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SUMMARY:A CONCERT OF SACRED SONGS
DTSTART:20231029T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:A CONCERT OF SACRED SONGS\nFeaturing:    Gulcin Bulut\, Mina S
 alama\, Leon Keuffer\, Avital Raz\, Cecilia Keuffer\nwith the Choir of St 
 Michael’s Church\n\nSunday\, 29th October 2023\, 6pm (tickets £10)\n\nT
 his year St Michael’s Church\, Ashton-u-Lyne will again host a concert o
 f sacred music from different religious traditions:\nMuslim\, Jewish\, Ori
 ental Orthodox\, Anglican and Hindu.\n\nGulcin Bulut\nBorn in Istanbul Gul
 cin moved to the UK aged 20\, and now works as a Psychotherapist in the NH
 S. She is co-founder of NWTCA\, a charity that provides Turkish language\,
  traditional dance and music classes\, and promotes Turkish culture in the
  North West. She is a noted performer of traditional Turkish folk and Sufi
  music.\n\nMina Salama\nBorn in Alexandria\, Egypt\, Mina is a multi-instr
 umentalist\, musical director\, vocal coach and composer\, He has performe
 d on three continents promoting Coptic sacred music. He was chosen to desi
 gn a peel of bells for Milan’s Coptic Cathedral in\n2018 and currently i
 s working on a research project on ancient Egyptian music at the Universit
 y of Huddersfield.\n\nLeon Keuffer\nYoung Brazilian born violinist Leon st
 udied at Chethams ́s School of Music in Manchester\, the Royal College of
  Music and Salzburg Mozarteum. A member of Salzburg Philharmonic Orchestra
  and Salzburg Chamber Soloists\, Leon is a composer who draws on his Moroc
 can Jewish musical roots.\n\nAvital Raz\nBased now in Sheffield Avital is 
 an Israeli singer/songwriter and musician who spent six years in India stu
 dying the sacred art of Dhrupad singing. She has recorded seven albums of 
 her own music. The Scottish Herald said of her performance that it is "lik
 ely to be the most compelling thing you hear all year". Avital will perfor
 m chants in Hebrew and Sanskrit.\n\nCecilia Keuffer\nBorn in Rio de Janeir
 o of Moroccan and Spanish Jewish descent\, Cecilia studied music at the Co
 nservatorio Carlos Gomes in Belém\, in the heart of Amazonia and in the U
 S. During her 30 year courtship with music\, Cecilia has sung opera\, lied
 er\, Jewish Sephardi song and Brazilian Jazz\, she also sings most weeks w
 ith the choir of St Michael’s and drives a bus for Stagecoach.
LOCATION:St Michael & All Angels  -  The Parish of The Good Shepherd\, Ash
 ton
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/15960/service-and-events/events/
 966541/
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