<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Warren Senders <<a href="mailto:warvij@verizon.net">warvij@verizon.net</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">April 4, 2011 3:57:17 PM EDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">George Mokray <<a href="mailto:gmoke@world.std.com">gmoke@world.std.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>"Playing For The Planet" — Three Great Violinists Celebrate Earth Day! — Friday, April 22, Boston</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p style="text-align: center;" mce_style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/VFTPLOGO.jpg" mce_src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/VFTPLOGO.jpg" alt="" width="450/"></p> <blockquote><p style="text-align: center;" mce_style="text-align: center;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;">This Earth Day:</span></font></b></p><p style="text-align: center;" mce_style="text-align: center;"><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 36px;"><b>Three Great Violinists<br> Come Together to Beat Climate Change!</b></span></font></i></p></blockquote> <blockquote><p style="text-align: center;" mce_style="text-align: center;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: medium; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">Mimi Rabson, Tara Bangalore, Beth Bahia Cohen</span></font></b></span></span></font></b></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/Mimi02.jpg" mce_src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/Mimi02.jpg" alt="" width="129/"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/Tara01.jpg" mce_src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/Tara01.jpg" alt="" width="160/"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/bethwithviolin3-7-102.jpg" mce_src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/bethwithviolin3-7-102.jpg" alt="" width="126/"></p> <blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><b></b></span></font></p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><b><p mce_style="text-align: center;" style="text-align: center; font-weight: normal; "><b>Friday, April 22 — 7:00 pm<br></b></p><p mce_style="text-align: center;" style="text-align: center; font-weight: normal; "><b>Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston</b></p></b></font><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>=============================================================================================</b></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><b><blockquote style="font-weight: normal; "><p mce_style="text-align: center;" style="text-align: center; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Tickets Are Available Online.</span></font></b></p><blockquote><p mce_style="text-align: center;" style="text-align: center; "><b></b>Regular Admission: $20 — <a href="http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?wsenders_SFTP-TICKET-R_continue-page" mce_href="http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?wsenders_SFTP-TICKET-R_continue-page">Buy Now From CCNow<br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; ">Student/Senior Admission: $15 — </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><a href="http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?wsenders_SFTP-TICKET-SS_continue-page" mce_href="http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?wsenders_SFTP-TICKET-SS_continue-page">Buy Now From CCNow</a></p><p mce_style="text-align: center;" style="text-align: center; "><b>Advance Ticket Orders Are Accepted Until 3 pm on April 22. </b></p></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="font-weight: normal; "><p style="text-align: center; "><b> Orders received after Tuesday, April 19 will be held at the door.</b></p><p style="text-align: center; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>=============================================================================================</b></span></b></p></blockquote></b><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></blockquote><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">One of the most exciting concerts this year! Enjoy an evening of dazzling virtuosity, daring improvisation and exquisite melody as three great violinists from different world traditions join together to celebrate Earth Day while drawing attention to the global climate crisis. Featured artists include: the great South Indian violinist </span><b>Tara Bangalore</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">, Eastern European and Middle-Eastern perspectives from </span><b>Beth Bahia Cohen</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> and her ensemble, and the vibrant jazz-rock of the </span></font><a href="http://www.meemzmusic.com/" mce_href="http://www.meemzmusic.com/"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Mimi Rabson</b></span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> quartet. The music begins at 7:00 pm, at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA. Tickets are $20; $15 students/seniors. All proceeds will go to the environmental organization </span></font><a href="http://www.350.org" mce_href="http://www.350.org"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">www.350.org</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">. For information, please call 781-396-0734 or go to the </span></font><a href="http://www.warrensenders.com/journal/?page_id=2734" mce_href="http://www.warrensenders.com/journal/?page_id=2734"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">event website</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">.</span></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">“Playing For The Planet: World Violins Against Climate Change” was conceived as a way for these creative musicians to contribute to the urgent struggle against global warming. Because the climate problem recognizes no national boundaries, the artists represent musical styles from three different parts of the globe. Rabson, Bangalore, Cohen and their accompanists may present different melodic and rhythmic concepts, but they share key musical values: listening, honesty, creativity, and respect. And, of course, all these artists are committed to raising awareness of the potentially devastating effects of global warming. Their choice of beneficiary, 350.org, is focused on building global consensus on reduction of atmospheric CO2 levels — action which climatologists agree is necessary to avoid catastrophic outcomes. It’ll be an incredible evening of powerful music — from some of the finest musicians in New England and the world.</span></font></p><blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><b>=============================================================================================</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><i><u><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia">About the Performers:</font></u></i></span></font></p></blockquote><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia">Mimi Rabson</font></span></font></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/Mimi03.jpg" mce_src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/Mimi03.jpg" alt="" width="470/"></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></div><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Dubbed a </span></font></font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">"...dazzling, violin phenom"</span></font></font></i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> by the Boston Globe, </span></font></font><a href="http://www.meemzmusic.com/" mce_href="http://www.meemzmusic.com/"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Mimi Rabson</span></font></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> has distinguished herself as one of Boston's most creative and versatile musicians. She appears regularly in classical, jazz, Klezmer and other eclectic performances and frequently leads her own ensembles. She is a first-prize winner of the Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship in composition for 2003.