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MARCH 2005
 
 

Thursday March 31st - San Francisco
6.30pm

Stephen Kent - Solo Didjeridu
Introduces a very special evening:

The Club of Budapest USA invites you to
Science, Consciousness, Healing, and the Transpersonal:
Are We Really Connected?
Please join us for a unique panel exploring the human potential, science and psychology as a pathway to our common future. 
Opening
Stephen Kent, Master Didjeridu Player

Panelists
Stanislav Grof: is a psychiatrist with almost fifty years of experience in research of non-ordinary states of consciousness. Currently, he is Professor of Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) and Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, CA. He conducts professional training programs in holotropic breathwork and transpersonal psychology, and gives lectures and seminars worldwide. He is one of the founders 
and chief theoreticians of transpersonal psychology and the founding president of the International Transpersonal Association (ITA). 

Ervin Laszlo: Founder and President of the international Club of Budapest and prolific author. He is considered the foremost exponent of systems philosophy and general evolution theory. Among many positions and responsibilities world-wide, Dr. Laszlo is Editor in Chief of the international journal World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution. His most recent books include: The Connectivity Hypothesis: Foundations of an Integral Science of Quantum, Cosmos, Life and Consciousness, and Science and the Akashic Field: An integral Theory of Everything (Inner Traditions, 2004)
Marilyn Schlitz: Institute of Noetic Sciences’ Vice President for Research and Education and Senior Scientist at the Complementary Medicine Research Institute at the California Pacific Medical Center. She has published over 200 articles in the area of consciousness studies, is the co-editor of Consciousness and Healing. Integral Approaches to Mind Body Medicine (Churchill Livingston/Elsevier, 2005), has taught at Trinity University, Stanford University 
and Harvard Medical School, and has lectured widely at sites including the United Nations and the Smithsonian Institution.
Date: Thursday, March 31, 2005
Place: Pan Pacific Hotel (Ballroom level), 500 Post Street (at Mason), San 
Francisco (Parking at Sutter Stockton Garage, Union Square or
Hotel valet parking)
Registration/Reception: 6:30 – 7:15 pm (no host bar, light Hors d’Oeuvres)
Program: 7:15 pm Followed by book signing.
Cost: $25 advance, $30 door, $20 with fulltime student I.D.
To Register by Phone: Call - The Club of Budapest USA at 415-492-2880
To Register Online: Go to www.cobusa.org
 

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APRIL

Sunday APRIL 3, 2005 – 7PM 
– ODC THEATER San Francisco

Featuring Stephen Kent - Didjeridu 

Door Dog Music Productions & North America Chinese Percussion Society present
AN EVENING OF CHINESE & WORLD PERCUSSION
MASTER PERCUSSIONIST WANG WEI - with Stephen Kent, Baba Ken Okulolo, Jim Santi Owen and friends.

(San Francisco, CA) – The internationally acclaimed master percussionist from China, Wang Wei, will be 
presenting a concert along with didjeridu player, Stephen Kent, renown tabla player, Jim Santi Owen, African percussionist, Ken Okulolo, and Beijing Opera jinghu player, Edward Young. This performance will feature traditional Chinese percussion pieces from various regional styles such as Beijing Opera, Hunan, Shaanxi, and Zhejiang, as well as, collaborative pieces with instruments from India, Africa, and aboriginal Australia. They will present their unique percussive traditions and combine forces to create a unique blend of Chinese, African, Indian, and other world influences.

ABOUT MASTER WANG WEI
Mr. Wang is a graduate of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, then later joined the Shanghai Song and Dance Ensemble as their percussion soloist. In 1994, Wei and musicians from Germany, Inner Mongolia, Nanjing, Chengdu, and Hangzhou together formed an East-West ensemble called Crossing. Together, they won first place in the 1994 Beijing Jazz Competition. Mr. Wang attended the Berlin Conservatory of Music, becoming the school's first student ever to pursue a double major program in both jazz drums and hand drums/world percussion. After his graduation in 2000, he was invited by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra to perform as a guest bangu soloist with Maestro Kent Nagano in the "Rhythm and Dance" Concert. He has recorded extensively and has been featured in "Sister Drum" and the music for movie "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon". In January 2004 and February 2005, he performed with the San Francisco Symphony in a Chinese New Year Celebration Concert. Mr. Wang continues to perform all around the nation as well as to actively promote Chinese percussion through workshops and lectures. 
In 2004, he established the North America Chinese Percussion Society to promote the understanding and performance of Chinese percussion music.

