Alverno Presents: Performing Arts Events
Global Union 2007
Global Union - a free festival
of world music and culture
hosted by:
Global Union 2007 has left the building! County Sheriffs estimate over 9000 people attended the festival on Saturday and Sunday, an increase of 50% over attendance at Global Union 2006.
Slide Show of Global Union 2007
Global Union 2008 will take place on September 13th and 14th. And we'd like to hear from you. E-mail us at globalunion@alverno.edu and let us know what you thought about 2007 and what you'd like to see for 2008.
World Music has evolved beyond its original meaning of ethnographic field recordings into some of the most wildly creative expression in the cultural arena. Musicians no longer work exclusively within the confines of genre or nationality. Sounds, some previously unimaginable, are available in ways that are without precedent. And artists are free to mix and blend and sample these sounds into a music that can only claim "the world" as its provenance. Artists from Africa, Central Europe, Latin America, East Asia and the Middle East will travel from the far ends of the globe to Milwaukee for a two-day blow-out party that embraces individual expression and global commonality.
Take a look at the Global Union Study/Listening Guide
This exceptional guide, prepared by Professor Peter Roller, an ethnomusicologist and member of the Alverno College Music Department, is perfect for anyone who wants to know more about the origins of this year's Global Union music, bands and more. This guide can be used in the classroom as a curricular guide for social studies, current events, music, history, and more, and it provides a deeper context behind the music. Please enjoy this free guide, print a copy and bring it with you to this year's Global Union!
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