</span></font></font></p> <blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">" .... one of the elite players on Boston's jazz-world fusion scene." </span></font></font></i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">- </span></font></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">the Boston Phoenix</span></font></font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">.</span></font></font></p></blockquote><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Ms. Rabson was a founding member of the Klezmer Conservatory Band and worked with that organization for many years touring, recording, composing and acting as musical director. She appeared with Itzhak Perlman on “The Late Show with David Letterman" and was featured in a documentary about Klezmer music called "A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden", while her composition "Klezzified" was featured on Saturday Night Live.</span></font></p><p style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/Mimi01.jpg" mce_src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/Mimi01.jpg" alt="" width="470/"></font></p> <blockquote><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">"Great chops and attitude to match" — </span></font></font></i><b><div style="text-align: center; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">The Washington Post</span></font></font></b></span></div></b></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></blockquote><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Ms. Rabson is the founder and leader of the Really Eclectic String Quartet (RESQ) that plays her compositions and arrangements of jazz, funk, fusion, gospel and Latin music. RESQ has made two recordings and performed extensively in the Boston area.</span></font></p> <blockquote><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">"Talented and fun...What sets RESQ apart...is the wailing intensity, the Jazzy ability to swing and improvise."</span></font></font></i></div> <b><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">The Boston Herald</span></font></font></b></span></div></b><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></blockquote><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">In Ms. Rabson's 2003 recording, "Music," she uses her electric violin in a power trio setting with electric bass and drums, performing noise-rock, post-jazz and electro-acoustic compositions and improvisations. "Music" brought the composer that year's composition award from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.</span></font></p><p style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/Mimi02.jpg" mce_src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/Mimi02.jpg" alt="" width="470/"></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">A dedicated teacher, Ms. Rabson is a faculty member at Berklee College of Music, and has presented master-classes, clinics and workshops at schools, colleges and universities throughout Massachusetts and the country.</span></font></p> <blockquote><p><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><br></font></i></p><i><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">"Truly original and marvelous" — </span></font></font></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><b><div style="text-align: center; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Sir Yehudi Menuhin</span></font></font></b></span></div></b></span></div></i><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></blockquote><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Ms. Rabson has appeared on "Prairie Home Companion", at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Wolf Trap, the Mann Center, the </span></font></font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Place des Arts</span></font></font></i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> in Montreal and at many other venues throughout the world. Her other performance credits include: Leroy Jenkins' "Fresh Faust" (premiere performance); the soundtrack for “Sensorium”- Karen Aqua's award-winning film; the Boston Gay Men's Choir; the Boston Camarata; the New England Ragtime Ensemble; the Klezmatics; Sabana Blanca; Abby Rabinovitz; Deborah Henson-Conant; the Pablo Ablanedo Octet; XLCR.</span></font></font></p><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/MIMIQUARTET.jpg" mce_src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/MIMIQUARTET.jpg" alt="" width="480/"></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> At "Violins For The Planet," Mimi Rabson will be joined by Nick Grondin - guitar, Dave Clark - bass, and Ricardo Monzon - drums.</span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></div> <blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">“… aggressively eclectic and a master of every style she touches” – </span></font></font></i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Bowed Radio </span></font></font></b></p><p><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><br></b></span></b></p></blockquote><b><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>=============================================================================================</b></span></b></span></div></b><p mce_style="text-align: center;" style="text-align: center; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Tickets Are Available Online.</span></font></b></p><p mce_style="text-align: center;" style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Regular Admission: $20 — </span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?wsenders_SFTP-TICKET-R_continue-page" mce_href="http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?wsenders_SFTP-TICKET-R_continue-page">Buy Now From CCNow</a></span></font></p><p mce_style="text-align: center;" style="text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Student/Senior Admission: $15 — </span></font><a href="http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?wsenders_SFTP-TICKET-SS_continue-page" mce_href="http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?wsenders_SFTP-TICKET-SS_continue-page"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Buy Now From CCNow</span></font></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>=============================================================================================</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="7"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 36px;">Tara Bangalore</span></font></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/Tara01.jpg" mce_src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/Tara01.jpg" alt="" width="470/"></font></p> <blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia">Tara Bangalore with her disciple Rasika Murali</font></b></p></blockquote><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Tara Anand, an accomplished violinist and vocalist in the Carnatic tradition, began vocal training at the age of four. Her gurus have included esteemed artists such as Sri T. M. Tyagarajan, Sri K. V. Krishnan and Sri Shankara Sarma. She began violin at the age of eight with Smt. Vedavalli Ramaswami of Delhi and Smt. T. Rukmini of Madras. She gave her first vocal concert at the age of eight.