FEATURED GUESTS 
Jim Santi Owen, co-director of the Indian percussion ensemble Tabla Rasa, is known throughout the musical community as an accomplished tabla player and South Indian multi-instrumentalist. He has performed with many gurus across genres, participating in the circles of jazz, song, dance, and education. Ken Okulolo, Nigerian vocalist, bassist, percussionist, and producer, is a well respected musician and famous for reviving traditional African music as well as combing it with jazz, rock, soul, and others. Okulolo is current leader of three bands, West African Highlight Band, The Nigerian Brothers, and Kotoja. Stephen Kent, one of the few world renowned didjeridu soloists, has been critically acclaimed for his performances and recording projects all over the world. He continues 
to perform actively as a soloist and with his band Trance Mission as well as in collaboration with other well-known vocal and instrumental artists such as Airto Moreira, Habib Koite Zap Mama, and Omar Sosa. Edward Young, Beijing Opera jinghu (fiddle) player, will perform a famous solo work with Master Wang Wei.

LOCATION
ODC Theater
3153-17th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

TICKETS & INFORMATION
General Admission: $20
415-863-9834 (ODC Box Office)
415-601-8896 (General Information)
www.doordog.org
info@doordog.org
 

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Friday April 8th
San Francisco - Clarion Music Center

An Evening With
Stephen Kent - Solo Didjeridu and Percussion

A rare full evening of the pure art of solo didjeridu.
With Special Guests

8pm

Clarion Music Center
816 Sacramento St, 
San Francisco, CA 94108

Tickets $15

(415) 391 1317
www.clarionmusic.com
 

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Saturday April 9th
Santa Cruz - The Cayuga Vault

8pm
An Evening With
Stephen Kent & Yassir Chadly
Didjeridu and Percussion meet Gnawa Trance Grooves, wit and wisdom.
Tickets $14adv./$16 Door
Info - 831 421 9471
www.cayugavault.com
 
 

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Sunday April 10th
Santa Cruz - Cayuga Vault

Stephen Kent - Didjeridu Workshops

www.cayugavault.com

Info - 831 421 9471

Beginners Introduction to the Didjeridu - Fundamentals.    2-3pm $20

In this workshop we will be focusing on basic blowing techniques and 
learning to circular breathe.

Intermediate/Advanced Didjeridu Workshop - 3.30-5.30pm - $40.

Advanced rhythmic techniques, overtones, vocalisations and the art of 
Making Music with the didjeridu.

Both Workshops - $50
 
 

Saturday April 16th
Ashkenaz, Berkeley

Ashkenaz and KPFA present 
A Benefit concert for Medicins Sans Frontieres with 
Samba Ngo 
and Special Guest Stephen Kent - Didjeridu

Sliding Scale $15-$25

Concert - 9:30pm
Tickets from Ashkenaz - 510 525 5054
www.ashkenaz.com
www.ticketweb.com

More info: 
www.sambango.com
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
 

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JUNE

Saturday June 4th
Marin Headlands, N.California.

Organic World Acoustic
Stephen Kent, Didjeridu master www.didjeridu.com/skent.html
Alan Tower Huaca, Hang, Didjeridu www.alantower.net
Rafael Bejarano Hauca, Didjeridu, Fujara
Steve Sklar, Tuvan throat singer www.khoomei.com

Octave Alliance in partnership with the YMCA-Point Bonita, SF
SF Waterkeepers and Clarion Music is holding a
Transformance on June 4th - 8pm and 10:30pm
in the Hawk Hill Tunnel overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.

On a candlelit stage we will transform a former place of war to
ecological sound and word. It is a fundraiser
for the Green Music Network - a national database supporting the
connection of non-profits with musicians for mutual benefit.

Visionary evironmental authors/speakers
Connie Barlow, Michael Dowd
www.TheGreatStory.com

All acoustic. No amplification. The tunnel acts as the 5th player
providing its powerful resonance.
This transormance will be an unforgettable sonic journey integrating
the deepest of ecological values. And it will be toasty warm inside the tunnel!!

For tickets ($20.00) and directions click on the concert page - www.octavealliance.org/tunnel/
Tickets will also be available on JamBase.com in April.
The venue will handle 130 and may sell out, so reserve your spot early for either show.
Sat June 4th 8pm, 10:30 pm in Hawk Hill Tunnel.