Hosted by Cassius Khan
The always engaging and magnanimous musician and host Cassius Khan and a variety of highly accomplished musicians and tea specialists take the audience on a musical journey around the world, bringing you connection to generations past through songs and experiences that have endured for thousands of years.
On April 5, join Cassius and Stu Goldberg for an illuminating afternoon of music and refreshments. Global Tea Series performances are by Pay-What-You-Can admission. Audience is encouraged to pay what they are able – there is no minimum or maximum amount – in order to keep the arts accessible for all. Payment will be collected at the door on the afternoon of the performance, and cash, credit and debit are accepted methods of payment.
Canada’s most recognizable Indian Classical musician, the globally renowned Cassius Khan is a performer of combining the Classical styles of Ghazal/Thumri singing and the Tabla, the North Indian pair of drums and presents both, simultaneously. He is the senior disciples of the late Malika e Tarannum Mushtari Begum (Dec 25th 1934-March 14th 2004) and Tabla maestro Ustad Rukhsar Ali, who belongs to the Delhi Gharana of Tabla playing. Combining Indian Classical singing with Tabla, for a single artist, is a first in Indian classical music. Many noted Indian Classical Music gurus have proclaimed that singing and playing Tabla in unison is a difficult feat to master as Tabla playing requires skill and strength, as well as an absolute concentration on the kaleidoscopic rhythm patterns of the repertoire, and singing requires absolute skill in the execution of notes and vibrations of the voice and excellent breathing control. Khan’s trademark is performing the extremely rare and difficult “Tarannum Ang Gayaki style” in which the lyrics share a different metre from the rhythm but they join at the Sum point in a certain phrase.
Stu Goldberg enjoys a prolific career composing for projects as varied as CBS TV’s hit series, 15 time Emmy winning “The Amazing Race”, hundreds of hours of episodic television, dozens of TV Movies as well as scores to over 60 films and documentaries. As performer, composer, pianist and multi-instrumentalist Stu Goldberg toured and recorded with John McLaughlin in the legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra, also with Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Al DiMeola, Larry Coryell, Alphonse Mouzon, Billy Cobham, Jack Bruce and many other luminaries. As a solo concert artist, Goldberg has performed extensively worldwide and released ten LPs, four CDs, one SACD and two HD digital soundtrack albums on his own label, Dedication Records. As a record producer, Stu Goldberg produces, arranges and engineers projects of his own and for other artists on his own label, Dedication Records, as well as on many other labels.
