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Monday Evening
World Music Concert Series
Fall 2008

It is impossible to talk about music in the abstract. Music is an aural tradition. The course concerts serve as the "proof of concept" resource material for the course. They provide the aural experience upon which the course is constructed. Students participate as audience members to gain an aural understanding of the music from various cultures, which is unique from culture to culture. The course applies verbal, aural and written concepts, and the written and implied relationships between the concepts, that explain the sonic world of music heard in the concerts.

CONCERT	WEEK	DATES	TIMES	CONCERTS
1	4	02/11/08	6:00 / 7:30	Middle Eastern Music: Dârvak: Music of Iran: (samples 1, 2)
2	5	02/18/08	6:00 / 7:30	African Music: Ho-Asogli: Music and Dance of Ghana: (samples: 1, 2)
3	6	02/25/08	6:00 / 7:30	African Music: West African Kora Music with Amadou Fall
4	7	03/03/08	6:00 / 7:30	Music of Spain: Luna Flamenca: Flamenco Music and Dance
5	8	03/10/08	6:00 / 7:30	Music of Finland and the Appalachian U. S.: Merja Soria and Curt Bouterse
6	9	03/17/08	6:00 / 7:30	Latin American Music: Andean Music
7	10	03/24/08	6:00 / 7:30	Latin American Music of Puerto Rico
8	11	04/07/08	6:00 / 7:30	Chinese Music: Traditional Music of China
9	13	04/14/08	6:00 / 7:30	Indian Music: Music & Dance of South India: Anthology of South Indian Music by L. Subramaniam
11	15	04/28/08	6:00 / 7:30	Make-up Concert: Big Band Jazz: SDSU Jazz Ensemble (make up, not additional credit!): (samples 1, 2)
10	16	05/05/08	6:00 / 7:30	Indonesian Music: Music & Dance of Java: (samples 1, 2)

1. As a 20% (2% for each concert attended) part of the Music 345 course, students must purchase tickets for the above concerts at Smith Recital Hall Box Office, which is located on the Northeast corner of the ground floor of the Music Building. Students may pay for the concert tickets by CASH, CHECK, or CREDIT CARD (Visa or Mastercard only.)

2. The 10-ticket packets ($90.00) for the SDSU World Music Concert Series will be on sale at the J. Dayton Smith Recital Hall Box Office in the Music Building.

Jan. 22-25  noon-2pm
Mon, Jan 28- Fri, Feb 1   11am-3pm
Mon, Feb 4-Fri, Feb 8     11am-3pm
Regular hours starting Feb. 12  (Tuesdays-Fridays  noon-2pm)

Please note: a nominal surcharge will be added for payment by Visa/MasterCard. The make-up SDSU Jazz Big Band concert costs an additional $10, payable at the door. Please be aware that ONLY students enrolled in M345 classes involved in the World Music Concert Series may purchase ONE packet of tickets at the price of $90.00 for 10 events. Guests of an enrolled student must purchase their tickets either in advance, or the night of the event at the regular price of $10, if there are tickets still available at that time. Smith Recital Hall box office will open the night of the World Music concerts at 5:00 p.m - one hour prior to the 6:00 p.m. concert.

3. Individual attendance tracking will be done this semester by scanning student's SDSU I.D. card after the student has presented her/his ticket to enter Smith Recital Hall. Please bring your individual ticket and your SDSU I.D. card to each concert. Students will be able to log into a web site and check their attendance record for the semester. Students should plan to arrive slightly before the listed concert time as lines are an inevitable part of the process. Hopefully, the lines will go quickly with the card-scanning process. Students that arrive late to a concert will receive partial credit for attending the concert.

4. All of the concerts are scheduled for Monday evenings (6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.) and will be held in J. Dayton Smith Recital Hall. Students will choose one of the times to attend on a regular basis as the two concerts will consist of the same content. All concerts will last 45-50 minutes. Concert attendance time has been included in the time allotment for the course.

5. All concerts have been organized to coordinate with several sections of Music 345. As an integral part of the course, the concerts are designed to cover a wide range of music, and are loosely coordinated with the lectures. You should plan to attend all ten (10) concerts. Should you miss one of the ten concerts for illness or any other reason, a maximum of one make-up concert may be substituted, which is the Big Band Jazz concert.

6. If, in the unlikely event that one of the regularly scheduled concerts of the SDSU World Music Concert Series is canceled, you will be issued a voucher that is good for any other Fall 2004 concert sponsored by the SDSU School of Music and Dance, and the concert that you choose to attend will be acceptable as one of the ten concerts required for M345.

7. Smith Recital Hall Box Office is located on the North East corner of the ground floor of the Music and Dance building. From M113, exit the North-facing door of the room, turn right and walk to the North East corner of the building at which you will find the Smith Recital Hall Box Office and Smith Recital Hall. From M245, exit the North-facing door to the outside of the Music building, descend the stairs to the left, and walk to the Smith Recital Hall Box Office to the right on the outside of the building.

8. Availability of the 6 p.m. concert, which is traditionally popular with students, is not guaranteed. It is recommended that students buy their concert tickets early to be able to enjoy the 6 p.m. concert time.