherhart will perform at the gala dinner along with other fine sevdah artists including singer Mirsad Jarovic as part of the weekend-long Bosniak Congress. In addition, SNA will display information about our organization and have brochures for guests to take back to their communities.
For additional information, see: http://www.bosniak.org/ | | | St. Louis Public School Family Cultural Heritage Event
- Thursday, May 22, 2008 -
6:00 PM at Auditorium of Central Visual & Performing Arts (for info call: (314) 776-1686, ext. 105 or 109) | | SNA President Mary Sherhart will perform as a part of an evening that will feature music, culture, dance, food, and more. | | | Children's Hour sponsored by the ARIA
- Friday, May 23, 2008 -
Bayless Junior High School (for info call: (314) 599-3649)
| | SNA President Mary Sherhart will share sevdah with children ages 5-14 through participatory singing, dance, and art. | | | 2nd Annual North American Day of Sevdah
Evening of Sevdah: The Love Songs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Saturday, November 29, 2008 -
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