Milun = ‘a meeting of two musical traditions’…
Saa-uk is grateful to West Yorkshire Grants for funding the Milun Project 2009-10, and for support from Irish Arts Foundation.
What Is Milun?
Milun = ‘a meeting of two musical traditions’…four musicians come together in a joyous, energetic and colourful statement of unity. Through a series of performances, School and Community workshops this project looks at the cultural sensitivities around preserving the traditional arts of the South Asian and Irish
Communities living in West Yorkshire. This aims to generate conversation and interest about cultures and traditions evoking an appreciation and value of diversity, ultimately encouraging social cohesion.
What's in it for YOU?
Through this project South Asian Arts-uk is offering schools and community groups the opportunity to explore traditions and culture through music. It is a chance for Children, Young people and Communities to enter a dialogue and discover for themselves the things we all have in common, things that make us unique and celebrate these discoveries.
Performances
Four musicians come together and have a much deeper musical conversation to create music that captures the haunting sound of the Indian Alaap to the pounding energy of Irish reel on the Sitar, Tabla, Bodhrán (a type of Irish drum played with a stick), fiddle and accordion. By combining the notes found in the standard minor scale in Irish Music with well-known ragas in Indian music, they exchange Traditional motifs in a 'question and answer' form. With the personalities of the musicians captured in each note and shared with the listener, the result is new music that touches the heart of people.
Workshops
The Milun project had a limited number of subsidised school and community workshops available. 2 artists will spend the day exploring Indian and Irish music with up to 120 participants. The workshops are tailored to the needs of the venue. They can include a mini performance from 2 of the Milun artists for the whole school, up to 8 workshops and to round off this day of exploration, a sharing session between all the participants.
To Book...
To book for concert or workshop please call or e-mail Keran Virdee on (0113) 244 5523 or keran@saa-uk.org.uk
See Milun perform on Youtube...
Meet the musicians...Click here
Upcoming Events...
| DATES | EVENT | VENUE | TIME | BOX OFFICE / MORE INFO |
| Fri 9th April 2010 | Alchemy Festival | Foyer Bar Level2, Royal Festival Hall, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XX | 1:00pm | South Bank Centre In conjunction with Darbar Festival |
| Fri 11th June 2010 | Milun at Seven Arts | Seven Arts, 31a Harrogate Road, Leeds LS7 3PD | 7:30pm | £5 (0113) 2626 777 In conjunction with Irish Arts Foundation |
| Sat 12th June 2010 | Mid-day Mantras | Level 3 Foyer, The Symphony Hall, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA | 1:00pm | Tickets: FREE For more info: www.thsh.co.uk In conjunction with Sampad |
| Sun 13th June 2010 | Milun at Bradford Mela | Peel Park, Bradford | 2:15pm 6pm | Guava Stage Kiwi Stage Bradford Mela Site |
| Sat 10th July 2010 | MILUN 'a meeting of two musical traditions' | Northern Rock Foundation Hall, The Sage Gateshead NE8 2JR | 8:00pm | £12 / £8 (0191) 443 4661 In conjunction with Pakistan Cultural Society |
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