</span></font></p><p style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/Tara002.jpg" mce_src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/Tara002.jpg" alt="" width="460/"></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">She subsequently performed with some great artists such as Sri T. R. Subramaniam, Smt. M. L. Vasanthakumari, Prof. Ramanathan, Smt. Sudha Raghunathan, Sri Nookala China Satyanarayana, Smt. R. Vedavalli, Smt. Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar and Sri R. K. Srikantan to mention a few. She has also played with her guru Smt. T. Rukmini.</span></font></p><p style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/Tara003.jpg" mce_src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/Tara003.jpg" alt="" width="460/"></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">The Hindu, a national newspaper of India, commented about the </span></font></font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">“chaste classicism”</span></font></font></i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> of this </span></font></font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">“accomplished violinist”</span></font></font></i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> and the</span></font></font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> “sweetness, strength and an emotive quality”</span></font></font></i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> of her </span></font></font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">“finely modulated and attractive voice”</span></font></font></i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> as a vocalist. It also said that her </span></font></font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">“admirably phrased Begada did not recall any familiar style but testified to original gnana (insight).”</span></font></font></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/Tara004.jpg" mce_src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/Tara004.jpg" alt="" width="239/"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/Tara001.jpg" mce_src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/Tara001.jpg" alt="" width="227/"></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">She has been teaching music — both vocal and violin — for over 2 decades and is one of New England's most sought-after teachers. Her teaching is marked by rigorous standards, care and concern for her students and an infectious love of music; she is a community treasure. In addition to national awards in the USA, she has been honored by the Music Academy and the Krishna Gana Sabha , two long-standing traditional music academies in Chennai, India.</span></font></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">In the United States, she was awarded the Best Teacher award at the Cleveland Tyagaraja Aradhana Festival, a result of her students' continued success at their annual competitions. Her students have also evolved into seasoned musical artists and continue to enrich the musical community with their talent and avid passion for Carnatic music. It is no surprise that some of her students performed in Chennai during the December music season and got opportunities to accompany visiting artists from India.</span></font><br></font></p><div style="text-align: center;"><blockquote><p><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>=============================================================================================</b></span></b></p></blockquote><p mce_style="text-align: center;" style="text-align: center; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Tickets Are Available Online.</span></font></b></p><p mce_style="text-align: center;" style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Regular Admission: $20 — </span><a href="http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?wsenders_SFTP-TICKET-R_continue-page" mce_href="http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?wsenders_SFTP-TICKET-R_continue-page"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Buy Now From CCNow</span></font></a></p><blockquote><p mce_style="text-align: center;" style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Student/Senior Admission: $15 — </span><a href="http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?wsenders_SFTP-TICKET-SS_continue-page" mce_href="http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?wsenders_SFTP-TICKET-SS_continue-page"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Buy Now From CCNow</span></font></a></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center; "><b>=============================================================================================</b></p></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="7"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 36px;">Beth Bahia Cohen</span></font></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/Bethmultipleimageeditedcopy.jpg" mce_src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/Bethmultipleimageeditedcopy.jpg" alt="" width="500/"></font></p><p><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Beth Bahia Cohen</span></font></font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> is of Syrian Jewish and Russian Jewish descent and has spent many years exploring the ways the violin and other bowed string instruments are played in Greece, Turkey, Hungary, and the Middle East. She plays several Greek lyras, the Turkish bowed tanbur and kabak kemane, the Egyptian rababa, the Norwegian hardanger fiddle, and more. She was a Radcliffe Bunting Fellow and has been the recipient of many travel and research grants, including an NEA/Artists International grant to study the classical music of Turkey.</span></font></font></p> <blockquote><p><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"> "Beth Cohen...was spectacular, shifting her style to blend with the various settings, but always retaining a Balkan feel and playing with fantastic verve and passion." </span></font></font></i></p><p><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"></span></font></font></i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Elijah Wald, The Boston Globe</span></font></font></b></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/Bethswall2.jpg" mce_src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/Bethswall2.jpg" alt="" width="470/"></font></p> <blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia">Part of Beth Bahia Cohen's collection of bowed instruments from all over the world</font></b></p></blockquote><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">In addition to performing throughout the U.S., Ms. Cohen teaches workshops and ensembles on Middle Eastern, Eastern European, Greek and Turkish music in conservatories and universities throughout the U.S as well as teaching privately in her studio in Watertown. She performs solo concerts of traditional and original music on various bowed string instruments from many countries ("The Art of the Bow"), as well as concerts exploring traditional Jewish music from all over the world. At this concert, Beth will be joined by Mac Ritchey (oud, percussion) and Todd Roach (percussion).