Yes, the path breaking bass-great Victor Wooten is coming to Bangalore and Chennai. Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music and Nathaniel School of Music in associationwith Cathedral Institute of Further Education are bringing down this 5-time Grammy award winning legendary bass player to the country.
Victor is widely regarded as one of the most influential bassists since Jaco Pastorius, and known well for his solo recordings and tours. He plays for Chick Corea, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, SMV with Stanley Clarke and Marcus Miller and is a guest artist with Dave Matthews Band.
Whether his medium is music or the written word, Wooten sees the creative process in the context of the eternal question about whether a tree falling in a forest really makes a sound if there’s no one there to hear it. “A song is just an idea until someone brings it into the world,” he says. “That’s the great mystery of music or any creative endeavor. The power is in the palm of your hand. You just have to release it to the world.”
The Workshop:
The Workshop is FOR ALL- music lovers, non-musicians, musicians, kids. Victor is an eloquent speaker and an inspiration to anyone. He frequently conducts workshops at Berklee for 1500 people!!!
For the workshop, Victor Wooten will perform, talk, demonstrate various musical ideas/concepts, answer questions etc. A generous amount of time will also be allocated for the musicians in the audience to come up on stage and play with Victor and/or get specific feedback on their music, playing etc.
The Concert:
Victor Wooten and Prasanna are known world wide as major innovators on their respective instruments – bass and guitar. Between them they represent the best of 21st century music that brings in elements of Funk, Hip hop, Carnatic music, Jazz, Blues, Classical music, avant garde and everything else they feed on in a melting pot of contemporary music. With two of the most celebrated virtuoso Indian percussionists S. Karthik on ghatam and Bangalore Amrit on kanjira, the quartet will play exciting, organic music that will feed your mind, body and soul
Details of both performances are below:
In Chennai-
Date: Sunday, April 4th, 2010
Time: 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Where: Sir Mutha Concert Hall, Lady Andal School, Harrington Road
Tickets at http://sam.org.in and http://www.indianstage.in/events/victor-wooten.html
In Bangalore-
Date: Monday, April 5th, 2010
Time: Workshop – 1pm, Concert – 7.30pm
Where: Cathedral High School, No.63 Richmond Road, Bangalore 560025 Date Monday, 05 April 2010
Contact:
+91 98454 65411
+91 93419 61169
+91 98451 46741
music@nathanielschool.com
Tickets:
Rs.1500 for workshop and concert
Rs.500 for concert
Rs. 3000 for concert (VIP)
