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Wind Music Concert in Kandy under the baton of Keiko Kobayashi
View(s):The Embassy of Japan together with the Colombo Wind Orchestra will present “An Evening of Wind Music” under the baton of a renowned Japanese conductor Ms. Keiko Kobayashi, at the St. Anthony’s College Auditorium, Katugastota, Kandy, on Saturday, October 3 at 3.30 p.m. The concert is free of charge to the public and open to all music lovers.
This musical concert is another outreach project oraganised by the Embassy of Japan and the Colombo Wind Orchestra with Ms. Kobayashi, who held successful concerts in Jaffna in 2012, Batticaloa in 2013 and Galle in 2014 under her consistent theme of “Peace” and “National Reconciliation” of Sri Lanka.
The programme includes ‘Hands Across the Sea’ by John Philip Sousa, ‘Western One-Step’ from Suite of American Old Dances by Robert Russell, ‘Take the “A” train’ by Billy Strayhorn, ‘Someone To Watch Over Me’ by George Gershwin, ‘Kitchen Fiesta’ from Mike Story, ‘”Thriller” Michael Jackson’ by R. Temperton and ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ (Symphonic Suite) by Klaus Badelt, among several other compositions.
A demonstration and mini-workshop for the audience on how to conduct an orchestra will also be presented by Ms. Kobayashi during the concert. The concert will be full of educational value, excitement and entertainment. For more information contact Cultural Section of the Japanese Embassy on tel: 2693831~3 (ext. 266)