</span></font></p><p style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/BethBahiaCohen.jpg" mce_src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/BethBahiaCohen.jpg" alt="" width="480/"></font></p> <blockquote><p><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">"We are treated to superb performances by Beth Cohen on the violin and suzlyne, virtuosic displays of multi-lingual string-playing. Her master of "languages" spoken by violin - Persian, Armenian, Yugoslavian, Hungarian, Yemenite - is astonishing."</span></font></font></i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></font></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Sojourner</span></font></font></b></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/bethwithviolin3-7-102.jpg" mce_src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt226/WarrenSenders/Violins%20For%20The%20Planet/bethwithviolin3-7-102.jpg" alt="" width="450/"></font></p> <blockquote><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">About her recent solo CD "Weaving the Worlds," Stacey Phillips wrote in Strings Magazine: </span></font></font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> "Beth Cohen is the Greek/Turkish violin expert in southern New England. Her new album is a departure from her previous traditional recordings with her Greek and Turkish groups. The only instrument on the CD is her acoustic violin. But by using electronic loops, Cohen plays long lines, then as they repeat, she layers on responsive answers. The multiple strands of her life's musical voyage are here, but the Middle Eastern </span></font></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">maqam</span></font></font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> (mode or scale) always returns as the foundation of her improvisations. This is an introduction to a violinist worthy of more attention, to her personal melding of Eastern and Western styles, and to an effective way of using electronics in the service of wonderful music. In the accompanying liner notes, Rober Labaree of the New England Conservatory aptly cites the spirit of Bela Bartok in this CD in the sense of transforming the old music of other peoples into something new."</span></font></font></i></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>=============================================================================================</b></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia">About </font></span></font><a href="http://www.350.org"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia">www.350.org</font></span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"> and the number 350:</font></span></font></b></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Co-founded by environmentalist and author Bill McKibben, 350.org is the hub of a worldwide network of over two hundred environmental organizations, all with a common target: persuading the world's countries to unite in an effort to reduce global levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide to 350 parts per million or less. Climatologist Dr. James Hansen says, </span></font></font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">"If humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on Earth is adapted, paleoclimate evidence and ongoing climate change suggest that CO2 will need to be reduced from its current 385 ppm to at most 350 ppm." </span></font></font></i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> (Dr. Hansen heads the NASA Institute for Space Studies in New York City, and is best known for his testimony on climate change to congressional committees in the 1980s that helped raise broad awareness of the global warming issue.) Activists involved in the 350 movement include Rajendra Pachauri (Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), Vandana Shiva (world-renowned environmental leader and thinker), Archbishop Desmond Tutu (1984 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and a global activist on issues pertaining to democracy, freedom and human rights), Van Jones, Bianca Jagger, Dr. James Hansen, Barbara Kingsolver and many more. A complete list of "350 Messengers" is available </span></font></font><a href="http://www.350.org/messengers" mce_href="http://www.350.org/messengers"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">here</span></font></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">.</span></font></font></p><p><a mce_href="http://www.warrensenders.com" href="http://www.warrensenders.com"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Warren Senders</span></font></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> is the contact person for "Playing For The Planet: World Violins Against Climate Change." He is one of thousands of concerned global citizens hoping to trigger positive change through social action and the arts. He can be reached at </span></font></font><a href="mailto:warvij@verizon.net"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">warvij@verizon.net</span></font></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> or by telephone at 781-396-0734.</span></font></font></p> <blockquote> <blockquote><div style="text-align: center; "> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="text-align: center; "><p><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>=============================================================================================</b></span></b></p></div></blockquote><b><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Tickets Are Available Online.</span></font></b></span></div></b><blockquote></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><div style="text-align: center;">Regular Admission: $20 — <a href="http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?wsenders_SFTP-TICKET-R_continue-page" mce_href="http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?wsenders_SFTP-TICKET-R_continue-page"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Buy Now From CCNow</span></font></a></div></span><blockquote><div style="text-align: center; "><p mce_style="text-align: center;" style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Student/Senior Admission: $15 — </span><a href="http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?wsenders_SFTP-TICKET-SS_continue-page" mce_href="http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?wsenders_SFTP-TICKET-SS_continue-page"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Buy Now From CCNow</span></font></a></p></div></blockquote><b><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>=============================================================================================</b></span></div></b><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote><p><b> </b></p></blockquote></div></div><br></div></div><br></div></div><br></div></div><br></div></div><br></div></div><br></div></div><br></div></div><br></div></div><br></div></div><br></div></div><br></div></div><br></div></div><br></div></div><br></div></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>